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ACT WO. A
AN ACT creating m popular etuca
flotiat committee, creating a text Imol
o*Hwmi**1on. prescribing the mariner o
tte elect and its duties, and providing
•r*r uniform text books for the public
schools of this State, and for furnishing
the same to ttie nchtwil patrons of the
Itnto at aetual cost of production am
Hfitvsrf.
roa act ho. a
AOAIHIT AOT HO. 4.
He it Bnartod by the People of the State
of Arkansas
Section 1 That every s<*bso! teacher
Who resides in thistftate. who holds a first
£rad»> certificate to teach in the public
#Mihools of the State uid who in now
find at Hie date of the approval of this
Act shell htl .• I. . ' g kffd in the \ *> g
(ton of school teaching for the three
previous consecutive years. »h hereby tie
dared to be a member nr a Popular tedu
V»l ionnJ Committee, the duties of which
Abelt l*» hereinafter particularly defined,
rtsit the superintendent of public in
ntruction is hereby made the chairman
of said committee, and the said chair
man shall dexigmrb- some employe of his
office to act us secretary thereof. Haiti
Chairman and secretary to serve without
further or other compensation than is
row allowed by law
Sec 2. That it shall be the duty of
the ihairman ami secretary of said com
mittee to immeliately prepare and com
pile from the rewords of the office of the
state superintendent of public instruc
tion and the offices of the several county
examiners of this State a complete ros
ter or list of all the teach era of the State
of the residence grade and term of serv
Ice named in Section 1 of this Act. and
Ahull indicate opjK>slte the name of each
teacher his or her postoffice address,
snd seld roster or list so compiled shall
fomtitute the official Popular Kduca
lor.al Committee of the State of Ark
ansas. which shall in this Act be desig
nated as the Committee
m i ne a (Kansas i ext Hook l orn
mission, nnnpuswl of six members of
♦he Committee, to lie chosen in tin- man
lier herein provided, the duty of which
Is hereinafter prescribed, is hereby cre
sted Said Commissioners shall serve
terms as follows The two receiving
the greatest number of votes shall
serve for six years, the two receiving
the next greatest number of votes shall
serve four years, and the two receiving
the aext greatest number of votes shall
serve for two rears, and every two years
from and after the date of first election
two Commissioners sjiall tie chosen in
till same manner in which the original
Commission is chosen
See 4. That within ten days after
the date of the completion of the offi
cial roster named in Section 2 th» chatr
2tun and secretary of the Committee
hail mail to each and every member of
said Committee a call for nominations
of oommitteemen who may be elected
memliers of said State n**it Hook Com
mission hy the Committee Kaoh mom
tier of said committee may nominate as
many candidates as there are Text Hook
Commissioners to lie chosen, which norm
nations, made upon blanks to be pre
pared and mailed to the memliers of
the Committee, shall tie signed hy the
Committee member and returned and
filed with the secretary of the Com
mittee within 15 days from and after
the date of the cull for nominations, and
nominations received after that date
will not he considered
Sec 5 Whenever any member of the
Committee shall have received 10 or
more nominations th« secretary or the
Committee sluill notify said nominee
that he or she lias been nominated as a
candidate for a place on said Cominis
shin, anil the nominee so notified shall
within five days from and after the re
eeipt of the notice, if he or she desires
to serve on said Commission, file with
sai l secretary an acceptance which shall
embrace an ugr x-ment to serve ou said
Commission if elected. Nominees win
fall to file such acceptances within tin
tin e required shall lie d-iena- I to have
<h- lie*"! to serve an 1 their names will
not appear upon the ollii :ul ballot
He,- f. That Inline l ately after th,
date for the closing of nominations and
for declinations ami ac, cptanees ,i>,.
chairman and secretary of the Commit
tee shall compile \ list of all nominees
giving opposite the name of each nnmi
nee the total number of nominations re
celved hy each of them, which list shall
lie printed and mailed to each member
of tlie Committee
Fee. 7. Within 10 days after the
nominations are roturne-1 and filed and
the names of those vvho have accepted
the nomination shall have been asecr
tallied, th*- chairman and secretary of
the committee shall prepare the official
ballot, which shall cmitatn the names of
those who have received lo or more
p,on 1 nations and have nr, ,-pted the same
with the usual instructions aa in other
elections stating the number of Com
missi,me-s to he elect -I and the man
tier of voting and the time within which
the bli'hits post he return,, I. which sha :
lie 15 days from the date tile ballots
are mailed to members m the Commit
tee The names of mndhlutes shall ap
pear on the ball d In alphabetical or
, dvr and the secretary or the Committee
shall mail one of said ballots to each
and every member of ttie committee In.
