I'ltOI’OSKII m INITIATIVE
PETITION.
PROPONED AMENDMENT NO. Ill Tf
THE CONSTITUTION OK IR
KANSAS.
Amending Section 1, Article 5. to th
Constitution of the State of Arkni s.i»
and Amendment No. 10 thereto pro
posing:
That eight per cent of the legs
voters may propose any law sim! ter
per cent may propose a oonstltimo .
amendmen t.
That 1he second power reso.'vi d by
the people Is the referendum by w p‘h
six per cent of the voters may b» peti
tion order the referendum of any gen
eral acts or any Item of in appri.prln
tlon bill or measure pass el by the • .•
era! Assembly. There shall he fib"]
petitions from at hast fifteen co .nt '.
of the State and heart pm signature
of one-half percentage of electors of
such county.
That a two-thirds vote Is re- • f cry
to attach th< etni » n v ei« use to
1-iegIslatlv. or Town Council measur-•
That the Initiative and referendum
powers of the pem i an reserved to
the legal voters of each municipality
and county.
That the veto power of the Gnverner
or Mayor shall not extend to ini1 -i me
or referendum measures and that th>
same Is not subj< •• f to amendment by
the General A o inbly or < dty • ‘ouncs
except by two-third' \
That all mcasurt initiated hy t! *
people shall be submitted only at reg
ular elections except when fifteen pei
cent of voters petition for special elec
tion.
That any measure shall take effect
and become a law when approved hy i
majority of the votes cast on such
measure.
That no limitation shall be placed or
the number of constitutional amend
meats, laws, or other measures which
may be proposed.
FOB AMENDMENT NO 13
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 1"
Be ft Enacted by the People of th»
State of Arkansas:
That Seotlon 1 of Article f> to th'
Constitution of the State of Arkn.nsar
and Amendment No. 10 thereto be
amended so as to read as follows
Section 1. The legislative power of
the people of this State shall be vested
In a General Assembly, which shall
consist of the Senate ami House of
Beprosentattves, but the people reserve
to themselves the power to pro[»pe
legislative measures, laws and amend
ments to the Constitution, and to enact
or reject the same at the polls Inde
pendent of the General Assembly; and
also reserve the power, at their own
option to approve or reject at the poll?
any entire act or any Item of an ap
propriation bill.
Initiative! The first power reserved
by the people is the initiative. Eight
per cent of the legal voters may pro
pose any law and ten per cent may
propose a constitutional amendment *y
Initiative petition, and every such peti
tion shall include the full test of the
measure so proposed. Initiative peti
tions for state-wide measures shall be
filed with the Secretary of State not
less than four months before the elec,
tlon at which they are to be vot d
upon: Provided, that at least thirty
days before the aforementioned filing
the proposed measure shall have 1..
published once, at the expense of the
petitioners, in some paper of general
circulation.
Referendumi The second power re
served hy the people is the refi rendum
and any number not less than >.\ per
cent of the legal voter? may. by p-tl
tlon, order the referendum atainr
general act. or any Item of a.n I pro
priatlon bill, or measure pass d by t
Genera) Assembly, but the filing of e
referendum petition against on- oi
more Items, sections or parts of
such act or measure shall not d ’ey
the remainder from becomin 1 r
ative. Such petition Hhall be tV—d with
the Secretary of State not later that
ninety days after the final adjourna ■ 1
of the session at which such act w :
passed, except when a recess or ad
Journment shat! be taken temper tv: ;.
for a longer period than ninety d
in which ease such petition s i 1
filed not later than ninety iys
such recess or temporary adjourn.
Any measure referred to the poop' • -
referendum petition shall reman ii
abeyance until such* ote Is taken. T .
total number of votes east for the •
fine of Governor In the last preceding
general election shall be the basis pm
which the number of signatures n<
legal voters upon statewide initiative
and referendum petitions shall be com
puted.
Upon all Initiative or referendum
petitions provided for In any of t >
si ctlons of this article It shall be
necessary to file from at least fifteen
of the counties of the btate. petitions
bearing the signature of not less than
one-half of the designated percentage
of the electors of such county.
