WHEREAS, It is manifest that there are many defects and objectionable provisions in the present Constitution of the State, and that it is not satisfactory to the people thereof; therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, convened in extraordinary session, as follows:

SECTION 1. That a Convention of the people of the State. is called, to assemble at Little Rock, the capital of the State, on Tuesday, the 14th day of July, 1874, for the purpose of framing a new Constitution, and providing for putting the same into force.

SEC. 2. That the Delegates to said Convention shall be chosen by the qualified electors of each County of the State, in the manner hereinafter provided, and shall possess the same qualifications as are provided for a member of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 3. Each County in the State, as now organized, shall be entitled to one Delegate to said Convention, and the following Counties shall be entitled to the additional Delegates herein mentioned, to-wit: The County of Washington shall be entitled to two additional Delegates, Benton one, Clark one, Hempstead one, Independence one, Jefferson two, Ouachita one, Phillips two, Pulaski three, Sebastian one, Union one, White one, Columbia one.

SEC. 4. An election shall be held at the several election precincts of every County in the State, on Tuesday, the 30th day of June, A. D. 1874, for the purpose of electing Delegates to said Convention.

SEC. 5. Said election shall be conducted in accordance with existing laws, except as herein otherwise provided.

SEC. 6. There shall be elected, by the joint vote of the Senate and House of Representatives, a State Board of Supervisors of said election, to consist of three men of known intelligence and uprightness, who shall take an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of their office, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum, and who shall perform the duties herein assigned them.

SEC. 7. Said State Board shall at once proceed to appoint a Board of County Election Supervisors for each County of the State, consisting of three men of known intelligence and uprightness of character, who shall take the same oath as above provided for the State Board; a majority of each Board shall constitute a quorum, and shall perform the duties herein assigned them.

SEC. 8. The Board of County Election Supervisors shall at once proceed to appoint three judges of election for each election precinct in their respective Counties, and the judges shall appoint three election clerks for their respective. precincts, all of whom shall be good, competent men, and take an oath as above prescribed.

SEC. 9. The State Board shall prescribe the form of pollbooks, and each County Board shall furnish the judges of each election precinct with three copies of the poll-books, in the form so prescribed, at the expense of the County.

SEC. 10. Should the judges of any election precinct fail to attend at the time and place provided by law, or refuse to act, the assembled electors shall choose competent persons, in the manner provided by law, to act in their place, who shall be sworn as above.

SEC. 11. As the electors present themselves at the polls to vote, the judges shall pass upon their qualifications, whereupon the clerks of election shall register their names on the poll-books, if qualified, and such registration by said clerks shall be a sufficient registration in conformity to the Constitution of this State, and then their votes shall be taken: Provided, No person shall vote outside or elsewhere than in the township, ward or precinct in which he resides. The electors shall be numbered, and the number of each elector marked on his ballot by one of the judges, when deposited.

SEC. 12. After the ballots are counted by the judges, and the result certified on the poll-books by them, the poll-books and the ballots, sealed up, shall be returned to the County Board of Election Supervisors, who shall proceed to cast up the

votes, ascertain the result, and furnish the persons elected as Delegates to the Convention with certificates of election. Each County Board shall return to the State Board the name or names of the Delegates elected; and a full list of the Delegates shall be laid before the Convention, on the day it assembles, by the State Board.

SEC. 13. Each County Board shall also return to the State Board the names of all persons voted for, with the number of votes received by each.

SEC. 14. If there is a failure to hold an election in any County, or a vacancy occurs in the office of Delegate, the President of the Convention may order an election in such County forthwith, to elect a Delegate or Delegates to fill such vacancy or vacancies.

SEC. 15. If a majority of the Delegates elected to the Convention are not present on the day fixed for it to meet, the members present may adjourn from day to day until a majority is present, and then proceed to be organized.

SEC. 16. The Delegates and officers of the Convention shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States.

SEC. 17. Any election officer, elected or appointed under the provisions of this Act, who shall fraudulently and corruptly register, cast up or make a false return of said election, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the jail and penitentiary house not less than five nor more than ten years. And any person who shall vote more than once, or bribe any person to vote contrary to his wishes, or intimidate or prevent any elector by threats or promises from voting, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the jail and penitentiary house not less than one year or more than five years, and the Judges of the several Circuit and Criminal Courts of this State shall give this section specially in charge to the grand jurors of their respective jurisdictions.

SEC. 18. The Convention shall have power to determine the eletion, qualifications and returns of its members.

SEC. 19. A sufficient amount of money is hereby appropriated out of the State Treasury to pay the necessary expenses of said Convention, should one be held.

SEC. 20. That at said election the electors shall have written or printed on their ballots, in addition to the name or names voted for as Delegate or Delegates, "For Convention," or "Against Convention," and said returning officers shall certify the vote for and against Convention in the same manner that the vote for Delegates is required to be certified; and if a majority voting vote for a Convention, said Convention shall be held at the time herein specified, and the Delegates to said Convention shall receive the same mileage and per diem as is now received by the members of the General Assembly.

SEC. 21. The Governor shall immediately issue his proclamation for an election under the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 22. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved May 18, 1874.

No. III.

AN ACT to Repeal an Act entitled an Act to Move the County-seat of Pope County, approved April 25, 1873, and for Other Purposes.

SECTION

1. Former act repealed.

2. Proceedings of Board of Supervisors legalized.

3. Act making Dover county-seat restored.

SECTION

4. Duty of County officers as to removal of records and books.

5. Conflicting acts repealed, and this act in force from passage.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION 1. That an Act entitled "An Act to move the County-seat of Pope county," approved April 25, 1873, be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. That all proceedings heretofore had by the Board of Supervisors of said county of Pope, since the said office of Supervisors was created by the General Assembly of Arkansas, touching the organization of the Board, its rules, orders, judgments and decrees; also, all levies made for taxes, already had and performed by said Board of Supervisors, within the said County of Pope, up to the date of the passage of this Act, are hereby legalized and made binding, and shall have full force and effect in all the courts of law and equity in this State so far as the same conform to the law.

SEC. 3. That the Act in force, at the date of the passage of the Act herein repealed, making Dover the County-seat, be and the same is hereby restored in full force and effect, and Dover shall continue to be the County-seat of Pope county.

SEC. 4. It is hereby made the duty of the Clerk, Sheriff, and all other officers of said county, whose offices are by law required to be kept at the County-seat, upon the passage of this Act, to remove all the books, papers, documents, and other public records belonging to their various offices, to the Countyseat, as defined by this Act, and there keep the same as required by law.

SEC. 5. That all Acts, and parts of Acts, in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that this Act be in force and take effect from and after its passage.

Approved May 19, 1874.

No. IV.

AN ACT to suspend the sale of Personal Property for the tax due thereon, for the years 1872 and 1873.

SECTION

1. Sale of Personal Property for Taxes of 1872 and 1873 suspended.

2. County Collectors entitled to proper credits in their settlements.

SECTION

3. How and when such delinquent

taxes may be paid.

4. Act in force from passage.