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Amei.iling Section 1. Article 5 to t!
Constlti tion of the State .it \rKi. ■ -
and Amendment No. 10 t'sereto pn
posing
That eight per cent of the leu
voters may propone any law and t
per cent may proposr a constitution*
amendment
That the second power rescvi t b
the people Is tin referendum by oi l
siA per cent of th* voter*, may h i*> ft
tion order the referendum f >5 r> n
• rat acts or any Item of a> up; ■,
tloti bill or measure passed by the <;* *
era I Assembly There shall be
petitions front at least fifteen * t
of the State and bearing sir t i
of one-half percentage of ejectors •
such county.
That a two-thirds vote is ti-'-cssar;
to attach th> emergen. > <b
Legislative or Town Count troasti a
That the initiative and referendum,
powers of the peoplt are resort 0 p
the legal voters of each muni pailt;
and county.
That the veto power of tr> Ooverno
or Mayor shall not extend <■> init iti
or referendum measures a d hat h
same la not subject to .un-i.dm nt bt
the General Assembly or City Couaoi
except by two-thirds vot>
That all measures initiated by th
people shall be submitted only at r* g
ular electirms except whan fifteen p<
cent of voters petition for special elec
tion.
That any measure shall take effec
and become a law when approved by
majority of the votes cast on suel
measure.
That no limitation shall be placed ot
the number cf constltut mai nniend
ments. laws, or other measures whirl
may lie proposed.
W/An A A* b*KTt llIT? V'cp vn 10
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IS
Pf It Enacted by the People of. thi
State of Arkansas:
That Section i of Article 5 tt th.
Constitution of the State of Arkam ti
and Amendment No. 10 thereto hi
amended an as to read as follows
Section 1. The legislative power o
the people of this State shall be vestef
In a Genera! Assembly, which shal
consist of the Senate and House o:
Representatives, but the people reservi
to themselves the power to proiWisi
legislative measures, laws and amend
ments to the Constitution, and to ona<
or reject the same at the polls Hide
pendent of the General Assembly, and
also reserve the power, at their o*i
option to approve or reject at tin poll;
any entire act or any item of an ap
propriation bill
Initiative! Tin- tirst power, res- rve<2
!)>’ the people is the Initiative. Eight
per cent of the legal voters may pro
pose any law and ten per cent may
propose a const It u tional amendment ay
initiative petition, and every such peti
tion shall Include the full text of the
measure so proposed Initiative peti
tions for state-w ide measures shall be
filed with the Secretary of State not
less than four months before the ele,
tion 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 tin
petitioners. In eoine paper of g- nerul
elrculatlo n.
Referendum! The second potv.r ro
served by the people is the referendum
and any number not less than six p r
cent of the legal voters may, by peti
tion. order the referendum against any
general art. or any Item of an appr,
prlatlon bill, or measure passed by t! c
General Assembly, but the filing of a
referendum petition against one oi
more (terns, sections or parts of any
sueh act or Pleasure shall not d lay
the remainder from be- omlng >per
ntive. Such petition shall lie filed wit
the Secretary of State not later than
ninety days after the final adjournnu ct
of the session at which sueh art w .«
passed, except when a recess or ad
journment shall be taken temporarily
for a longer period than ninety days
in which ease such petition siint
filed not later than ninety days aftei
such recess or temporary adjournment
Any measure referred to the people by
referendum petition, shall remain in
abeyance until such* ote Is taken. The
total number of votes cast for the of
fice of Governor In the last preceding
general ejection shall be the basis upon
which the number of signatures of
legal voters upon statewide Initiative
and referendum petitions shall be com
puted.
Upon nil initiative or referendum
petitions provided for In any of the
sections of this article, it shall he
necessary to file from at least fifteen
of the counties of the State, petitions
bearing tli*- signatnru of not less than
one-half of the designated percentage
of the electors of such county.
Emergency! If It shal) be necessary
for the preservation of the public
pear. . health or safety, that a measure
shall become effective without delay,
e tch nee- ssity shall be stated in one
section, and if upon a yea ant] nay vote
two-thirds of all the members elected
to each house, or two-thirds of all the
members elected to city or town coun
oils, shall vob upon separate roll call
in favor of the measure going into Im
mediate opt ration, such emergency
measure shall become effective without
delay. It shall be necessary, however,
to state the tact which constitutes
such emergency. Provided however,
tlfat an emergency shali not be de
clared on any franchise or special priv
ilege or act nfceating 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 a law until it Is voted
upon by the people, and if it is then
rejected by a majority of the electors
voting thereon, it shall be thereby re
peal'd The provisions of this sub
section shall apply to city or town
counct Is.
i,ueal for Muntrlpatitle* and Counties!