Emergencyi If It shall be ne- -ssiry
for the preservation of the public
peace, health or safety, that a nit :
shall become effective without -b y,
Bueh 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 sleeted to city or town coun
cils, shall vote upon separate roll all
In favor of the measure going Into Im
mediate operation, such emergency
measure shall become effective without
delay. It shall be necessary, however,
to state the fact which constitutes
such emei gency. Provided however,
that an emergency shall not be de
clared on any franchise or special priv
ilege or act i**atlng any vested rle' t
or Interest or alienating any propert;
of the State. If a referendum Is filed
against any emergency measure such
measure shall b. a law until it is voted
upon by the people, and if it is thei
rejected by a majority of the eb> tors
voting thereon, it shall be thereby re
pealed. The provisions of this sub
section rhall apply to ettv or town
counci Is.
I,oral for M i,nlrl|riUHr» and Comities:
Tho initiative and referendum powers
of the people are hereby further rc
Berved to the legal voters of each
municipality and county as to all locml.
special, and municipal legislation of
every character in and for thoir re
spective municipalities and tour, es
but no local lccislatlon shall be ena ted
contrary to the Constitution or any
general law of the State, aid any gen
eral law shall have the effect of repeal
ing any le al l« gislation which is in
conflict therewith.
Municipalities may provide for the
exercls; of the initiative and n fer
endum as to their local legislation
General laws shall he enacted provid
ing for the exercise of the initiative
and referendum as to counties. Fife r
per cent of the legal voters of any
municipality or roar, y may order tic
referendum, or invoke tin- Initiative
upon any local measure. In municipal
ities the lumber of signatures re
quired upon any r • c lot shall i com
puted upon th> total vote ist f th,
office of mayor at the last preceding
general election it; ■buntlts upon the
office of circuit . n mu:, .pall
tics and countii s tin- time for filing an
initiative petition -hall not be fixed
at less than sixty da;. - nor mor, than
ninety days before the , , ;ion at
which it is to 1 e voted up i for ref
Orendum petition at not less tun; thirty
days nor more than n.uetj- da; s after
th«j passage of such measure hy a
municipal council, nor less than ninety
days when filed against a local nr spe
cial measure pass -d by the General
Assembly.
Every extension enlargement, grant
or conveyance of a franchise or any
rights, property, easement, lease 01
occupation of or in any road, street
alley or any part thereof in real prop
erty or Interest in real property owned
by municipalities, exceeding in valut
three hundred dollars. \vn->h«r th<
same be by statute, ordim.nc- resolu
tion, or otherwise, shall tie subject tc
referendum and shall not be subject tt
emergency legislation.
UENEltAI. PBO\ IMOSt
Definitions The word measure-' ai
used herein includes ur,V bill, law. res
olution, ordinance, charter, constitu
tional amendment 01 legislative pro
poaal or enactment of any character
Xu Veto.- The veto power of thi
Governor or mayor shall not extend t
measures initiated by or referred ti
the people.
Aairqdnieiit and Hepeali No rneas
ore approved by a vote of the peopii
JjjaJI be amended or repealed by th<
General Assembly or by any city coun
cil, 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 coun
cil. as the case may be.
Election: Ail measures Initiated by
i the people whether for the State,
county, city or town, shall be submitca-d
only at the regular elections either
State, congressional or municipal, but
referendum petitions may be referred
to the people at special elections to be
ailed by the proper official and such
special elections shall bo called when
fifteen per cent of the legal voters shall
petition for such special election, and
If the referendum Is invoked as to any
measure passed by a city or town coun
11, such city or town oouncll may order
a special election.
Majority: Any measure submitted to
the people as herein provided shall take
offset and become law when approved
by a majority of the votes cast upon
such measure, and not otherwise, and
shall not he required to receive a ma
jority or the 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, unless otherwise specified in
the act.
This section shall not be construed
to deprive any member of tlve General
Assembly of the right to introduce any
measure, but no measure shall be sub
mitted to the people by the General
Assembly, ex* * pt a proposed constitu
tional amendment or amendments as
provided for in this Constitution.
• nil t llfiu l/ri w* *»»
The r'suit of tht vote upon any State
measure shall be canvassed and die
dared by (tie State Board of Election
Commissioners (or legal substitute
therefor); upon a municipal or county
measure, by the county election com
missioners (or legal substitute there
for ).
Conflicting Mensurc*; If conflicting
measures Initiated or referred to th*
people shall be approved by a majority
of th“ votes severally east for anc
ar ainst tin same at tin same election
the one receiving the highest number
of affirmative votes shall become law
Tin: pi: : n in\
Title: At the time of filing petitions
the exact title to be used on the ballot
shall by the petitioners- lie submitted
with the petition, and on state-wide
measures, shall t>e submitted to tht
.State Hoard of Klectlon Commissioners
who shall certify such title to the Sec
retary of Stale to be placed upon the
ballot: on county and municipal meas
ures such title shall be submitted tc
the county election board and shall by
Raid board be placed Upon the ballot
in su li county or municipal election
limitation: No limitation shall b<
placed upon the number of constitu
tional amendments, laws, or othet
meas'ires which may be proposed and
submitted to the people by •ilbci
initiative or referendum petition at
provided In this seetion. No petitioi
shall be held invalid If It shall eontair
d greater number of signatures that
required herein.
