Miss Minnie Morris left Mon
day to enter Galloway college,
at Searcy.
Miss Grace Burkett left to
day, Friday, for Searcy, where
she will attend Galloway col
lege.
Miss Ora Lee Baldridge, of
Little Rock, arrived Sunday
and is the guest of Misses
Elizabeth Holland and Cath
leen Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jelks,
and son, Rukin, arrived home
today, Friday, after having
spent the summer in New Mex
ico, Texas and Arizona.
Lieut.Dick Micheal, wife and
little son, Remmel, drove from
Camp Pike Wednesday, to
be the guests of Mrs. Micheal’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
Wright, and other relatives.
Messrs J. Edward Sullivan,
Jr., and Walter, “Red” Jeffries
left Wednesday for Tulane
University, New Orleans, La.,
where they will take a course
in Radio work for Uncle Sam.
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PROPOSE1D US^ISLiTIVl AMEMD
MENT.
Provoked Constitution*! Ancndnesl
No. 15.
Providing credit of Btat© may bo
loaned and indebtedness incurred to an
imount not exceeding two per cent of
he assessed valuation of property in
State for the purpose ©f providing
funds to be loaned upon the security
of farm lands within the State or mak
ing farm loans; providing Governor,
Secretary of State and State Land Com
missioner shall constitute State Land
r?oard having authority to sell bonds
In name of State, place money in State
Treasury and loan money to4bona nd©
purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas,
and prescribing manner In which such
loans shall be made and repaid; dele
gat ing to the Legislature the authority
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 with this amendment ar©
roP«aled.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 15.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
Be It Revolved by the House of Rep
resentatives 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 Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, and
the same being submitted to the elec
tors of the Slate for approval or re
jection at the next general election
for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment, the .
same shall become a pari 01 ice i uh
-•itution of the State of Arkansas, to
Section 1, Notwithstanding the lim
itation contained 1n 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 all 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 oe
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. 2. Said bonds shall be issued
in denominations of $25.00, $100.00,
$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 applications
from bona fide purchasers of land ag
gregating $10,000.00 have been filed
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.
Sec. 4. Said State Land Board Is au
thorized and directed to loan the mon
eys In said Arkansas Rural Credits
Loan Fund to bona fide purchasers of
farm lands in Arkansas, Upon notes se
cured by mortgages or deeds of trust
constituting first Hens on such farm
lands in amounts which shall not ex
ceed seArenty-flve per cent of the ap
praised value of such lands. The cred
it of the State shall not he loaned to
any person to purchase more than 80
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 $8.
non OO 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:
fbl the purchase of lire stock and oth
er equipment, and the maklner of im
provements which, in the Judgment of
said board, will increase the produc
tivity of such lands or add to their
ra1”~- as a farm home in a ^cyree to
lustifv such expenditure; and ’(c) for
tfce satisfaction of eooumbtances upon
such lands, which, la the Judgment of
:*aid board, wsre Incurred or assumed
by aaid applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. 8. Every applicant for a farm
loan shall state clearly in his applica
tion the purposes for which such loan
us desired, and upon its approval by
the board this statement shall be deem
ed a part of the note or contract under
which the loan Is granted. But no
failure to apply such funds to the
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 ha shall violate bi3
said contract by applying the moseys
borrowed to purposes other than those
stated in his application or enumerated
herein, or If he shall lease such lend*
or sell them to any person not fulfill
ing the conditions gied purposes pro
vided fur herein,, said board is author
ised and directed te require the repay
ment tf eajjUeeui upen six months’ no
tfce; an<T safiT "note or conTracf shall
contain a clause providing thereror.
Sec. 7. Suofi loans shall be repaid
with interest accruing In annual in
stallments on the amortisation plan,
such installments being fixed at such
sums ah will «*T«r the Interest rate
and will liquidate the debt in a period
to be agreed on between said board
and the applicant, said period to be
not leas than five nor more than thirty
six years; hut any debtor may liqui
date any part or all of his indebtedness
in amounts of $50.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Sec. 8. The rate ef interest en 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.
