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| PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT. .
Proposed Cvnatltn tionnl Amendment
No. 14.
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Arti
cle 7 of the Constitution of the Stat«
of Arkansas; providing that the Su
preme Court of the State shall b«
composed of seven Judges, one Chlei
Justice and six Associate Justices; pro
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, and otherwise providing th« i
manner in whtoh the court shall sit
and shall render its decisions.
Providing for the selection and elec
tion of the two additional Judges.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
i AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
Honse of Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Iloaaea Agreeing Thereto >
, That the following is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
I stitution of the State of Arkansas, and
' the same being submitted to the elec
1 tors of the State for approval or re
jection at the next general elentlon
for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment the
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
! wit:
I That Sections 2 and 3 of Article 7
of the Constitution of the State of Ar
kansas be amended to read as follows:
The Supreme Court shall be compos
! ed of seven Judges, one of whom shall
j bo styled Chief Justice and elected as
such. In the consideration and decis
ion of cases, all Judges may pit or the
Court may be divided into two divis
ions, and the decision of each of said
divisions shall be the decision of the
Court. The Chief Justice shall assign
] three of the Associate Justices to each
1 division, and he may change such as
signments from time to time, and the
Associate Justices may interchange
, with each other by agreement among
themselves. The concurrence of three
I Judges shall be necessary to a decls
| Ion in either division. When the
Court is sitting in bamc. the Chief Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrence
of four shall be necessary to a decis
ion. The Chief Justice shall allot the
oases to the divisions, and t>e_ may or?
der any case to be deTsTcTed or ricon
sidered by the court in banc. The
Chief Justice may sit in either division,
and shall preside when so sitting. The
, Judges of each division shall elect a
! presiding Judge for that division, who
shall preside when tYie Chief Justice is
not sitting In that division. If the
Chief Justice Is absent from the Court,
the senior Judge present shall perform
his duties.
The Governor shall appoint the two
additional Judge* provided for herein,
one of whom shall hold office until his
successor Is elected at the general elec
tion for State officers in 1922, and
qualifies, and one of whom shall hold
office until his successor- is elected a1
the general election for State officers
In 1924. and dualities. ,
A Ksr 4« P.nvavnnr n nd (1
j In the office of the Secretary of State.
January 17, 1J1 .
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment,
i Witness mv official signature this,
I the 24th day of April, 191*.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 15.
Providing credit of State may be
loaned and indebtedness incurred to an
amount not exceeding two per cent o.
the assessed valuation of property in
State for the purpose of providing
funds to be loaned upon the security
of farm lands within the State or mak
j ing farm loans; providing Governor.
1 Secretary of State and State Land Com_
i missioner shall constitute State Land
Board having authority to sell bond.
in name of State, place money In State
Treasury and loan money to bona nd**
purchasers of farm lands In Arkansas,
and prescribing manner in which such
loans shall be made and repaid; dele
gating to the legislature the authority
to provide for carrying out. admintster
I Ing and safeguarding the provision* of
this amendment; providing all provis
ions of the Constitution of Arkansas
In conflict with this amendment are
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. If.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. If.
Be It Resolve* by «be House of Rep
! reeentativea and the Senate of the
; State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Thereto:
; That the following Is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Constl
1 tution of the State of Arkansas, and
the same being submitted to the elec
tors of the State for approval or re
jection gt the next general election
for Senators and Representatives, ir a
majority of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment, the
i same shall become a parj of the Con
1 stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
1 w It;
| Section 1. Notwithstanding the !lm
! Itation contained in Section* 1 of Artl
j cie 1C of the Constitution, the credit
i of the State may be loaned and in
debtedness incurred to an amount not
i exceeding two per cent of the assess
I ed valuation of all the property In the
1 State for the purpose of providing
; funds to be loaned upon the security
of farm lands within tne State, subject
I to the limitations herein contained.
1 Sec 2 The Governor, Secretary of
State' and State Land Commissioner
I shall constitute the State I,and Board
! which board is hereby authorized and
; aireciea to issue v..
bonds tn the name of the State, to be
known as "Arkansas Farm Credit
Bonds," In an amount not to exceed
two per cent of the assessed valuation
of all the property in the State, and
to place the proceeds In the State
Treasury in a fund to be known as the
j "Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund"
Sec. 3. Said bonds shall be issued
in denominations of $25.00, $100.0#,
$500.00 and $1,000.00. and shall be Is
sued in series of $10,000.00 or multi
ples thereof, drawn to mature In not
more than thtii-y-six years: nor shall
said bonds be sold until applications
I from bona fide purchasers of land ag
! gregutlng $10,000.00 have been filed
I with and approved by the State Land
Board. Said bonds shall bear Interest
I at the rate of four per cent per an
num. and shall be exempt from tax
ation by the State of Arkansas, or any
of Its subdivisions.
