vboposed by initiative petition
ACT NO. 4.
AN ACT creating a popular educa
ttonnl committee; creatine a text book
commission; prescribing the manner of
Its election and its duties, and providing
for uniform text books for the public
scliools of this State, and for furnishing
the same to tile school patrons of the
State at actual cost of production and
delivery.
FOB ACT NO. 4.
AGAINST ACT NO. 4.
Be It Knacted by the People of the State
of Arkansas:
Section 1. That every school teacher
who resides in this State, who holds a first
grade certificate to teach in the public
schools of the State and who is now.
and at the date of the approval of this
Aet shall have been engaged in the voca
tion of school teaching for the three
previous consecutive years, is hereby de
clared to be a member or a Popular Kdu
cational Committee, the duties of which
shall be hereinafter particularly defined.
That the superintendent of public in
struction is hereby made the chairman
of said committee, and the said chair
man shall designate some employe of his
office to act as secretary thereof, said
chairman and secretary to serve without
further or other compensation than is
now allowed by law.
Sec. 2. That it shall he the duty of
the chairman and secretary of said com
mittee to Immediately prepare and com
pile from the records of the office of the
state superintendent of public Instruc
tion and tlie offices of the several county
examiners of tills State a complete ros
ter or list of all the teachers of the State
of the residence, grade and term of serv
ice named in Section 1 of this Act. and
shall indicate opposite the name of each
teacher his or her postoffice address,
and said roster or list so compiled shall
constitute the official Popular lOduea
tlonal Committee of the State of Ark
ansas. which shall in this Act he desig
nated ns the Committee.
See. 3. The Arkansas Text Book Com
mission, composed of six members of
the Committee, to be chosen in the man
ner herein provided, the duty of which
Is hereira'ler prescribed, is hereby cre
ated. Said Commissioners shall serve
terms as follows: The two receiving
the greatest number of votes shall
serve for six years; the two receiving
the next greatest number of votes shall
aerve four years, and the two receiving
the next greatest number of votes shall
aerve for two years, and every two years
from and artor the date of first election
two Commissioners shall be chosen in
the same manner In which the original
CotranIrslon 's chosen.
the date of tho completion of the offi
cial roster tinnier! In Section 2 the chair
man an' secretary of the Committee
She!) mail to each and every member of
said Committee a call for nominations
of comm'tteetren who may be elected
members of sal ! State Text Hook Com
mission 'bv the Committee, Each mem
iter of salt committee may nominate as
many candidates ns there are Text Book
Comm'sstoners to be chosen, which nomi
ra'iot-s made upon blanks to he pre
pare' and mailed to the members of
the Committee, shall be signed by the
Cnmm't*ce member and returned and
file 1 wit’1 fie secretary of the Com
rr.lt'ee wit'd'i 15 days from and after
the 'hit" of the call for nominations, and
pn-nir-’t'n'-s received after that date
will not be coi sldered.
Sec 5 Whenever any member of the
Committee shall have received 10 or
more nominetlons the secretary of the
Committee shall notify said nominee
the* ve or she has been nominated as a
Candidatp for a place on said Commis
sion and the nominee so notified shall
within fl'o days from and after the re
pair* or the notice, if he or she desires
to serve on so id Commission, file with
sal i paaretnrv an acceptance which shall
embraee an arreoment to serve on said
Commissi n if elected. Nominees who
fe!' to fh simh acceptances within the
time re n'rp i shall be deemed to have
drcVrs > to ps-ve and their names will
not appear noon the official ballot.
Pee «. Thrt Immediately after the
(■"tp fop t’’e closing of nominations and
for deo’lnot'ans and acceptances the
Cha'rmpn and secretary of the Commit
tee shall compile a list of all nominees.
plv:pr nwt |p the name of each nomi
nee t**e total number of nominations re
re'vp i j-v each of them, which list shall
te print*; 1 a1i mailed to each member
o' *■ p fore'vttee.
