The Initiative and Referendum powwra
the people are hereby further reeerv
to the legal voters of each municipal
ity end county as to all local, special
and municipal legislation of every char
acter In and for their respective muniol
nalltlee and counties
Counties. cities and towns may pro
vide for the exercise of the Initiative
mid Referendum as to their local legis
lation. Petitions shall be tiled with the
county or city clerk. Not more than
ten (10) per cent of the legal voters of
H„y county, city, or town may be re
quired to order the referendum, nor
n,ore than fifteen 061 per cent of the
legHl voters of any such county, city or
towu shall be required to propose any
measure by Initiative petition.
In counties or municipalities tin- num
ber of signatures required on a petition
ehall he computed upon the vote cast for
tin- office of county judge or mayor at
the lust preceding election.
Every extension, enlargement, pur
chase. grant, or conveyance of a fun
chlse or of any rights, property, ease
ment, lease, or occupation of or in any
road street, alley or park, or any part
thereof In any real property, or Interest
In any real property owned by a munici
pal corporation, whether the same be by
statute, ordinance, resolution, or othsr
wise, shall be subject to referendum and
shall not be subject to emergen v legis
lation. The tlm - for tiling a referendum
petition against municipal or local
measures shall not be fixed at less mail
thirty days after the passage there f by
municipal or local legislative bodies
The word “measure." as used herein,
means any law, bill, resolution, ordl- I
nance, charter, or constitutional amend- |
roent, or any other legislative measure. |
Iri the case of laws chiefly of local In
terest. as the creation of new or addi
tional Judges, or other officers or offices
referendum by petition shall be sub
mitted for approval or rejection to the
people of the district Interested.
All elections on general, local, ifh i
special measures referred to the p. ipi%
of the State or of any locality shall he j
held at the regular general election, ex
rept when the Governor, County Judge
or Mayor shall order a special ele thm
State, counties, or municipalities may I
provide for special elections on locu! i
legislation.
No limitation shall bo placed upon
the number of constitutional amend
ments or other measures uiu. h may »>o
proposed and submitted to tic people by
tdiher Initiative or Hefei * ndmn peti
tions as provided in this s, tion, nor
sliall this seetlSn be construed to con
flict In any particular with .Article in.
Section 22. of the Constitution provid
ing for the submission of constitutional
amendments by the Ia-glslative Assem
bly and their adoption by the people.
This section Shall not be OI stt led to
deprive any member ilf t • I. .; d.iliV
Assembly of the right to Introduce any
measure, but no measure shall be sub
mitted to the people bv the Legislative
Assembly except n proposed constitu
tional amendment, or amendment as pro
vided for In Article 1Hctdon 22 of the
Constitution.
Any measure submitted to the people
by petition as herein provided shall tans
effect and became a law when approved
by a majority of the votes is! there
on and not otherwise, and shall not he
required to receive a majority of the
lotes cast for candidates in such elec
tion Such measure sliall he operative
on and after the thirtieth day after the
election at which it is approved.
The veto power of the Governor or the
Mayor shall not extend to measures in
tiated by or referred to the people.
If conflicting measures referred to the
people shall be approved by' a majority
of the votes severally east for and
against the same the one receiving tin
nigher number of affirmative votes shall
ihereby become a law.
So measure approved by' a vote of ths
people shall be amended or rep.-.iU-d by
the General Assembly or any City
Council except by a yea or nay vote upon
roll call of three-fourths of all the mem
ber* elected; nor sliall any such meas
ure be set aside, in whole or In part, as
unconstitutional except by a unanimous
decision of all the members of the Su
preme Court of the State
Legal voters only sliall he counted
upon petitions Petitions may In un u
iated nn<l presented In part*, but each
part of any petition shall have attached
thereto the affidavit of the person cir
culating the same, that all the signa
tures thereon were made In the pres
ence of the affiant and that to the best
of the affiant’s knowledge and belief
each signature Is gerulne. and that the
person signing Is a legal 0’oter. and no
other affidavit or vert ’cation shall he re
quired to establish the genuineness of
such signatures
The sufficiency of all Statewide peti
tions shall he decided In the first in
stance by the Secretary of the State,
and of municipal and local petitions by
!he City or County Clerk, subject to re
view bv the Supreme Court of the State
which shall have exclusive and or'a-'*UU
Jurisdiction over all such case*
If the sufficiency of any petition t*
challenged the question sliall be tried at
once wthout referem e to term, time or
vacation and adjudicated without de
lay; but the failure of the courts to
decide prior to the election, a* to the
sufficiency of such petition, shall not
