The Nevada County picayune., 1922-07-20
FOR AMENDMENT NO B. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. i3.


 tuition of the State of Arkansas, and Amend ment No. 10 thereto be amended so as to read as 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 people reserve to themselves the power to 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 at their own option, to approve or reject at the polls any entire act or any item of an appropriation bill
 The first power reserved by the people is 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 the full text of the measures so proposed. Initiative petitions for statewide measures shall be filed with the 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.
 REFERENDUM
 The second power reserved by the people 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. any item of an appro- priation bill or measure passed by the General Assembly, but the filing of Referendum petition against more items, sections 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 ses- sion at which such act was passed except when a recess or adjournment shall be taken temporarily for a longer period than ninety IL vxatst hall ho filed not later than ninety days after such recess or temporary adjournment. Any mea- sure referred to the people by referendum petition shall remain in abeyance until such 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 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-half of the designated percentage of the electors of such county.
 EMERGENCY.
 If it shall be necessary for the preserva- tion 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 a yea and nay vote two thirds of all the members elected to each 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 emergency measure shall become effective 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 or special privilege, act creating any vested right or interest, or alienating any property of the State. If a Referendum is filed against any emergency measure. such measure shall be . law until it Is voted upon by the people, and if it is then rejected by a majority of electors voting thereon. 1t shall be thereby repealed. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to city or town councils.
 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 required upon any petition shall be computed mon the total vote cast for the office of Mayor at the last preceding genei al election in counties upon the office Of CirNuit Clerk Tn municipalities and counties the time Tor filing an Initiative petition shall not be hxed at less than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the election. at which is to be voted upon for q Referendum petition at not less than thirty days nor more 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. enlargement. grant. or conveyance of franchise or any rights property easement. lease, or occupation oi or in any road street, alley or any part thereof in real property or interest in real property owned by municipalities. exceedin ng 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
 DErINrTIoN
 The word measure" as used herein. in cludes any bill. law, resolution, ordinance charter constitutional amendment or iegisla- tive proposal or enactment ot any charac'er
 The veto power of the Governor or Mayor shall not extend to measure initiated by or referred to the people.
 AMENDMENT AND APPEAL
 No measure approved by a vote Of the people shall be amended or repealed by the General Assembly or by any City Council 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 Council, as the case may be.
 ELECTIONS
 All measures initiated by the people, whether for State. county. city or town, shall ha s,,huittad only at the regular elections either State. congressional municipal but Referendum petitions may be referred to the people at special elections to be called by the proper official. and such special elections sbsiI he called when l5 per cent of the legal yoters shall petition for such special election, and if the Referendum is invoked as to any