Re". 7. Wl*hln 10 days after the
romb'oti ms a"o returned and filed and
t' » names »' those who have accepted
t'-o roro'vpt'on shall have been aseer
talrel, the chairman and secretary of
th* comm!!top shall prepare the official
t n"'‘t. w’'leh shall contain the names of
thes“ who have received 10 or more
rnmtrnt'ens and have accepted the same
w'th the tmepl instructions as in of
elo-t’ors ptat'n;; the number of Com
rr'ssiorers to he elected, and fp men
r or votlpr- and the time within whh-h
the ha'Cs pest he returned, which sha'
ho i" ’-vs from the date the ballot
s-p roo'lel to members of the Comm t
tso The "imos of candidates s'' ill ap
peer on the ballot In alphabeti-a! or
der ap-i t -p pocretary or the Commute
she'l ma'l ore of said ballots to each
( n * pyorv member of the committee h
f'-Ft r' fs moi|, and the mailing of ■*' |
the '-all ts Khali he upon the same day |
c-oo y Members of the Committed
s’ -l1 ir,’hj*p their choice of the candl
* 1 otns In- 'lacing an X In the square in
frort n' fie name of the candidate for
whom I'm member of the Committee
t >• op *a .-otp Bach ballot shall be I
*b-rp l hv t'r member of the Committee
voting 'he sstn\ who shall also write
his or her pestoffice address under his!
or her s'-npturp, and the said ballot
may '-p Cm smitted to the secretary of
t«-p rvmmutce by first eiass mail
prlrtei srl addressed envelopes shall'
te forr's!’e 1 members of the Committee
hv C p poeretary for this purpose The
(rvplni's eontalning the individaul bal
lots. umm which Shan bo printed the
wor'p •‘ClP'-t'on Returns." shall be filed
w'th the ppnrp(ary cf tiie Committee,
who Fhnll It. Urate in writing the true
<*p*p up"n 'yhlrli it was received, after
which pa' ' envelopes, unopened, shall
he den-s'tel in a ballot box prepared
fc fat po-nose.
Fee 9. Trim -dlately following the
date i a me l 'or the closing of the elec
tion t’e f*ttce Board of Election Com
tn‘ps!ore-s shall canvass the returns
fl ’eelr-e the result of said election.
I'p'om emmCng the ballots and the mrai
ler o' vnfs 'or the nominees, said Elec
V • w ” niuiu C nil
ra-rw slrned to each ballot with the
n« —ra appearing upon the roster pro
vide 1 for tn Section 2. ami in case the
names signed to the ballots do not ap
pear upon the official roster such ballot
will not be counted. After the ballots
have been counted and the result de
clared the State Hoard of Election Com
missioners shall issue their certificates
of election to the successful candidates
and file the same with the Governor,
who shall Issue commissions for the
terms Indicated in Section 3.
Sec. 10. Within ten days after the
date of their election the Commissioners
shall meet in the city of Little Rock
and take the oath of office prescribed ;>\
law for other state officials and shall
immediately enter upon the discharge
of their duties as herein defined. Tliev
shall organize by electing one of their
number as chairman and another of
their members as secretary.
Sec. 11. It is hereby made the duty
of the State Text Book Commission to
adopt a uniform system of text books
• for the common schools of the State of
Arkansas, and to provide that said
books shall be supplied to the patrons
of the public schools in the following
manner:
1. By contracting with publishers of
adopted books at prices advantageous to
school patrons by buying in such quan
tities as will induce such publishers to
reduce the margin of profit to the mini
mum.
2. By preparing, or causing to be
prepared, manuscripts for text books,
and causing the same to be printed by
the state when a state printing plant
shall be established by law. said books
■when printed to be supplied to the sclicol
patrons at actual cost of production and
delivery.
3. By the purchase of manuscripts
or copyrights, or the securing of manu
scripts and copyrights by the payment
of royalties upon books which may b*
printed and distributed by the state.
4. The State Text Book Commission
shall be governed by the following
policy: It shall hasten the publication
of text books, beginning with books for
the primary grades, as fast as approv
ed manuscripts can be secured and pub
lication facilities are afrorded by the
State, and the Commission shall make
no contract with any publisher for a
longer period than six years, and no
contract shall be made for any book
which shall interfere with the publica
tion of a substitute by the state at any
time.
Sec. 12. That members of the State
Text Book Commission shall receive as
full compensation for their services
the sum of $<> 00 per day. for each and
every day they are actually engaged in
the performance of their duties, and
actual railroad fare to and from their
places of residence. The amount of
time each Commissioner shall devote to
the work of the Commission shall be de
i termined by a majority of the Commis
sion. and for the purpose of supplying
the Commission with printing, stationery
and other incidental expenses there Is
allowed said Commission a contingent
fund amounting to Jiioo.oo pe: year.