prevent the question from being phi .d
upon the ballot at the election named
In such petition, nor militate against
the validity of the measure if it “hall
have been approved by a vote of the peo
ple If the Secretary' of State. County
Clerk, or City Clerk, shall deride any p*
tion to be Insufficient he shall, wlihi. it
delay, notify the sponsors of the peli
tlon and permit at least thirty' day*
from the date of such notification fur
correction or amendment. In the event
of legal proceedings to prevent gli-nc
legal effect to any petition upon any
grounds, the burden of proof shall be
upon the person or persons atta. lug
the validity of the petition
No law shall be passed requiring a
distribution of signatures upon pen
tlnns in each of the counties or other
political divisions of the State, nor to
prohibit any person or persons from giv
lag or receiving compensation for <’ir
dilating petitions nor to prohibit the
elrculaton of petition*, nor in any way
to Interfere with the freedom of the I"’ ’
pie in securing petitions, but laws may
be ena. ted prohibiting and penalising
any fraudulent practice, such as l'i
Jury, forgery, or any other mlsdemeano
In the securing or filing of petition*
All measures submitted to a vote r
the people by petitions under tin; pin
visions of tills section sliall be publish
ed as Is now or nifty hereafter tie pi"
vtdo.i by law. . . .. A
The stylo of all bills, Inltlnted bv the
peoplt1 and submitted undor tin* b*"' *
Kins of this section, shall be. "Re ”
enacted by the people of the Stale o
Arkansas" tmunicipullty or county,
the case may be). In submitting meas
ures to the people, the Secretary o
State and all other officials shall >j«
guided by the general laws until ad
ditional legislation shall he provided
therefor.
The result of the vote upon any
State measure shall he declared by the
state Hoard of Election Commissions! s
(or the substitute therefor), and the ie
eult of a vote for any city or town mess
ure shall be declared by tho City Cen
tral Committee or Town Council (or
ant substitute therefor).
’Htls amendment shall he self-exe
cuting, but the Legislative Assembly
may enact laws to facilitate its oper
ation. and no legislation shall bo en
acted to restrict, hamper or Impair the
exercise of the rights herein reserved
to the people.
All the provisions of this amendment
s' all be treated as mandatory.
That this amendment to the Consti
tution of tho Slate be, and the same
ahull he In substitution of tho Initia
tive and Referendum Amendment, ap
proved February 19, 1909, as the same
appears In the Acts of Arkansas for
1909, on pages 1231) and 1210 of the
volume containing the sains; and that
the said amendment (and the act of
the General Assembly to carry out tho
same, approved June 80. 1911, so far ns
the same Is in conflict herewith), be
ftI\S ,he same are hereby repealed.
The above proposed Amendment whs
“led In the office of the Secretary of
State on January 23, 191R.
Kach elector may vote For oi
Aga.lnat the above proposed Amendment
official signature tills
f, 1916.
EARLE W. HODGES,
‘Seal)
Secretary of Stat*
EXTENSION OF
RURAL FREE D£
Ll VER Y SERVICE
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Measures of Reform Introduc
ed and Great Improvements
and Extension Made by the
Present Administration.
On the 17th of October,
1 !><)(), there died in the city of
Lexington ;l man who had
made his mark in public life
and left Ihe impress of his per
sonality upon the records of
his time. William L. Wilson
was the idol of his party in
West Virginia and a great and
commanding figure in the arena
of national life. The people of
his district delighted to do him
honor, as successive elections
to Congress testified, and Pres
ident Cleveland rewarded the
splendid fight he made for tar
iff reform by a seat in his cabi
net, the position of Postmaster
General.
When the body of this dis
tinguished man was laid to rest
at his home in /Charles Town,
ex-Presidem Cleveland paid
him the distinguished honor of
atten'ding in person the funer
al ceremonies at his grave. At
the close of a most touching
and impressive address by the
pastor, who dwelt upon his
many engaging personal qual
ities, his public and private vir
tue, the tears coursed down
the cheeks of Mr. Cleveland, a
deep and silent tribute to the
man he loved and whose loss
he so greatly deplored.
The Beginning of Rural
Delivery and its Progress
William L. Wilson was the
father of rural delivery, whose
benefits no one can fully de
scribe, for it is without ques
tion the most popular adminis
trative measure of the Govern
ment. For years there had been
a growing discontent among
the farmers and the people in
the smaller towns at the postal
advantages afforded the cities
and the more populous com
munities. They felt themselves
deprived of the opportunities
and benefits which others en
joyed, and the desire forrecog
nition was outspoken and in
sistent and could no longer be
denied. On June 9, 1896. the
sum of $40,000 was made a
vailable, and on October 1,
1890, the first experiment ru
ral delivery was put into oper
ation in Jefferson County,West
Virginia. Service was establish
ed on three routes simultane
ously, one from Charles Town,
one from i'villa, and one from
Halltown.
