The Little River news., 1922-07-29
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. IS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE

BE IT RESOLVED. by the senate and the house of representatives Of the members of each house agreeing there to:
 That the following is hereby propos- ed as an amendment to tho Constitu- tion of the State of Arkansas and upon same being submitted to tho elec- tors of the State for approval or re" for senators and representatives. if majority of the electors voting at said election adopt said amendment. the same shall become a part of the Con stitution of the State of Arkansas. to- wit:
 Section l. All personal property locat- heretofore or hereafter organized under any general or special law of this state for the purpose of making any local inn provement shall be subject to assess ment and taxation for paying the cost of making such improvement and for paying the principal and interest of any bonds or evidences or indebtedness is- sued by such district to pay the cost of such improvement. When any part of any such district is located o4t oil. the. County Court of the county in which same is located shall make an order levying and ordering collect any obligation of such district may be payable such rate upon tne assessed valuation of the personal property within such district as the Court may deem proper; and when any such dis trict is located wholly within an In corporated town or city the Council thereof shall, by ordinance duly adopt ed, levy and order collected in each Of the years during which any obligation rate upon assessed valuation or the personal property within said district as the Council may deem proper; but not more than ten per cent of the as, sessed value of any such personal property may be collected for any one such district during one year; Upon Ao al l. j,,e order or upon a certified copy of such or dnance being filed with him, the Coun- ty Clerk shall proceed from year to year to extend upon the assessment oc said personal property IS same is made and capitalized each year for county nnd sa toT shs hs tax sha charged to the County Collector ana collected by him along with the other paid to the officer authorized by law
 Section 2. The County Court, when any part of any such district is located outside of any incorporated town or city, and the Council, when any such district is located wholly within city tax on personal property for such district Is collected, shall have. power to provide by proper order for the pro- portionate reduction of the tax or as sessment levied against real estate in such district but the total amount of such reduction shall not exceed the
  erty in such district during the pre-
 Section B. Any order made by the County Court and any ordinance or order made by the Council of an in corporated town or city under the Viewed by the Circuit Court of ths proper county upon application for re- view being made not later than ten days after the making of such order or tho passage of such ordinance; and tho Circuit. Court upon such applica- or ennul such order or ordinance. as justice may require. Section t. The situs of personal property. for the purposes of taxatioa under the provisions of this Arttcle shall. until otherwise provided by the tho same as Is fixed by law for tax | ation for state and county purposes; 1 shall be SO construed as to authorize eny improvement district now in ex- tstencs to sxpend any money or incur amount now authorized by. law: Section g. This Article shall be- self executing. and when same shall have been properly declared to have been adopted tt shall be deemed to have besn 3n force and effect from tho time Che General Assembly or the people may enact legislation in aid of this
 FslsG in tho office of Secretary. of stata on tho 8oth day of March, 1921. Each eiector may vote for or against WNhess my official signature this the 22nd day of March. 1922.
 Seal Ira c. Hopper
 Secretary of State