Pocahontas star herald., 1922-07-07

eral Assembly OF the right 10 INTRODUCES
any measure, but no measure shall be
submitted 10 the people by the Gem
erai Assembly, except a proposed con-
stltutlonal amendment or amendments
as provided for In this constitution.
Canvass and Declaration Of Results
The result Of the vote upon any State
measure shall be canvassed and de-
clared by the State Board OF Election
Commissioners Cor the legal substi-
tute therefor); upon a municipal or
county measure. by the County Elec-
tion Commissioners Cor legal substi-
tute therefOr).
Conflicting Measures
II conflicting measures Initiated or
proved by a majority OF the votes Sc
Verally cast for and against the same
at the same election, the one receiving
the highest number OF Affirmative
votes snail become law
THE PETITION
Title
At the time of filing petitions the
shall by the petioners be submitted
with the petition, and on statewide
measures shall be submitted TO the
State Board Of Election Commission
the Secretary OF State, TO be placed
upon the ballot; on county and munl-
clpal measures such title shall be sub
mltted TO the County Election Board.
and shall by said board be placed upon
the ballot In such county or munich
pal election.
Limitations
No limitations shall be placed upon
the number of constitutional amend
ments, laws or other measures which
may be proposed and submitted to the
people by either Initiative or Referen-
tion. No petition shall be held in
valid II IL shall contain \ greater num-
Der OF signatures than required here
In.
Ve-ta..ttou
Only legal votes shall be counted on
petitions. Petitions may be circulated
and presented In parts. but each part
thereto the affdavit OF the person cir
culating the same, that all signatures
thereon were made in the presence Of
the affiant, and that to the best Of the
signature is genuine, and that the per-
son signing Is legal voter, and no
other affidavit or verihcation shall be
required TO establish the genuineness
of such signatures.
sufnciency
The sufhciency of all statewide pc
titions shall be decided in the first In
ject to review by the Supreme Court of
the State, which shall have original
and exclusive Jurisdiction over all such
causes. The sufficiency of all local
Instance by the County Clerk or the
city Clerk, as the case may be, sub
Ject to review by the Chancery Court.
Court Decisions
II the sufficiency of any petition 10
challenged such cause shall be pref
ence cause and shall be tried at once,
but the failure of the courts TO decide
prior to the election as, TO the suffic-
iency OF any such petition shall not pre-
vent the question from being placed
upon the ballot at the election named in
such petition, nor initiate against tho
validity OF such measure, IL IL shall
have been anDTOVed hV "a vote of the
people.
Amendment of Petition
II the Secretary OF State, County
Clerk or City Clerk, as the case may
be, shall decide any petition TO be In
sufficient he shall without delay noti-
fly the sponsors of such petition and
permit at least thirty days from the
date of such notification, in the in
stance of a statewide petition or 10
days in the instance of 8 municipal or
county petition, for correction or a
mendment In the event Of legal pro-
ceedings to prevent giving legal effect
TO any petition upon any grounds, the
burden of proof shall be upon the per
son or persons attacking the validity
5f the petition.
Unwnrranted Restrictions Prohibited
No law shall be passed TO prohibit
any person or persons from giving or
receiving compensation for circulat-
ing petitions, nor to prohibit the cir
culation of petitions, nor in any man
ner interfering with the freedom Of the
people in procuring petitions; but laws
shall be enacted prohibiting and PEN
alizing perjury, forgery, and all other
felonios or other fraudulent practices,
In the securing OF signatures or hlling
Of petitions.
Publication
All measures submitted to a vote Of
ths people by petition under the pro-
visions of this section shall be pub
lished as is now, or hereafter may be
provided by law.
EuaeIfnn Clause
The style OF all bills Initiated and
submitted under the provisions Of this
section shall be: BE II Enacted by
the People of the state Of Arkansas
municipality or county. as the case
may be)" In submitting measures to
the people. the Secretary Of State and
all other officials shall be guided by
the general election laws. or munici-
pal laws, as the case may be, until ad-
ditional legislation Is provided there
for.
This section shall be .self-executing,
and all its provisions shall be treated
as mandatory, but laws may be enact
ed 10 facilitate its operations. No leg
islation shall be enacted to restrict
hamper or impair the exercise of the
rights herein reserved to the people.
That this amendment to the Con-
stitution Of the State be, and the same
shall be in substitution OF the Initia-
tive and Referendum Amendment, ap-
proved February l9. 1909, as the same
appears in the Acts OF Arkansas for
1903, on pages 1889 and 1910 Of the vol
ume containing the same; and that
the said amendment (and the act OF
the General Assembly to carry out tho
same. approved June 80, 1911, so far
as the same IL in conflict herewith),
be, and the same are hereby repealed
Filed in the office of the Secretary
of state on the llth day OF January,
1921.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
witness my official signature this
26th day of June, 1922.
Ira &. Hopper