first clsss mail and the mailing of ., - -
the ballots shall lie upon the same day
Fc, x Members of the Committee
• ball indicate their choice of tie e.ndi
dales bv placing an X 1n the s.inure in
front of the name of the c«udi late for
whom the member of tin- Committee
wishes to vote l-ln.-li ballot shall he
signed by the member or the Committee
voting tl same, who shall also write
his ,»!■ "Stoffl -e a idi ism undt-i his
or lie , ature and the said ballot
rnay l,e smitted to the se rotary ot
the Comm it,->- by first class mail
Printed ceir address a ei-vchipcs si.t!'
b* fur . ,-d memliers of the Commute,
Vo th,- sen, - irv tor this purpose Til,
envelopes containing the individual ha
lots, upon w-nicti snail lie print.-I t> ,
W irds 111- tl 11 e t ii as s hut I lie file 1
With th- st- • ! .-r y of tile Conin lit*-,
who shall iii 11 to in wilting the true
date 114,011 ,v1 - h it was received, after
which s i ,l C! Vidop.-N Unopened. si all
he dep -sited in a ballot box prepa-e l
for that purpose
• i turn* im i \ r. S'owmg V .<
Gate partied f*>r ti e < !■'?- mi: of t! . , h ,
tion tit** St.it* Hoard of Kl****tioN r«im
»p *.si .ill Mtiv.-is the i.»t or s
end declare the r*'su!; of s.ud ••'*» t ..n
Before counting the ballots \«i < the nurn
I) r of \‘»t. s for the nominees said Kb
tlon Conmi!s;>-oners shall *«.mpare the
names signed to each ballot with the
names appearing upon the roatei \ •»
vide i for in S**< tton J m l in case t .»•
names signed to the ballots do not ap
pear upon tin olfi ml roster such hall o
will not 1* counted After the ballots
have been counted and the ii-huIi rf,.
dared the Stab Board of Klee lion Com
nt.ss *r>» s shell issue theii oertific**r
of to the su >* >.sful candid t* s
an 1 file the same with the tioveri.'
who shall iv, u* commissions tor t <*
terms in I a ted in Section ::
So 10 With n ten days :ift**r tip*
*’. te of th**ir eb tion the ronirniw om,’
shall meet in the eitv of Kittle Ro-k
Mild t ik-- the • ath «»f obice prescribed b
law for other state oflictals an i slui.ll
irrmed tel> enter upon the disclmrgv
of tlu* r duties as her n defined Then
shall organize by el* ti g on* of their
number as chairman and another of
thoir members as secretary
So . 1 It is !i* reb> made the dut>
of the Stat* Text Ho«»k tVimmission f
adopt a iniforni svsteru of text hooks
for tin* common > ‘ho'ds of the Suite ot
Arkansas, ar.d to provide that sa 1
books shall be supplied t* the patro* s
of the publu s* bools in the following
manner
K By contracting with publishers of
a l#pt * 1 books at prices advantageous t«
school patnu >. l»> buyng m such quan
tities ms will induce such publishers t ■
reduce tlu margin of profit to the mini
mum
2 By preparing or causing to Is
prepared, manuscript* for text boo kb
and «a .sing tlu* same to l* printed In
the state when ii state printing plant
shall be established by law said book:
when printed to be supplied to the school
patrons at actual cost of production and
deltver y
3 the purchase or manu* ri; l *
or copyrights, or the securing of manu
script* and » opyright* by the payment
of royalties up«ai hooka wlitcb may t*e
prlftleJ and d attributed by the state
I 4 The State Text Hook Commission
shall he governed by the following
policy It shall hasten the publication
of text hooks, beginning with books for
the primary g ides, as fast as approv
ed manuscripts can be secured and pub
; Iicatk>n fa« ilitlea are «fforded by the
j State and th« Commission shall make
no contract with any publisher for a
longer period than six years and no
contract shall be male f..r any book
which shall interfere with the publica
tion of a .substitute by the state at any
t irne
Sec. 12 That members of the State
Text Hook Commission shall receive as
full compensation for tholr services
the sum of $9 00 per day. for each and
every day they are actually engaged in
th« performance of their duties, aril
j actual railroad fare to and from their
; 5'haces <»f residence. The amount of
time each Commissioner shall devote to
the work of the Commission shall be tie.
r terminer! by a majority of the Comm is
, M'on ^ and for the purpose of supplying
| the Com mission with printing, stationery
and other incidental expenses there is
• allowed sail Commission a contingent
fund amounting to SkOQ.OO per year
13. That to cover the per diem,
rallrond far** and contingent expenses of
said Commission for a biennial period
loginning December 12. 1912. and ending
December 12. 1914. there is hereby ap ;
propriated from the state treasury from;
, any money not otherwise appropriated
the sum of S10.0h0.00, or so much there
of as may b< necessary, and the chair
man and secretary of the Commission
shall file with the auditor of state
| vouchers for the per diem, railroad fare
[ und conth^ent expenses, herein pro
■ vlded for and the auditor is authorized
to draw his warrant on the state treia
I ur**r therefor
i Sec. 11 That the text books, the pur
| chase or production of which are jsro
vlded f«ir in this Act shall be distrlbut
| •‘♦I >n the following manner Where
! books are purchas'd ot contracted for
frnrn publishers Tiber than the state.