The initiative and refreend' m uweri
of the people are hereby further re
served t'> the i-gal voters of each
municipality and county as to al’ looul.
«;■< al. and municipal legislation of
every character in and for their re
spective ir ii old pa "ties and counties,
but no 'Oval legislation shall be enacted
coatrar; to the Constitution or any
general law of the State and any gen
eral law shall have th# effect of repeal
li g any loeai legls ation which is in
conflict therewith.
Municipalities may provide for the
ever, ise . f the Initiative and refer
endum as to tlielr local legislation.
General laws shall he enacted provid
ing for the- exercise of the initiative
and referendum as to counties Fifteen
per cent of tin legal voters of any
municipality o county may order th.
referendum. or invoke the initiative
upon any local me sure. In municipal
ities the number of signatures re
quired upon a \ p tition shall be com
puted upon : total voti cast fr.i the
office of l, .1} i.- at the last preceding
general eh , tion; in counties upon the
office of nr lit erk In municipali
ties and . oui.t:. s the time for filing an
initiative petition shatl not lie fixed
at less tbai sixty days nor mon than
ninety days before the election al
which it is to in 'Oted upon, for « ref
erendum petition at not less than thirty
days nor ii.ori than ninetf days ..'tel
tin passage of such measur by -i
municipal council nor less than uinetj
days when fi.ed against a local or spe
cial measiuo utssed by the Genera
Assembly A
Every •wcnsiee enlargement, grant
or conveyance of a franchise or any
rights, property, casement, lease, oi
occupation of or in any road street
alley or any pert thereof in real prop
erty or interest in real property owned
by "municipalities exceeding in valu«
three hundred dollars whether th!
same he by statute, ordinance, resolu
tion. Or otherwise, shall he subject t«
referendum and shall not be subjeet t«
emergency legislation.
UEtiUHAL PROVISIONS
Definition: The word measure" ai
used herein Includes any bill, law res
olution. ordinance, charter, constitu
tional amendment or legislative pro
posal or enactment of any character
Velnt The veto power of th«
Governor or mayor shall not extend to
measures initiated by or referred tc
the people.
Amendment and Itepealt No meas
ure approved by a vote of the peopU
•ball be amended or repealed by th«
d»r* iiSu«.0» *
General \aHtinbly or by any , Ity coun
cil. except upon a yea and nay vote
on roll < all of two-thirds of all the
0 members clouted to each bouse of the
General Assembly, or of the rtty coun
cil, as the case may be,
Klcctloni All measures Initiated by
the people whether for the State,
minty, city or town shall be submitted
nly u the regular slectlona. cither
, State congressional or municipal, but
referendum petitions may be referred
to the ; pie ,it epcclal elections to bo
1 called b> the p r pur official and unoh
special elections sliall bo called when
‘ fifteen tier cent of the legal rotors shall
1 petition fi such special election, and
f the .'fi rnulum is Invoked as to any
, mature passed by a city or town coun
11, such .it) or town council may order
, | v special election.
Majorityi Any measure submitted to
the people as herein provided shall take
■ rITi t nnd he, on >• law when approved
by a majority of the votes cast upon
, such measure, and not otherwise, and
shall not be required to receive a ma
I jorlty of ti electors voting at such
, election. Such measures shall be oper
ative on and after the thirtieth day
, after the election at which It Is ap
proved, unl’-ss otherwise specified In
the act.
This section shall not l>e construed
to deprive any member of the General
Assembly of the right to Introduce any
I measure, hi.: no measure shall be sub
mitted to the people by the General
Assembly. < xcept a proposed constitu
tional amendment or amendments as
provided for in this Constitution.
(animus and Declaration of Result’
Th- result of the vote upon uny Stats
measure shall he canvassed and de
da red by t1 State M»>ard of Eleetloa
Commies’onera (or legal substitute
therefor); upon a municipal or oounty
1 measure, bj the county election com
n ’ ’ loners ’ or legal substitute thero
1 for).
( until.-ting Measures: If conflicting
measures initiated or referred to the
1 >* ■.j ;< shall 1m- approved by a majority
of the votes severally east for and
against the same at the same election
tin- one receiving tlit- highest number
of affirmative votes shall become law
Tin: ri:riTin\
Title; At the time of tiling petitions
tin exact title to tie used on the ballot
shall hy the p.-titloners be submitted
with the petition, and on state-widt
measures, shall he submitted to th«
State Hoard of Election Commissioners
who shall -rtlfy such title to the Soo
n tary of Si tv to tie pla-ed upon the
ballot: on county and municipal meas
ures hi, title- shall be submitted te
the eounty election board and shall- by
said hoard he placed upon the ballot
in such eounty or municipal election
l.lm i; i; ‘ Ion: No limitation shall be
placed upon the number of constitu
tional amendments, laws, or other
measures which may be proposed and
submitted to the people by either
initiative or referendum petition at
provided in this section. No petitior
shall he held invalid If It shall contain
a greater number of signatures thai
required herein.