Sec. 4. Said State Land Board Is au
thorised and directed to loan the mon
eys in said Arkansas Rural Credits
■1 Loan Fund to bona fide purchasers of
farm lands in Arkansas, upon notes se
cured by mortgages or deeds of trust
constituting first liens on such farm
lands In amounts which shall not ex
ceed seventy-five per cent of the ap
praised value of such lands. The cred
it of the State shall not ba locned to
sny person to purchase more than $0
acres of land, nor land valued at more
than $50.00 per acre. Nor shall a loan
of less than $$00.00 nor more than »S.
noo.00 be made to any purchaser of
land.
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be made
except to owners who "operate" and
"occupy" lands mortgaged, and shall
be made for the following purposes:
(a> The payment for lands purchased;
(b) the purchase of live stock and oth
i er equipment, and the making of Im
provements which. In the Judgment of
said board, will increase the produc
tivity of such lands or add to their
value as a farm home In a degree to
lustlfy such expenditure; and (c) for
n« satisfaction of encumbrtBCM upou
>uch lands, which, in the Judgment of
■ aid board, were Incurred or assumed
<y said applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. 6. Every applicant for a farm
cian shall state clearly In his applica
tion the purposes for which such loan
>s desired, and upon its approval by
'.he board tit is statement shall be deem
'd a part of tl.e note or contract under
vhich the loan is granted. But no
failure to apply such funds to the
purposes stated in such application or
■numerated herein shall invalidate a
'nan when once made, nor shall any
thing herein contained be deemed to
prevent any farm owner from selling
or leasing lands subject to such tn
•umbrance; but If he shall violate his
-•aid contract by applying the moneys
borrowed to purposes otner than those
•fated in his application or enumerated
herein, or If he shall lease such lands
or sell them to any person not fulfill
ing the conditions and purposes pro
vided for herein, said board is author
ized and directed to require the repay
ment of said loan upon six months' no
tice. and said note or contract shall
contain a clause providing therefor.
Sec. 7. Such loans shall be repaid
with Interest accruing In annual in
stallments on the amortization plan
mch installments being fixed at sucl
sums as will cover the Interest rat
and will liquidate the debt In a perior
to be agreed on between said board
and the applicant, said period to b«
not less than five nor more than thirty
six years; but any debtor may liqui
date any part or all of his Indebtedness
in amounts of $60.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Sec. 8. The rate of interest on loan?
shall be five per cent per annum; pro
vided. that no Farm Credit Bonds shall
be sold for less than par; and pro
vided further that the board shall re
quire each applicant to pay an Initial
charge of 1 per cent of the loan grant
ed. the minimum charge to be $10.0C
to cover the cost of appraisal and ex
amination of title.
Sec. 9. All1 surplus funds accrulnr
from the operation of the system o*
rural credits herein provided for. aftei
paying inte.rest accruing on the afore
said bonds, and all ope-atlng and othei
expenses arising from the administra
tion of said system of rural credit'
shall be placed In the State Treasiif—
and become a part of a fund to lv
known as the “Arkansas Rural Credl
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Rura
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loane<
on f-q-m lends Jtj the manner here I:
provided tot the Arkansas Kura'
Credit Loan Fund, and the Interest ac
cruing from loans made from said A?
kansas Rural Credits Reserve Fum
shall be added to it and become a pai
of it T'>-_ said Arkansas Rural Credit
Reserve Fund shall he irreducible, ex
-ept that it may be drawn upon to re
Imburse the State fo' loss incurred li
'he administration of said system o
■•urn! credits.
Sec. 10. The Legislative Assembl:
shall provide in such detail as It sha’
leem advisable for the carrying on
md administering of the provisions r
his amendment., and shall provide ad
equate safeguards against the use ot
uch loans as an aid to the purchas
>oses of speculation. Buoh safeguard
nail include dear definitions of th
erms "operate" and "occupy” usei
iprein. In the absence of such lcgis
ution, and subject <o the fame aftei
ts enactment, the Btate Land Boat'
ball proceed to administer said sys i
'em of rural credits under rules are
■egulation? provided by itself, but sub
ert to the provisions herein contained
Sec. 11. The provisions of the Con
titution of A'knnsns in conflict will
his amendment are hereby repealed, in
10 far only as they conflict herewith
The provisions of this amendment
■hall be self-executing, and shall tak<
•ffect and be 1n operation BO days af
*er their approval and adoption by the
ieople of Arkansas.
Approved by the Covernor. and filed
■n the office of the Secretary of State,
larch 17. 1917.
Koch elector may vote for or against
ne above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
ne 24th day of April. 1918.
TS«all TOM .1. TERRAIi,
Secretary at State.
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STOCK NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that, as
marshal of the city of Newport, I
have taken up the following livestock,
to-wit:
One Jersey heifer, crop'and split in
right, swallow fork and underbit in
left ear, one year old.
One black Jersey heifer, crop and
split in right, swallow fork and un
drbit in left ear, one year old.
One yellow and white heifer, crop
and split in right, swallow fork and
underbit in left ear, two years old.