> they may lw* s*dd by rggirlar dealers
whose margin of prorit shall fixe 1
b> the Commission, where the books are
printed by the state they shall be d.s
tributed by the county axaminers and
county superintendents or public instruo
tion under such terms and limitations
as may be prescribed by the State Text
Hook Commission.
See 1 f.. That all aers and parts of
:P'ts in conflict with this a- t are herein
repealed ami this act snail take effect
and be in force from und after the date1
of its adoption by tlve people
Filed in the office of the Score
tary of State on the 9th dav of
May. 1912
Fach elector may vote for or against
the shove \t
Witness my official signature,
this 20th dav of Mar. 1912
farm: w hodoks.
, , Secretary of State
fecal I _
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Constitutional Amendment No. 13.
limiting the amount and per diem an 1
mileage of members or the General As
sembly.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 13
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO 13.
Re it Knacted by the People of the
State of Arkansas:
That Sec 1 ti. Art 5. Constitution of
the St.-iic of Arkansas, be amended so
as to read as follows:
“Article f>. Section 16 h member
of the General Assembly shall r« eiv»
six dollars per day for his services dm
ii'g the first sixty days of any regular
session of the General Assembly, and if
any regular session shall be extended
sm b member shall serve without further
per diem Kith member of the General
Assembly shall also receive ten rents
■ ea
to and returning fr *:,\ the seat of gov
eminent. over t1* most i r» t and l ’
tl ible route. \\" ken convene 1 in » xp'.i -
ordinary session l»>- tke Governor, tlo y
shall receive three dollars per dav for
th«dr services during t' •• first f j ! t *«.*,
da a. and if s ich extraordlt irv sess
shall extend beyond fifteen dues,
I ; . * diet
They shall bo mill ' 1 Jo tin* same mde
>"'»• t or anv ext r aord a .. \ s. >s on as
herein provided for regular sessions
’Hit' forms ot ill members . t the Gen , ,.l
I Assembly shall heed, on the dav of their
• lection, and thev sha’l receive no com
nensatioi , perou site or allowance what
ever. exr. T't as o• ein i•; <• vi«1 eih"
idled in the office of the See
retarv of State oil the 16th da}
of April, 1 It 12
T'ach eh t r may \"te for or against
the abox •* amen Iment
\' tins tux official si*’ lure,
tins 2‘M dav of M;p l ♦. i *
KAULK W. HOIXJKS.
Secretarx of State.
f Seal ]
PROPOSED EY INITIATIVE PETITION
Constitutional Annulment No It pro
vblimr for the recall of all elective pub
lic of'cers xnd pres*rihi ng the pr< ,
dure.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
i ... ? i nv irie ipie or the
State of Arkansas
t 1-1' cb- live public officer In the
Slate of \rhansis ratty he removed from
cfl 'e bv the electors entitled to vote
for it Mteci -sor of such incumbent.,
tlirough He procedure and In the man-]
re" 1 . u •>’ >vide | f.ir which proce 1
ure si ill be known as the recall and is.
In a 1 tl',. p, any other method of re
nun ,il prov' *c 1 bv law
i To ef'V, t the removal of in elec-!
I've state off.. a petition s irip'd by
the electors entitled I-. vot. for a s ic
-ss i to t'li li umbent s i ight to be
r. " 1 i . i! t, number to twelve i -i
i • tit urn of t' •• entire vote cast at the
t ' •• •leg el- t'"ii f- r all can didates f-i
ti e u/11. ' which the em unbent sought
t'| be removed o utues demanding the
elect u of u sue' ossor to the officer
name 1 in s-.ii 1 pet t*on. shall be ttddress
eil to tiie slat.- board of election cotn
in'-- ionics, provided sal-1 petition shall .
be oi.oulaied ill not le«s than five coun
ties In tiie state and shall be s pned in
isich of such i ounties by electors euual
in mind er to not less than one par cen
tum of till- entire vote cast in each of
s;lid eountie at said election as above
i-sumate-l Such petition shall contain
a c -nera' statement of the grounds upon
whhh the removal is sought which
statement is mb - led solely for the in- ,
formation <■:' thi voters, and the sutS-1
;eif . of which shall not be open to re-i
v iew.
