I'KOrOSEl) UY I.MTIATIVE
PETITION.
propoxed ameyrxem xo. i:j to
THE CONSTITUTION OF AH
KAAXAA.
Amending Section 1. Article S. to tlv
Constitution of the State of Arkansas
ami Amendment No. 10 thereto pro
posing:
That eight per cent of the legal
voter* may propose any law and t--..
per cent may propose a constitutional
amendment.
That the second power reserved by
the people is the referendum by which
six per cent of the voters may by peti
tion order the referendum of unj gen
eral acts or any Item of an appropria
tion bill or measure passed by the < Inn
era! Assembly. There shall be died
petitions from at least lifteen count:
of the State and itarin signal
of one-half percentage of electors of
such county.
That a two-thirds vote is necessary
to attach the emergency clause to
Legislative or Town Council measure*
That the initiative and referendum
powers of the people are reserved to
the legal voters of each municipality
and county.
That the veto power of th Governor
or Mayor shall not extend to inifiaii ••
or referendum measures and that the
same is not subject to amendment toy
the General Assembly or City CnunoH
•xcept by two-thirds vote
That all measures initiated by the
people shall be submitted only at r< g
ular elections except when fifteen per
cent of voters petition for specinl elec
tion.
That any measure shall take effect
and become a law when approved bv i
majority of the votes cast on such
measure.
That no limitation shall be placed on
the number of constitutional amend
me>-ts. Jaws, or other measurea which
may b« proposed
FOR AMENDMENT NO 13
AOATNPT AMENDMENT NO. 13
Be Tt Enacted by the People of tlir
Ptate of Arkansas:
That Section 1 of Article 5 to th*
Constitution of the State of Arkansas
and Amendment No. 10 thereto be
amended so as to read as follows
Section I. The legislative power of
the people of this State shall be vested
In a General Assembly, which shall
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 same at the polls Hide
rendent of the General Assembly: and
also reserve the power, at their ow-i
option to approve or reject at the poll*
any entire uet or any Item of an ap
propriation bKt.
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
fTopose a constKutlonal amendment ky
nltiatlve petition, and every such peti
tion shall include the full text of fh«
measure so proposed Initiative peti
tions for state-wide measures shall bt
filed with the Secretary of State not
less than four months before the elec
tion at which they are to be vnt.-d
upon: Provided, that at least thirty
days before the aforement lored tiling,
the proposed measure shall have been
published once, at the expense of t! •
petitioners, in some paper of gencnl
circulation.
Referendum: The second power re
served by the people Is the refer- ndum
and any number not less than six p- r
cent of the legal voters may, by peti
tion. order the referendum ayalr it ;n ■.
general act, or any Item of an : ppm
prlatlon bill, or measure pass' d 1
General Assembly, but the filing of a
referendum petition against one ot
more items, secttonn or parts of any
such act or measure shall not d lay
the remainder from becoming op<-r
ative Such petition shall tie filed with
the Secretary of State not later than
ninety daya after the final adjournment
of the session at which such act was
passed, except when a recess or ad
journment shall be taken temporarily
for a longer period than ninety d , . ;
In which case such petition shall be
filed not later than ninety days after
euch recess or temporary adjournment
Any measure referred to the people by
referendum petition shall remain In
abeyance until suet* ots Is taken. Tbs
total number of votes cast for the of
fice of Governor In the last preceding
.general election shall be the basis upon
■which tha number of signatures of
legal voters upon statewide initiative
gnd referendum petitions shall be com
puted.
Upon all Initiative or referendum
petitions provided for in any of the
sections of this article, it shall be
necebsary to file from at least fifteen
of the counties of the State, petitions
bearing the signature of net less than
one-half of the designated percentage
• f the electors of such county.
