Sharp County record., 1904-07-22
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF ARKANSAS

Notice is hereby gvtn that the following
~ Joint resolutions, each proposi'g an
| amendment To- the State Constitution, were passed
by the Gent ri! Assembly at its regular session Of
! 1903 and that the same will be submitted 10 the
electors of the State ut the HeNt general election,
to be held September 5, 1904 for adoption or g,-
lection, VIA;
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
After the fourth Mondpy in ,Jauuary, A. D
1905. IN additional Judge shall be added to the
supreme Court, and thereafter the court shall
consist OF SIX judges, and SAID court shL,l be til
vided into two divisions rs follows: One divlS-
| ion to consist of Ihv Chef Justice and the Two
| Judges oldest in commission, to De KIN .wn us
| Division Number Que; the other to consist of the
remaining judges, and to be known rs Division
| Number Two. The Chief Justice shall be the
presiding judge of Division Number One, an
! Division lumber Two shall elecl its residing
Judge. The divisions shall, when the state Of
The docl Ct requires ii, sit seoa"ately for the
hearing and disposition OF causes and matters
| assigned thereto, under rul0s made by the court.
A majority of the judges ofm division shall con-
| stlute quorum thereof, and the concurrence of
/ two judges OF II divi' ION shall, IN every case be
necessary TO decision, and all orders and
| judgments Of either division, ~ to CAUSES and
! matters pending before It,, shall have the lOrce
| and effect Of thuse OF the court.
All opinions Of the court, or OF division there
of, shall be in writing, and shall be fled in the
| cnilses in which they shall be respectively made
during tibet term NJ which the cause is submitted,
Each division shall haye authority TO issue the
| WrltS exercise tnp powers enumerated IN Sec
| items aud 5 Article VII Of the Constitution. .
! When N judge of adIvison dlssents from the
| Judgment therein, or when II Federal question Is
! involved, the cause, ON The application oi the
losing purity shall be trans erred to the court for
its decision; or when the court, or division
thereof in which Il cause is pending, Shall 50 or
de. the cause shall be transferred 10 the court
lur its decision. -Four judges OF the court shall
constitute quorum ther, OF, and the concurrence
OF four Judges shsll be necessary 10 decision,
except thai when the Judges Of the whole court
are equally divided IN opinion upon the question
of the alirnance or reversal Ola cause previously
determined by lower court. the Judgment, or
der or decree under review shall be alarmed.
Approved March 10, 1893.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
That section !, Article lG OF III. Constitution
of the State ol Arkansas be amended 30 US TO
read ~ follows;
Article lG, section |, Finance and Taxation -
Seilh'r lhe state nor any city, county, town or
other municipality IN this state shall ever loan ilo
credit for amy purpose whaever: nor shall any
county, city, twn or municipality eyer issu3
any interest bearing evidences of Indebtedness,
except such b0ndsIus may be authorized by law
to prov ide for aud secure the payment of the
present existing Indebtedness; and the state shall
never issul any interest beurng treasury, war
rants or scrip, poyided, u,at cities of the first
and second elias may issue interest bearing
evidences of indebtedness Provided, however,
that before this law shall be effective, The city
council of such city or town shall pass an ordi-
uance specifying lOr what purpose and Tor what
amount they desire to Issue lhteiest bearing cvt-
dences OF in debedness and the rate OF Interest to
be paid on the sane. Said Oltlina nee shall be
uub he'd for thirty days IN u daV paper. pub
iished IN such cities or Towns, but il there be no
daily papers the the same shall be published IN
weeHly paper OF general circulation in the cOun-
ty IN which The city or town Is slunted, said
ordinance shall then be submitted TO the nlab-
tans, at the beN regular or special city election,
Tor ratid cation " REJECTION; aud If majority of
Nil the electors voting on such question are
found TO he N lavor OF the ratification, then suid
ordmaa ce shall be in full force and eject, other
wise the Sdnr shall be null and void
[The above JOINT resolution was vetoed by The
Govern or ana passed over the veto by each
branch oflhe General Assemb ~ and hled IN the
olhee OF the Secretary otStule on Arrlo, 1905 i
Each elect0r may vote for or against either Of
the above amendments
Witness my Official signature, this 18th day OF
February, 1904
JNO. ". CROCKETT, Scc'y Of State,
[SEALl By y. Z. LUDWIG, Deputy.