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Arkansas Const. art. 19, § 23 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 19 / Section 23
No officer of this State, nor of any county, city or town, shall receive, directly or indirectly, for salary, fees and perquisites, more than five thousand dollars net profits per annum in par funds, 
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Sec. 23. No officer of this State, nor of any county, city or town, shall receive, directly or indirectly, for salary, fees and perquisites, more than five thousand dollars net profits per annum in par funds, and any and all sums in excess of this amount shall be paid into the State, county, city or town treasury, as shall hereafter be directed by appropriate legislation.
Arkansas Const. art. 9, § 2 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 9 / Section 2
The personal property of any resident of this State who is married or the head of a family, in specific articles to be selected by such resident, not exceeding in value the sum of five hundred dollars
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Sec. 2. The personal property of any resident of this State who is married or the head of a family, in specific articles to be selected by such resident, not exceeding in value the sum of five hundred dollars in addition to his or her wearing apparel, and that of his or her family, shall be exempt from seizure on attachment, or sale on execution, or other process from any court on debt by contract.
Arkansas Const. art. 7, § 52 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 7 / Section 52
That in all eases of contest for any county, township or municipal office, an appeal shall lie at the instance of the party aggrieved, from any inferior board, council or tribunal to the circuit court
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Sec. 52. That in all eases of contest for any county, township or municipal office, an appeal shall lie at the instance of the party aggrieved, from any inferior board, council or tribunal to the circuit court, on the same terms and conditions on which appeals may be granted to the circuit court in other eases, and on such appeals the case shall be tried de novo.
Arkansas Const. art. 12, § 6 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 12 / Section 6
Corporations may be formed under general laws, which laws may, from time to time, be altered or repealed. The General Assembly shall have the power to alter, revoke or annul any charter of corporation
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Sec. 6. Corporations may be formed under general laws, which laws may, from time to time, be altered or repealed. The General Assembly shall have the power to alter, revoke or annul any charter of corporation now existing and revokable at the adoption of this Constitution, or any that may hereafter be created, whenever, in their opinion, it may be injurious to the citizens of this State, in such a manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators.
Arkansas Const. art. 2, § 21 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 2 / Section 21
No person shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his estate, freehold, liberties or privileges; or outlawed, or in any manner destroyed or deprived of his life, liberty or property; except by t
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Sec. 21. No person shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his estate, freehold, liberties or privileges; or outlawed, or in any manner destroyed or deprived of his life, liberty or property; except by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land; nor shall any person, under any circumstances, be exiled from the State.
Arkansas Const. art. 3, § 2 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 3 / Section 2
Elections shall be free and equal. No power, civil or military, shall ever interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage; nor shall any law be enacted whereby the right to vote at an
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Sec. 2. Elections shall be free and equal. No power, civil or military, shall ever interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage; nor shall any law be enacted whereby the right to vote at any election shall be made to depend upon any previous registration of the elector's name; or whereby such right shall be impaired or forfeited, except for the commission of a felony at common law, upon lawful conviction thereof.
Arkansas Const. art. 15, § 2 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 15 / Section 2
The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate. When sitting for that purpose the senators shall be upon oath or affirmation; no p
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Sec. 2. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate. When sitting for that purpose the senators shall be upon oath or affirmation; no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members thereof. The Chief Justice shall preside unless he is impeached or otherwise disqualified, when the Senate shall select a presiding officer.
Arkansas Const. art. 5, § 20 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 5 / Section 20
The State of Arkansas shall never be made defendant in any of her courts.
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Sec. 20. The State of Arkansas shall never be made defendant in any of her courts.
Arkansas Const. art. 7, § 16 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 7 / Section 16
A judge of the circuit court shall be a citizen of the United States, at least twenty-eight years of age, of good moral character, learned in the law, two years a resident of the State, and shall have
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Sec. 16. A judge of the circuit court shall be a citizen of the United States, at least twenty-eight years of age, of good moral character, learned in the law, two years a resident of the State, and shall have practiced law six years, or whose service upon the bench of any court of record, when added to the time he may have practiced law, shall be equal to six years.
