Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-30
MORE COMPLICATIONS OF l. AND R. AMENDMENT I
SINGLE ENACTING CLti'SE tN DE- CIDED TO BE VNC0N$TiTI-
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Many Acts Will Be inAaIdated If Supreme Court Upholds ihte De-
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CBy Clio Harpe1
 Little Rock, July 29 Of c0mplica- tiens under the l. X k, Amendment and the Enabling Act there appears to be no end. The Supreme Court specially constituted to try the Jack son county case ol9inS he vali- q ty of an act bearing the anaeting clause, Be it Enacted by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of Ark ansas," will be confronted by a question almost as momentaus as that which confronted the regular court in considering the Joker Section II of the Enabling Act says:
 "The style of all bills, whether enacted by the Legislative assembly or proposed by the people, shall be, 19e it Enacted by the People of the State of Arkansas.
 That would appear to be conclu= sive, if the Enabl' 'ng Aas itself were not under suspicion. The Supreme Court has held that Amendment No 10 would have been effective with- out it that the double enactin clause is admissible; and that the efforts of the Enabling Act to Vitalize the Joker, "inaptly thrust into the or gi- nal draft of the amendment" were futile. It is opined Toy many that the Supreme Court will be compelled to adopt some similar commonsense course with reference tos,he Enabling Act provision regarding the enacting clause.
 Otherw SC considerable body of statutes, general and special, passed by the Legislature of 1911, may be in validated. Many of the acts, bearing the double -barrelel clause, are sare The c.hews are about equally dl- vided between the people" and the General Assembly, clauses. The Jackson county circuit court has de- cided that an act with the General Assembly" clause is unconstitutional and Judge Hutton decided at Conway that the act defining baggage, No 252, wi;h the people clause, is un- constitutional. A great body of law under either head is in danger of be" ing declared void unless the special Supreme Court can devise a compro- mise permit; ;ng the use of either clause.
 HS oulhlSl SOuhtJ G.eSS 'AA- be appealed, as the question will be settled by the Jackson county case Attorneys in the Faulkner case are convinced that Judge Hutton is cor rect On the other hand, the Attof- ney-genera holds that the provision of the Enabling Act is the guide and that all bills, whether orig naing with the Legislature or the people, should bear the title, '.Be it Eenacted by the People of the State of Arkansas. This is on the theory that the Gen eral Assembly is 'Nhe people"
 Of the 1S3 general acts passed Dy the Legislature of 1911, IF bear the General Assembly" clause, 26 the !.people'' clause, and 145 the double clause. If Act 252 is declared invalid because it is Enacted by the People other acts that will be null.tled ln- dlude the following:
 Act creating the Capital Art conn mission.
 Amending act for the creation of drainage districts.
 Act for the consolidation of cities.
 Regulat ng liability of employers for injuries to employees.
 For the consolidation of adjacent school districts.
 To prescribe certain duties of the attorney general.
 To require road oyerseers to pos water gauges at public road crosslhSf of rivers.
 To provide manner of dsposing oi lands forfeited for taxes.
 Providing for State Insurance Commissioner.
 Providing manner of holding cleo ticns in special or single scnool dls' tr'cts.
 Providing legalized double primary election.
 To prohibit amalsamatlon of Cau' casian and negro races.
 Tc give blacksmiths lien for ser vices.
 Providing add tional clerk for Sec retary of State.
 To protect producers ln selllns their products
 For a court stenographer in the Thirteenth Circuit.
 Appropriations for Executive ant Judicial departments.
 Among the more important act bearing the General Assembly clause are the following: Requiring railroads to maintali lights on main line switch.
 To aid in building Argicultura School in Fourth District reds ilen over, Judgments, executions,i etc. To- fixa salary of Benton count I judge.
 Designating October 12 as Colum | bus Day.
 Amendment No. 10 itself does no prescribe the style of the enactln