Washington telegraph., 1922-06-30
The cost of publishing the foil
lowing Amendment is $61. IFS
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PEBrl
TION.

lowing Amendment is $61.45
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PEtI
TION.
Proposed Amendment No. 10, to Hth,
! Conseitution of the State of Arkbn.
sas; reserving to the people the plbw.
er to propose legislative measures
lasw, and amendments to the 4on.
stitution Of the State Of ArkaIsas
and to enact or reject the SAME al
the polls, independent of the Geteral
Assembly; and reserving the pbweI
at their own option, to approve 4 r re-
ject at the polls any entir eaIt or
any item Of an appropriation b Il.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. Il
AGAINST AMENDMENT MOI 13.
A Proposed Amendment to fhd Con-
stitutiOn of Arkansas.
That section l of Article Iof the
Constitution Of the State of Arkansas,
and Amendment No. 10 therbto, be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1. The legislative p1wer of
the people of this State shall bd vested
in a General Assembly, which shall
consist of the Senate and Hbsuse Of
Representatives, but the peIple re.
serve to themselves the powell to pro-
pose legislative measures, lIws and
amendments to the Constitut tcn, and
to enact or reject the sam at the
polls, independent of the &c Ieral As
sembly; also reserve the Ibwer, at
their own option, to approved ior reject
at the polls any entire act oIIany item
of an appropriation bill.
Initiative.
The first power reserveA by the
people is the Initiative. Eight per cent
Of the legal voters may propose any
law, and 10 per cent may propose a
Constitutional Amendment by iniative
petition, and every such petition shall
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 be-
fore 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 or
der the Referendum against any gen.
eral act, or any item of an approprl-
alton bill, or measure passed by the |
General Assembly, but the filing of |
a Referendum petition against one or
more items, sections or parts of any |
such act or measure shall not delay |
the remainder from becoming oper-
ative. Such petition shall be filed |
with the Secretary of State not later
than ninety days after the final ad-
journment of the session at which
such act was passed, except when a
recess or adjournment shall be taken
for longer period than
ninety days, in which case such peti-
tion shall be filed not later than nine
sx.sass :. = y ss@a p9Haa
ry adjournment. Any measure refer
red to the people bt referendum pc
tition shall remain i'm allegiance un-
til such vote is taken. The total num-
ber of votes cast for the office OF
Governor in the last preceding gem
eral 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 less
than one-half of the designated per-
centage of the electors of such coun-
ty.
Emergency
If it shall be necessary for the PRES
ervation 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 nea vote two-thirds
of all the members elected to each
house, or two-thirds of all the men,
bers elected to city or town councils,
shall vote upon separate roll call in
faIJr of the measure going into i'm
mediate operation, such emergency,
measure shall become effective with
out delay. 1t shall be necessary, how
ever, to state the fact which consti-
tutes such emergency. Provided
however, that an emergency shall not
be declared on any franchise or spec
ial privilege, or act creating any vest
ed right or interest, or alternating any
property of the State. If a Referend-
um 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 bt a ma
jority of electors voting the4 4eon, it
shall be thereby repealed. The pro-
visions of this subsection shall apply
to city or town councils.
Local for Municipalities and Counties
The Initiative and Referendum pow
ers of the people are hereby further
reserved to the legal voters of each
,a1;4,, apd county os 20 all local