V erifieri tIon: Only legal votes shal
be counted upon petitions. Petition;
may lie . . ■ ulated and presented ir
parts, but each part of any petitior
shall have attached thereto t* affi
davit of tlie person circulating; th«
saiiu that all signatures thereon weri
tnadi in the presence of the affiant
and that to the best of the affiant'*
knowledge and belief each signature 1*
genuine, and that the person signing it
a legal voter am] no other affidavit oi
verification shall he required to estab
lish the genuineness of such signatures
Sufficiencyi Ttio sufficiency of all
state-wide petitions shall be decided
in the firs; instance by the Secretary
of State, subject to review by the Su
preme Court of the State, which shall
have .original and exclusive Jurisdic
tion ovri ail such causes The suffi
ciency *of all lor nl petitions shall b*
decided in the first instance by tht
county clerk or the city clerk as the
casi may he, subject to review by the
Chancery Coiir'
Court live*'Ions i If the sufficiency
of any petition is challenged such cause
shall be a preference cause and shall
he tried at once, but the failure of the
courts to decide prior to the election
as to the sufficiency of any such peti
tion. shall not prevent the question
from being placed upon the ballot at
the election named in such petition, nor
militate against the validity of such
measure, if it shall have been approved
by a vote of the people.
Amendment of Petition! If tbs Sec
retary of State, county clerk or city
I lerk. as the case may he, shall decide
any petition to he insufficient, h# shall
without delay notify the sponsors of
such petition, and permit at least thirty
days from the date of such notifica
tion. in the instance of a state-wide
petition, or ten days in the instance ot
a municipal or county petition, for cor
rection or amendment. In ths event oi
legal proceedings to prevent giving
legal effect to any petition upon any
grounds the burden of proof shall be
upon the person or persons attacking
the validity of the petition.
Unwarranted Restriction* Prohib
ited: No law shall he passed to pro
hibit any person or persons from giving
or receiving compensation for circu
lating petitions, nor to prohibit the
circulation of petitions, nor in any
manner Interfering with the freedom
of the peoph in procuring petitions,
but laws shall he enacted prohibiting
and penalising perjury, forgery, and all
other felonies or other fraudulent
pra o cs. In the securing ef signatures
or filing of petitions.
PubllrntloB! All measures submitted
to a vote of the people by petition
under the provisions of this section
shall be published as is now, or hire
after may he provided hy law.
Enacting Planar i The style of all
bills Initiated and submitted under the
provisions of this section shall be:
He It Ena ted By The people of the
State of Arkansas. (Municipality or
County, as the esse may be).” Ir. sub
mitting measures to the people, th*
Secretary of State and ail other of
ficial* shall he g aided by the genera)
election laws or municipal laws as the
cas* may h- until additional legislation
is provided therefor.
Self-Executing! This section shall
be self-* 'g -utlng and all its prevision!
shall i"- treated it mandatory, but laws
may l e * . ted to facilitate its oper
at oi: No legislation shall lie enacted
to restrict, hamper or impair the exer
ts- of the : herein reserved to
th- I ople
That ” is amend.. to th* Const!
tut o- of ti-.e Stale be. and the same
shall i . ii. subs: i tut!on of the initla
tlv and Ueferendum Amendment, ap
p. Vcd February 19. 1909. as the same
if -■ :'->i A ts of Arkansas for
l.m on png--* lf.Vr un«l 1J4U of the
'oiiii ic con .iiiiinp tile same, and that
tin .--.I’d amend:.!. • -• (and the act ol'
the I*. : Assembly to carry out tiie
same , : proved Jim. ill 1911, so Ur as;
i -• me 1- : I a.-rew Ith) be,
, tml ; 'iiiiio ar« hereby repealed.
'• • t my of sc ature this
'• 111- day of Juiy. 1 . -
ISeulJ TOM J, TER It A 1
-St la.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the car There Is
only one way te cur» catarrhal deafness,
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. A\ hen this tub* la
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and when It Is entirely
closed. Deafness is th-' result Unless the
inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which is
an Inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Hall s Catarrh Medicine Cir
culars free. All Druggists. 75c.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, 9
We are in business to do
business. We win trade and
hold it by deserving it. A. J.
McSpadden & Co.
HOLIDAYS.
Every day's a holiday
For hearts both strong and true.
Every day'B a Jolly day
As Pleasure smiles anew.