Sec. IS. That to cover the per diem,
railroad fare and contingent expenses of
said Commission for a biennial period,
beginning December 12. 1912, and ending
December 12. 1914. there Is hereby ap
propriated from the state treasury from
any money not otherwise appropriated
the sum of $10,000.00, or so much there
of as may he necessary, and the chair
man and secretary of the Commission
shall file with the auditor of state
vouchers for the per diem, railroad fare
and contingent expenses, herein pro
vided for. and the auditor is authorized
to draw his warrant on the state treas
urer therefor.
Sec. 14. That the text books, the pur
chase or production of which are pro
vided for in this Act. shall be distribut
ed in the following manner: Where
books are purchased or contracted fori
from publishers other than the state. I
they may be sold by regular dealers, i
whose margin of profit shall be fixed!
by the Commission; where the books are I
printed by tile state they shall be dis- j
tributed by the county examiners and I
county superintendents or public Instruc-1
tion under such terms and limitations
as may he prescribed by the State Text
Book Commission.
Sec. 15. That all acts and parts of
acts In conflict with this act are hereby
repealed and this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after the date |
of its adoption by the people.
Filed in the oflice of the Secre-1
tary of State on the 9th day of'
May, 1912.
Kach elector may vote for or against
the above Act.
Witness my official signature,
this 20th day of May, 1912.
EARLE W. HODGES.
Secretary of State.
[Seal.]
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Constitutional Amendment No. IS.
limiting: the amount and per diem and
mileage of members of the General As
sembly.
FOB AMENDMENT NO. 13
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 13.
Fie it Enacted by the People of the
State of Arkansas:
That Sec. 16. Art 5, Constitution of
the State of Arkansas, be amended so
as to 'read as follows:
“Article 5. Section 16. Each member
of the General Assembly shall receive
six dollars per day for his services dur
ing the first sixty days of any regular
session of the General Assembly, and if
any regular session shall be extended,
such member shall serve without further
per diem. Each member of the General
Assembly shall also receive ten cents
per mile for each mile traveled in going
to and returning from the seat of gov-j
eminent, over the most direct and prac- I
tieable route. When convened in extra- j
ordinary session by the Governor. th»y
shall receive three ^dollars per day for
i their services during the first fifteen
days, and if such extraordinary session
shall extend beyond fifteen days.
! they shall receive no further per diem.
They shall be entitled to the same mile
age for any extraordinary session as
herein provided for regular sessions.
The terms of all members of the Genera1
Assembly shall begin on the day of their
election, and they shall receive no com
pensation. perquisite or allowa^c-** what
ever. except as herein provided."
Filed in the of fie* of the Sec
retary of Ptcte on the 16th day
of April. 1912.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment
Witness mv o*"!r4al sl-iture.
this 20th da-' Mav.
EAR! w. Honors.
Secretary of State
[Seal.]
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
For pf ‘ t'* * A ™ *n dNo 14.
for tho rm*a’l of vi elective pub*
!‘o oT.eers, and prescribing the proce
dure.
T?ri AME?—w—TT ~tO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Bo it Ec^ac*-*i ’ v the People of the
rt 'te of Arkansas:
lb. erv e'ootiv** puvl,r* tn t’>e|
Pt'1 ♦ o of Arhnnsis ^jiy he remove 1 f r > e
office bv the electees entitled to vet®
for a Rueepf-por of nirth incumbent,
through the pm*’/* ’nr*' and in the man
ner herein t>~o\*{ V 1 r(>r which pro~e 1
ure shall he known ns the recoil an 1 is
in addition to anv other method of re
moval prov’ led by law.
a To ef^e t the ro^n,ol of r*n elec
tive state offh’or. a pet’tion sr«rne.j hv
the electors entitle 1 to vote for a suc
cessor to the incumbent R*«ivbt to bp [
removed, equal in number to twelve r°ri
centum of the eut,re vote at tbcj
preceding election for all candidates forj
the office which the encumbent sought
to be removed occupies, demon line the
election of a successor to the or*d~erj
named in said petition, shall he address
ed to the state hoard of pl^tien com
missioners. provided sai l petit’^n shall ;
he circulated in not less than five conn j
ties in the state and shall he signed in j
each of such counties by electors e>uol
In number to not less than one per cen- |
turn of the entire vote cast in each ofj
said counties at said election as above |
estimated. Such petition shaft cr*nta?n|
a general statement of the grounds upon
which the removal is sought which!
statement is intended solely for the In-1
formation of the voters, and the suffi- j
ciency of which shall not be open to re-!
view.
