PROPOSED.LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Namber 44
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 1
Justice and Six Associate Justices; j
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 of Arkansas,
and the same being submitted to the
electors of the State for approval or
rejection at the next general election
for Senatoas 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 i
Arkansas be amended to read as j
follows:
The Supreme Court shall be com-1
posed of seven Judges, one of whom j
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 j
the Court. The Chief Justice shalj
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 bo 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
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until his successor is elected at the
general election for State office^ in
1922, and qualifies, and one of whom j
shall hold office until his successor is j
elected at the general election for
State officers in 1924, and qualifies.
Approved by the governor and tiled
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 be
loaned and indebtedness incurred to
an amount not exceeding two per cent
of Wie 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. 1.5
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 loanal upon the
security of farm lands within the
State, subject to the limitations hero
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, $1Q0.00,
$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.
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 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 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 lensing 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 %ell 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
HOME BOYS WRITE
LETTER FROM ENGLAND
In Training in England Getting
Ready to Move Up to
French Battle Front
Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Fink
have received the following
letters from their sons, Cle
burne and Milburn, who are
with the overseas a«my. They
are in a training camp “Some
where in England” where the
finishing touches are being ap
plied to their training prepar
atory to moving up to the bat
tle front in France.
Dear Home Folks.—Cleburn
and I are both <fs fine as can
be. Hone you all at home are
the same.
There is lots of excitement
here in the way of games—
baseball, tennis, and in fact,
any kind of game we want to
to see.
Have been very busy since
we came here, anti while we
are enjoying in very much, I
would like to be at home with
you all whom 1 love better
than I can tell. Rut we will
not be home until a great vie
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 ah
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 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.
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A.N HEROIC SACRIFICE.
lory is won for us—for you and
j I and for all. It is coming fast.
Have talked with lots of real
soldiers since we have beeVi
here.
YVe see lots of airplanes
here. Saw 18 in one flight this
morning. It sure looked good,
too.
Give our love to all the
folks. CLARENCE M. FINK.
England, Sept. 28.
Dear Home Folks.—We are |
quite well and are both togeth
er again, since Cleburne has
gotten out of the hospital from
an attack of Mumps.
When we get home will
have lots to tell you-—nothing
dashing but a little of every
thing in general. You know a
fellow can’t write all that
takes place.
We find that our experienc
es in “hopping counters” is
worth something to us, for it
makes a fellow quick, and
there are only two things in
war, the quick and the —
England is a fine country,
but America for an American.
We have lots of games and ev
erything for amusement. The
Royal Band, the best in Eng
land, entertained us one night
last week and it was great. We
have some of the best baseball
games going, and Co. o. has
| never been defeated. We have
four or five big league players
in our company.
Our best regards to all the
[folks at home. Your sons,
M. C and C. M .FINE.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO SELL LAND
Notice is hereby given, that
the undersigned as guardian o!'
the person and estate of Ira
Moss, and Ivy Moss, minors,
will apply te> the Independence
County Arkansas Probate Court
at the first setting after the
expiration of four weeks, from
Sept. 25th, 1918, for an order
to sell all their undivided in
terest in the following describ
ed lands, for the purpose of
educating and maintaining
said minors, to-wit:
In Block One of the Arnold
Addition to the Town of New
ark, Arkansas.
Given under my hand on this
the 25th day of September,
1918.
.J. W. ANDERSON,
Guardian.
J. R. Alexander, Attorney for
Guardian.
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Uncle Sam
By Saving Some of Your Money
to Invest in Government Securities!
You can save a big per
cent on your fall pur
chases at my store
Look at These Prices on Groceries:
3 cans 16oz. baking powder_25c
6 bars old size soap for. 25c
6 twists old size tobacco.25c
6 packages of soda.25c
7 pounds good coffee_ $1.00
Double bit Axes - - $1.75
Single bit Axes - - $1.50
Cross Cut Saws 1 -4 Off
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS IN HARDWARE
SHOES AND CLOTHING
Star Brand Shoes. Lots of men and boys work shoes.
Ladies shoes in small sizes at special Prices. Curlee
suits for men and boys. The best suit in my house
for $15. You can’t buy them elsewhere for $20 to
$25. Lots of men and boys suits and pants of dif
ferent sizes and grades. Get a $3 hat for $2. $2.50
overalls $2. Everything at Reduced Prices.
I Will Gin and Buy Your Cotton and Cotton Seed and Pay Top Prices
WILL DUVALL Sulphur Roch, ArK