li XVhen such petition shall b-> filed
vv'th 1 ■ state election ccinmlsslouers
llo shall submit tin- same together
w li. .1 Statement of Its sutfic . ; CV to
-Me governor who shall immediately'
order at ! fix a date for tile holding' of
the 111," Hon w! .- h shall take plu. e not
1 • s u in xtv days and not more than
eight . days from tl. date of filing the!
petitions and certified* with the - 1
'■n u If bv the prayer "f the p-ft
t net- t is the .ye-r-ir whose remov i!
petit 1 cert «
I be tiled w
audit"!' -! state who si ail procee I in’
ll.- form and manner as prescribed fori
the governor
‘ it1 1‘- *-v • nt the ofth-er sought t** ■
I’-- rem -n- ! is tiie governor, secretary of
stale . a 1 t-'riie gel..cal officials »..w •'
compr s ll.:; till state board ot election 1
■ omm: ss-t, u-.-rs eui-v otn. nil s-uight I
be remov 1 s 11 he disqualified as a
member ■ • “aid state txiurd of election
cumii'is-o-o. -s f..r the purposes herein
pi ov c. ! .• ! - !; • a n. \ . , va n
oil sail -‘date li aid of elv- t.on ■ "tumis
S . .- .. • " d V f e- st lie «
tidal* in the order t me 1 following
1 The auditor of state
3 The state treasurer
3. The commissioner of mines man
ufacture! s and agriculture
4 The superintendent of public in
struction.
5 The justices of tt e supreme court
in the order of their seniority as s . h
d The gove r-o- shall make or , is.
to be mate publ uhn or notice fir tie
balding of suet. .Jr Cor. and the el
tton compiiesloncm of the various dun
tie* of tin state s' si) nim i *rr..'
manta for s ndi *■ eclion and the same
Htvali be rendu te<i, returned and ti e re
suits there.-- f|- >n--e1 In all respects as
in other state elections On the offlc'al
t ballot In s n-h election shall he printed,
in not more than two h'tn Ired words,
the r-asons set forth In the petition -1c
mantling the re.-all -f the official And
In n->t more than three hind red worts
there shall also he printed. If desired hy
him tile officer s justification of his
, course In • • fTd•
*■ Petit -ns f--r the recall of any
county, township cits or town ofllctni.
■ or of any r--a 1 overseer or s hool di
' rector shall be prepare 1 circulated,
signed ai d verified (n the same manner
as herein provided for state officials
hut shall he file 1 with the countv ele
ti-in commissioners -,f the .-minty In
which the official sought to t-e removed
resides And the county --lection com
missioners shall certify the regularity
and sufficiency thereof to the county
Judge who shall fir the -late for hnl llii.pl
the elect ion In the same manner as th
governor Is directed tn th* case or th
recall of state officer* and the county
election comm:sst -ners shall certify th
ele- t-on of a- li lates elect--d at any
county township, city nr town recall
elect n to the governor, who shall Issue
commissions in accordance therewith,
provided tti.1t in the car. of onsta'-Ies 1
road overseers and s-t-,V| directors the
returns shall h-- certified to the countv
judge who shall issue commissions in
accordance with the certificates of elec,
tion
f Proceedings for the re. || of any
officer shall he deemed to be pending
from th- -lit- -if the filing of anv recall i
petition against such officer and if me ,
officer shall resign at anv time rubs
nn-nt to tile filing thereof the re all
election shall he held notwithstanding j
such resignation and the vn u: - .-.-> |
i»v su.-l) resignation. or from tny otin-- ’
--aose shall be tilted as provided hv :.iw
t.ut the person app-vni-i t - f‘II such
vacon-v shall hold his office ..-,td
the person elected at the re-all election
shall qualify
g \ny ele-tor may t>« nominated for
the offii-e wiidch is to lie filled at any re
call election in the following manner
1 By a petition sigr.-l b\ th.- ole
tors, qualified tn vote at such recall elec
ti"h. equal tn number to at least one
per centum of the total number of votes
cost at the lust pre-edlng election for
ill candidates for the office which the
incumbent sought to n»- removed occu
2 Pv t); *• returning’ boards of pri
m;irv election
*' By tlie certificate of the -chairman
p.itii secretary of the convent >n of anv
rpgul.irlv organized political party in
this state
h Nominations of candidates for a
st;t° offic. or for a candidate to he
elected from a district composed of
more than one con . ty. shall he tiled with
th-* state hear! of ‘ tfon t’ommifision
ers not less than thirty days prior to
the date fixed hv the governor for hold
ng the recall election; and nominations
for candidates for countv. township, city
or town offices shall he filed with the
county election commissioners not less
than fifteen days before the date fixed
hr the county judge for holding the
county, townshio. city or town recall!