At the close of business
June JO, 1915, there were in
operation from 18,813 post of
fices throughout the country
43,877 rural routes. Up to and
including June 30, 1915, 20,
080 post offices were discon
tinued on account of the es
tablishment of rural delivery,
presenting a saving to the
postal service of $1,613,000
per annum and also a saving
of $3,482,000 on account of
the discontinuance of star
route service. The period of
greatest activity in the rural
service was from 1900 to 1905,
the appronriations running
from $450,000 in 1900 to $21.
1 16,000 in 1905.
Steps Taken to Extend
Ar d Improve the Service
This administration has re
cognized the value of the pos
tal service to the people to a
greater extent within the past
three years than tor any simi
lar period during the last de
cade. Mail facilities have been
established and extended on
mail routes in more than ten
thousand localities, giving ser
vice to approximately 2,500,
000 patrons heretofore denied
this benefit. Six hundred and.
fifty-eight thousand families
were added to the list I mm
April, 1913, to April. 1910.
The elimination of useless and ,
wasteful methods have made it
possible to do this and also pay
out $4,000,000 more to em
ployees at an actual increased
cost of less than $1,500,000
per annum.
For twenty years there had
been no readjustment of a
vast amount of rural service. It
was allowed to remain exact
ly as experimentally establish
ed. Consequently all sorts of
special privilege had crept in
ml was found existing, such
as double daily service to fav
ored localities, unnecessary re
traces to one family and not to
all, duplication of travel by
two or more carriers over a
single highway, only one of
whom performed service there
on, and many other similar
forms of waste and extrava
gance. There was also neglect
shown as to the value of the
work performed by the car
riers. They were paid solely
upon the miles of road cover
ed, regardless of the character
thereof, the equipment neces
sary, the amount of mail car
ried, or the hours of service
rendered. This was as unjust
and discriminatory in the pay
ments made as it was in the
distribution of mail facilities.
Both needed remedy and the
remedy was applied, and who
shall say that injustice was
done to anybody?
“The greatest good to the
greatest number” must ever
be the motto of wise and suc
cessful administration, and of
ficials can only hope to win
public approval when such mot
to governs their administra
tive acts.
The Policy and Purpose
of the Department
It has been the policy and
the purpose of this administra
tion to make of the rural deliv
ery and its partner in public
benefit, the parcel post, all
that its most sanguine project
ors hoped to accomplish. The
Postmaster General is deeply
interested in both, and has us
ed to the utmost the great pow
ers of his office and his per
sonal influence as well to pro
mote in every possible way
these two great factors in our
national life. He wants the
man away from the greater ad
vantages of commercial oppor
tunity to have an equal chance
with his more favored brother
in the cities, and gain for his
industry, whatever it may be,
the fullest measure of benefit
that government can ^bestow.
To this end the energies of the
Department have been direct
ed. the wisest counsels sought,
and the greatest personal at
tention given.
The administration expects
to greatly widen and still fur
ther improve this public bene
fit and advantage until all sec
tions and localities where ru
ral service can be made oper
ative shall have these conven
iences afforded them and have
them generously maintained.
Petitions for service are no
longer necessary. The recom
mendation of the postmaster
brings an inspector who goes
over the ground and if service
can be made at all effective, it
will at once be given. No con
siderations of administrative
economy, no mere saving of
money by miserly methods or
parsimonious process is to
stand in the way of any bene
fit which the rural delivery can
give or wise public policy can
sanction. The common people,
upon whom the burdens rest
and upon whose toil the na
tion's prosperity is built, are to
have their share of Goverment
favor in full measure returned
to them and every aid to the
furtherance of legitimate en
terprise and effort secured to
them by performance and by
practice.
•n
NOTICE OF DATES
FOR DIPPING CATTLE
The undersigned will be at
the following vats on dates
named, for the purpose of su
pervising the dipping of cattle.
All cattle owners are requested
to have their cattle at their re
spective vats on dates as given
below:
Leggett Vat.—June 13, July
3 and 25, August 15, Septem
ber 5 and 26, October 17.
Moorefield Vat.—June 15,
July 6 and 27, August 17, Sep
tember 7 and 28, October 19.
Newark Vat.—June 19, July
10 and 31, August 21, Septem
ber 11, October 2 and 23.
Self Vat.—May 31, June 21,
July 21, August 2 and 23, Sep
tember 13, October 4 and 25.
Rob Magness vat, July 28,
August 11, September 1 and
September 22.
T. A. SHARP,
Inspector, Ratesville.
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U. C. V. CONVENTION
AT LITTLE ROCK
Little Rock, Aug. 7.—Gen.
Jonathan Kellog, commander
of the Arkansas Division, Unit
ed Confederate Veterans, to
night issued the call for the
annual convention of the div
ision in Little Rock on Oct. 18,
19 and 20. The basis of repre
sentation in the convention is
one delegate for every 20 mem
bers in good standing in each
camp and one additional dele
gate for a fraction of 10 mem
bers.
