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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14. |
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Artl- '
ele 7 of the Constitution of the Stat» i
of Arkansas; providing that the Su
preme Court of the State shall bt j
composed of seven Judges, one Chief '
Justice and six Associate Justices; pro- j
viding the Judges may sit in two di- j
visions, and otherwise providing the
manner in whioh the court shall sit !
and shall render Its decisions.
Providing for the selection and elec- ;
tlon of the two additional Judges.
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FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Bo It Resolved by the Senate and
Houae of Reprracntatlvra of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houaea Agreeing Theretoi
That the following is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, and
the same being submitted to the elec
tors of the State for approval or i e
Jectlon at the next general election
for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment tlis
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
wit:
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
be styled Chief Justice and elected as
such. In the consideration and decis
ion of cases, all Judges may sit 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
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
Judges shall be necessary to a decis
ion in either division. When thfr
Court is sitting in banc, the Chief Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrence
of four shall be necessary to a decis
ion. The Chief Justice shall allot the
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der any case to be decided or recon
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 ihe 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 Ills
successor is elected at the general elec
tion for State officers in 1922, and
qualifies, and one of whom shall hoid
office until his successor is elected a1
the general election for State officers
in 1924, end qualifies.
Approved by tiie Governor, and filed
In the office of the Secretary of Stale,
fanuary 17, 11 •.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal]- TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
PROPOSED lEfiI«iI.ATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitui’onal Amendment
No. 15.
Providing credit of State may be
loaned and indebtedness incurred to ar
amount not exceeding two per cent of
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 malt
ing farm loans; providing Governor.
Secretary or State and State Land Com
missioner shall constitute State Lane
Board having authority to sell bond.
In name of State, place money in Slat'
Treasury and loan money to bona fid
purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas
and prescribing manner in which such
loans shall be made and repaid; dele
gating to the Legislature the authorlt)
to .provide for carrying out, administer
ing and safeguarding the provisions of
this amendment; providing all provis
ions of the Constitution of Arkansas
in conflict wRh this amendment are
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 1».
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. II.
Be It Resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Theretoi
That the following Is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, and
the same being submitted to the elec
tors of the State for approval or re
jection at the next general election
for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors vdting at such
election adopt such amendment, me
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
wl 12
Section 1. Notwithstanding the lim
itation contained in Section 1 of Arti
cle 16 of the Constitution, the credit
of the State may be loaned and in
debtedness incurred to an amount not
exceeding two per cent of the assess
ed valuation of rill the property in the
State for the purpose of providing
funds to be loaned upon the security
of farm lands within the State, subject
to the limitations herein contained.
Sec. 2. The Governor. Secretary of
State and State Land Commissioner
shall constitute the State Land Board,
which board is hereby authorized and
directed to issue and sell or pledge
bonds in the name of the State, to he
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
"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 thirty-six years: nor shall
said bonds be sold until application!
from bona fide purchasers of land ag
gregating $10,(W0.00 have been tiled
with and approved by the State Land
Board. Said bonds shall bear Interest
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.
Bee. 4. Said State Land Board Is au
thorized and directed to loan the mon
eys In said Arkansas' Rural Credits
Loan Fund to bona fids purchasers of
rarm lands in Arkansas, upon notes se
-eured 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 cfed- j
It of the State shalK»not be lotned to
any 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 $200.00 nor more than $1,
100 00 be '-made to any purchaser of
land.
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be made
“xqept to owners who "operate” and
•occupy” lands mortgaged, and shall
•ie made for the following purposes:
tal The pavment for lands purchased
• b> the purchase of live stock and oth
>r equipment, and the making of Im
provements wMch. in the Judgment of
aid hoard will Increase t*i,; produe
Ivitv of snqb iadds or add to their
aloe ns a farm home In a degree to
j usilfy such expenditure; and (c) for
n« satisfaction or encu nbrancta upou
>uch lands, which, in the Judgment of
• aid board, were incurred or nsauoned
jy said applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. 6. Every applicant for a farm
oan shall state clearly in his applica
tion the purposes for which such loun
is desired,’ and upon its approval by
the board this statement shall be deem
ed a part of li.e note or contract under
which the loan is granted. But no
failure to apply such funds to th#
purposes stated In such application or
enumerated herein shall invalidate a
loan when once made, nor shall any
thing herein contained be deemed to
prevent any farm owner from selling
or leasing lands subject to such in
cumbrance; but if he shall violate his
said contract by applying the moneys
borrowed to purposes otner than those
stated in his application or enumerated
herein, or if he, shall lease suelf 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
such Installments being fixed at sue!
sums as will cover the interest rat
and will liquidate the debt In a perlor
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 lndebtednes>
in amounts of $50.00 or multiples there
at upon any amortization payment
date.
Sec. 8. The rate of Interest on loans
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 $10.00
to cover the cost of appraisal and ex
amination of title.