election Provided that candidates for
school director at any recall election
shall he nominated five days before the
election
i. There shall be printed on the r*»- 1
cal! 'ballot, as to every ofxh'**r whose1
recall is to be voted thereat, the follow
ing q uest ion “Shall name of person
aua’nst whom the recall petition is
lih-di be recalled from the office of iti
tl< *»f office?") following which ques
tion shall he the words "Yes" and No'
•uj separate lines with a blank space on
fhe right of each, in which the voter
shall indicate by placing n cross ! X) his
\ <de for or against '-aid recall. On,
sue’: ballots, under ea-li such question ;
there shall also he p?:nt»‘d the names'
of those persons v. ho have been nomin- j
a t cd as rand idates to sum • 1 the per
son recalled. in case he shall be remov
cd from office !iy snid recall election,
but no vote east shall he -minted for
arv cand’dat.- for said office unless the
voter also voted on said question of the
recall of the person sought to be recall
ed irum s iid o. fine. The name of the
I er**«»n aim: st whom th*- petition is filed
' I a! 1 t: “ t appear *>u the ballot as a can
'!'date for the offv-,-. If a majority of;
\oting on .- .id •: "S t ion th.- r,
« .i1 i of • imhent from oft
vote “No", sa hi •.ucumbent shall con
tinue in said office
j If a majority si.nl! vote “Yes" said I
irmumbent shall tiiereupon be deemed re ;
moved from said office, upon the quali
fication of his successor. Tim election
officials shall <an\,ms all votes for can
didates for said office and declare the
result in like manner, as in a regular
election. If the vote at any such recall
c'. ct;-.:: shall re -all the officer, t!.th *
candidate who has ;*••• :vH the highest
number of votes for tut office shall be
l-:crel y de hired elect ' for Dm remain- S
der of th. term li- e Ve i! »*- person
w!i > r< a ivetl the hi;.;. t number of
voters shall fail to q •. ■ f \ wit an ten
1 • a> > after receiving the certificate of
*de. t on. the Office shall he themed YU
- cut and shall be tilled a« cording to
law.
k Any recall pet it i m may be pre-1
SCI ted and filed ill Sections, but each
st< tfon .' hall .'ti! tain a full and accurate
• t” of the t tie and text of the peti
tion !’•• s.'li signer shali add to his sig
nature h s place of residence, giving the
street a: i number it su«h exists. His
ele tion precinct shall also appear on
the petit.oil after !. s stuThe
number of signatures append*- 1 to ea h
sc- lion shall he at the pleasure of the’
•
An\ "led elector of Do* st te s' ell
be competent to solicit such signatures
within the county, township, or city, or
town of which he is an elector Kaeh
Section <*f the j tition shail hear the
name *»f the county tow ship, city or
town, in which it is * irculated ami only I
' unl.t 'ed electors Of Mil'll (*0 111.1 \, town- |
Ship. City «»r town shall he >o rope tent
to sign such section lA .di se- t m shul'
have attached thereto The anVh.vit *»f|
the pe -on sol, til e ' n » r . t , the
" I tec Mat it ■ 1 - X at •:* s. an . t at
all t1 e signat i tv s to the attached see- |
math ■ s d that
to his best knowleuiu ami t>-•: . f each
signature to ttie section is th* p-nuum
signature «»f ti e t *-r s q whose name itj
purports to he; aid no other affidavit
thereto shall he required The ;D'fihivitl
oi . i; j > pcrsiiin signatures nerc
;:».ier v .*i! he \ .-in- : ,. ! .;-ge by
any officer M this state auth.u i/r i to j
administer an oath. Such petition so j
verified shall b« prima facia evidence!
that the signatures thereto appended;
arc genuine and t’.t nu* persons sign-j
ing W'.» same .re j u.i 1« f ■ .• i . •;»«-t«. • s
1 Kadi section of the petition for the)
recall of any dticia! shall be filed at!
the same time whether with the state!
♦•lection commission.* s or tin* county
election commissioners as herein pro
vided. and any petition shall be deemed
to have been filed when ;t is sh«*vvn to
the sai ’ tdectioi conuniss oners that the
requisite npmber of eie. tors have signed
the same
m No m all pet.non shall be circu-i
luted oi filed against any «.ffi »*r until'
he has actually held ids office for at'
least six months, save and except, it
may he filed against aw member of the
general assembly of t * *« st it. .it any !
time after five days of the convening;
and organi/.;ition •>! tf »• Tec,slat i!. aft -:
tile dat cot h s * !<•, t j. -n
iv If at any recoil state election the
incumbent whose r* a 1 is sought is
not recalled he shall be r**p • t fr..m the.
state treasury any amount legally c\
pended by him as expense of slid* dec-!
lion, not t.- c\ . i h vv. er the sum of
" :u‘ hundred dollars and the legisla
ture shall pi ovi.lc . p*c *»pt Tiilion f,.r such
I urp»»se. and no pro. eelmgs for another!
