Cleveland County herald., September 12, 1918, Image 5

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Proposed By Initiative Petition.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 13.
Amending Section I of Article
1*> of tlie Constitution of the State
of Arkansas, 1874, and providing
that incorporated towns of one
thousand or more population, as
shown by the next preceding Fed
eral census, or by census taken
for that purpose by the municipal
authorities of said town, and
cities of the lirst and second class
may issue, by and with the con
sent of a majority of the qualified
electors of said municipality vot
ing on the question at an election
held for that purpose, bonds or
other interest-bearing evidences
of indebtedness, and providing
the means and manner of payment
of said bonds.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 13.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 18.
Bo It iMiacted by the People ®f
the State of Arkansas:
That Section l of Article l(j of
the (Joi s itution of the State of
Arkansas be amended to read as
follows:
Article lb, Section l. Neither
the State nor any city, county,
town or other municipality in this
State shall ever lend its credit for
any purpose whatever; nor shall
any county, city, town or munici
pality ever issue any interest
bearing evidence? of indebtedness,
except so :h bonds as may be au
t/iorizr^i by law to provide for and
secure tluUpaymeut of the indebt
edness existing at the time of the
adoption l*f the Constitution of
^ST4, and vju; State shall never is
sue any interest bearing treasury
warrants or ^crip.
Provided, / that incorporated
towns of k'(/o or more population,
as shown b\J, the next preceding
federal cersjpSi or by census taken
for that Impose by the municipal
of said towns and cities
first and second class, may
*«ue, by and with the consent of a
majority of the qualified electors of
said municipality voting on the
question at an election held for the
purposG, bonds or other interest
bearing evidences of indebtedness
in sums and for the purposes ap
proved by such majority at such
election, as follows, to wit:
tor the funding or refunding of
any existing indebtedness incurred
prior to the adoption of this
amendment; for the acquisition of
rights of way for and construction
of public highways streets, alleys
or boulevards within the corporate
limits of such municipality; for
the purchase, development and im
provement of parks, loeated either
within or without the corporate
limits of such municipality; for
the construction of sewers; for the
purchase of sites for, or for the
purchase or construction of, city
or town halls, auditoriums, pris
ons, libraries, hospitals, viaducts,
bridges, or buildings for housing
lire fighting apparatus; and for the
purpose of acquiring, purchasing,
extending, improving, enlarging,
building or constructing of water
works, or light and heat plants
As additional security in provid
ing water works or light and heat
plants for cities and towns, amort
gage or other lien may be given
by sucb municipalities on such
water works or light and heat
plants and the income thereof, and
the franchise and other property
connected therewith.
No bonds or other interest bear
ing evidences of indebtedness is
sued under the authority of this
amendment shall bear a greater
rate of interest than six per cent
per annum, payaple either annu
ally or semi-annually, and bonds
issued by cities of the first class
shall not be sold on a basis of more
than five percent; that is to say,
the cost to the municipality for
interest and discount on each issue
of bonds shall not exceed 5 per
cent per annum, and boud& issoed
by cities of the second class and
incorporated towns shall nat jbi
sold on a basis of more than
per cent, and no bond!* ^ssned un
der the authority of this amend
ment shall ever be sold, except at
public sale after twenty days ad
verUsemeut io some uewspapei
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having a bona tide circulation in
the municipality issuing said
bonds.
In order to provide for the pay
ment of the bonds and other inter
est-bearing evidences of indebted
ness issued under the provisions
of this amendment, and interest
thereon, a special tax, not to ex
ceed five mills on the dollar, in ad
dition to the rate now permitted,
may be levied by municipalities
on the taxable property therein;
and any municipality issuing any
bonds or other interest-bearing
evidences of indebtedness shall,
before or at the time of doing so,
levy a direct tax payable annually
not exceeding the amount limited
as above, sufficient to pay the in
terest on such bonds or other in
terest-beaf ing evidences of indebt
edness as the same matures, and ,
also sufficient to pav and discharge
the principal of all such bonds or
other interest-bearing evidences of
indebtedness at their respective
maturities; provided, that the
abeve limitation of the rate of tax
ation shall not apply to bonds is
sued by any municipality for the
purpose of acquiring, purchasing,
I extending, improving, enlarging,
building or constructing water
works and light and heat plants,
but the levy of the special tax of
live mills authorized by this
amendment having been exhaust
ed or the balance unlevied being
insufficient to pay interest on and
retire the proposed bonds, said
municipality, for the purpose of
paying the principal and interest
of such water works and light
and heat plant bonds, may, so fa.”
as required, levy and collect a
special tax, in addition to the rate
allowed by this amendment, of not
to exceed live mills on the dollar;
provided also, that, as a further
and additional limitation upon both
the issuance of bonds or other in
terest bearing evidences of indebt
edness and the levy of a special
tax to pay interest thereon and re
tire the same at their respective
maturities, no municipality shall
have the power to make an issue
of bonds or other interest-bearing
evidences of indebtedness, if said
proposed issue itself, or together
with all previous issues of bonds
and other interest-bearing eviden
es of indebtedness then outstand
ing by such municipality, shall
aggregate as to a city of the first
class more in amount than five per
cent (5°o), and as to incorporated
towns and cities of the second class
more in amount than seven per
cent (7°o) of the assessed valuation
of all taxable property in the mu
nicipality proposing to issue the
same, according to the last general
assessment next preceding said
proposed issue of bonds or other
interest-bearing evidences of , in
debtedness.
Said bonds and other interest
bearing evidences of indebtedness
shall be serial, maturing annually
after three years from date of
issue, and shall be paid off is they
mature, s»d no bonds for tSie ac
quisition of r ights of way (for arid
tfce construction of publit high
ways, streets, alleys or boijevafds
issued under the authority'of this
amendment shall be issue| foiva
longer period than fifteenf years,
and no other bonds shall b> issued
for a longer period thau tttrt^-livq
years.
No municipality shall ever grant
financial aid toward the construc
tion of railroads or other private
enterprises operated by any per
son, firm or corporation, and no
money raised under the provisions
of this amendment by taxation or
by sale of bonds for a specific pur
pose shall ever be used for any
other or different purpose.
For each separate issue of bonds,
as proposed by any municipality,
under the terms of this amend
ment, there shall be chosen three
citizens as tax payers’ commis
sioners. These commissioners
shall not be. otherwise connected
with the administration of the af
fairs of said municipality, and
shall be chosen by the City Coun
cil or other governing body at
the time of the passage of the or
dinance calling an election for the
purpose of voting upon said par
ticular issue of bonds. The ad
vertisement of such election shall
state the names of the proposed
commissioners for the information
of the public.
-i lie taxpayers' commissioners
duties shall be to act in conjunc
tion with the Mayor or any Board
or Committee, now or hereafter
provided by law, the same as if
provision had originally been made
for such Commissioners, and said
tax-poyers’ commissioners,togeth
er with said Mayor or Board or
Committee, shall jointly exercise
supervision over the sale of any
bonds which may be voted by the
people at such election, and shall
jointly see to it that funds thus
provided are properly and eco
nomically expended for the pur
pose specified in the issue of bonds
as voted by the people, and to that
end shall jointly make all contracts
for the expenditure of the pro
ceeds of the sale of each issue of
bonds.
Said election shall be held at
such time as the city or town
council may designate by ordi
nance, which ordinance shall spe
cifically state the purpose for
which the bonds or other interest
bearing evidences of indebtedness
are to be issued, and if for more
than one purpose, provision shall
be made in said ordinance for bal
loting on each separate purpose;
which ordinance shall also state
the sum total of the issue, the
dates of maturity thereof, and
shall fix the date of the election so
that it shall not occur earlier than
sixty (CO) days after the passage
of said ordinance. Said election
shall be held and conducted, and
the vote thereon canvassed and the
result thereof declared, under the
law and in the manner now or
hereafter provided for municipal
elections, so far as the same may
be applicable, except as herein
otherwise provided. Notice of
said election shall be given by the
Mayor by advertisements weekly
for at least four times, in some
newspaper published in said mu
nicipality, and having a bona fide
circulation therein; the last publi
cation to be not less than ten (10)
days prior to the date of said
election.
Qualified electors of said munic
ipality only shall have a right to
vote at said elections. The result
of said election shall be proclaim
«d and published by the Mayor,
j and the result as proclaimed shall j
be conclusive unless attacked in
the courts within thirty (30) day
after the date of such proeluua
tion.
This amendment shall not re
peal or affect any law relating to
the organization of improvement,
districts.
This amendment shall be in
force upon its adoption, and shall
uot require legislative action to
put it into force and effect.
All the provisions of this amend
merit shall be treated as manda
tory, and all provisions of the Con
stitution or amendments thereto
in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Each elector may vote for or
against the above amendment.
W itncss my official signature
this 24th day of July, 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TEKRAL,
_Secretary of State.
Notice of Confirmation of Tax
Titles.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned W. E. Galloway
claims title to the lands herein
after described under and by
virtue of the following tax sales
and conveyances there under to
wit:
Part of SE 1-4 of NE 1-4 all
except 15 acres in NE corner of
of said SE 1-4 of NE 1-4
of Section 25, Township 9,
South of Range 9 West,
containing 25 acres purchased by
the undersigned on the 12 day of
June 1916 for the taxes of 1915
and not being redeemed from
said sale the county clerk of said
county executed his tax Deed
conveying the same to the under
signed on the 20 day of June
i.918.
And part of the above describ
ed land containing 15 acres in
NE corner of SE 1-4 of NE 14
Sec 25-9-9 purchased of the state
and the undersigned holds deed
executed by the commissioner of
state lands dated the 26th day of
June 1918.
Now, therefore, all persons
who can set up any right to
said lands or any of them so
purchased, as aforesaid inconse
quence of any informality or ir
regularity connected with said
sales are hereby called upon to
show cause at the next term of
the Cleveland county Chancery
court, why the sales so made
should not be confirmed, and the
titlesof the undersigned W. E.
Galloway quieted.
W. E. Galloway.
Notice of Application for Sale
of Land.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned Guardian of the per
son and property of Ruth Arm
strong, Jessie Armstrong, Unice
Armstrong, Janie Armstrong,
Woodrow Armstrong, Lillian
Armstrong, and Bula Armstrong,
minor heirs of-Armstrong,
deceased, will apply to the Pro
bate court of Cleveland County.
Arkansas, at the November term
thereof, on the 4th Monday in
November 1918, for an order to
sell the entire undivided interest
of said minors in and to the
following described lands situat
ed in Cleveland county, Arkan
sas, to wit: The SE 1-4 of the
NE1-4 and the N 1-2 of the SE
l-£ of sec. 20, Twp. 10, South
Range 11, West, containing 120
acres more or less.
Witness my hand as such guar
dian this the 17 day of August,
1918.
Jean Armstrong,
Guardian
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It sets fire to cows, steers, and calves.
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1 he fever burns up the cittle -either kills them or
leaves them fever-ravageJ rails.
Dip That Tick!
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
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Planting
We have a limited supply of
Red Rust Proof and Turf Oats
and Rye seed for winter plant
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they are all gone.
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