PERFECT HEALTH IS EVERY
WOMAN’S BIRTHRIGHT.
A Temperance Remedy That
From Girlhood to Old Age
Has Been a Blessing to
Womanhood.
When a girl becomes a woman, when
a woman becomes a mother, when a
woman passes through the changes of
middle life, arc the three periods of life
when health and strength are most
needed to withstand the pain and dis
tress often caused by severe organic
disturbances.
At these critical times women arc
best fortified by the use of Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription, an old remedy
of proved worth that keeps the entire
female system perfectly regulated and
in excellent condition.
Not a patent medicine because this
old prescription of Dr. Pierce’s has its
ingredients published on wrapper.
Mothers, if your daughters are weak,
lack ambition, are troubled with head
aches, lassitude and are pale and sick
ly, I)r. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
is just what they need to surely bring
the bloom of health to their cheeks
and make them strong and healthy.
For all diseases peculiar to woman,
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a
powerful restorative. During the last
4() years it has banished from the lives
of tens of thousands of women the
pain, worry, misery and distress caused
by irregularities and diseases of a
feminine character.
If you are a sufferer, if your daugh
ter, mother, sister need help, get Dr
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription in liquid
or tablet form from any medicine dealer
to-day. Then address Dr. Pierce, In
valids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., and re
ceive confidential advice that will not
cost you a penny. To-day is the day,
136-pagc book on woman’s diseases sent
free.—Adv.
CMEL SMITES
AND MAKES TOD SICK
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liver and you lose a
day’s work.
There’s no reason why a person should
take sickening, salivating calomel when
GO cents buys a large bottle of Dodson’s
T.iver Tone—a perfect substitute for cal
omel.
It is a pleasant, vegetable liquid which
will start your liver just as surely as
calomel, but it doesn’t make you sick and
can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
Dodson's Liver Tone, because it is per
fectly harmless.
Calomel is a dangerous drug. It is
mercury and attacks your bones. Take
n dose of nasty calomel today and you
will feel weak, sick and nauseated to
morrow. Don’t lose a day’s Work. Take
a spoonful of Dodson’s Liver Tone in
stead and you will wake up feeling great.
No more biliousness, constipation, slug
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land examined and the title abstracted
you should have it attended to at once—
you insure your property against fire. Now
have your land title abstracted against
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SEE THE JOURNAL FOR FIRST CLASS JOB PRINTING
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TUI
CONSTI'fTTIOX OF THE STATE
OF ARKANSAS.
Notice Is hereby Riven that the fol
lowing Joint resolution, proposing an
amendment to the State Constitution
was passed by the General Assembly
at Its regular session of 19X5, and that
the same will be submitted to the elec
tors of the State at the next general
election, to bt held Tuesday, November
7. 1916, for adoption or rejection.
Proposed Amendment No. 14.
That the following Is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, which,
when agreed to by a majority of all
members elected to each house and
adopted by a majority of the electors
of the State voting at the next gen
eral election for senators and repre
sentatives, shall become a part of tha
Constitution of the State of Arkansas:
"Section 1. The county courts In
tjretr respective counties, In addition to
the county tax now allowed to be lev
ied, shall have power when authorized,
as hereinafter provided, to levy an an
nual tax not exceeding three mills on
the dollar on all taxable property,
which shall be collected and expended
in making and repairing public roada
and bridges In their respective coun
ties: and said court shall have power,
aftar authority given as hereinafter
provided, to levy a tax not exceeding
three mills on the dollar on all taxable
property for a period of time not to
exceed thirty years, to borrow money, i
Issue bonds, and pledge the revenues
arising from the tax levied for a pe
riod of time, to pay the Interest and
principal of any sum or sums so bor
rowed. All bonds Issued by authority
herein given shall bear a rate of Inter
est not to exceed 6 per cent per annum.
All sums so borrowed shall be used ex- ;
cluslvely In making and repairing the
public roads and bridges In the county.
The annual tux and the tax for period
of years shall not both be levied and
be In force at the same time In any
county—the levy of one shall exclude
the levy of the other.
Before any levy of taxes herein au
thorized shall he made, the question
of lowing such tax shall be submitted
to the' qualified electors of the county
at a general or special election called
for that purpose, at whloh a majority
of the qualified electors voting at such
an election shall have voted In favor of
•uch levy of taxlis.
Approved February 1, 1916,
Tha above resolution was filed In the
office of the Secretary of State on Feb
ruary 9, 1916.
Each eleotor may vote fef er against
the above amendment.
Witness my ofBolal signature thU
19th day of April. 1919.
EARLE W. HODGES,
(Seal]
Secretary Of St494t
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