1 *
b* initiated within six months after such |
elect ion.
o The r» a! s ill be exercised by
ti e .•!<•' t rs of any county, township,
eity or town in this state, or by any;
school 11't ■ iet v. th referen. . to the .
tive office:* thereof, and until otherwise
provide.! by law the legislative body of
any • ty or incorporated town may pro-|
vide for the manner of exercising the
recall powers herein provided but shall'
not require any recall petition to be
signed by electors none in number than
tweny-flv« p r cerium of the entire vote
e.ist at the last preceding election for
all .uddMtcs for the office which the
ncumbeit sought to be removed oo
cupies
P In the s d mission to the electors
«>* any per*firm proposed under this a"
!’•*>. all .. fleers shall be guided by the
'.#*»-al laws • *? th** state except as
the n ve ! erein provide*!
This article la self executing hut
legislation mav be enacted to facilitate
its operation, hut In no wav limiting <>r
restricting the provisions of this arti
cle or the powers herein reserve 1
I' lied in the ofllce of the Sec
retary of State on the 9tl, day
of May. 1912
Kach elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature,
this 29th day of May, 1912
EART-E W HOPOKS.
■ s,,al 1Secretary of State
PROPOSED BT IHi’riATITE PETITION
Constitutional Amendment No IB,
providing for the Issuance of Ronds by
Municipal Corporation* for certain pur
poses when authorized by a majority of
the qualified electors of aaid munici
palities.
T03 AMENDMENT NO 15.
AOAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
He It Unacted by the People of the
State of Arkansas:
That Section One of Article 16 to the
Constitution of the State of Arkansas
he amended so as to read as follows
Article 1«. Section 1 — Neither the
State, nor any city, county, town, or
other municipality in this State shall
o\er loan Its credit for any purpose
whatever, nor shall any county, city,
town, or municipality ever issue any in
terest hearing evidences of indebtedness,
except s ich bonds as may be authorized
law to provide for and secure the
payment of the present existing Indebt
r It ess and the State shall never issue
any interest bearing treasury warrants
oi s rip
I*: »>\itied. that in cities of the first
and second class and in Incorporate I
towns of 1.000 or more population, as
shown by the next preceding Federal
census by and with tiie consent of a
majority of the qualified electors within
tic- corporate limits thereof, voting
thereon at an election held for that pur
pose, negotiable coupon bonds for such
cities payable to order or hearer, in a
sum ami for the purpose, approved by
such majority, at such election, may be
issued:
For the funding or refunding of any
existing debt of any city of the first or
second , lass or such incorporated towns
Incurred prior to the adoption of this
itncndmeh t. for the construction of
publii highways streets, alleys and
boulevards; for the purchase and equip
ment of parks anil playgrounds, either
inside or outside of the city limits, for 1
the construction of drainage or sanitary i
sewers: for the purchase and construc
tion iif city halls, prisons, libraries, hos- \
pltals file stations and equipment, via
ducts and bridges, and for any and all !
public buildings, structures, or grounds 1
that maj be required by said city for ;
tiie proper and economical administra
tion of its government; and for tile pur
chase. acquirement or construction of
waterworks, lighting plants amt street
railways; and for any other public im
provement of a general nature for the
Use and benefit of said city, except to
aid in tiie construction of railroads or I
enterprises operated by any private cor- i
pOra tion
No money raised for a specific pur- !
pose shall he used for ar.y other or dlf
Su.-h bonds shall never be sold at less :
than par. and when issudi hy cities of
tl e first class shall not bear a greater :
rate of interest than fiv— p.-v eat
l*r annum and when Muaj by citi-H
er the s. .nd i lass and mjr such in- u
porated towns, shall not h.-a' i greater
rate of Interest titan six i *i i p. ■ t
!"■!• annum: and i:i order to provide fur
the pavment of such bonds and inter, st
a spiv; il tax. not to exceed five (3.) mills
"n Hi" dollar, in addition to tin rate of
taxation now authorra-d, may I.e lev;. ]
by said rity on the taxable property
therein, provided. that bonds or . . f- .
dcne.-s of ind. btedn. ; s shall d he is
sued for an amount more than t.-n (',!■' i
l" r vent of the assess.-| valuation of all
real and personal properly in the city
or town proposing to issue same
Sal i ele. lion shi 11 be hel I at such
time as tile city council may designate
by ordinance, specifically stating the
purpose for whh h til. le nds are p. lie
issue 1. ami if for more than one purpose,
provision shall be made for balloting on
each separate purpose; the sum total
ot the issue: the dates of maturity there
of and iix'llg the date of ele lion s •
that it shall not occur earlier than s xty
i'hi i days after the adoption of said or
dinance Said election shall lie le i I at
the same precincts, and with judges
and clerks as other city elections are
held, and under the general election laws,
except as herein provided. Notice of
such election, under the hand of the
mayor shall be given by advert sernents
at least four >ii times in some news
paper published in said city and having
u circulation therein, the last publica
tion to be not less than thirty (30) days
prior to said election. Only qualified
electors in said city shall have the right
to vote at said election.