Kmergcneyt If It shall be necessary
for the preservation of the publio
peace, health or safety, that a measure
shall become effective without delay,
such necessity shall be stated In one
section, and ir upon a yea and nay vote
two-thirds of all the members elected
to each house, or two-thirds of all the
members elected to city or town ooun
ells, shall vote upon separate roll call
in favor of the measare going Into Im
mediate operation, such emergency
measure shall become effective without
delay. It shall be necessary, however,
to state the fact which eonsUtuu-o
such emergency. Provided, however,
that an emergency shall not be de
elared on any franchise or special priv
ilege or act Seating any vested right
or Interest or alienattng any property
of the State. If a referendum is filed
against any emergency racasun such
measure shall be a law until It ,n voted
Upon by the people and If It is then
rejected by a majority of the electors
voting thereon, it stMkll be thereby re
pealed The provisions of this snb
sectlo i ahall apply tn city or town
councils
Im> nl for VnntrlpiiUlIn nnd t'nnittrai
Tho Initiative and refreendum powrn
of the people are hereby further re
served to tho legal voters of eaoh
municipality and county as to all loeal,
ape ial, and municipal legislation at
every character n and for their re
spective municipalities and counties,
but no local legislation shall be enaoted
contrary to the C< natltution or any
general law of the State, and any gen
eral law shall have the effect of repeal
ing any local legislation which is in
conflict therewith.
Municipalities may provide for the
exercise of the Initiative and refer
endum ivs to their local legislation.
General laws shall be enacted provid
ing for the exercise of the initiative
and referendum as to counties Fifteen
per cent of the legal voters of any
municipality or county msy order the
referendum, or Invoke the Initiative
upon ar.y local measure In municipal
ities the number of signatures re
quired upon any petition shall be com
puted 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 municipali
ties and counties the time for filing an
Initiative petition shall not be fixed
at less than sixty days nor more than
ninety days before the election at
which It is to be voted upon for a ref
erendum petition nt not less than thirty
days nor more than ninety days after
the passage of such measure hy a
municipal council; nor less than ninety
days when filed against a local or spe
cial measure passed by the Genera.'
Assembly.
Every extension enlargement, grant
or conveyance of a franchise 0r anj
rights, property casement. 4eas. or
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 value
three hundred dollars. whether the
game be by statute, ordinance, resolu
tion, Or otherwise, shall be subject to
referendum and shall not be subject to
•mergency legislation.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Definition 1 The word "measure" as
used herein includes any bill, law, res
olution. ordinance, charter, constitu
tional amendment or legislative pro
posal or enactment of any character
Mo Veto: The veto power of the
Governor or mayor shall not extend to
measures initiated by or referred to
the people.
AateAniFni mid Repeali No meas
•t* approved by a vote of the people
■ball be amended or repealed by tho
General Assembly or by any elty coun
< ii. except upon a yea ami nay vote
on roil call of two-thirds of ail the
members elected to each house of tho
General Assembly, or of the city court
'll. as the case may be.
Election i All measures Initiated by
the people whether for the Stats,
ounty. city or town, shall be submitted
only at tha regular elections, either
State, congressional or municipal, but
referendum petitions may be referred
j to the people at special elections to be
'ailed by the proper official, and such
special elections shall be called when
I fifteen per cent of the legal voters shall
! petition for such special election, and
if the referendum Is Invoked as to any
treasure passed by a city or town conn
'll, such city or town council may order
a special election.
Majority i Any measure submitted to
the people as herein provided shall take
effect and become law when approved
by a majority of the votes cast upon
such measuri and not otherwise, and
shall not be required to receive a ma
jority of the electors voting at such
election. Much 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 the General
Assembly of the right to Introduce any
measure, but no measure shall be sub
mitted to the people by the General
Assembly, except a proposed constitu
tional amendment or amendments as
provided for in this Constitution.
< unvu»N mid Declaration of Result!