Arkansas Const. art. 6, § 21 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 6 / Section 21
The Secretary of State shall keep a full and accurate record of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and, when required, lay the same, with all papers, minutes and vouchers relating 
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Sec. 21. The Secretary of State shall keep a full and accurate record of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and, when required, lay the same, with all papers, minutes and vouchers relating thereto, before either branch of the General Assembly. He shall also ​discharge the duties of Superintendent of Public Instruction, until otherwise provided by law.
Arkansas Const. art. 7, § 19 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 7 / Section 19
The clerks of the circuit court shall be elected by the qualified electors of the several counties, for the term of two years, and shall be ex-officio clerks of the county and probate courts and recor
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Sec. 19. The clerks of the circuit court shall be elected by the qualified electors of the several counties, for the term of two years, and shall be ex-officio clerks of the county and probate courts and recorder; provided, that in any county having a population exceeding fifteen thousand inhabitants, as shown by the last federal census, there shall be elected a county clerk, in like manner as clerk of the circuit court, who shall be ex-officio clerk of the probate court of said county.
Arkansas Const. art. 5, § 26 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 5 / Section 26
No local or special bill shall be passed, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the locality where the matter or the thing to be affected may be situated, which
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Sec. 26. No local or special bill shall be passed, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the locality where the matter or the thing to be affected may be situated, which notice shall be at least thirty days prior to the introduction into the General Assembly of such bill, and in the manner to be provided by law. The evidence of such notice having been published shall be exhibited in the General Assembly before such act shall be passed.
Arkansas Const. art. 5, § 27 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 5 / Section 27
No extra compensation shall be made to any officer, agent, employe or contractor after the service shall have been rendered or the contract made; nor shall any money be appropriated or paid on any cla
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Sec. 27. No extra compensation shall be made to any officer, agent, employe or contractor after the service shall have been rendered or the contract made; nor shall any money be appropriated or paid on any claim, the subject matter of which shall not have been provided for by preexisting laws; unless such compensation or claim be allowed by bill passed by two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the General Assembly.
Arkansas Const. art. 5, § 13 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 5 / Section 13
The sessions of each house and of committees of the whole shall be open, unless when the business is such as ought to be kept secret.
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Sec. 13. The sessions of each house and of committees of the whole shall be open, unless when the business is such as ought to be kept secret.
Arkansas Const. art. 11, § 1 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 11 / Section 1
The militia shall consist of all able-bodied male persons, residents of the State, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except such as may be exempted by the laws of the United States or
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Section 1. The militia shall consist of all able-bodied male persons, residents of the State, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except such as may be exempted by the laws of the United States or this State, and shall be organized, officered, armed and equipped and trained in such manner as may be provided by law.

​Sec. 2. Volunteer companies of infantry, cavalry or artillery may be formed in such manner and with such restrictions as may be provided by law.
Arkansas Const. art. 7, § 33 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 7 / Section 33
Appeals from all judgments of county courts or courts of common pleas, when established, may be taken to the circuit court under such restrictions and regulations as may be prescribed by law.
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Sec. 33. Appeals from all judgments of county courts or courts of common pleas, when established, may be taken to the circuit court under such restrictions and regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Arkansas Const. art. 19, § 11 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 19 / Section 11
The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the circuit courts, Commissioner of State Lands and prosecuting attorneys shall each rece
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Sec. 11. The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the circuit courts, Commissioner of State Lands and prosecuting attorneys shall each receive a salary, to be established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their respective terms, nor shall any of them, except the prosecuting attorneys, after the adoption of this Constitution, receive to his own use any fees, costs, perquisites of office or other compensation; and all fees that may hereafter be payable by law for any service performed by any officer mentioned in this section, except prosecuting attorneys, shall be paid in advance into the State treasury. Provided, that the salaries of the respective officers herein mentioned shall never exceed per annum:

For Governor, the sum of $4,000.00; for Secretary of State, the sum of $2,500.00; for Treasurer, the sum of $8,000.00; for Auditor, the sum of $3,000.00; for Attorney General, the sum of $2,500.00; for Commissioner of State Lands, the sum of $2,500.00; for judges of the Supreme Court, each, the sum of $4,000.00; for judges of the circuit courts and chancellors, each, the sum of $3,000,00; for prosecuting attorney, the sum of $400.00.

