The spectator., 1920-08-17
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. Ia TO THE CONSTITUTION OF AR-
 KANSAS,

SonStitutlon or the state or ArkanSaS, and Amendment No. 10 thereto pro- posing:
 That eight per cent of the legal voters may propose any law and ten amendment
 That the second power reserved by the people Is the referendum by which six per cent of the voters may by peti- tion order the referendum of any gen. eral acts or any Item of an appropria- tion bill or measure passed by the Gen erai Assembly There shall be filed petitions from at least fifteen counties of the State and bearing signatures such county.
 to attach the emergency clause to Legislative or Town Council measures.
 That the initiative and referendum powers of the people are reserved to and county.
 That the veto power of the Governor or Mayor rhall not extend to initiative or referendum measures and that the same is not subject to amendment by the General Assembly or City Council except by two thirds vote.
 That all measures initiated by the people shall be submitted only at reg ular elections except when fifteen per cent of voters petition for special elec- tion.
 That any measure shall take effect and become a law when approved by a majority of the votes cast such measure.
 That no limitation shall be placed on the number of constitutional amend ments, laws, or other measures which may be proposed.
 FOR AMENDMENT NO. 13
 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 13 Be It Enacted by the People of the
 State of Arkansas:
 That Section 1 of Article to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas and Amendment No. 10 thereto be nty-nt lad fll1
 Section l. The legislative power of the people of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly. which shall consist of the Senate and House of Representatives. but the people reserve to themselNes the power to propose legislative measures, laws and amend ments to the Constitution. and to enact or reject the same at the polls inde- pendent of the General Assembly; and also reserve the power. at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any entire act or any item of an ap- propriation bill
 Initiative: The first power reserved by the people is the initiative. Eight per cent of the legal voters may pro- pose any law and ten Der cent may propose a constitutional amendment by initiative petition, and every such peti- tion shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative peti- tions for state wide measures shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the cleo.
 
 upon: Provided that at least thirty days before the aforementioned filing, the proposed measure shall have been published once, at the expense of the petitioners, in some paper of general Circulatiou
 Referendum: The second power re- served by the people is the referendum. and any number not less than six per cent of the legal voters may. by peti- ton. order the referendum against any general act; or any item of an appro- priation bill, or measure passed by the General Assembly. but the filing Of n referendum petition against one or more Items, sections or parts of any such act or measure shall not Hay the remainder from becoming oper- atsve. Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State net later than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session at which such act was journment shall be taken temporarily for n longer period than ninety days, fled not later than ninety days after such recess or temporary adjournment, Any measure referred to the people by reseretdUm petition shall remain in abeyance until such vote ia taken. The total number of votes cast for the Of flee of Governor in tho last preceding general election shall be the basis upon which the number of signatures of legal voters upon statewide initiative and referendum petitions shall be com puted
  petitions provided for in any of the scctious Of this article. II shall be necessary to Ale from at least fifteen of the counties of the state. petitions bearing the signature of not less than one-half of the designated percentage of the electors of such county.
 Emcrsenry, If Il shall be necessary peace. health or safety. that measure shall become effective without delay. such necessity shall be stated in one section; and | upon yea and nay vote two-thirds of all the members elected to C." T. house. or two thirds of all the members elected to city or town coun- cis shall vote upon separate roll call in favor of the measure going into inn mediate operation such emergency measure shall become effective without delay. Y shall be necessary. however. to state the fact which constitutes such emergency. Provided, however. ulat an emergency shall not be de clared on any franchise or special priv ileRe or act creating any vested right or Interest or alienating any property of the S:atc. If a referendum is filed againSt any emergency measure such measure snail be law until it is voted upon by rhe people, and If 1t is then rejected ry a majority of the electors voting thereon, il shall be thereby re- pealed. The provisions of this sub section shall apply to city or town
 Local for uunictpaIities ana Countless The initiative and referendum powers or the people are herehy further re- served to the legal voters of each municipality and county as to all local special. and municipal Legislation of every character in and for their re- spective municipalities and counties but no local lcgislation shall be enacted contrary "a the Constitution or any general i..W of the State and any gen eral laa shall have the effect of repeal ing ...y local legislation which is iI cont ct thereVith
 MnnIcipalitics may provide for the cxer, ise of t.e initiative and refer endu.n Rs to their local legislation. Gen ral jaws shall be enacted proVid- ing ioI the exercise of the initiative and referendp'g as to counties. Fifteen per cent of the legal voters of any nul ''ipaiity Of couety may order the refc. endum. cr invoke the initiative upoN any locai measure. In municipal ities the nun Der of signatures re Quir,d upon any petition shall be com put,l upon the total vote cast for the off 70 of mayor at the last preceding general election; in counties upon the offier of circlIt clerk. In municipali- ties md count es the time for fling an init tive pet ion shall not be fixed at l. ls than a.xty days-Eor more than