said \otes shall tie canvassed hy the
mayor and Ix.ard of public affairs of
said .-it;. if there i.e ajhoard of public
affairs. If there h<- no board of public
affairs, the canvass shall lie made by
the mayor and by three qualified elec- I
tors of said city who are owners of
property, who shall lie selected by the
county judge of li .- e.unity in which said
city or town is located; and the result
of said election, when declared by the 1
mayor and ills associates, shall be con- j
elusive
This amendment shall i.e in force im- I
mediately after tis adoption, and shall i
not require legislative action to put it :
into operation Its adoptee shall he
complete when the Hoard of State Elec
tion Comm ssl.-t ers shall have canvassed
the returns and declared it to have been
adopted.
All of the provisions of this amend
ment shall i.e treated as man hit *r\
Filed in tile office of the Sec
retary of State on the 2nd day
Of May 1312
Fa.-i eb- tor may vote for or against
(tie alim amendment
Witness my official signature, J
this 2eth day of Mav. 1312.
EARI.R W Unix IKS.
Secretary of State.
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| By Lawrence Alfred Claj ]
(Copyright, igia by Associated Literary Press)
Caleb Henderson and the widow
Glyrner might never have been heard
of but for an old red bull that got
loose on the highway one day and en
tered the widow's gate and drove her
up a cherry tree and frightened her
so that she had headaches for a week
after. Fie was rescued after a while
by Caleb, who was her hired man, and
had been for a year.
The bull was game, and he knocked
over a barrel of soft soap, smashed In
the smokehouse door and uprooted
seven currant bushes, but he had to
go. Up to this hour th**re had been
no feeling of love between the hired
man and widow. He was twenty-five
years old and she was ten years older.
She owned a nice farm, and ho wasn't
worth a hundred dollars, but he had
done no scheming.
It was after the defeated and crest
fallen bull had departed and the
widow had dropped from her perch to
the ground with a thud that love
came to both hearts at one and the
same moment. Cupid gave a double
dose without extra charge. There was
an engagement, and there was talk
of having the marriage come off along
about Christmas, this being early sum
m t»r
For two months Caleb Henderson
was a happy man, and was proud over
the congratulations he received. It
was generally said that the widow
was a little too old for him, but it
was always added that it was a nice
farm and well stocked, in the midst
of his great happiness trouble de
scended. Caleb was mending a fence
one day when two young ladies from
the summer hotel a mile away came
wandering over the field alter daisies.
They made for the hired man, and,
although he was rather bashful, he
stood his ground. He had never been
close to angels before. He was as red
as a beet and mopping his brow within
three minutes. The girls saw how it
was with him, and they set out to Jolly
and josh.
They were from the city, but they
despised city men. When they mar
ried it would be some honest, hard
working farmer. They did not de
mand style nor too much education.
In place of It they would have honest,
I
* —S1 |
“I’m Going Plumb Crazy.”
enduring love Caleb had large hands
and feet. So bail George Washington.
Caleb had freckles and his ears stood
out. Wasn’t that the way with Thomas
Jefferson? Caleb shouldn’t throw his
love and his life away on a country
woman. There were hundreds of rich
women who would just scramble to
get him if it were known that he was
in the market.
Caleb Henderson was flattered till
his brain whirled. The handsomer of
the two girls made an appointment
to meet him at the same blackberry
patch at the same hour next day, and
when he went to the house to supper
he looked so queer and acted so ab
sent-minded that the Widow Clymer
remarked:
"Caleb, you may bo going to come
down with a fever. I guess I'd better
make you some srnartweed tea.”
"Oh, I’m ali right,” was the reply.
"None o’ your family ever had llts,
did they?”
"Of course not.”
"See any blacksnakes today and get
a shock?”
“Noap."
Caleb braced up and tried to shako
off suspicions, but when the widow
slipped out to the barnyard after sup
per and found him trying to milk a
cow on the wrong side she said to
herself:
"I can't tell what it is, but some
thing's going to happen. That young
man is either going to be sick, or
else something has happened today
to put a new kink In his brain. I'll
keep an eye on him for a little while.”
There were but few guests at the
summer hotel, and the young lady
who was to meet Caleb the next day,
and did meet him, was bored and
wanted diversion. She Jollied him,
and by the time they had met four
times she had smashed his engage
ment to the widow and learned the
history of his life. It wasn't under
stood In so many words, but was
strongly inferred by Caleb, that In
case he could get out of his tangle
with the widow he could become the
non In law of a rich man in the city.