I! w lien sum pennon snail no file 1
with the state election commissioners
they shall submit the same, together
with a statement of Its sufficiency, to
the governor, who shall immediately
order and fix a date for the holding of
the election, which shall take place not
less than sixty days and not more than
eighty days from'the date of filing the
petitions and certificate with the gov
ernor. If. by the prayer of the peti
tioners it is tlte governor whose removal
is sought, the petition and certificate
before mentioned shall be filed witli the
auditor of state who shall proceed in
the form and manner as prescribed for
the governor.
c. In the event the officer sought to
he removed is the governor, secretary of
state, or attorney general, officials now
comprising the state board of election
commissioners, either official sought to
be removed shall be disqualified as a
member of said state noard of election
commissioners for the purposes herein
provided and such vacancy or vacancies
on said state board of election commis
sioners shall be filled by other state of
ficials in the order named following:
1. The auditor of state.
2. The state treasurer
3. The commissioner of mines, man
ufacturers and agriculture.
4. The superintendent of public in
struction.
5. The Justices of the supreme court
in the order of their seniority as such.
d. The governor shall make or cause
to lie made publication of notice for the
holding of such election, and the elec
tion commissioners of the various coun
ties of the state shall make arrange
ments for such election, and the name
| shall be conducted, returned and the re
suits thereof declared, in all respects as
' In other state elections. On the official
! ballot in such election shall be printed,
i in not more than two hundred words,
! the reasons set forth In the petition de
manding the recall of the official. And
i in not more than three hundred words
there shall also ho printed, if desired by
him. the officer’s justification of his
course In office.
e. Petitions for the recall of any
county, township, city or town official,
or of any road overseer or school di
rector shall bo prepared. circulated,
signed and verified in the same manner
as herein provided for state officials,
hut shall be filed with ttie county elec
tion commissioners of the county in
which the official sought to be removed
resides. And the county election com
missioners shall certify the regularity
and sufficiency thereof to the county
judge who shall fix the date for holding
the election in the same manner as the
governor is directed in the case of the
recall of state officers, and the county
election commissioners shall certify tin*
election of candidates elected at any
county, township, city or town recall
election to the governor, who shall issue
commissions in accordance therewith;
provided that in the case of constables,
road overseers and school directors the
returns shall be certified to the county
judge who shall issue commissions in
accordance With the certificates of elec
tion.
f. Proceedings for the recall of any
officer shall he deemed to be pending
from the date of the filing of any recall
petition against such officer, and if such
officer shall resign at any time subse
quent to the filing thereof, the recall
election shall be held notwithstanding
such resignation, and the vacancy cause 1 ■
by such resignation, or from any other
cause, shall be filled as provided by lew
but the person appointed to fill such
vacancy shall hold his office only unti'
the person elected at the recall election
shall qualify.
g. Any elector may be nominated fo~
the office which is to be filled at any re
call election in the following manner
1. By a petition signed by the
tors, qualified to vote at such recall elec
tion. equal in number to at 1 ;ast one
per centum of the total number of votes
cast at the last preceding election fo~
all candidates for the office which the
incumbent sought to oe removed occu
pies.
2. By the returning boards of pri
mary election.
3. By the certificate of the chairman
and secretary of the convention of any
regularly organized political party in
this state.
}l \Tnm)rotlnro onn
state office, or for a car/idate to be
elected from a district composed of
more than one county, shall be filed with
the state board or election comnrssion
ers not less than thirty days prior to
the date fixed by the governor for hold
ing the recall election; and nominations
for candidates for county, townsh'p. city
or town offices shall be file 1 with the
county election commissioners not les'
than fifteen days before the dote fixed
by the county judge for hoi ling the
county, township. c!ty or town recall
election. Provided that candidates for
school director at any recall election
shall be nominated five days before the
election.
i. There shall be printed on the re
call ballot, as to every officer whose
recall is to be voted thereat, the follow
ing question: “Shall (name of person
against whom the recall petition is
filed) be recalled from the other* of (ti
tie of office?''), following which ques
tion shall be the words “Yes" and "No"
on separate lines with a blank space on
the right of each, in which the vote''
shall indicate by placing a cross (X) his
vote for or against said recall. O:.
such ballots, under each such question
there shall also he printed the names
of those persons who have been nomin
ated as candidates to succeed the per
son recalled, in case he shall be remov
ed from office by said recall election:
but no vote cast shall be countel fo
any candidate for sai l office unless the
voter also voted on said question of t'n
recall of the person sovHht to be recall
ed from said office. The name of tnr’
person against whom the petition is file
shall not appear on the ballot ns a car.
didate for the office. Jf a major:ty of
these voting on sai I question of the re
call of any incumbent from office shall
vote “No”, said incumbent shall con
tinue hr said office.
j. If a majority shall vote “Yes" said
Incumbent shall thereupon be d^eme 1 re
move I from said office, upon the quali
fication of bis slice* seor. The election
officials shad canvEss all votes for can
di’ntrs for raid oftice and declare the
result In like manner, as in a regular
piection. If flie vote at any such recal
e>ct4cn shall recall the office r. then th
candidate who has receive i the hi rhesi
number of votes for the office shall bo
thereby declared elec te 1 for the re na n
der of the term. In case the person
who received the highest nu nber o
\otcrs shall fail to quality within ten
days after receiving t*’e certificate of
election, the ofiire shall he deeme 1 va
<art and shad be filled according t»
law.
k. Any reealt pet’tion may be prr
set.ted and filed in sections, but each
section shell cot tain a full and accurat
copy o* the t tle an 1 t'xt of the pi ti
tion. Fnch signer shall a Id to h!s s: r
r.ature h's place of residence. giving the
street and number if such exists. IPs
election rreclnct shall also appear on
the ret’tlc n after h's signature. The
number of signatures appon !e 1 to ea°h
section shall be at the pleasure of the
person soli--ting signatures to the same
Any qualbiol elector of the slate shal
bp competent to solicit sirnh signatures
w'thln the countv, towrship. or city, or
town, of which he is an el-vtor. Each
section of the pet tion shall bear the
name of the county, to vi ship, city or
town, in which it is circulated and only
lunliflel electors of such county, town
ship. city or town shad be competent
to sign s ich section Mach section shal
have attache 1 thereto the affidavit ot
the person soliciting signatures t > th
same stating h s (|ualiflcations, and trial
all tlie signatures to the attachel sec
tion are made in his presence an 1 that
to his best knowledge an.I belief each
signature to the section is the genuine
sigrature of the person whose name ’t
purports t«» be; and no other arfidavi
thereto shall be require 1. The affidavit
of any person soliciting signatures here
under s'-all be verified free of charge by
any officer of this state authorize i t »
administer an oath. Such pet tion so
verified shall be prima facia evidence
that the signatures thereto appended
are genuine and that the prisons Sign
ing the same are qualified electors.
l. Each section of the petition lor the
recall of ary official shall be filed at
the same time whether with the state
election commissioners cr the county
election commh .sio: rs as herein pro
vided. an 1 a., petition snail be deeme 1
to have been filed when -t is shown to
the said election commissioners that the
requisite number of elect j: s have signed
the same.
m. -no rooan ret i t Ff.au >r circu
late-1 or file! a taint t any officer until
ho has actually hell his office for at
least six months save anti except, it
may he file 1 ocalnst any member of the
geilcia' assembly of the state at uny
time after.five days or tie convening
and organization of the legislature aitei
tlte date of i s election.
U, If ;it any r call sraf* e eetlon the
Incumbent whose recall is sought is
not recalled, he s'tail be re; al 1 1 rom the
-state treasury any amount legally ex
pended by him as expense of su.-n elec
tion, not to exceed, however, the sum ot
three hundred dollars, and the iegis'a
ture shall provide appropriation for such
purpose, and no proceedings for another
recall election of said incumbent snail
lie Initiated within six months after such
election.
o. The recall shall he exercise! by
the electors of any county, township,
city or town in this state, or by any
school district with reference t> the ele •
tive officers thereof, ami until otherw St
provided hv law the legislative body o'
any city or Incorporated town may pro
vide for the manner of exercising the
recall powers herein provided, hut shal
not require any recall petition to be
signed by electors more In number than
tweny-flve tier centum of the entire vot
east at the last preceding election fo'
all candidates for the office which t ie
incumbent sought to be removed oc
cupies.
p In the submission to the electors
of any petition proposed under this ar
ticle. all officers shall bo guided by the
general laws of the state, except as
otherwise herein provided.
q. This article Is seir executing, but
legislation may be enacted to facilitate
its operation, but. in no wav limiting or
restricting the provisions of this arti
cle or the powers herein reserved.
Filed in the office of the Sec
retary of State on the 9th day
of May, 1912.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature,
this 20th dav of May, 1912.
EARLE W. HODGES.
[Seal ] Secretary of State.
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Constitutional Amendment No. 15,
providing for the issuance of Ronds by
Municipal Corporations for certain pur
poses when authorized by a majority of
the qualified electors of said munici
palities.
rOE AMENDMENT NO 15.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
Re it Enacted by the People of the
State of Arkansas:
That Section One of Article IS to the
Constitution of tue State of Arkansas
be amended so as to rta I as follows:
Article 16. Section 1 —Neither the
State, nor any city, county, town, or
other municipality in tins fctate sha I
ever loan its credit for any purpose
whatever; nor shall any county, city,
town, or municipality ever issue any in
terest bearing evidences of inde iteiness,
except such bon is as may bo authorized
by law to provide for and secure t le
layment of tlie present existing indebt
edness, and the Stato shad never issue
any interest bearing treasury warrants
or scrip.
Prov.Jed. that in cities of the first
and second cla: s and in incorporate!
towns of 1.000 or more population, as
shown by the next preceding federal
census, by and witn the consent oi a
majority of the qualified electors witht i
the corporate limits thereof, voting
thereon at an election held for that pu -
pose, negotiable coupon bonds for such
cities, payable to order or btarer. in a
sum and for the purpose, approved by
such majority, at such election. ma> ue
ssued:
l or the funding or refunding of any
exist.ng debt of any city of the first or
second class or such Incorporated towns
incurred prior to the adoption of this
amendment; foi the construction of
public highways, streets, alleys and
boulevards; for the purchase and equip
ment of parks and playgrounds either
Inside or outside of the city limits; for
the construction of drainage or sanitary
sewers; for the purchase and construc
tion of city halls, prisons, libraries, hos
pitals. fire stations and equipment .via
ducts and bridges, an t for any and all
public buildings, structures, or grounds
that may be required by said city for
the proper and economical administra
tion of its government; and for the pur
chase. aC'Uiirement or construction of
waterworks, lighting plants and street
railways; and for any other public im
provement of a genera! nature for the
use and benefit of said city, except to
aid in the construction of railroads or
enterprises operated by any private cor
porator .
rxo money ruiaeu lor a. spcciuc pur
pose shall be used for any other or dif
ferent purpose.
Such bonds shall never be sold at less
than par. and when issued by cities of
the first class shall not bear a greater
rate of interest than five (5%) per rent
per annum, and when Issued by cities
of t)i*-* second class and by such incor
porate i towns, shall not bear a greater
rate of interest than six (6%) per cent
; er annum; and in order to provide for
the payment of such bonds and interest
i special tax. not to exceed five (5) mills
on the dollar, in addition to the rate of
tarat on now authorized, may be levied
by said city on the taxable property
therein; provide!, that bonds or evi
dences of indebtedness shall not be is
sue! tor an amount more than ten (10%>
per oent of the assessed valuation of all
eel an 1 personal property in the city
or town propusing to issue same
Sail election shall he hell at such
time as the city eouncii may designate
by ordinance. speciiically statin? the
purpose for which the bonds am t > be
issue I: and if for more than one purpose,
provision shall be male for balloting oi
each sera rate purpose; the sum total
of the ssoe: the ’ates of maturity the e
of. and fixing the date of election so
that it shall not occur earlier than sixty
60) days art'r the a lor t on of sai l or
dinance. Said election shall be hel 1 at
the Fame precincts, and w'th ju ires
an! clerks a° other oitv elections a re
held, and under the genera! election 'awg,
except as herein prov i led N >t ce of
such elect'on. under the hand of the
raver, shall be given by a Iv ut'sements
at least four M) times in some ne s
paper pu'dishel in sail c’tv and having
a circulation therein the last putdi a
tJon t' be not less t’ an thirt » (30) )a s
prior to sail election. Only riu&lIM**!
• hectors in sa! 1 c tv shall have tlie right
to vote at said election.
raid votes eha.Il he the
mayor and hoard of public affairs or
said city, if there be n hear! o' publ c
affr' ay If there he m boar 1 of public
c. rails, the canvass shall be male by
the mayor and by three oualifie l elec
tots of sail city who are owners of
property, who shall Ke select'*-' by the
county judge of the comfy in which hi! i
city or town is locate 1. j. i the res lit
of said elect’on. when dec’arc-l hy t e
ravor anil his associates, shall be con
clusive
Th’s amen-’mert shall be In force im
mediately arter >*? r’ "ont’op. and shall
ret require legislat’ve n^t'^n t> put it
into operation Its a option shab be
comp!et» when the F nrl of Ftafe TdW**
t!on Comm’sslonorn shall have ennvas.-e 1
the returns and declared it to have been
adopted.
