PROPOSED.LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Number 14
Amending Sections 2 and 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
tion of the two additional Judges.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Number 14
Re it Resolved by the Senate and
House of the Representatives cf the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Roth Houses Agreeing Thereta:
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 .4 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 {Thief 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 Secretary7 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,
Secretary7 of State.
PROPOSED LEGISLATE E.AMEND
MENT
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Number 15
Providing credit of state may be
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 I.and
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. If.
Be U Resolved by the House ot Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the
Siate of Arkansas, the Majority of
Doth Houses Agreeing Thereto:
That the following is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Gun
stitution of the State ol Arkansr .
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 the1
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 sed
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
I 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
j pies 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
j with and approved by the State Land
I Board. Said bonds shall bear inter
j 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.
Sec. 4. Said State Land Board is
authorized 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 SO 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 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 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. Every 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 other
those stated in his applcation or enu
merated herein, or if he shall lease
such lands or sell them to any per
son not fullfilling the conditions and
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.
oucn juans snail ue 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
iand 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 be 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. 0. 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 by irreducible, except that
if 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 for the carrying out
and administering of the provisions
of this amendment, and shall provide
adequate safeguards against the use
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 such
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.
See. 11. 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.
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INTERESTING LETT *
FROM NEAR LONOKE
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est 1 ever saw, and I suppose
they must be prize winners.
They make their appearance
in the balmy month of June
and all through the warm sum
mer months their musical
coices can be heard by day and
by night plaintively asking for
just a chance to make a liveli
hood on your physical self. The
houses are all well screened so
it remains for us to stay in
iloors or get bitten.
Just a word about the big
aeroplanes. They are too in
teresting not to be mentioned.
N7ot long since I visited a form
er Independence county lady,
Mrs. Mac Hensley. We were
watching the planes from her
back porch, it was early morn
ing and they had just started
practicing for the day—about
fifty had passed. She said:
“Ten years ago if anyone
had told me 1 should one day
>tand in my back yard and see
people flying above me, I
would have thought them cra
zy.”
And 1 thought how fast fa
ther time brings the changes to
us. Ten years ago we would
not have dreamed of the pur
pose for which these men are
being trained to fly.
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As I write I can hear the
buzzing of a new plane over
head. The old 4 cylinder ones
were condemed a short time
ago, as unsafe, because one
had caught fire while in the
air and burned, however, not
before the occupants had afe
ly landed. These planes are
8 cylinders—still not as large
as a battle plane which has 12
cylinders. 1 have not seen tho
new ones close at hand, but at
a distance they look very much
like the old ones which were
about 40 feet across the front
including wings. In fact the
wings are the longest part, as
each one is about 17 or 18 feet
across.
When seen high in the air
they take on different shapes
as they turn. Sometimes re
sembling a silver-sided fish
floating through oceans of air,
sometimes looking like a huge
mosquito-hawk and then as
they turn directly toward one
they look like a little bird.
And one can hardly believe
that they can be such dreadful
life-destroyers. One day when
I was working in the garden I
heard the peculiar buzzing of
an aeroplane engine, I looked
in every direction, but could
not see it, yet it seemed almost
over my head. It was cloudy
that morning and I kept watch
ing till finally I saw the plane
come out from behind a big
blue cloud and in a minute dis
appear again. That seemed so
strange—men—real live men
above the clouds and I thought
of the battle, once said to be
fought “above the clouds.”
My letter is getting too long
already so with best wishes to
The Journal and a hurrah for
Independence county, I’ll say
good-bye.
Mrs. Laura (Hugg) Taylor.
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Center Grove, June 25.—
Several of the young lolks at
tended church at Hopewell
Sunday night.
Air. and Mrs. A. H. Sayloi’s
ot Newark spent Sunday here
with their daughter, Mrs. J. E.
Harrelson.
Misses Lucy and Thelma
Bullington spent Sunday at
Pleasant Hill the guests of
Misses Ola and Myrtle Rain
water.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker
and little son, Earle, spent Fri
day night and Saturday at Oil
Trough visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Willie Foster.
Mrs. W. 11. Bessen of St.
Louis spent Sunday here visit
ing her sister, Mrs, J. E. Har
relson.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bulling
ton and children spent Sunday
at Walnut Grove visiting the
lady’s brother, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Price.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pick
ens and children spent Satur
day night at Dota visiting the
former’s father, John Pickens.
Mr. and Mrs. O .A. Rider
and children attended church
at New Prospects Sunday.
Mrs. Victoria Saylors of Do-1
ta spent Sunday here visiting
Mrs. J. E. Harrelson.
Wesley Bruce of Logan
spent Sunday here visiting his
daughter, Mrs. W. D. Bulling
ton.
There will be singing here;
Saturday night. Everybody in-1
vited.
Mrs. J. E. Han’elson spent
the latter part of last week at I
Newark visiting relatives.
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Paroquet, June 26.—We had
a fine rain here Tuesday
which helped the crops very
much. Crops are looking fine.
Charles Prather of Batesville
spent Monday here looking af
ter his farming interests.
C. P. Vaughan of Newark
was a business visitor here
Monday.
Johnnie Marshal of Wy
cough township made a busi
ness trip here Monday.
I). C. Selviuge and J. P. Wil
liams made a business trip to
Sulphur Rock Monday.
John Barber made a busi
ness trip to Newark Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McDon
iel and Henry Linebough of
Wycough township spent Sun
day here visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Showns
spent Sunday in Logan town
ship visiting relatives.
Mrs. T. W. Stubblefield ana
daughter, Mrs. Mollie Altorn
spent Sunday at Magness vis
iting relatives.
Ross Williams spent Sunday
at Magness visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W.
ey spent Monday morni
newark shopping.
J. C. Crumpton left Monday
for Diaz, where he has a good
position.
Joe East of Newport is
spending a few days here with
his family this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gilbreath
of Newark spent Sunday here
with Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Way
man.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Gilbreath
spent Saturday and Sunday
here visiting the lady’s sister,
Mrs. M. L. Wayman.
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