The Little River news., 1920-08-07


 cll, except upon yea and nay vote on roll call of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly, or of the city coun- cil, as the case may be.
 Election: All measures initiated by the people whether for the State, county, city or town, shall be submitted State, congressional or munioipal. but referendum petitions may be referred to the people at special elections to be called by the proper official. and such special elections shall be called when fifteen per cent of the legal voters sha all petition for such special election and If the referendum is invoked as to any ell, such city or town council may order special election.
 Majority, Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take by a majority of tho votes cast upon such measure, and not otherwise. and shall not be required to receive . ma 5ority of the electors voting at such auve on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which itAis ap- proved. unless otherwise spedlAed h to deprive any member of the General Assembly of the right to introduce any measure, but no measure shall be sub mitted te the people by the General
 
 tional amendment or amendments a1 provided for in this Constitution. . Canvass and Declaration of Result, The result of the vote upon any State clared by the State Board of Election Commissioners Cor legal substitute therefor); upon municipal or county measure, by the county election com mi ssioners Cor legal substitute there for).
 Conflicting Measures, If conflicting measures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by majority of the votes severally cast for and against the same at the same election, the one receiving the highest number or affirmative votes shall become law.
 THE PETITION
 Title, At the time of filing petitions the exact title to be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted measures shall be submitted to the State Board of Election Commissioners. who shall certify such title to the Sec retary of State to be placed upon tho ures such title shall be submitted to the county election board and shall by said board be placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election. Limitation, No limitation shall be placed upon the number of oonstitu- tonal amendments, laws. or other measures which may be proposed and nT: to f Dsope Deton eg snss ss
 
 provided in this section No petition shall be held invalid if it shall contain greater number of sigma lures than Veriacation: Only legal votes shall be counted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented in shall have attached thereto the affi- davit of the person circulating tho same. that all signatures thereon were made in the presence of the affiant, md hot t0 10 hnc ct of hn al 9tQ mt q knowledge and belief each signature is genuine. and that the person signing is legal voter and no other affidavit or verifcation shall be required to estab- lish the genuineness of such signatures. susftciency: The sufficiency of all stat wide petitions shall be decided of State. subject to review by the Su- preme Court of the State, which shall have original and exclusive jurisdic- tion ovre all such causes. The suffi- ciency of all local petitions shall be decided In the first instance by the county clerk or the city clerk as the case may be. subject to review by the Court Dec.s7ons, If the sufficiency of any petition is challenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall courts to decide prior to the election IS to the sufficiency of any such peti- tion. shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at
  initiate against the validity of such measure, if 1t shall have boon approved by vote of the people.
 Amendment of Petition, If the Sec rstary of State, county clerk or city clerk. the case may be, shall decide any petition to be insufficient, he shall such petition. and permit at least thirty days from the date of such notifca- ton, in the instance of q statewide petition, or ten days in the instance of ,t0tD vol n>y fuyv at r"ction or amendnert. Tn the event of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect to any petition upon any grounds the burden of proof shall be the. validity of the petition.
 Vnwarranted Restrictions Probib- ,ted: No jaw shall be pa ssed to pro- or receiving compensat tion for circu- latne petitions nor to prohibit the circulation of petitions; nor in any Of tho people in proc"ring petitions; but laws shall be enacted prohibiting and pensalii3ing sias perjury, forgery and all pra ,tlces. in the securing of signatures or iilirG of petitions
 Publications: All measures submitted or to yGs S noysobs ths ps0pe tbys by pstton shall be published as is now, or here after may be provided by law. Ennctins Csaus", The style of ?n
 
 provisions of this section shall be Be It Enacted By The People of the State of Arkansas, Municipality or Ccurty, as t},e case may be)." In sub mitting measures to the people. the Secretary of State and all other off, fieials shaH be guided by the general election laws or munic cipal laws as tn . case may be until additional legislation is T-ovid d thersfor.
 E"h-s1xecnting, This section snail be aelf-cXecuting, and all its provisio ms sslla Il be treated as mandatory but iaws may be enc cted to facilitate it's opsr- atioa. No Legislation shai be enac- ed to restrict, hamper or !mpHir the exar- else Of the rights herein reserved to the DeopIe.
 That tais amendment to the Coneti- tution of the State be, and the sa ne sha be In substitution of the Initia- tive and Referendum; Amendment ap- proved February 15, 1909. as the sane app ears in tha Acts of Arkansas Tor S0a, on pages t239 and 1&A0 of the volume containing the same; and tha the said amendment (and the act Of ;he General Assembly to carry out tn same. approved Juno 30, 191i, so far 5 tie samo is in conflict herewith be- prd the san1c are hereby repealed
 Witness my official signature tbis 24tn day Of July, 1920.