Sec. 9. Ail surplus funds ace>ulnp
from the operation of the system of
rural credits herein provided for, aftei
paying interest accruing on the afore
said bonds, and ail ope-ating and othei
expenses arising from the administra
tion of said system of rural credits
shall be placed in the State Treasury
and become a part of a fund to b<
known as the "Arkansas Rural Oredi
Reserve Fund." Said Arkansas Rura
Credits Reserve Fund shall be ldVincf
on farm lands in the manner herei:
jrovided for the Arkansas Rura’
Credit Loan Fund, and the Interest ac
cruing from loans made from said Ar
Isanonn T>na»»ca TT'lirw
:halJ b« sdded to it and become a par
'f It T*._ said Arkansas* Rural Credit.
Reserve Fund shall be irreducible, ex
•opt that It may be drawn upon to re
mburse the State fo>- loss incurred li
he administration of said system o'
iir-vt credits.
Sec. 10. The Legislative Assembl*
hall provide in such detail as It sha1
!ecin advisable for the carrying oi:
■id administer'ng of the provisions r
his amendment, and shall provide ad
qnote safeguards against the use o;
uch loans as an aid to the purchas
rig and holding of lands for the 'pur
■oses of speculation. Such safeguard
nail include clear definitions of tli
erms "operate” and "occupy” user
Lerein. Tn the absence of such legis
ation, and subject to the same afle
ts enactment, the Slate Land Roar*
hall proceed to administer said sys
em of rural credits under rules an
eguiations provided by itself, hut sub
ret to the provisions herein contained
Sec. 11. The provisions of the Con
ditution of Arkansas in conflict will
ills amendment ore hereby repealed, in
*o far only as they conflict herewith
Fhe provisions of this amrndmenl
hall be self-executing, and shall takt
ffect and he in operation 60 days af
ter their approval and adoption by thr
ieople of Arkansas,
Approved by the Governor, and filed
n the office of the Secretary of State
larch 17. 1917.
Bach elector may vote for or against
he above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
ne 24th day of April. 1918.
I3aa.11 THAT ,T. TERRAL,
Secretary of 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
• A. it
itut cai , uuc ,ycai uiu.
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
-nd 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, 1918,
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, in front ot
bhe city hall in the city of Newport
Arkansas, between the hours of 10
o’clock a. m. and 3 o’clock in the af
ternoen of said date.
G. C. MARTIN,
69dl0t City Marshal.
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER’S
SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as Commissioner in Chan
cery, under the direction contained in
a certain decree rendered in the
Jackson Chancery Court at the May
Term, 1918, 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 Bpcker, 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
Lhe East Third Street entrance to the
County Court House of Jackson
County, in the City of Newport, Ark
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
ansas, to-wit:
The South half of the Northeast
quarter (S%NEVi) and the North
half of the Southeast quarter (N%
SE'/i), 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)
fetft widfe 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 pu" base
money.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand as Commissioner in
Chancery and affix the seal of said
Court, this the 15th day of July, 1913.
(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 you:
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.
NOTICE.
Sale of School Lands.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as Collector of Jackson
| Qounty, Arkansas, will on
| MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 1918
between the hours of 12 o’clock M
and 3 o’clock P. M. sell at public out
cry, at the Court House door of sait
county, the school lands lying in Sec
tion Sixteen (16), Township Thir
teen (13) North, Range One (1)
West. Said lands will be sold llj.
forty-acre tracts to the highest' bid- A
der for carsh.
Sheriff and Collector of Jackson
County, Arkansas.
This July 20th, 1918. 15w4t
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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION
In the Jackson Chancery Court. %;|
G. W. Rice, Petitioners.
vs. No. 3*18.
EV4 SEVi; SW% SEfc; and V/.
SW'/i; Sec. 9, Twp. 10 N., S.
i Notice is hereby given that & W.
Rice did on the 18th. day of June,
l'» 1.x, file a petition in the office of $
the Clerk of the Chancery Court!)®
ackson- County, Arkansas,
to be the owner of and in possession
of and praying for the confirmatfott\/
of the title and to have the saQM < *
quieted in her to the following de«
cribed real estate situate ip Jackson
ounty, Arkansas, to-wit:
The EAST HALF of the SOITp^
jAST Quarter; the SOUTH WEi||§|l
Quarter of the SOUTH EAST QuMtf^
tel; and. the SOUTH EAST Quar*|
ler of the SOUTH WEST Quwrtfj^
.,11 in Section Nine (9), Township %
en (10) Noith, Range Four (4>
Ami that said petitioner will
pear in said court on the 5th ,dpy!|jjM
eptember, 1918, or as soon thereai*'”^
er as said court will hear and deter
mine the same, and ask to have her
title to said lands quieted, establish* ||
•d and confirmed. —• iMgrar
Now, therefore, any and all
ons, firms or corporations who
or claim any interest whatever in aakj'J
lands, are hereby warned to appeal?
and present their objections at
said time above mentioned and setisg^g
any right or claim they may have
said lands and show cause Wbjt IW||
said title of petitioner should net
quieted, confirmed and forever':|pHB
In testimony whereof, I have her*«?5^
unto set my hand as such clerk and.
affixed the seal of said court ©n thin
the i8th cay of June,. 1918. '*'^8
R. W. Bandar, : -
Clerk of the Chancery Courfrof
soi County, Arkansas.
By J. B. Parrott, D. C.
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