VcrSflentloni Only legal votes shal
he counted upon petitions. Petition!
may be circulated and presented Ir
parts, but each part of any' petitior.
shall have attached thereto t % affi
davit of the person circulating tin
same, that all signatures thereon were
made in the presence of the affiant
and that to the best of the affiant'!
knowledge and belief each signature Is
genuine, and that the person signing is
a legal voter and no other affidav it or
verification shall he required to estab
lish the genuineness of such signatures
Sufficiencyt The sufficiency of al
state-wide petitions shall be decided
in the first Instance by the Secretary
of fitate. subject to review by the Su
preme Court of the State, which shall
have original and exclusive jurisdic
tion ovro all such causes. The suffi
ciency of all local petitions shall be
d< id 1 in tin first instance by the
county clerk or the city clerk as the
• •as. may be. subjt t to review by the
Chancery Com'.
Court in coionsi if the sufficiency
of a .y petition is i ' rllcnged such cause
sh; n he a prefer: m cause and shall
be tried at once, but the failure of the
courts to decide prior to the election
is to the sufficiency of any such peti
tion. "hall not prevent the question
from being placed upon the ballot at
the election named In such petition, nor
milltati against the validity of such
measure, if it shall have been approved
by 11 vofc of th ‘ "'’uni e.
Amendment of Petitloai If the Sec
retary of Htate, county clerk or city
• lerk. : s the ease may be. shall decide
.my petition to be insufficient, he shall
wit ions delay notify the sponsors ot
such petition, and permit tit least thirty
days frorft the date of such notifica
tion. in the Instance of a state-wid»
petition, or ten days in the instance of
a municipal or county petition, for rot
r 'loti or amendment. In the event of
legal proceedings to prevent giving
hull effect to any petition upon any
grounds, the burden of proof shall be
upon the person or persons attacking
the validity of the petition.
rnnnrrunted Hestrletlone Prohib
ited: No law shall be 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 tl people In procuring petitions;
but laws shall be enacted prohibiting
and penalizing perjury forgery and all
other fclonb • or other fraudulent
pram ecs, In the securing of signatures
or filing of petitions,
l*rl>!|cntlon: All measures submitted
to a vote of the people ly petition
under the provisions of this section
shell h> published as is now, or hrre
a.ft"r may be provided by law.
Running < Inline: The style of all
bills initiated and submitted under the
provisions of this section shall he
"He It 1 a ;>d P.y Tin People of thi
State o v rkansas (Municipality or
'.'oui.ty as the ■ ase may be) It sub
mitting measures to the people, the
Secretary of State ami all other of
ficials shall he guided by the genera)
election taws or municipal laws as the
■as t : v be until additional legislation
• s prev- 1 -d therefor
s el f— 11 \ routing: This section shall
t.c :n If-c\ecu tt c g. and all itR provision*
1 be treated as mandatory but laws
' ay r* ci ( ted to fa< ilitate its oper
ation No ' glslation sh%Sl be enacted
to restrict, hamper or Impair the exer
cise of tiie rights herein reserved to
tb,' people.
That ’us in i tidment to the Constl
tut in . f the State he. and the same
shall b< to substitution of the Initia
tive at I i:. ferendum Amendment, ap
1 February 19, 1909, as the same
' In the \, is of Ark-maos for
Hmv on pagf-a l*3H ana 124 , of the
volume containing the same; and that
th- cud am.-ndim n' land the act ot
the hi’tiira! Assembly to .-arry out tht
same Bl-prov -I Jilin 30, 1911. so far at
to- .- .me is in conflict herewith) be
.v d T same are h-r. ! >• rep aled.
Witness, my uflieini signatui, this
i*41ii day o£ July 1(3
1 Seal J TO M J. TKKUA1-,
Secretary oi State,
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
b\ local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is
only anc way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
I’am. tl condition of the mucous lining of
the Kusiachian Tube. When this tube is
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 iniiamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls 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 Hail s Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars free. \\\ Druggists. 75c.
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