The log cabin Democrat., 1914-06-04

| A Bill for an Act to Be Entitled An Act to Reduce the Expenses of Pub fishing Measures Submitted under tho l Authority of Amendment No. 10 to the Constitution; Providing for the Publi- cation of all General Acts of the Gen eral Assembly: for Giving Publicity to the Orders of Certain Boards and the Expenditures of Public Money, and for Other Purposes"
 FOR ACT No 8
 AGAINST ACT No 3. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Arkansas:
 Section l. That not later than the first Monday of the third month before any regular general election at which any proposed law. part of an act or amendment to the Constitution or meas ure referred Is to be submitted to the people, the Secretary of State shaii cause to be published in one newspaper in each county, for twenty days, true copy of the title and text of each measure to be submitted, with the num- Der and form in which the ballot title thereof will be printed on the official ballot
 Sec g. After ninety days from tho final adjournment of each session of the General Assembly the Secretary of State shall cause to be published in one paper of all general laws enacted by such General Assembly, except those upon which the referendum has been invoked Such synopsis to be prepared by the At
 
 be for ten days. the first not later than one hundred days from the final ad- journment of the General Assembly.
 Sec. 3; The Secretary of the Arkansas Railroad Commission shall cause to be published one time, in one paper in each county in the State. all general orders of the Commission.
 Sec 4. Immediately after the ad- journment of the County Board of EQua- lization each year the County Clerk shall cause to be published one time in one newspaper published in such county summary of the proceedings of the Board. giving a description of all prop erty upon which the assessment was in- creased or decreased, the name of the which was returned by the Assessor and the assessment thereon as fixed by the Board; also, list of all property placed upon the tax books by the Board, And the October term of the County Court each year. the clerk thereof shall cause to be published one time, in one news paper published in such county a sum- mary of the orders of the County Court in all cases where the court changes the assessments as fixed by the Board of Equalization. giving the name of the owner of the property. the amount of assessment as fixed by the Board and the amount as fixed by the County Court.
 Sec g. Immediately after the close of each regular and special term of the County Court the clerk thereof shall cause to be published one time, in one paper published in such county, a list of all claims allowed against the county and the road districts thereof, to whom allowed and for what purpose, and the amount
 Sec g. All County Clerks who are not on salary shall receive ten cents per hundred words for the services required under Sections and 5.
 Sec. 7 The County "Commi ssioners of Accounts" shall cause to be published lime n n ha copy of the report which they are re- quired to make to the Circuit Court
 Sec. s.. All annual reports or the commissioners of special improvement districts shall be published one time Tn one newspaper published fin the munich pal1tv in which the district exists
 Sec Q. The fees allovsl for the pun- licatious provided for iu this Act shall not 0v"""@ "re-half the legal rate pro Vided for by law for the publication or legal notices. except in cases or news. more than five thousand, when full legal rates shall be paid All accounts Tor publication required by Section I ana of this Act: when approved by the Coy ernor, Auditor and Secretary or state constituting the State Printing Board, shall be paid by the State; all accounts under Section shall be pafd by the State when approved by the Railroad Commission: all accounts for publica-- tions required by Sections 4, and ' shall be paid by the county in which such publications are made, when the same are approved by the County Court and the respective 'Levying Courts are hereby authorized to make approprla- tons for that purpose; all accounts TOT publications under Section & snail ne paid by the improvement districts max ing the publications, when the same have been approved by the comm1ssion- CTS of such districts.
 Sec. To- The Council of every munt0i- pal corporation in this State shall cause to he published one time, in the months of Januaray and July in one paper pup lished in the municipality, full man cial report of the affairs of the munich palitY. giving @ detailed statement or all funds received and from what source of all money expended, to whom pa"' and for what purpose, during the pre- ceSjng six months; such statements shall also show the amount of funds on hand and the amount of all indebted ness. If there Is no paper puhllshed m the municipality. the publication shalt be made in a paper published nearest to such municipalitv Where a munich palitv is governed bv a commission the publications shall be made by them. Al accounts for publications required by this section shall be approved by the Council or commissioners and patu by the municipality
 Sec. II. The officials who are required i by this Act to cause the publications tc 1 he made may cause the same to be made l in more than one paper when posslble 1 to secure more general publicity with 1 out additional expense.
 Sec. 12. In all counties in which there are cities of the first class, the publi- cations herein provided for shall be | made in one established daily newspaper i of general circulation, provided such a newspaper exists, and in the absence of l such a newspaper, publication shall be made in a weekly newspaper published l in said county.
 Sec 19 Every person who shall fail
 to comply with the provisions of this
 Act shall be fined in any sum not ex- l ceeding one thousand dollars.
 Sec 14. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repeal 1 ed, and this Act shall take effect and be | in force from and after its passage. Filed in the office of the Secretary of
 Sate on the Eth day of May 1914.
 Each elector may vote for or against | the above Act.
 Witness my official signature this !, 29th day of May 1914.
 EARLE W. HODGES.
 lSeal) Secretarx Of Atata