And provided further, that the General Assembly shall provide for no increase of salaries of its members which shall take effect before the meeting of the next General Assembly.
Arkansas Const. art. 19, § 18 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 19 / Section 18
The General Assembly, by suitable enactments, shall require such appliances and means to be provided and used as may be necessary to secure as far as possible the lives, health and safety of persons e
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Sec. 18. The General Assembly, by suitable enactments, shall require such appliances and means to be provided and used as may be necessary to secure as far as possible the lives, health and safety of persons employed in mining and of persons traveling upon railroads and by other public conveyances, and shall provide for enforcing such enactments by adequate pains and penalties.
Arkansas Const. art. 7, § 8 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 7 / Section 8
The terms of the Supreme Court shall be held at the seat of government at the times that now are, or may be, provided by law.
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Sec. 8. The terms of the Supreme Court shall be held at the seat of government at the times that now are, or may be, provided by law.
Arkansas Const. art. 7, § 51 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 7 / Section 51
That in all cases of allowances made for or against counties, cities or towns, an appeal shall lie to the circuit court of the county, at the instance of the party aggrieved, or on the intervention of
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Sec. 51. That in all cases of allowances made for or against counties, cities or towns, an appeal shall lie to the circuit court of the county, at the instance of the party aggrieved, or on the intervention of any citizen or resident and tax-payer of such county, city or town, on the same terms and conditions on which appeals may be granted to the circuit court in other cases; and in the matter pertaining to any such allowance shall be tried in the circuit court de novo. In case an appeal be taken by any citizen he shall give a bond, payable to the proper county, conditioned to prosecute the appeal and save the county from costs on account of the same being taken.
Arkansas Const. art. 9, § 9 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 9 / Section 9
The exemptions contained in the Constitution of 1868 shall apply to all debts contracted since the adoption thereof and prior to the adoption of this Constitution.
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Sec. 9. The exemptions contained in the Constitution of 1868 shall apply to all debts contracted since the adoption thereof and prior to the adoption of this Constitution.
Arkansas Const. art. 2, § 22 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 2 / Section 22
The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction; and private property shall not be taken, appropriated or damaged for public use, without just compensation therefor.
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Sec. 22. The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction; and private property shall not be taken, appropriated or damaged for public use, without just compensation therefor.
Arkansas Const. art. 19, § 3 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 19 / Section 3
No person shall be elected to or appointed to fill a vacancy in any office who does not possess the qualifications of an elector, ​Sec. 4. All civil officers for the State at large shall reside within
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Sec. 3. No person shall be elected to or appointed to fill a vacancy in any office who does not possess the qualifications of an elector, ​Sec. 4. All civil officers for the State at large shall reside within the State, and all district, county and township officers within their respective districts, counties and townships, and shall keep their offices at such places therein as are now or may hereafter be required by law.
Arkansas Const. art. 7, § 35 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 7 / Section 35
Appeals may be taken from judgments and orders of the probate court to the circuit court under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by law.
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Sec. 35. Appeals may be taken from judgments and orders of the probate court to the circuit court under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by law.
Arkansas Const. art. 14, § 3 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 14 / Section 3
The General Assembly shall provide by general laws for the support of common schools by taxes, which shall never exceed in any one year two mills on the dollar on the taxable property of the State, an
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Sec. 3. The General Assembly shall provide by general laws for the support of common schools by taxes, which shall never exceed in any one year two mills on the dollar on the taxable property of the State, and by an annual per capita tax of one dollar, to be assessed on every male inhabitant of this State over the age of twenty-one years. Provided, the General Assembly may by general law authorize school districts to levy by a vote of the qualified electors of such district a tax not to exceed five mills on the dollar in any one year for school purposes. Provided further, that no such tax shall be appropriated to any other purpose nor to any other district than that for which it was levied.
Arkansas Const. art. 17, § 2 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 17 / Section 2
Every railroad, canal or turnpike corporation operated or artly operated in this State shall maintain one office therein, where transfers of its stock shall be made and where its books shall be kept f
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Sec. 2. Every railroad, canal or turnpike corporation operated or artly operated in this State shall maintain one office therein, where transfers of its stock shall be made and where its books shall be kept for inspection by any stockholder or creditor of such corporation, in which shall be recorded the amount of capital stock subscribed or paid in, and the amounts owned by them respectively, the transfers of said stock and the names and places of residence of the officers.
