Through its history, Arkansas has been governed by five constitutions. Each of the five constitutions symbolizes a shift in the state’s political status: statehood in 1836, joining the Confederate States of America during the Civil War in 1861, military occupation…
“Holford” Bonds Not to Be Paid 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…
§ 1. Atheists disqualified from holding office or testifying as witness. No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in…
Judicial Circuits Until otherwise provided by the General Assembly, the Judicial Circuits shall be composed of the following counties: First — Phillips, Lee, St. Francis, Prairie, Woodruff, White and Monroe. Second — Mississippi, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, Craighead, Greene, Clayton and…
§ 1. Common carriers — Construction of railroads. All railroads, canals and turnpikes shall be public highways, and all railroads and canal companies shall be common carriers. Any association or corporation, organized for the purpose, shall have the right to…
§ 1. Lending credit — Bond issues — Interest-bearing warrants. 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 or town…
§ 1. Officers subject to impeachment — Grounds. The Governor and all State officers, Judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts, Chancellors and Prosecuting Attorneys, shall be liable to impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors, and gross misconduct in office;…
Article 14 Education § 1. Free school system. Intelligence and virtue being the safeguards of liberty and the bulwark of a free and good government, the State shall ever maintain a general, suitable and efficient system of free public schools…
§ 1. Size of counties — Exceptions. No county now established shall be reduced to an area of less than six hundred square miles, nor to less than five thousand inhabitants: nor shall any new county be established with less…
§ 1. Revocation of certain charters. All existing charters or grants of special or exclusive privileges, under a bona fide organization shall not have taken place, and business been commenced in good faith, at the time of the adoption of…