It you make a friend of Duty
As you do what Fate may ask,
Vou will And a trace of beauty
In each ordinary task.
Every day's a holiday
As different charms draw near,
Psot an Idle folly day,
Hut one of honest cheer.
So we needn't mind the weather.
And we shouldn’t pause for strife
As we go along together
In the good old game of life.
ABOUT TIRED OF HEARING IT
Reasons Why Daddy Didn't Cordially
Join In Friend’s Well-Meant Ex
pressions of Delight.
Why is the face of Jones so wan nnd
haggard? Why Is his hair so tangled
a n u disheveled !
Why are hi* eyes
so bloodshot, his
knees so wobbly?
Look into his
eyes and there
read the solution.
He has recently
become a father.
As he hurries to
tlie office lie has
clearly the de
meanor of one
who has been taking the heir all night
and only just managed to snfitch a few
winks after the bawl.
A friendly hand is laid upon his
arm.
“Ey Jove, dear fellow, the news is
simply splendiferous! Heard it last
night at the club. A boy, I under
stand?”
“Ha, ha!”
“Delighted to hear tt! But you look
melancholy. Nothing wrong?”
“No. I was merely thinking,” an
swers Jones, “that you wouldn’t be so
delighted to hear It if you'd heard it
all night long.”
Birthday of Airplane.
In view of the marvelous achieve
ments in long-distance flights, and the
various uses to which flying machines
have been put in the war, as well as in
the postal service of the United States,
it is interesting to recall that the six
teenth birthday of the airplane has
just passed.
Orville and Wilbur Wright, who
owned a bicycle repair shop in Day
ton, O., used their spare time to
"tinker” on a flying machine. The
neighbors considered them crazy, but
harmless, and perfectly safe to be at
iarge. Finally they hit upon a con
traption to which twin propellers and
a 16-horsepower, four-cylinder gasoline
motor were attached—a winged affair
with a movable or elevating rudder in
front, which looked like a cross be
tween a large eagle and u nightmare.
This machine they took to Kill I'evil
j sand Hills, near Kitty Hawk, X. and
I on December 17, 1903, they made four
i successful flights, on one of which the
| airplane traveled a distance of 83
To Preserve Utah's First House
• A tiny log cabin, said to have been j
; the first ever built in Utah, has been
i acquired by Ogden city authorities and
{ will be preserved as an historical
I monument. The cabin, first discovered i
by (’apt. James Brown, who in 1^17
came to Utah at the head of a hand of
pioneers, is said to have been very old
then. It was constructed by Mile.*
Goodyear, mountaineer and trapi; r
who by a grant of the Spanish gov
! eminent owned all land from the
Weber river to Hot Springs mourn
! tains, on part of which property the
j city of Ogden Is located.
The cabin, known as “Utah's tirsi
liwuso," was located on property o\ ne<:
Sv Mrs. M. I*. Shaw, and she recently
i made a gift of it to the city.
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Rtynard Lost His Cunning,
j Wliiie hunting with three friends.
Thomas Cornalle of Winsted, Cohn..
• ho hud no gun and had remained in
.tv auto after the others had pom*
rated tlie hunting grounds, discovered
fox sitting in a lot not far away lie
ft tlie auto, crept along and told the
hunters. The quartette finished the ,
last lap on their hands and knei s to
ivoid detection. Then Comalio. rest
ing ids gun on a stone wall, shot the
in; twice, but the animal neither fed
mr ran away. The hunters went over
the wall and found reynard hail been
caught in a trap.
SHIRKING
RESI’ONSIiilLr
1TV.
Little Kthel—
£>id the doctor
leave this bah)
with us?
Her Mother—
Yes, dear.
Little Ethel—1
s’fiose he got
1 tired taklnR care
of it himself and
that’s why he put
it off onto us.
Roosevelt’s Long Ride.
In February, 1009, the late former
President Roosevelt rode OS miles on
horseback in the seventeen hours be
tween daylight and dark. The trip was
from Washington to Warrenton and
return. Three horses were used.
Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh.
The length of time cut flowers can
be kept can be greatly lengthened by
putting a little saltpeter or carbon
ate of soda in the water in which they
are kept.
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I have bought the Hoyt & Ran
ey Insurance Agency and am
in position to take care of your
fire insurance in the very best
companies.
1 represent companies that have been doing
business here for twenty years and have
never failed to pay a single loss promptly. 1
look after expirations closely and see that
your interests are protected. The compan
ies I represent have practically rebuilt the
town. 1 also represent some of the very
best Old Line Life Insurance Companies, and
when you need good insurance of any kind,
it will pay you to see me.
E. G. MAGNESS
OFFICE IN ALLEN BUILDING
Newark, Ark
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