Sharp County record., 1904-08-12
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF ARKANSAS

Notice is hereby gvCn that the following
~ Joint resolution :, each prOpOSiIg z an
amendment TO the State Constitution. were passed
/ by the Gent raj Assembly at ls regular session OF
| 1909, and that the same will be submitted TO the
electors OF the State at The he&t general tItGtOn
to be held September D. 1904, for adoption or rc-
lection, VIZ:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
| After the fourth Monday in January, A. D
] 1905, an al Itional judge shall be added to the
Supreme Court, and thereafter the court shall
consist OF SIX judges. and said court shall be d-
| yided into two divisions us follows: One diyis-
| ion to consist of the Chef Justice and the two
! Judges oldest in commission, to be En Wn as
| Division Number One; the other to consist OF the
| remalnins Judges. and to be known AS Division
| Number Two The hiei Justice shall be tho
| presiding Judge of Division Number one, amt
| division lumber Two shall elect its IresidinG
| judge. The visions shall, when the state Oi
| the docte requires ii, sit separately Tor the
hearing and disposition OF causes and matters
assigned thereto under ruI0s made by the court.
majority of the judges of II division Shall con-
/ Stltute quorum, thereof, and the concurrence OF
| two Judges of Il diyitOn shall, III every case be
| necessary to II decision unG all orders and
! judgments OF ither division, a. to causes ana
matters pending before 1t, shall have The lOrce
| and effect of those Of The court.
| All opinions Of the court, or of division there
of, shall be in writing and shalt be filed in The
causes in which they shall be respectively made
during The term AT which the cause is submitted,
| Each division shall huYe authority to Issue the
wrts and exercise the powers enumerated IN Sec
/ items land 8 ArllCle VII, Of the Constitution
| When judge Of II division dissents from the
| Judgment therein, or when II Federal question Is
| Involved, the cause. on the application oil lhe
losing party, shall be transferred to the court Tor
! its decision; or when the court, or uiVlslOh
thereof in which cause is pending, shall so or
de- the cause shall be transferred TO the court
lor its decision. Four judges OF the court shall
constitute quorum thereof, and The concurrence
| of four indgcs shsll he necessary 10 NcislOh,
except that when the Judges Of the whole court
are equally divided in opinion upon the question
of the alirnance or reversal Ola cause previously
determined bya lower court, The Judgment or
der or decree under review shall be ahirlncu
| Approved March 10, 1903.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
Thai section /, Article I6, OF thy Constitution
of the State OF Arkansas be amended 50 US to
| rend rs folloWsi ,,
Neither the State nor any city, county, town or
other municipality IN this state shall ever 0ah It's
credit for any purpose whatever; nor shalI any
county city, town or municipality ever lseur
any interest bearing evidences OF lNutOttVNtSe'
/ pNrent such bonds us may be authorized by law
10 provide lOr and secure the payment ol the
present existing Indebtedness; ANA the state snail
never issu, any interest bearing treasury Wdr-
rants or scrip, POvided, trAl cities Ol the lrst
and sec md elias may Issue interest bearing
| evidences Ol lnOtDltunNSN' IlONhiNhi HONNN'l
ihut before this law shull be elective, lhc Clly
council of such cly or town shall pNss an ordI-
nance suecilyiu- Tor what purpose and Tor what
amount they desire 10 Issue luiercst bearing cHl-
drnces Ofindebtcdncss amt the llle OF Interest to
! be paid ON the SAN e. said ordinance shall be
uubli he'd Tor thirty days IN daily paper, pub
ished III such cities or towns, but II lhcre be no
daily papers then the same snail be published IN
u weekly paper of general circulation IN lhe coun-
| ~ IN which the city or town Is situated. sad
| ordinance shall then be submitted to the inhabi-
tunls, at the next eguar or special city election,
! for ratification or rejection; ana II majority ol
au thc clcG Ors voting on such question are
found 10 be In ltvor OF The uiIcWou then sud
utlntuGc shall be lu ilui force unl vl,eL other
! v.se the Same shall be uGil and yuid.
/ "a, above JOINT resolution was vetoed uN The
( Governor and ppsacd over the veto by cacD
branch otu General Assembly, and He'd in The
omcc Of Ibp secretary OF otu,c uu hlrilH, 1908
/ Each cl,,tpr may yoIr for Urusuust either ~
F the above tmruuments
! Witness my olliclal signature, This 10Th day Of
! February 1904
JN0. W. CROCKETT, sec'y. of State,
[SEALl ByO. Z. LUDWIG, Defuy.