All of the provisions of th's amen 1
ment she'’ b^ treated pf pan ,')t''rr.
Filed in the office of the Sec.
rctarv of State on the 2nd d*y
of May. 1912.
Fach elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature,
this 20th dry of Mry *" ■ \
v:\ivr: m*.
Secretary of State.
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SOLEMN RITE OF SHAWNEES
‘Adoption Dance" Taken Very Seri
ously, and the Best of Order Al
ways Maintained.
A dance which lasts all day and all
night, the pertormers eating nothing
during that period, is known as the
‘‘Adoption Dance,” among the
Shawnees. This is quite different from
any one of the festive dances. The
Indians como from many miles around
and camp; their faces are painted and
their persons decoratel with beads. A
bonfire is built in the center of the
camp and they dance around this. The
fire is kept burning uni orrnly ail the
time. This serves also as their light.
The adoption dance is rather quiet,
more so than the o her dances. The
women do mo3t of the sing ug, and in
a very low tone. They dance around
the circ.o in twos. T~e mm dance to
gether in front, and the women togeth
er in the re..r. The two leaders in
front are usually the ones who are
adopting the child. They carry tin
pails; in these are rubber balls, whicu
bounce and keep time with the drum
mer. ThiB is all the music they have
to dance by. If a large crowd is as
sembled they may have two or three
drums. At these dances good order is
kept. No drunkenness is al.owed. The
dance is in a grove, and if anyone
does not behave decently they tie him
to a tree tor the rest of the dance.
After the performance they hold a
great feast which lasts all day.
Lenten Masks.
The mask makers ot Paris are now
working at high presure in view of
the Lenten Carnival. Many celeoraied
artists at one time or another have
boen glad to design masks “to make
both ends meet.'’ The design tor
masks is said to be a less easy matter
than would be supposed, and some of
these caricatures, especially those rep
resenting political celebrities, are
works ot art. There are .n the French
capital 17 bosses, engaged from
January to December—with no dead
season—in the pteparaLon of masks.
The personnel, men. women and chil
dren. is numerous, and their earnings
fair. Their occupation is one ot the
very few which have never known a
strike. Ot course, the demands ot the
Lenten Carnival do not require the
whole out put of these tactories. file
world's sur.ply of masks may be said
to be drawn from them.
We Are a Nation of Frog-Eaters.
Frogs’ Ieg3, at which people turned
up their coves in disgust only a few
years ego have
cow become so
popular an article
of diet that no
fewer than 6,000,
C00 fregs a year
are killed in Min
nesota alone to
supply the de
mand. The North
western frogs are the most delicate,
but the bigg<_st are the southern bull
frogs. The latter are not so sweet or
tender as the former.
Frogs are caugnt at all times of the
year, but the greatest catches are in
the spring and tail; In the winter frog
catching is difficult, because ice, of>en
two feet thick, must be-cut through in
order to reach their nests.
Biologist Says Fishes Remember.
The lact that fishes will return time
after tune to bite at the hook by which
they hare been caught Is often cited
os proof that fish have no memories.
But Yzes Deiage, the great French bi
ologist, has been making some exper
iments which seem to prove the con
trary. He says that fish return to the
hook because their greediness is great
er than the Influence of their mem
ory. If you place a bright red disk
upon a hook the flshe3 will cease to
take It after being caught seven or
times. If you change the color of the
disk the fish will return indefinitely.
The red disk made an impression on
the fish’s memory—slowly, it is true
—and when it recognized the danger
signal it avoided it.
The First Postage Stamp.
A French antiquary is trying to rob
England of one of its glories by the
announcement of a discovery that
postage stamps were a French inven
tion of the seventeenth century. He
quotes the following notice, which was
posted on the walls of Paris in 1653:
“Persons who wish to send messages
from one quarter of Paris to another
may rest assured that their letters will
be safely and speedily delivered if they
are careful to affix to them tickets in
scribed ‘carriage paid.’ ” Such tickets,
it was added, might be procured at a
charge of one sou each at the Law
Courts or from the doorkepers of Col
leges and Brotherhoods. It was also
possible to prepay a reply by affixing
two tickets instead of one.
