The Nevada County picayune., 1922-06-29
FOR AMENDMENT NO I8. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 13.



 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 a General Assembly, which shaH 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 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.
 INITIATIVE
 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 Constitutional Amend ment by initiative petition and every such petition shall include the full text of the measures so proposed. Initiative petitions for statewide measures shall be fled 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 day 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 i- 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 appro- priation bill. or measure passed hy the General Assembly, but the filing of Referendum petition against one or 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 al which such act passed except when a recess or adjournment shall be taken emporariy for a longer period than ninety do r.,hsn nh han ha filed not later than ninety days after such reeess or 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 he 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-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 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-thrds 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 of the State. If Referendum is measure shall be a law until it is voted upon by the people and if it is then rejected by a majority of electors voting thereon. it 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 legisa- tion of every character in and for their 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. in- yoke the Initiative upon any local measure. In municipalities the number of signatures required upon any petition shall be computed 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 municipalities and counties the time for fling an Initiative petition shall not be fixed st less than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the election. at which is to he voted upon for Referendum petition at not less than thirty days more than ninety days after the passage of such measure by a municipal council nor less than ninety days when filed against a local or special measure passed by the General Assembly.
 Every extension enlargement. grant, or conveyance of a franchise or any rights or in any road street, alley or any part thereof in real property or interest in real property owned by municipalities. exceeding n value three hundred dollars, whether the same he by statute, ordinance. resolution otherwise. shall be subject to Referendum, and ,hall not be subject emergency legislation.
 GENERAL PROVISIONS
 The word "measlre" used herein. in- .ludes any bill law resolution. ordinance i've proposal or enactment of any character.
 No PEro
 The veto power of the Governor or Mayor ihaIi nor extend 10 measure initiated by or referred to the people
 AMENDMENT AND APPEAL
 No measure approved by vote of the people .hal be amended repealed by the Genera Assembly or by any City Council. ,xcept upon yea and nay vote on roll call ,f two-third- of al he members elected 10 ,ach house of the General Assembly or Of he City Council the may be-
 EI ECTIoNs
 All measures initiated by the people, whether for State county. city or town. shall ,e submitted only at the regular elections .ther State. congressional or municipal. but petitions may be referred to the people at special elections to b. called by the proper official and such special elections hall be called when l5 per cent of the legal 'oters shall petition for such special election. md if the Referendum is invoked as to any