PROPOSED.LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT
E’roposcd 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
He It Resolved by the Senate and
House of the Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Thereta:
That the following is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State off 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 he 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 -hall 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 senibr 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 1921, 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.
I Seal] * TOM J. TERRA L,
Secretary’ of State.
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PROPOSED LEGISL \TIVE.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 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
f " 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, $100.00,1
$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.
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 langls 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 be made to any
purchaser of land.
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be
made except to owners who “operate”
and “occupy” lands mortgaged anu
shall be made for the following pur
poses: (a) The payment for Jand.
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
cumlnhsanees 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 f irm 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.
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.
Seb. 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 nay
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 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.
Sec. 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 60 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.
BANKERS TO ASK U. S.
TO FIX COTTON PRICES
Committee of Bankers and
Farmers Will Present Mat
ter to the President
Creation of the United States
Cotton .Corporation, with pow
er to buy for the government
such cotton as may be offered
for sale without other available
buyers, at a price to be fixed by
President Wilson, will be urg
ed by a committee of bankers
ami growers from every south
ern state which will visit Wash
ington on July 17.
This decision Is the result of
a conference of bankers and
producers held a few days ago
in New Orleans, called by the
Texas Bankers’ Association.
Inasmuch as the transporta
tion situation has »interferred
to an alarming extent with the
natural law of supply and de
mand, the bankers and pro
ducers will point out to the
government that the task of
financing cotton is beyond
their resources- Governmental
aid is the logical sequence,
they contend.
The general committee from
the cotton growing states
Catarrh Cannot 13e Cured
with LUCAI. APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seal of the di; -use.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure it you must take an
int.-rnal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Mfedi
rinc is taken internally and acts thru
tiie blood on <he mucous surfaces of the
system. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of tlie best physicians
in tills country for years. It is com
posed of some of tiie best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination of
the ingredients in Hall’s Catarrh Medi
cine is what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions Send for
tostimonials. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
All Druggists, 75r,
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
, which will present the matter
! to President Wilson and Con
gress is composed of one bank
!er and one producer from each
state.
The members of the commit
tee from Arkansas, are George
W. Rogers, banker, of Little
Rock and E. E. Driver, farmer,
of Osceola.
ORDINANCE NO. 58
Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Incorporated
Town of Newark, Arkansas:
That ordinance No. 58 of the
ordinances of the Incorporated
Town of Newark, Arkansas, be
and the same is hereby amend
ed to read as follows:
Sec. 2. All ducks and geese
found running at large in vio
lation of Ordinance No.58 shall
be taken up by the town Mar
shal and confined in the town
pound pen or other suitable
place, and the marshal shall
notify the owner, if known to
him, that said ducks or geese
have been taken up and im
pounded. If the owner, within
twenty-four hours after being
notified, appears and claims
the said ducks or geese the
same shall be delivered to the
said owner upon payment to
the marshal of a fee of ten
cents for each head of the said
ducks or geese so impounded
and an additional fee of ten
cents per head per day for
each day’s feed for the time
they shall have been impound
ed. If no owner can be found,
the marshal shall advertise and
sell the same within ten days,
receiving his fees and expenses
first from the proceeds of the
| said sale, and the remainder,
it any, shall be placed in the
town treasury. If the owner
appears within one year and
makes satisfactory proof of
ownership of said ducks or
geese so sold by the marshal,
the net remainder of the pro
ceeds ot thy said sale shall be
refunded to the owner, and if
such proof is not made within
one year he shall forfeit his
right to any recovery under
the provisions of this ordin
ance.
Sec. 3. That this ordinance
take effect and be in lull force
and effect from and after its
passage and publication
Passed and approved this
jfirst day of July, 1U18.
J. P>. KETCHEM, Mayor.
E. H. Williamson, Recorder.
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PREPARING WHEAT LAND
EARLY
I hat early and thorough
preparation of the soil for
wheat is highly desirable if not
indispensible is now generally
accepted by the best wheat
growers of the country. The
experiment stations and the
practical growers who have
been close observers recognize
this fact.
There may be a temptation
to defer breaking and prepar
ing land for wheat owing; to
the fact that labor is high and
scarce and the weather is ex
tremely warm. It is but human
to trust things to the future
when it is thought that a little
later will answer. But wheat
is now our most important crop
so far as continuing the war is
concerned. It now seems that
the demand for wheat for sev
eral years may not be less than
the present. But be that as it
may, every farmer who has
land that will produce wheat is
impressed with the importance
of growing this crop, at least
enough for his own bread sup
ply- There will be a desire to
grow as much as possible per
acre to reduce the cost of pro
duction and release as much
lands as is needed for other
crops . To do this the soil
must be prepared early.
Wheat requires a settled,
firm seedbed. But this is
very difficult to make unless
the soil is turned early and har
rows, discs, rollers and othei
pulverers used when desirable.
Early and thorough prepara
tion will be very important in
the next wheat crop.—Farm
and Ranch.
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FIRST IN THE FIELD
Immediately upon the news
coming to Newport that the
constitutional convention had
gone on record as being in fa
vor of granting to women full,
complete and untrammeled
franchise and privilege equal
with the men, comes the an
nouncement from Mrs. Annie
L. Stuckey to the effect *hat
she will in the first general el
ection after the adoption of the
new constitution, if it is adopt
ed, be a candidate for the of
fice of circuit clerk and ex
oiticio recorder, an office she
is most capable of filling—
—Newport Independent.
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
RATHER THAN FIGHT
Blytheville, July 6.—Wil
liam Carright of Manila, 18
miles west of this city, com
mitted suicide late yesterday
afternoon by shooting himself
and death resulted in a few
minutes. As he was to entrain
in this city today with 100
others for encampment at Hat
tiesburg, Miss-, it is presumed
he preferred death to service
in the army. He leaves a wife
and mother and father.
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