JNO. R. HOMER SCOTT, Delegate from the county of Pope. BEN B. CHISM, Delegate from the county of Sarber. A. R. WITT, Delegate from Van Buren county. R. P. POLK, Delegate from Phillips county. T. W. THOMASON, Delegate from Washington county. J. W. HOUSE, Delegate from White county. JOSEPH T. HARRISON, Delegate from Yell county. BENJAMIN W. JOHNSON, Delegate from Calhoun county. PROCLAMATION BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS. (x) OFFICE OF STATE Board of ELECTION SUPERVISORS, In pursuance of the provisions of sections seventeen of the 67 Total vote "For Constitution"... Total vote "Against Constitution". .78,697 .24,807 ·53,890 Bonds, no tax can be levied to pay certain. Elector, qualifications of. Majority "For Constitution". Given under our hands this thirtieth day of October, 1874. U. M. ROSE, GORDON N. PEAY, State Board of Election Supervisors. AMENDMENT NO. I. ARTICLE XX. The general assembly shall have no power to levy any tax, or make any appropriations, to pay either the principal or interest, or any part thereof, of any of the following bonds of the state, or the claims, or pretended claims, upon which they may be based, to-wit: Bonds issued under an act of the general assembly of the state of Arkansas, entitled "An act to provide for the funding of the public debt of the state," approved April 6, A. D. 1869, and numbered from four hundred and ninety-one to eighteen hundred and sixty, inclusive, being the "funding bonds," delivered to F. W. Caper, and sometimes called "Holford bonds;" or bonds known as railroad aid bonds, issued under an act of the general assembly of the state of Arkansas, entitled, "An act to aid in the construction of railroads, approved July 21, A. D. 1868;" or bonds called "levee bonds," being bonds issued under an act of the general assembly of the state of Arkansas, entitled, "An act providing for the building and repairing the public levees of the state, and for other purposes," approved March 16, A. D. 1869, and the supplemental act thereto, approved April 12, 1869; and the act entitled, "An act to amend an act entitled an act providing for the building and repairing of the public levees of this state," approved March 23, A. D. 1871, and any law providing for any such tax or appropriation, shall be null and void. Declared to be adopted by the speaker of the house on January 14, 1885, and after due attestation and filing was so proclaimed by the governor. Vote for the amendment being 119,806; and the vote against the amendment being 15,492. AMENDMENT NO. 2. ARTICLE XXI. Every male citizen of the United States, or male person who has declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the same, of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the state twelve months, in the county six months, and in the precinct or ward one month, next preceding any election at which he may propose to vote, except such persons as may for the commission of some felony be deprived of the right to vote by law passed by the general assembly and who shall exhibit a poll tax receipt or other evidence that he has paid his poll Poll tax receipt. tax at the time of collecting taxes next preceding such election, shall be allowed to vote at any election in the state of Arkansas. Provided, that persons who make satisfactory proof that they have attained the age of twenty-one years since the time of assessing taxes next preceding said election and possesses the other necessary qualifications, shall be permitted to vote; and provided further, that the said tax receipt shall be so marked by dated stamp or written endorsement by the judges of election to whom it may be first presented as to prevent the holder thereof from voting more than once at any election. Declared to be adopted by the speaker of the house on the 12th day of January, 1893; the vote standing for amendment 75,940; against the amendment, 56,601; and after due attestation and filing was so proclaimed by the governor. AMENDMENT NO. 3. ARTICLE XXII. The governor shall, in case a vacancy occurs in any state, district, county or township office in the state, either by death, resignation or otherwise, fill the same by appointment, such appointment to be in force and effect until the next general election thereafter (y). Declared to be adopted by the speaker of the house on January 17, 1895, and after attestation and filing was so proclaimed by the governor. Vote for the amendment being 43,446, and the vote against the amendment being 40,207. (Held in cases of Rice vs. Palmer, 78 Ark. 432, and Boyett vs. Cowling, Ib. 494, that amendment No. 3 was never legally adopted.) Governor to fill vacancies in office. AMENDMENT NO. 4. mission ARTICLE XVII, SECTION IO. The general assembly shall Railroad compass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and excessive charges by railroads, canals and turnpike companies for transporting freight and passengers, and shall pro (y) See Childers v. Duval, 69-336; Montgomery v. Little, 69-392; Co. State, 78 S. W. Rep., 756. County road tax authorized. Official bonds, guaranty companies may become sureties on. vide for enforcing such laws by adequate penalties and forfeitures, and shall provide for the creation of such offices and commissions and vest in them such authority as shall be necessary to carry into effect the powers hereby conferred. Declared to be adopted by the speaker of the house on January 13, 1899, and after due attestation and filing was so proclaimed by the governor. Vote for the amendment being 63,703, and the vote against the amendment being 16,940. AMENDMENT NO. 5. ARTICLE XXIII. The county courts of the state in their respective counties, together with a majority of the justices of the peace of such county, in addition to the amount of county tax allowed to be levied, shall have the power to levy not exceeding three mills on the dollar on all taxable property of their respective counties, which shall be known as the county road tax, and when collected shall be used in the respective counties for the purpose of making and repairing public roads and bridges of the respective counties, and for no other purpose, and shall be collected in United States currency or county warrants legally drawn on such road tax fund if a majority of the qualified electors of such county shall have voted public road tax at the general election for state and county officers preceding such levy at each election. Declared to be adopted by the speaker of the house on January 13, 1899, and after due attestation and filing was so proclaimed by the governor. Vote for the amendment being 57,209, and vote against the amendment, 24,079. AMENDMENT NO. 6. ARTICLE XIX, SECTION 21. The sureties upon the official bonds of all state officers shall be residents of, and have sufficient property within the state, not exempt from sale under execution, attachment or other process of any court, to make good their bonds, and the sureties upon the official bonds of all county officers shall reside within the counties where such officers reside, and shall have sufficient property therein, not exempt from such sale, to make good their bonds. Provided, however, that any surety, bonding or guaranty company, organized for the purpose of doing a surety or bonding business, and authorized to do business, in this state, may become surety on the bonds of all state, county and municipal officers under such regulations as may be prescribed by law. |