The owner of said stock is hereby
notified to come forward and prove
ownership to the undersigned, and
that in default thereof, I will on
THURSDAY, JULY 25, 191&,
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, in front of
the city hall in the city of Newport,
Arkansas, between the hours of 10
o’clock a. m. and 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon of said date.
G. C. MARTIN,
fifldlOt City Marshal.
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER’S
SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as Commissioner in Chan
cery, under the direction contained ih
a certain decree rendered in the
Jackson Chancery Court at the May
Term, 191P, thereof, to-wit:—On the
12th day of June, 1918, in a certain
cause therein pending wherein C. W.
Newberry is plaintiff and Mrs. Daisy
Brewer, Mrs. Bertha Jackson, Mrs.
Etta Becker, Miss Ida Newberry,
Mrs. Hattie Smith and Jack New
berry are defendants, cause number
ed 3296, will on the 12th day of Au
gust, 1918, between the hours of 9
o’clock a. m., and 3 o’clock p. m., at
the East Third Street entrance to the
County Court House of Jackson
County, in the City of Newport, Ark
1 ansas, offer for sale at public outcry,
to the highest bidder, on a credit of
three (3) months, the following de
scribed real estate situate in the
‘County of Jackson and State of Ark
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ansas, to-wit:
The South half of the Northeast
quarter (S%NE14) and the North
half of the Southeast quarter (N&
SE&), of Section Twenty-three (23),
in Township Twelve (12) North of
the Base Line, and in Range One
(1) West, containing One Hundred
Sixty (160) acres, more or less,
reserving, however, to the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Company, its successors and assigns,
a strip of land One Hundred (100)
feet wide for a right-of-way or for
other railroad purposes. Reserving,
also, to the Bonnerville & Southwest
ern Railway Company a strip of land
One Hundred (100) feet wide to be
used by said Railway Company, -its
successors and assigns, for a right
of-way and for other railroad pur
poses.
The purchaser will be required to
give note or bond with approved se
curity, bearing interest at the rate
of six (6) per cent per annum from
the date of sale until paid, and a
lien will be retained on said lands as
additional security for the purchase
money.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand as Commissioner in
Chancery and affix the seal of said
Court, this the 16th day of July, 1918.
(Seal) R. W. BANDY,
14w3 Commissioner in Chancery.
NOTICE.
To the Citizens of Newport and Un
ion Township:
I will be at the court house Mon
day, July 22nd to 26th to assess your
personal property, also your poll or
per capita tax for the year 1918 and
you are warned to meet the board
of assessors and attend to your as
sessing in person or file list of same.
I ask that you come out and attend
to your assessing on the first days,
thus avoiding the rush of the last
day.
Remember after Friday you will be
placed on the delinquent list.
D. J. Nance, Assessor.
ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
, NG~TCE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned, as .Assessor of Jack
son County, will meet the people of
the different Townships at the places
and times below given for the purpose
of assessing all the Personal Property
and per capita or Poll Tax for the
year, 1918:
Union Township, Court. House
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Monday, July 21 to 26.
You are required, by law, to meet
me at your voting precinct and at- A
tend to your assessing in person, or
at the Township in which your
erty is located, otherwise, you
be placed on the delinquent list,
failing to assess.
Eight Mile, Arkansas, April
1918.
D. J. NANCE,
4wtf Assessor, Jackson County.,
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION ,
In the Jackson Chancery Court. *'1
G. W. Rice, Petitioners. •
E% SE%; SW14 SEVi; aruTSE%
SWV4; Sec. 9, Twp. 10 N., B. v
Notice is hereby given that G/W^flf
Rice did on the 18th day of Jtt|i#^j
1918, file a petition in the office of
the Clerk of the Chancery Court wig
ackson County, Arkansas, claiming
to be the owner of and in possession
of and praying for the confirmation /j
of the title and to have the same jj
quieted in her to the following do-’;
•cribed real estate situate in Jackson
ounty, Arkansas, to-wit:
The EAST HALF of the SOUTH
]AST Quarter; the SOUTH WEST |
Quarter of the SOUTH EAST Quart yi
ter; and, the SOUTH EAST Quar- nj
er of the SOUTH WEST Quarter;
all in Section Niiie (9), Township |j
en (10) North, Range Four (4)
And that said petitioner will ap
j,iai. .11 said court on the 6th day of
eptember, 1918, or as soon
er as said court will hear and detSrt -<i
nine the same, and ask to have her
title to said lands quieted, establish
ed and confirmed.
Now, therefore, any and all p*r
ons, firms or corporations who hav*
or claim any interest whatever in said
; lands, are hereby warned to appssfc- m
j and present their objections at th* ';
said time above mentioned and set up
any right or claim they may have ta |
j said lands and show cause why tb* J|
said title of petitioner should hot b*f
quieted, confirmed and forever set >4 1
In testimony whereof, I have her*- ^
unto set my hand as such clerk and
affixed the seal of said court on this ;
the 18th cay of June, 1918.
R. W. Bandy,
Clerk of the Chancery Court of Jsdt«
sot County, Arkansas.
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