The result of the vote upon any State
measure sliull be canvassed and de
clared by the State Hoard of Election
Commissioners (or legal substitut«
therefor); upo a municipal or county
measure, bj the county election com
missioners or legal substitute there
for ).
t onflicflng Menaureni If conflicting
measures initiated or referred to th#
people shall be approved by a majority
of the votes severally cast for and
against the same at the same election
the otu« receiving th'- highest number
of affirmative votes shall become law
THE PETITION
Titlei At the time of filing petition*
the exact title to be used on the ballot
shall by the petitioners be submitted
with til *• petitton. and on state-wide
measures, shall be submitted to tin
State Hoard of Election Commissioners
who shall i ertify such title to the Sec
retary of S ate to be placed upon the
ballot; on county and municipal meas
ures such title shall be submitted tc
th< county election board and shall by
said board be placed upon the ballol
In-such county or municipal election
Limitation ■ No limitation shall b<
placed upon the number of constitu
tional amendmenta, laws, or other
measures which may be proposed and
submitted to the people by either
initiative or referendum petition ae
provided in this section. Xo petition
shall be held Invalid if it shall contain
a greater number of signatures thar
required herein.
Verification t Only legal votes shah
be counted upon petitions. Petition!
may be circulated and presented tr
parts, but each part of any petition
shall have attached thereto t*.' affi
davit' of the person circulating the
same, that all signatures thereon were
made in the presence of the affiant
and that to me best of the affiant’!
knowledge and belief each signature li
genuine, and that the person signing le
a legal voter and no other affidavit or
verification shall be required to estab
lish the genuineness of such signatures
Sufficiencyi The sufficiency of all
state-wide petitions shall be decided
In the first 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 ovre all such causes The suffi
ciency of all local petitions shall b«
decided In the llrst instance by th«
county clerk or the city clerk as th«
case may be. subject to review by the
Chancery CourC.
Couri If, ■"Ions: If the sufficiency
of any petition Is challenged such cause
shall be a preference cause and shall
be tried at once, but the failure of the
courts to deride prior to the election
as to the sufficiency of any such peti
tion. shall not prevent the question
from being placed tipon the ballot at
tho 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 I’elltloni If the Sec
retary of State, county clerk or city
clerk, us the case may be. shall decide
any petition to b» insufficient, he shall
without delay notify the sponsors ot
such petition, and permit mt least thirty
days from the date of such notifica
tion. In the Instance of a state wide
petition, or ten days In the Instance of
a municipal or county petition, for cor
rection or aniernlim-nt. In ths event of
legal proceedings to prevent giving
legal effect to any petition upon any
grounds, the burden of proof ahftll be
upon the person or persons attacking
the validity of the petition.
I muimiiilei Itcatrletion* Prohib
ited! No aw 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 peopli In procuring petitions
but laws shall be enacted prohibiting
and penalising perjury forgery, and all
other felonies or other fraudulent
practit ), In the securing of signatures
or filing of petitions.
Publlrniton i All measures submitted
to a vote of the people by petition
under the provisions of this section
shall be published is s now, or here
after may b* provided by law.
Enacting Clause i Tin style of all
bills initiated and submitted under the
provisions of this section shall ba
“Be It Enacted By The People of ths
State of Arkansas. (Municipality or
County, as the case may be)." In sub
mitting measures to the neopte, tha
Secretary of State am! all other of
ficials shall be guldsd by the general
election laws or municipal laws as the
case may be until additional legislation
Is provided there far.
Keif-Executing i This section shall
b ■ self-executing, and all Its provisions
shall he treat'd as mandatory, but laws
may ba ana ted to facilitate its oper
S'lyp N<> legislation shun be enacted
to restrict, hump, or impair the exer
cise of the runts herein reserved to
the people
Thai this amendment to the Consti
tution of lb. State he. and tile same
•hall be in substitution ot the Initia
tive and Referendum Amendment, ap
prox ed j* .'binary 19. 1909, as the same
appears in the A i« of Arkansas for
1*09, on pages 1339 aiul 134c of the
volume containing the same, and that
the said amendment laud the «, t of
the Genera! Assembly to carry out the
earn.-, approved June 30, 1911. „„ ja|. „
the same is In eonllb t herewith) be
ifnd tin* same art hereby repealed.
• \\ itness my official signature this
/1th day of July. U3».
ISvalj TOM J. TKIUUU
be : etai of State,
Catarrhal Dealness Cannot Be Cured
*>y local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There Is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness Is caused by an In
flamed condition of the mucous llnihg of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is
Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Im
perfect hearing, and when it Is entirely
closed, Deafness is the 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
bo cured by Hall s Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars free. All Druggists. 75c.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, «
We are in business to dc
business. We win trade and
hold it by deserving it. A. J
McSpadden & Co.
