The Nevada County picayune., 1922-07-13
FOR AMENDMENT NO. l3. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 13.

A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ARKANSAS
 | That Section 1 of Article of the Consti-
 tuition of the State of Arkansas, and Amend
 ment No. 10 thereto. be amended as to
 read follows
 Section l. The legislative power of the
 people of this State shall be vested in
 General Assembly which shall consist of the
 Senate and House of Representatives. but the l people reserve to themselves the power to 1 propose legislative measures, laws and amend
 ments to the Constitution. and to enact or | reject the same at the polls, independent of
 the General Assembly also reserve the power, i at their own option, to approve or reject at
 the polls any entire act or any item of | appropriation bill.
 INITIATIVE
 The first power reserved by the people is l the initiative. Eight per cent of the legal
 voters may propose any law, and ten per
 cent may propose a Constitutional Amend
 ment by initiative petition. and every such
 petition shan include che full text of the
 measures so proposed Initiative petitions for
 state wide measures shall be filed with the l Secretary of State not less than four months
 before the election at which they are to be
 voted 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 circulation. l REFERENDUM
 The second power reserved by the people l is the Referendum and any number not less
 than six per cent of the legal voters may. | by petition, order the Referendum against
 any general act. or any item of an appro-
 priation biI or measure passed by the General
 Assembly. but the filing of a Referendum
 petition against one or more items. sections l or parts of any such act or measure shall
 not delay the remainder from becoming
 operative. Such petition shall be filed with
 the Secretary of State not later than ninety
 days after the final adjournment of the
 sion at which such act was passed, except
 when recess or adjournment shall be taken
 temporarily for a longer period than ninety days, in which case such petition shall be | filed not later than ninety days after such
 recess temporary adjournment. Any mea-
 sure referred to the people by referendum
 petition shall remain in abeyance until such
 vote is taken. The total number of votes
 cast for the office 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 computed. Upon all Initiative or Referendum petitions
 provided for in any of the sections of this
 article, it shall be necessary to file from at
 least fifteen of the counties of the State,
 petitions bearing the signature of not less
 than one-hah of the designated percentage
 of the electors of such county.
 | EMERGENCY.
 If it shall be necessary for the preserva-
 ton of the public peace. health safety. | that . measure shall become effective without
 delay. such necessity shall be stated in one
 section. and if upon yea and nay vote two- ' InfrOS 0I all the nemDerS eieCteu tO eSCu
 house. or two-thirds of all the members elected to city or town councils, shall vote
 upon separate roll call in favor of the mea-
 sure going into immediate operation. such
 without delay. It shall be necessary. how
 ever. to state the fact which constitutes such
 emergency. Provided. however. that an emer-
 gency shall not be declared on any franchise
 vested right or interest. or aliensting any property of the State. If . Referendum is | filed against any emergency measure. such
 measure shall he . law until it is voted upon
 by the people. and if it is then rejected by
 . majority of electors voting thereon. 1t shall
 be thereby repealed The provisions of this
 subsection shall apply to city or town councils.
 LOCAL FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES The Initiative and Referendum powers of the people are hereby further reserved to the legal voters of each municipality and county
 as to all local. special and municipal legisla- ton of every character in and for their | respective municipalities and counties. but
 no local legislation shall be enacted contrary
 to the Constitution or any general law of the
 State. and any general law shall have the effect of repeating any local legislation which
 is in conflict herewith.
 Municipalities may provide for the exercise of the Initiative and Referendum as to their
 local legislation. General laws shall be enact | ed providing 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 in-
 yoke the Initiative upon any local measure In municipalities the number of signatures l required upon any petition shall be computed upon the total vote cast for >he office of Mayor at the last preceding genel al election {: | in counties upon the office of Cir,uit Clerk. Tn municipalities and counties the time for | filing an Initiative petition shall not be fixed
 at less than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the election, at which is to be | voted upon : for a Referendum petition at | thaD rtv days than | ninety days after the passage of such measure | by municipal council; nor less than ninety days when filed against local or special
 measure passed by the General Assembly. | Every extension. enlassement. grant, or | conveyance of franchise or any rights property. easement, lease, or occupation of or in any road street alley or any part thereof in real property or interest in real property owned by municipalities, exceeding | in value three hundred dollars, whether the | same be by statute. ordinance. resolution or otherwise shall be subject to Referendum. and | shall not be subject to emergency legislation. GENERAL PROVISIONS DEFINITION
 The word measure" as used herein. in- cludes any bill. law, resolution. ordinance. l charter.s constitutional amendment or legisla- No VETo
 | The veto power of the Governor or Mayor shall not extend to measure initiated by or l referred to the people
 | AMENDMENT AND APPEAL | No measure approved by vote of the | people shall be amended or repealed by the General Assembly or by any City Council. except upon a 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 Council. as the case may be. ELECTIONS
 All measures initiated by the people. whether for State. county, city or town. shall be submitted only at the regular elections. either State, congressional or municipal but Referendum petitions may be referred to the people at special elections to be called by the proper official. and such special elections , nT ho .aIIad xvhao IS ner cent of the legal