The courier-index., 1920-08-06
PROPOSED BY rNITIATIyE
 PETITION. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. I3 TO THE CONsTITUsIoN OF AR-

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 That eight per cent of the lega
 voters may propose any law and tel
 per cent may propose constitutions
 That the second power reserved b,
 the people Is the referendum by whicf
 Six per cest of the voters may by petl'
 <ion order the referendum of any gen
 pral acts or any item of an appropria-
 Zion oili or measure passed by the Gef.
 Arai Assembly. There shall be filed
 petitions from at least fifteen counties sef the State and bearing signatures of one-hah percentage of electors oi
 wuch county.
 That . two-thirds vote Is necessary ko attach the emergency clause to Legislative or Town Council measures
 That the initiative and referendum powers of the people reserved to khc legal voters of each municipality and county.
 That the veto power of the Governor or Mayor shall not extend to initiative or referendum measures and that the RAms Is not subject to amendment Re General Assembly or City Counc hxcept by two thirds vote.
 That all measures initiated by the people shall be submitted only at reg lhsar elections except when fifteen per cent of voters petition for special elec- kion.
 That any measure shall take effect md become a law when approved by a majority of the votes cast on suoh
 That no limitation shall be placed on kGhe number of constitutional amend ments, laws, or other measures which tnAy be proposed.
 FOR AMENDMENT NO. 1s
 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 13
 state of Arkansas;
 That Section 1 of Article to the constituticn of the State of Arkansas hnd Amendment No. 10 thereto be Toll
 Section I. The legislative power of khe people of this State shall be vested la a General Assembly. which shall IRonsist of the Senate and House of Representatives. but the people reservN 10 themselves the power to- propose Degislative measures. laws and amend oments to the Constitution, and to enact er reject the same at the polls inds, c Also reserve the power. at their own lpption to approve or reject at the polls my entire act or any item of an ap- ! isu '.tive, The first power reserved by tks people is the initiative. Eight per cent of tho legal voters may pro- Dose any law and ten per cent may Initiative petition. and every such peti- 0ion shall include the fyll text of tho peasurs % proposed. Initiative peti- ESlons for state wide measures shall be He'd with the Secretary of State not 6ess than four months before the eiec- tion at whioh they arc to be voted lNpon: Provided. that at least thirty 4ays before the aforementioned filing. khe proposed measure shall have been publishsd once. at the expense of tho Petitioners. in some paper of general 
 Derved by the people Is the referendum. and any number not less than six per cont of the legal voters may. by peti- Ron. order the referendum against any
 ss or nny ss% na..sS oi ss SppfS Sp fSs General Assembly, but the filing of a Inore items. sections or parts of any
 ss sss Gs nS. SSay ossf ntivet Such petition shall be filed with ehe Beer atarx of State not later than ntn4{y days after the final adjournment If the ssssion at which such act was 0auned, except when recess or ad- 3ournmsht shall be taken temporarily 3or a longer period than ninety days. In which case such petition shall Dc nled not later than ninety days aiser n. Any measure referred to the people by referendum petition shall remain in absyance until such vote Is taken. The 6ice of Governor in the 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
 Upon all initiative or referendum petitions provided for in any of the sections of this article. 1t shall be necessary to file from at least fifteen of the counties of the State. petitions bearing the signature of not less than one-haif of the designated percentage of the electors of such .s, county. na
 for the preservation of the public peace. health or safety. that a measure shall become effective without delay. such necessity shall be stated in one section, and if upon yea and nay vote two- thirds of all the members elected Co each house. or two-thirds of all the members elected to city or town coun- cils, shall vote upon separate roll call in favor of the measure going into im- mediate operation. such emergency measure shall become effective without delay. IL Shall be necessary. however. to state the fact which constitutes such emergency. Provided however. that an emergency shall not be de- clared on any franchise or special priv fiege or act creating any vested right or Interest or alternating any property of the State. If referendum Is filed against any emergency measure such measure shall be law until it is voted upon by the people, and if 1t Is then rejected by majority of the electors voting thereon. it shall be thereby re- pealed. The provisions of this sub section shall apply to city or town
 
 Local for Municipalities and Countless The initiative and referendum powers of the people are hereby 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 legislation shall be enacted contrary to the Constitution or any general law of the State. and any gen Nral law shall have the effect of repeal ang any local legislation which is in conflict herewith.
 Municipalities may provide for the exercise of the initiative and refer endum as to their local legislation. General laws shall he enacted provid- fng for the exercise of the initiative and referendum as to counties. Fifteen per cent of the legal voters of any municipality or county may order the referendum. or Invoke the initiative npon any local measure In munic cipal- tiles the number of signatures re- qrired upon any petition shall be oom- puted upon the total vote cast for the office of mayor at the last preceding general election; in counties upon the office of circuit clerk. In municipali- Aies and counties the time for filing an Initiative petition shall not be fixed at less than sixty lays nor more than ninety days before the election at which 1t is to be voted upon; for a ref Arendum petition at not less than thirty flaws nor more than ninety dava after