Cleveland County herald., 1920-09-02

GeneTaI ASSbmDly or ny any tily SO1h~ on roll call ssf.tTos thirds of all the members electedsfo each house of the General Assembly, 1T of thS city cotn- ell. as the case may be.
 Election: All measures Initiated by the people whether for the Slatt county, city or town, shall be sabmlttra only at the regular elections eltner State, congressional or municipal, ~u. referendum petitions may be referred to the people at special el"ction7 to De called by the proper official, and snch special elections shall be called Wnen ,Iei fifteen per cent of the legal voters shall petition for such special election, aid if the referendum Is invoked as to any measure passed by city or town coun- oil, such city or town council may oroer special election.
 Majority. Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take effect and become law when approved by majority of the votes cast upon such measure, and not otherwise, ana ssall not be required to receive a ma 3ority of the electors voting at such election. Saeh measures shall be oper- atiNe on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which It is ap- proved, unless otherwise specified h the act
 This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the General Assembly of the right to introduce any measure. but no measure shall be su"o- mitted to the peopte by the Gene 'al &ASSGtlDIS, except 3 pEOp0Sei tOfiS AIlh- tional, amendment CT amendments aa provided for in this Constitution.
 Cpnvass and Decla-aties Of Re.''iti The result of the vote upon any Sta sH clared by the State Board Of Election Comm iSsi0nerS Cor legal substitute therefoF); upon a municipal or county measure by tho county election com- lnissioners Cor legal substitute there for).
 Conflicting Mcasurcs: If conflicting 'Peasures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by majority of the votes sevcraily cast fo4 and against the same at the same election, .he one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall become law,
 THE PETITION
 Title; At the time of fling petitions sae exact title to be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted wish tae petition. and. on state-wtd measures, shasi be sHbmIttcd to the State Board of Election Com -li&S toner's, lho shall certify such title to the Se,- 'ctary of State to be placed upon the ballot; on county and municipal meas res such title shall .be sabmitted to he county election board and shall by said board be placed upon the ballet 4n such county or municipal election.
 bimf$atiou No .1lmitatloa shall be placed upon the nuraber of constitu- -.ona4 .amendmerts.. Jaws. Of ether seasures which may h9 proposed aHd Submitt"d to the hHoplo by etthef
 lstiaIINe or I2ICT@GNtun DeJlJOH 3S 'rovidcd in this seodon No petition hall he held invalid if it shall contain ! greater nnmber. of signatures than 'equircd herein,
 Verii etion, Only 1era+ votes shall )e counted upon petitions. Petitions nay be circulated and presented in arts, but each part of any .petitioh ihail have attached thereto the affi- lavit of the person circulating ths aare that all signatures thereon were made in the presence Of the affiant, knowledge and heicf each signature Is senuine, ard that the peraon sig ing is legal voter and no other affidavit or lerf ration shall be required to estabe
 sSffi icncy. Thea asuffieicncy of ali state wide petitions shall be. decided T the first instance by the Secretary of State; subject to review hy the su, rave original and exclu siVe iurfsdie- tion ovre. all such causes. TRe suffi- ,iency Of all local petitions staU be lecidcd in the first instance. by the sounty clerk or the city clerk as the .ase G7ay be, subject to review by the Char cery CorT"
 If any petition is challenged such cause shall be a preference cause and shall oe tried at once but the failure of the
 ourts ;, to to decide prior to the election .ion, shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named in such petition, nor initiate against the validity of such measure, if # shall have been approved by vote of tho ooo~1o
 Amen rdment Of Petitions If the Sec- clerk as the case may be. shall decide any petition to be i1sufficient he shall without delay notify the sporsers of such petition. and permit at least thirty ton. in the instance of a ate-wido petition. or ten days In the instance of municipal or county petition, for cor. rection or amendment. In the event of legal effect to any petition upon any grounds, the burden of proof shall be upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 ynyYRrrantod RcHtriction. ProhtB- itcd: No law shall be passed to aro- hihit any person or nersore from giving or .,,r receiving componsation fer clreu- circulation Of petitions, nor in any manner interfering with. the freedom of the people, in procuring petitions; and pen:lizins perjury, forgery and all 3ra otices. In the securing of signatures or lltng of petirs11,ns .,,no, ,,,,u,,.. to a vote of the people by petition under the provisions of this section shall be published as Is nov, or here bills Initiated and submitted under the "Be It Enacted By fhc People of the State of Arkansas. .GMunicipality CT County, as the case Yaas be)." In sub- hitting measures to the people, the Secretary of State and all other of hAals shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the case may. he until additional leg lsla tion Is provided therefor. .ss: c..
 s~l .-Ixeci,tingi This section shah be self exeou ting and all its provisions shall be .treatedfas mandatory. but lava may be enacted to facilitate its oper- alton. No legislation shall be enacted to restrict, hamper CT impair the exer- cise of the rights herein reserved to the people.
 That this amendment to the Consti- tuition of the State be. and the same shall be in substitution of the tni.in- tive and Referendum Amehdmont ap- proved February t9. 19U9 a8 tllo same appears in the Acts of Arkansas for 1909, on pages 1239 and t240 of the volume containing the same; and that the said amendment (and the act of the General Assembly to carry out the same, approved dune 30, t911. go far as the same is in conflict herewith) be and the same are hereby repealed -. Witness my official signature this