BIRD OF RARE INTELLIGENCE
New York Man Ha* Educated Parrot
for Which He Has Refused Offers
of Much Money.
The most valuable parrot in the
world is King George, a rare bird own
ed by a wealthy New Yorker. This
man has refused three offers of $5,000
each for Polly.
King George is one of the rare Afri
can gray parrot, with a gray
body flecked with
scarlet, and a
scarlet tail. lie
was captured
when but a year
old, in a nest in
the heart of Af
rica. His owner
bought him, and
since then has de
voted from one to
two hours a day
to his education.
The bird can
sing several
songs, recite po
etry, give college yells, imitate ani
mals, and can hold a pretty intelli
gent conversation. He pronounces his
words correctly, and can spell many of
the simpler ones. Whenever he spells
ihe name of an animal he always gives
i n imitation of it afterwards.
Even the Flowers Have Nerves.
Why does ihe Bun-dew not put its
leaf-tentacles in operation when rain
drops fail on them, and yet is quick
to capture a fly? writes Andrew Wil
son in the Illustrated London News.
The only possible reply is that the
plant has learned to distinguish be
tween contact which means food and
that which implies only the needed
rain.
The sensitive plant (Mimosa) droops
its leaves on the slightest touch, but
not when it is watered. Placed in a
carriage, such a plant lowers its leaves
at fir6t when the carriage moves, but
soon, accustomed to the motion, ex
pands them. You can give a sensitive
plant ether and abolish its sensitive
ness, Just as you rob the animal of its
consciousness when you administer
the anaesthetics.
Clearly we have to revise all our
notions of plautt nervousness if we
would explain the actions even of the
daisies which shut up their petals
when the wind blows and open them
under the Influence of sunshine.
Lumber Carried on Burro Back.
Tho lorests of Mexico are situated
chiefly in the mountains at altitudes
of 8,000 to 12,000 feet. In the lowlands
of the tropics there are scattered ma
hogany trees and a variety of other
hardwood timber. Owing to the inac
cessibility of many of the tracts of
timber in the mountains, comparative
ly few railroads have penetrated them.
The chief means of getting out the
roughly hewed Umber and bringing It
down from the higher altitudes is by
burros. These little beasts of burden
have power;ul strength and endur
ance. They follow the narrowest and
most dangerous mountain trails even
wben their bodies are loaded with the
weight of enormous timbers. It is
upon (he back8 of these burros that
thousands of railroad crossties were
brought down from the mountains,
thus enafciinij the construction of the
more modern lines of transportation.
Snakes In India.
Last year 22,478 deaths occurred in
India from snake bites, and 2,400 per
sons were killed by wild animals. The
deaths caused by snakes and wiid ani
mals In the province of Burmali in
1910 amounted to 1,273 and 80, respec
tively. The number of cattle killed In
India amounted to 93,074 by wild ani
mals and 10,900 by snakes. Of tha
deaths of cattle in Burham 7,851 were
caused by wild animals and 6,588 by
makes. Idgers and leopards were tho
most destructive animals; elephants,
bears, wolves, hyenas, etc., being also
reuponaib'e for fatalities. Rewards
amounting to $47,725 were paid by tha
government for the destruction in all
India of 91,104 snakes and 19,282 wllj
animals.
viia>vc \juh»ci aaiiwii,
Homesick for the sound of her par
rot's voice, a southern woman, while
visiting in the north, resorted to the
long distance telephone to hold a con
versation with her feathered pet.
Polly lined up to the situation as to
the manner born, when a servant held
the receiver to her ear, responding
volubly to all her mistress had to say.
Incidentally, the connection cost $30.
One of Nature’s Freak6.
Some of our youthful poultry fan
ciers may have seen peculiar feather
ed freaks, but, 1 dare say, a few of
them have seen anything to equal one
that is owned by an English farmer.
This Is a cross between a duck and an
ordinary cock fowl, and is owned by
a farmer living near Mill Hall, Lon
don, England.
The bird resembles the fowl by its
comb as well as the tail, and its legs
also are extremely like those of a
fowl, with the exception of its webbed
feet. Both Its bill and body are
duck-like. It swims with tho greatest
ease and can quack as well as crow.
A hen bird of this description lays
eggs the shells of which are mostly
of greenish color, and taste like those
of an ordinary duck.—Pennsylvania
Grit.