Arkansas Const. art. 16, § 7 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 16 / Section 7
The power to tax corporations and corporate property shall not be surrendered or suspended by any contract or grant to which the State may be a party.
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Sec. 7. The power to tax corporations and corporate property shall not be surrendered or suspended by any contract or grant to which the State may be a party.
Arkansas Const. art. 2, § 2 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 2 / Section 2
All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights, amongst which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; of acquiring, possessing and pro
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Sec. 2. All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights, amongst which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; of acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness. To secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving just powers from the consent of the governed.
Arkansas Const. art. 5, § 34 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 5 / Section 34
No new bill shall be introduced into either house during the last three days of the session.
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Sec. 34. No new bill shall be introduced into either house during the last three days of the session.

See. 35. Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, offer, give or promise any money or thing of value, testimonial, privilege or personal advantage to any executive or judicial officer or member of the General Assembly, and any such executive or judicial officer or member of the General Assembly who shall receive or consent to receive any such consideration, either directly or indirectly, to influence his action in the performance or non-performance of his public or official duty, shall be guilty of a felony and be punished accordingly.
Arkansas Const. art. 6, § 8 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 6 / Section 8
He shall give to the General Assembly from time to time, and at the close of his official term to the next General Assembly, information by message concerning the condition and government of the State
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Sec. 8. He shall give to the General Assembly from time to time, and at the close of his official term to the next General Assembly, information by message concerning the condition and government of the State, and recommend for their consideration such measures as he may deem expedient.
Arkansas Const. art. 7, § 30 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 7 / Section 30
The justices of the peace of each county shall sit with and assist the county judges in levying the county taxes, and in making appropriations for the expenses of the county in the manner to be prescr
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Sec. 30. The justices of the peace of each county shall sit with and assist the county judges in levying the county taxes, and in making appropriations for the expenses of the county in the manner to be prescribed by law; and the county judge together with a majority of said justices, shall constitute a quorum for such purposes; and in the absence of the county judge a majority of the justices of the peace may constitute the court, who shall elect one of their number to preside. The general assembly shall regulate by law the manner of compelling the attendance of such quorum.
Arkansas Const. art. 6, § 9 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 6 / Section 9
A seal of the State shall be kept by the Governor, used by him officially, and called the "Great Seal of the State of Arkansas."
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Sec. 9. A seal of the State shall be kept by the Governor, used by him officially, and called the "Great Seal of the State of Arkansas."
Arkansas Const. art. 7, § 7 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 7 / Section 7
The Supreme Court shall appoint its clerk and reporter, who shall hold their offices for six years, subject to removal for good cause.
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Sec. 7. The Supreme Court shall appoint its clerk and reporter, who shall hold their offices for six years, subject to removal for good cause.
Arkansas Const. art. 6, § 16 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 6 / Section 16
Every order or resolution in which the concurrence of both houses of the General Assembly may be necessary, except on questions of adjournment, shall be presented to the Governor, and, before it shall
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Sec. 16. Every order or resolution in which the concurrence of both houses of the General Assembly may be necessary, except on questions of adjournment, shall be presented to the Governor, and, before it shall take effect, be approved by him; or, being disapproved, shall be repassed by both houses, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.
Arkansas Const. art. 12, § 1 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 12 / Section 1
All existing charters or grants of special or exclusive privileges under which bona fide organization shall not have taken place and business been commenced in good faith at the time of the adoption o
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Section 1. All existing charters or grants of special or exclusive privileges under which bona fide organization shall not have taken place and business been commenced in good faith at the time of the adoption of this Constitution shall thereafter have no validity.
Arkansas Const. art. 17, § 8 — Arkansas Constitution / Article 17 / Section 8
The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing, or alter or amend the same or pass any general or special law for the benefit of such corporation, e
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Sec. 8. The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing, or alter or amend the same or pass any general or special law for the benefit of such corporation, except on condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution.