PROPOSED.LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Number 14
Amending Sections 2 sfnd 3 of Arti
cle 7 of the Constitution of the State
of Arkansas; providing that the Su
preme Court of the State shall be
composed of Seven judges one Chief
Justice and Six Associate Justices;
providing that Judges may sit in two
divisions, and otherwise providing the
manner in which the court shall sit
and shall render its decisions.
Providing for the selection and elec- j
tion of the two additional Judges.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14
Proposed Constitutional Amendment <
Numl>er 1.4
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
House of the 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
electors of the State for approval or
rejection 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 part of the
Constitution of the State of Arkansas
to-wit:
That Sections 2 and 3 of Article
7 of the Constitution of the State of
Arkansas be amended to read as
follows:
The Supreme Court shall be com
posed of seven Judges, one of whom
shall be styled Chief Justice and elect
ed as such. In the consideration and
decision of cases, all Judges lay sit
or the Court may be divided into two
divisions, 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 assignments from time to time,
and the Associate Justices may inter
change with each other by agreement
among themselves. The concurrence
of three judges shall be necessary to
a decision in either division. When
the Court is sitting in banc, the Chief
Justice shall preside, and the concur
rence of four shall be necessary to a
■decision. The Chief Justice shall al
lot the cases to the divisions, and he
may order any case to be decided or
reconsidered 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 the
Chief Justice is not sitting in that
division. If the Chief Justice is ab
sent from the Court, the senior Judge
shall perform his duties.
The Governor shall appoint the
two additional Judges provided for
herein, one of whom shall hold office
until his successor is elected at the
general election for State officers in
1922, and qualifies, and one of whom
shall hold office until his successor is
elected at the general election for
State officers in 1924. and qualifies.
Approved by the governor and filed
in the office of the Secretary of
State, January 17, 1917.
Each elector may vote for or again
st the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL.
Secretary of State.
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE.AMEND
MENT
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Number 15
Providing credit of state may bt
loaned and indebtedness incurred to
an 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
farm lands within the state, or mak
ing farm loans, providing Governor
Secretary of State and State Land
Commissioner shall constitute State
Land Board having authority to sell
bonds in name of State, place money
.in State Treasury and loan money to
bona fide purchasers of farm lands in
Arkansas and prescribing manner in
which such loans shall be made and
repaid; delegating to the Legislature
the authority to provide for the car
rying out, administering and safe
guarding the provisions of this am
endment; providing all provisions of
the Constitution of Arkansas in con
flict with this amendment be repealed
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 15
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15
Be It Resolved 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 Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas,
and the same being submitted to the
electors of the State for approval or
rejection 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 part of the
Constitution of the State of Arkan
sas, to-wit:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the
limitation contained in Section 1 of
Article 16 of the Constitution, the
credit of the State may be loaned and
indebtedness Incurred to an amount
not exceeding two per cent of the
assessed valuation of all the property
in the State for the purpose of pro
* viding funds to be loaned upon the
security of farm lands within the
State, subject to the limitations here
in contained.
Section 2. The Governor, Secretary
of State and State Land Commission
er shall constitute the State Land
Board, which board is hereby author
ized and directed to issue and sell
or pledge bonds in the name of the
State to be known as the “Arkansas
Farm Credit Bonds” in an amount not
to exceed two per cent of the assess
ed 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, $100.00,
$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 inter
est at the rate of four per cent per
annum, and shall be exempt from tax
ation by the State of Arkansas, or
any of its subdivisions.
See. 4. Said State Land Board is
authorised and directed to loan the
moneys in said Arkansas Rural Cred
its Loan Fund to bona fide purchasers
of farm lands in Arkansas, upon notes
secured by mortgages or deeds of
trust constituting first liens on such
farm lands in amounts which shall not
exceed seventy five per cent of the
appraised value of such lands. The
credit of the State shall not be loan
ed 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 $200.00 nor
more than $3,000.00 bo 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 foY the following pur
poses: (a) The payment for lands
purchased; (b) the purchase of live
stock and other equipment, and the
making of improvements which in the
judgment of the board will increase
the production of such lands or add
to their value as a farm home in a
degree to justify such expenditure;
and (c) for the satisfaction of en
cumberances upon such lands, which
in the judgment of said board, were
incurred or assumed by said applicant
for the aforesaid purposes.
Sec. 6. livery applicant for a farm
loan shall state clearly in his applica
tion the purposes for which such loan
is desired and upon its approval by
the board this statement shall be
deemed 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 said 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 oiher
those stated in his appleation or enu
merated herein, or if he shall lease
such lands or sell them to any per
son not fullfilling the conditions anu
purposes provided herein, said board
is authorized and directed to require
the repayment of said loan upon six
month's notice, and said note or con
tract 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 such
sums as will cover the interest rate
and will liquidate the debt in a period
to be agreed upon between said board
and the applicant, said period to be
not less than five nor more than thn
ty-six years; but any debtor may
liquidate any part or all of his indebt
edness in amounts of $50.00 or multi
ples thereof upon any amortization
payment date.
Sec. 8. The rate of interest on
loans shall be five per cent per an
num; provided that no Farm Credit
Bonds shall he sold for less than par;
and provided further that the board
shall require each applicant to pay
an initial charge of 1 per cent of the
loan granted, the minimum charge to
be $10.00 to cover the cost of apprais
al and examination of title.
Sec. 9. All surplus funds accruing
from the operation of the system of
rural credits herein provided for, af
ter paying interest accruing on the
aforesaid bonds, and all operating and
other expenses arising from the ad
ministration of said system of rural
credits shall be placed in the State
Treasury and become a part of the
fund to be known as the "Arkansas
Rural Credit Reserve Fund.” Said
Arkansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund
shall be loaned on farm lands in the
manner herein provided for the Ark
ansas Rural Credit Loan Fund, and
the interest accruing from the loans
made from the said Arkansas Rural
Credits Reserve Fund shall be added
to it and become a part of it. The
said Arkansas Rural Credits Reserve
Fund, shall be irreducible, except that
it may be drawn upon to reimburse
the State for loss in the administra
tion of said systemof rural credits.
Sec. 10. The Legislative Assembly
shall provide in such detail as it shall
deem advisable, tor the carrying out
and administering of the provisions
of this amendment, and shall provide
adequate safeguards against thevuse
of such loans as an aid to the pur
chasing and holding of lands for the
purposes of speculation. Such safe
guards shall ^include clear definitions
of the terms "operate” and “occupy”
used herein. In the absence of suth
legislation and subject to the same af
ter its enactment the State Land
Board shall proceed to administer said
system of rural credits under rules
and regulations provided by itself,
but subject to the provisions herein
contained.
Sec. ] 1. The provisions of the
Constitution of Arkansas in conflict
with this amendment are hereby re
pealed, in so far only as they conflict
herewith. The provisions of this
amendment shall be self executing,
and shall take effect and be in op
eration (50 days after their approval
and adoption by the people of Ark
ansas.
Approved by the Governor, and fil
ed in the office of the Secretary of
State, March 17, 1917.
Each elector may vote for or again
st the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM. J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
CHARLOTTE BOY WRITES
FROM CAMP PIKE
Dear Editor.—Allow me
space in your newsy paper to
relate a few incidents that hap
pened upon my departure fyom
home anil arrival in Camp.
When I tell you and my friends
of the trouble that prevailed,
you can immediately realize
that we felt unqualified for sol
diers when we arrived.
We were called to leave our
home county on the 24th but
on account of a wreck up the
line we were forced to stay in
Batesville all night, and in a
place where a gloomy sensa
tion always fills the atmos
phere when one is fixing to
leave.
Although our long stay in
Batesville was happily spent
none of us cared for sleep, and
our voices, though poor in har
mony. kept the air ringing with
notes of old sacred hymns.
The Red Cross wrokers pre
sented us with testaments and
advised us to read and study
them.
