Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-29
PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION svnopsis and Comments on Improvements Made Over the
 Constitution of 1874.
EDUCATION.

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 serve % p" nd Education .y Education of five serve H ss. exceed l2 % % n.9 n n s sss !" trust or permanent school fund
 There are no changes the old Constitution The article designed only to make effective those principles which have been developed by of educational @ constructive policy Arkansas today ranks educa ony among the of Uno but with the improvements proposed should within short time take place among the e Constitutions give the people the power to greatly ease efficiency of their schools enable the rural ;on to develop high schools as well as to improve ha;r y schools One of most problems the tendency from the country to the town city for educational hest One of the most important of the provisions that which makes possible to provide high school advantages for country boys I ana s gp 9"mty Sapes3n Ra1 is by people and responsible only to the people, assmate and make effective the best thought and experience educators.
 ON A CASH BASIS.
 ordinary expenses which may be created by the State any county city after % @ s s v sn % 5 % e M % uSe 1s2o shall paid % % % on sss e @ s ors s ss"sa a shall paid unless there funds These provisions. Their application the pro- vision for bond issues and the payment of existing indebtedness will enable the State counties and cities keep cash basis
 CORPORATION COMMISSION. m h a ne % M @ % M Of on three e hom % shall the qualifications of Supreme Court Judge They Jurisdiction The Railroad abolished and their duties absorbed by the Corporation Commission
 This progressive the inevitable ougrowh Of reguve principles established by the Tax and Railroad winch merged their duties frequently Many other states have created Corporation Commissions similar to this and the Arkansas Convention took the ons of other states the best be incorporated into model law. It centralzes power locates responsibility and fixes the jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the regulation pubic utilities which to the of all citizens alike It's provisions drawn from the best experience of other states where the system has found give satisfaction and to be fair just and equitable.
 BOND ISSUES
 A xV Sec provides that "bond issued provided povemns within non Of than cent the qualed electors young at special elecuon the aeot shall
 
 thereon shall not exceed special addi interest
 There principle firmly established in modern bus ness and finance than that of the of bonds for general uoc and refund long and easy terms existing adDedness of cities counties and other units just ons or individuals refund their liabilities under favorable onoons and terms. Progress and development demand more ouces than be made available under existing conditions fastened taxpayer by the adoption of this povon Any bond issue must be authorized by majority ot ~ east 6O cent of the qualified electors voting at special The people supreme and whatever they decide nha 1t Is their business. The Constitution only supplies the means Of carrying out their will They made truly respon- e stockholders in their county municipal business affairs me people, at last shall whether community to be