I hat meant the husband of the angel
Fitting beside him and eating half
ripe blackberries as fast as he could
pick them.
The widow had said she would keep
an eye on Caleb, and she didn't lorget.
She was cognizant of that flirtation
in no time, and from Calebs looks
and bearing she knew that he had
been hard hit and was wondering
how to break with her. She gave him
rope to see what he would do The
plan he followed was proposed by the
girl flirt, who laughed for an hour
after she left him. The plan to
checkmate him was born In the wid
ow's own brain, and W'as surrounded
by grim smiles.
One evening, after Caleb had kept
up his new and strange attitude for
a week or more, and after he had
hitched around in a nervous way for
many minutes, he said:
"Cynthia, I was wrong about none
of my family ever having Hts."
"Yes?”
"We’ve all had ’em, the worst way.”
"I see.”
"And that ain’t the worst of It.
Father and mother were crazy as
loons."
"You don't say?"
"And of course I'll bo crazy sooner
or later.”
"Very likely!”
"I think that's what ails me now—
I’m going plumb crazy.”
"I guess you are.”
“Anti you don't want to marry a
crazy man. of course?”
"Not under any circumstances. No,
I couldn’t do that, much as I might
love him.”
i aieo am some grinning and chuck
ling. He had looked for a row, and
the widow was taking the matter as
placidly as if It was of no account.
"Then—then our engagement is
off?” he asked, after a long silence.
“Not quite, Caleb. I want to watch
you for two or three days and see if
you get worse. 1 am sorry for you,
hut It may turn out all right.”
"Hut I feel right now as it I wanted
to murder some one!”
•'Well, 1 must take chances of that.”
That night as Caleb slept and
dreamed of his city angel two young
farmers entered his room and tied him
fast. He awoke as they were remov
ing him to the smoke house, and In
reply to his demands and exclamations
the widow' soothingly said:
“You see, you're gone crazy, dear
man, and we must restrain you a hit.”
"Hut I'm not Insane!”
“Oh, yes, you are They always
say that. There's a nice bed of straw,
and water to drink, and bread to eat,
and we hope you will get better in a
week or two.”
Caleb raised a big rumpus over It,
but it did him no good. He was to
meet his angel at the blackberry
patch next afternoon, but he wasn't
there. She was, however, and so was
the widow. It wa the angel who
flew and the widow who pursued, lie
lore night fell the hired man had
decided that his parents had never
been insane. When morning came
again he had decided that there was
no lunacy about him, and that he
might live to be a hundred years old
and never have a tit. For four days
he plead and appealed, and then ho
was brought out to find a preacher and
winesses there. To his looks of in
quiry the widow explained:
"I couldn't marry a lunatic, hut am
ready to wed one who has made a fool
of himself once or twice.”
“Where’s that—that girl from the
city?" he asked.
"Still running.”
"Well, for fear she'll come back, I
guess we’d bettor splice!”
And the last heard from him he was
bragging that he had married the best
woman In the world.
Had Parallel in History.
Tho musicians of tho Titanic, who
played a requiem for the sinking ship
and w< nt down to their deaths with
her, are entitled to be placed among
the herces of tho disaster. Xo more
striking, more graphic Incident Is re
ported than that of the people on the
lifeboats hearing tho fainting melody
of the band coming over the water to
them. These musicians died at their
posts, for doubtless in the beginning
they were told to play simply to keep
up the courage of tho passengers, and
they played to the terrible end. Read
ers of Carlyle will remember another
instance of tho music and the musi
cians dying together. In his narration
of tho Girondists singing tho Marseil
laise at the foot of the scaffold, tho
singor3 diminished one by on© as the
guillotine did its work until there
was one voice only, and then no voice.
Remarkable Accident.
A bull fight In Avignon promises to
go down to posterity as the most re
markable In the romantic little town's
history, not because a young toreador
was probably mortally gored while
making a reckless display of daring,
but because of a strange accident.
During one of the liveliest fights an
Infuriated young hull leaped the bar
rier and raced furiously along the
front of the first row of seat3.
Spectators in their fright toppled
backward like tenpins, but the long
hairs at the end of the animal’s lash
ing tall wound themselves around the
thumb of an unfortunate man, locked
tight and snapped the thumb entirely
off at tho joint. The Incident Is the
talk of tho town and the victim Is the
center of a curious crowd whenever
he appears on the streets.—Paris Cor
respondent Chicago X’ews.
Poor Jlgsworth.
’’"When Jlgsworth speaks sternly to
his little boy he expects to be obeyed."
’•Well?"
‘‘You know tho old saying. It is th«
unexpected that always happens."