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crap Book
CANNON TURNED INTO RADIUM
Guns, “Boiled Down," Produced Val
uable Quantity of the Prized
Radioactive Material.
An important medical report, write
! it London Daily Chronicle correspond
j ent, will he presented to the medical
research committee by specialists
who have been Investigating the effect
of radio!heraphy.
Sir Walter Fletcher’s department ob
tained from the ministry of munitions
a large quantity of radioactive mate
rial from guns used in the war. The
lot was “boiled down" to produce five
grammes of actual radium salt so
highly powerful it lias been kept in
a lead safe weighing one and one-half
tons. It is probably the largest amount
available In one place for research
work, and although only about a
heaped teaspoonful it is worth not fa*
short of $500,000.
So potent are these five grammes
that if a rat is imprisoned in the lead
safe in which the container is placed
it dies in a day and a half.
SLIPPERS ALWAYS IN PLACE
Little Device Should Prove a Boon to
Those Inclined to Care
less Habits.
By means of a little device upon
which the inventor, John J. Leckey of
Brooklyn, has just received a patent,
you can put on your slippers and take
them off without touching them with
I ... ■ - 1 1 ■ i
your h.amis. One is sunnosed to set
:t on thi‘ floor against the fuise of ‘.he
wall, Insert one’s foot under one of th<
leather straps and withdraw it, leav
ing the slipper behind.
By leaving the slippers In place they
are never mislaid, and when you want
to put them on again you have merely
to Insert your foot.
Air Post Stamps.
Special stamps for use in the trans
atlantic air post have been prepared
by the Newfoundland pos-t office in two
separate types. That for -the Hand'ey
Pnge service consists of the 15 cents
(Cabot series) surcharged “Transat
lantic Air Post, 1010, $1,” while tlw
Sopwith Martinsyde stamp is tlie cur
rent 1! cents (Caribou Head), the
mine that was used to frank the let
ters carried by Haw avr and Grieve in
their flight.
The historic stamp bearing the im
print “F’irst Transatlantic Air Post
May, 1019,” will be eagerly sought - ' i
or by stamp collectors, as only
specimens exist. The original prim a.;
had the date “April” instead of May.
Stamp By-Products.
By-product utilization has been do
.■eloped to a high degree by the bureau
of printing and engraving, where even
rh» tiny paper disks punched fhn
sheets of stamps by the perforat'tr.
au-hines are saved and marketed. An
ilmost unbelievable quantity of :h;>-c
is produced. Four barrels, each eon
tabling over 340,000,000disks, are ii
daily. Popular Mechanics Magazii
Light-Weight Roadster.
' A practical tliree-wheeled autanc
hile which weighs only 120 pmmds is
the recent invention of a .Japanc <
nn\ officer. The little vehicle, wh
is described and Illustrated in P< pi^'a:
hanies Magazine, is,powered ■ i>.;
steered by the three-horsepower i :•
eel in front. Behind the chauffe .
v.lio straddles the frame, sits a pas-.- i
■_er in a midget tonneau equipped wiih
ide doors and a folding top.
The Reason.
Bad (Ins I’m terrible sorry that !
!iot i’i/.en Pete.
Stranger- Ah, your Conscience burt
on. I suppose.
Is the Converse True?
The Chinese have a proverb directed
against “babblers,” for whom they
have a particular aversion. Is It ap
plicable In America? “The great
church bells rarely sound: the fnll
cask returns no sound.”
Not Done in That Reckless Way.
Minden Courier—“A few years ago
Mr. - spent $2.50 for advertising
without drawing any crowd to his
store, so he is convinced that it
doesn’t pay.”—Boston Transcript.
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INSURANCE
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.
I represent companies that have been doing
business here for twenty years and have
never failed to pay a single loss promptly,
look after expirations closely and see that
your interests are protected. The compan
ies I represent have practically rebuilt the
town. I also represent some ot 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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