Seo. 8. All surplus funds accruing
from the operation of the system of
rural credits herein provided for, after
paying Interest accruing on the afore
said bonds, and all operating and other
expenses prising from the administra
tion of said system of rural credits,
shall be placed in the State Troasurv
and become a part, of a fund to h"
known as the "Arkansas Rural r'red!t
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas T1"’
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaned
on farm lands in the manner herein
provided for the Arkansas Rural
Credit Roan Fund, and the Interest, se
eming from loans made from said Ar
kansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund
shall be added to it and become a part
of it. The •’aid Arkansas Rural Credits
c»Vi Ha frrArlvi MTil a ay
cept that It may be drawn unon to re
imburse the State,for Toss Incurred In
the administration of said system of
rural credits.
Wee. iO. The Legislative Assembly
shall provide In auch detail as it shall
deem advisable for the carrying out
and administering of the provisions of
this amendment, and shall provide ad
equate safeguards against the use of
such loans as an aid to the purchas
ing and holding of lands for the pur
poses of speculation. Such safeguards
shall Include clear definitions of the
terms “operate" and "occupy” used
herein. In the absence of such legis
lation, and subject to the same after
Its enactment, the State Liand Board
shall proceed to administer said sys
tem of rural credits under rules and
regulations provided by itself, but sub
ject to the provisions herein contained.
Sec. 11. The provisions of the Con
stitution of Arkansas in conflict with
this amendment are hereby repealed. t«
so far only as they conflict herewith.
The provisions of this amendment
shall be self-executing, and shall take
effect and be in operation 60 days af
ter their approval and adoption by the
people of Arkansas.
Approved by the Governor, and filed
In the office of the Secretary of State,
March 17, 1017.
EJach elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April, ISIS.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of Stata.
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ELECTION COMMIS
SIONERS APPOINTED
At a meeting of the State
Board of Election. Commis
sioners, composed of Governor
C. H. Brough, Tom J. Terra],
secretary of state, and John
D. Arbuckle, attorney gen
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the following election com
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Woodruff county: D. H.
Echols, Cotton Plant; H. O.
Penrose, Hunter, and E. E.
Blackmon, Augusta.
Cross county: W. M. Smith,
Birdeye: R. L. Block, Wynne,
and G. E. Davis.
Jackson county: J. E. Wil
liams, S. R. Phillips and J. N.
Hout.
White county: M. P. Jones.
J. L Figg and Chas. A. Kelly.
Monroe county: W .L. Jef
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PUOi'OSxJD LEGI»LATIVB AMEND*
. .*i j’.
Fi'opottcd CotuliUiiiunal Amendment
No. 14.
Amending Sections 2 and t of Artl
ile 7 of the Constitution of the Stat«
of Arkansas; providing; that the Su
preme Court of the State shall fc»«
composed of seven Judges, one Chief
Justice and six Associate Justices; pro
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, and otherwise providing the
manner in which 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.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
PtvpM«d Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Thereto:
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 re
jection at tha next general election
for Senators and Representatives, if »
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:
xnat Sections 3 and S of Article 1
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. Tn the consideration and decis
ion of cases, all Judges may sit or At*
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 asslg*
three of the Associate iustioes to each
division, and he may chart!?* 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 he necessary to a decis
ion In either division. When th*
Court is sitting in banc, the Chief Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurred*
of four shall be necessary to a dects
ion. The Chief Justice shall allot the
cases to the divisions, and he may or
der any case to be decided or recon
•-Idered by the court In banc. The
Chief Justice may sit in either division,
and shall preside when so sitting. Th«
Judges of each division shall elect a
presiding Judge for that division, who
shall preside when the Chief Justice w
not sitting in that division. If tb*
Chief Justice Is absent from the Court,
the senior Judge present shall perform
his duties.
The Governor shall appoint the two
additional Judges provided for herein,
one of whom shall hold offioe until hi*
successor is elected at the general elec
tion for State officers in 1922,
qualifies, and one of whom shall hole
office until his successor is elected at
the general election for State officer*
in 1924, and qualifies.
Approved by the Governor, and 111**
In the office of the Secretary of State
January 17. 1117.
Bach elector may vote for or again**
the above amendment. .
Witness my official signature t**1*
the 24th day of April, 1913.
[Seal) TOM J. TJDBRAU
Secretary of State
adv,