The Sentinel=record., 1918-08-01

tied there would be no criticism of the legislature. He suggested that the convention take steps to relieve the legislature of that burden and 70 restore it to its old time fvnc...- us as law making body.
 "only disgruntled politicians are critics of the legislature" declared Delegate King of Sharp county. and they would cricitize everything" Delegate King ridiculed the Daggett bill as a measure which would bring sorrow to Arkansg
 Delegate Williamson of Drew said that he had voted for the measure. but that he would vote now for tne Belote motion for the reason that many objections to the measure had arisen in his mind since it was at first considered. He believed that all evils complained of could be cured by adopting the apportionment sec ton of the committee on legislation.
 Delegate Daggett took the floor at 2:?l o'clock 70 defend his measure.
 The convention approved the re- port of the committee on phraseology submitted by its chairman, Delegate Reynolds of Faulkner county
 After committing itself to the proposition that cities. towns and counties may levy bonds for pu5dc improvements Tuesday afternoon. the constitutional convention We'd nesday afternoon fixed the term and the provisions of the bond issues by adopting section 2 of the report of the committee on cities and towns The section provides that no bond shall run for over 90 years. hat all bonds shall be sold at par and that the interest shall not be moro than six per cent. The bonds shall also be made payable serally SO that the aggregate amount of principal and interest maturing each year shall be as nearly equal as possible A spe- cial additional tax is to be levied to provide for the bond issues
 Section '. providing for budget system, was disclamed by the fin ance committee, but was championed by Delegates Wanock of Columbia county and Belote of Hot Spring county as the "only sensible method" of attending to public finances. Upon motion of Delegate Moore of Phillips county the section was stricken out as being unnecessary.
 Section 4, prohibiting state officers or others from making profit out of rGbiic m0neys. Was passed with cer- tain amendments Any state or elect ed officer who shall use such funds directly or indirectly for profit shah be dismissed from office, barred nom holding any other office and otherwise punished as law may di- rect
 Section of the committee report barring old claims of certain sorts was adopted after Delegates Dodd of Sebastian and Watson of Benton counties had tried to make the Fish back amendment to the constitution
  of 1874 part of the section. The sen timent of the convention was that no one favored repudiation of any hon est debts, but that there should be care exercised in payment of obliga- tions that were discrediatbly con tracted. The section follows:
 Section s. The General Assemly shall have no power to levy any tax or make any appropriation to pay either the principal OF interest, orI any part thereof, Of any bonds of the state, or claims or prtended claims upon which they may be based and which are enumerated or described in Amendment No, l 10 the constitution of 1874 of this state; nor shall the General Assembly have the power 10 levy any tax, make any approprla- tions to pay, or in any manner recog- nize or revive any claims or pre- tended claims founded upon any paper purporting to be an evidence of indebtedness of this state. and which paper shall have been execut- ed prior to the adoption of the con- sttution of 1874 of this state