It was reported after the
presentation of our testaments
that the train would he one
hour late, and during the hour
we were called to lunch close
by. After refreshments we
amused ourselves in various
ways. Soon a motion was
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made by our captain that we
charter a sheep car that was
on the switch yard and by hu
man strength leave for camp.
Just then a tremendous voice
was btiard up at the soda foun
tain crying, “OhlCaptain come
to my assistance, I’ve lost my
meal ticket and a nickle.” Our
train arrived about dawn pull
ing three coaches of Marion
county boys. At every station
a yell that almost bursted our
ear drumbs was set up by the
troops, and flags, handker
chiefs and arms waved from
the windows of the coaches
When we arrived at Newport
fifteen other coaches were con
nected to ours, and we travel
ed hastily to Camp Pike.
The engineer whistled for a
brief stop in Little Rock. Im
mediately seven military police
boarded the train and com
manded us to sit down. One
of the Marion county boys was
a little slow in seating himself
and an M P. said, “Sit down,
there young man, you act like
you had the leprosy.” Another
said, “All men going into camp
with bones in their pockets or
intoxicated will be marched
from the depot to the guard
house.” Rut none of our bunch
went. Then a Red Cross man
wearing military uniform pass
ed through the window to us
a box containing ham and eggs
one cucumber pickle, two cak
es and two oranges. Another
attention of the Red Cross be
fore we even got to Camp. One
fellow said, “I have always
been against the Red Cross,
but today I’m changed. There
is no institution more loyal to
its country than the Red cross.
Soon we landed here at
| Camp, Pike, received our mess
: kits, towels, comb and brush
and other conveniences and
marched from the depot to the
barracks.
We have had plenty to eal
since we came here and it gets
better all the time and more.o1
it- 1 see no reason why a sol
dier dislikes military life.
We were examined later
when several were held for oh
servation while others passed.
Two shots were given us, one
in the arm for smallpox, ano
ther in the right shoulder for
typhoid fever. The last is the
one that is so much dreaded,
but it knocked down only a
few in my company. We are
under quarantine for fourteen
days. Some are carrying their
arms in slings, others are
drooped and drawn by the -diet
in the shoulder.
There are about twenty Ark
ansas boys in my company.
The others are from St. Louis
and we have some warm times
ragging each other, but I think
the Arkansas boys have the
joke turned now, since one of
their men went crazy and
jumped from the second fhx r
of his barracks and broke three
ribs and fractured his skull.
Eve n then he tried to make hh
escape from the guards, but
was captured and placed in the
hospital for mental treatment.
This is a good joke on the St.
Louis boys- There are some
fine men in our company. We
have a man who is five fee*
and eight inches in heighth,
and weighs 278 pounds. He
puffs and blovys when he is
drilling, but he is the life of
our company.
Last evening the Lieutenant
cajled the roll and ask all that
had-had any experience in mil
itary training to step four
paces forward. Fatty, as we
called him, and several others
steped forward, thinking they
would get an appointment as
corporal or some non-commis
*ioned office, but the Lieuten
ant said, “You men will stay
up tonight and guard the bar
racks,” and they looked sick.
Well, the bugle calls for sup
per and I’ll have to be on time,
with these few lines written on
a box lid on the floor I’ll re
main as ever,
Yours to get the Kaiser,
EVERETTE N. LANE,
37th Casual Co., 162nd Depot
Brigade, Camp Pike.
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NEWPORT STAVE MILL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The Hocking Stave Mill at
Newport was destroyed by fire
about 9 o’clock Friday night.
During a severe windstorm
fire was blown from the fur
nace in the engine room and
M attered about the yard and
building, resulting in a disas-*
frous blaze which destroyed
the entire plant.
A large quantity of staves
stacked on the yard was sav
ed.
This is the second fire Mr.
Ilocking has suffered this year.
A few months ago his mill was
partially destroyed and wreck
ed when lightning struck Ihe
plant during a cyclone that
wrecked the Iron Mountain
round house and did other
damage in Newport.
Mr. Hocking’s loss in Fri
day’s fire is estimated at $6,
000 or $7,000, with oulv $2,000
insurance.
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