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Arkansas Constitution, Article XIX

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Article XIX, Miscellaneous Provisions

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Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 1 SCHEDULE
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All laws now in force which are not in conflict or inconsistent with this Constitution shall continue in force until amended or repealed by the General Assembly, and all laws exempting property from sale on execution or by decree of a court which were in force at the time of the …
Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 2 Section 2
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In civil actions no witness shall be excluded because he is a party to the suit or interested in the issue to be tried. Provided, that in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be all…
Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 3 Section 3
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An election shall be held at the several election precincts of every county of the State on Tuesday, the 13th day of October, 1874, for Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of State Lands for two years, unless the office is sooner aboli…
Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 4 Section 4
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The qualification of voters at the election to be held as provided in this schedule shall be the same as is now prescribed by law.

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Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 5 Section 5

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The State Board of Supervisors hereinafter mentioned shall give notice of said election immediately after the adoption of this Constitution by this convention by proclamation in at least two newspapers published at Little Rock, and such other newspapers as they may select. And ea…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 6 Section 6

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The Governor shall also issue a proclamation enjoining upon all peace officers the duty of preserving good order on the day of said election and preventing any disturbance of the same.

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 7 Section 7

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Augustus H. Garland, Gordon N. Peay and Dudley E. Jones are hereby constituted a State Board of Supervisors of said election, who shall take an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of their office, a majority of whom shall be a quorum, and who shall perform the…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 8 Section 8

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Said State board shall at once proceed to appoint a board of election supervisors for each county of this 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 boar…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 9 Section 9

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The State board shall provide the form of poll books, and each county board shall furnish the judges of each election precinct with three copies of the poll-books in the form prescribed and with ballot boxes at the expense of the county.

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 10 Section 10

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The State Board of Supervisors shall cause to be furnished in pamphlet form, a sufficient number of copies of this Constitution to supply each county supervisor and judge of election with a copy, and shall forward the same to the county election boards for distribution.

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 11 Section 11

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The boards 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…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 12 Section 12

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Said election shall be conducted in accordance with existing laws, except as herein provided. As the electors present themselves at the polls to vote the judges of the election shall pass upon their qualifications and the clerks of the election shall register their names in the p…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 13 Section 13

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Each elector shall have written or printed on his ticket "For Constitution" or "Against Constitution," and also the offices and the names of the candidates for the offices for whom he desires to vote.

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 14 Section 14

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The judges shall deposit the tickets in the ballot-box; but no elector shall vote outside of the township or ward in which he resides. The names of the electors shall be numbered and the corresponding numbers shall be placed on the ballots by the judges when deposited.

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 15 Section 15

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All dram shops and drinking houses in this State shall be closed during the day of said election and the succeeding night, and any person selling or giving away intoxicating liquors during said day or night shall be punished by fine not less than two hundred dollars for each and …

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 16 Section 16

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The polls shall be opened at 8 o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open until sunset. After the polls are closed the ballots shall be counted by the judges at the place of voting as soon as the polls are closed, unless prevented by violence or accident, and the results by t…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 17 Section 17

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The State Board of Supervisors shall at once proceed, on receiving such returns from the county board, to ascertain therefrom and state the whole number of votes given for the Constitution and the whole number given against it, and if a majority of all votes cast be in favor of t…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 18 Section 18

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All officers shown to be elected by the abstract of said election filed by the State Board of Supervisors in the office of the Secretary of State, required by this Constitution to be commissioned, shall be commissioned by the Governor.

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 19 Section 19

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At said election the qualified voters of each county and senatorial district, as defined in Article eight of this Constitution, shall elect respectively Representatives and Senators according to the numbers and apportionment contained in said article. The board of election superv…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 20 Section 20

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All officers elected under this Constitution, except the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer, Attorney General and Commissioner of State Lands, shall enter upon the duties of their several offices when they shall have been declared duly elected by said State…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 21 Section 21

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Upon the qualification of the officers elected at said election the present incumbents of the offices for which the election is held shall vacate the same and turn over to the officers thus elected and qualified all books, papers, records, moneys and documents belonging or pertai…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 22 Section 22

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The first session of the General Assembly under this Constitution shall commence on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in November, 1874.

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 23 Section 23

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The county courts provided for in this Constitution shall be regarded in law as a continuation of the boards of supervisors now existing by law, and the circuit courts shall be regarded in law as a continuation of the criminal courts wherever the same may have existed in their re…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 24 Section 24

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All officers now in office whose offices are not abolished by this convention shall continue in office and discharge the duties imposed on them by law until their successors are elected and qualified under this Constitution. The office of Commissioner of State Lands shall be cont…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 25 Section 25

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Any election officer appointed under the provisions of this schedule who shall fraudulently and corruptly permit any person to vote illegally, or refuse the vote of any qualified elector, east up or make a false return of said election, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on …

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 26 Section 26

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All officers elected at the election provided for in this schedule shall hold their offices for the respective periods provided for in the foregoing Constitution, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The first general elections after the ratification of this Cons…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 27 Section 27

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The sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the expenses of the election provided for in this schedule and the Auditor of State shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer for such expenses not exceedin…

Ark. Const. art. XIX, § 28 Section 28

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For the period of two years from the adoption of this Constitution, and until otherwise provided by law, the respective officers herein enumerated shall receive for their services the following salaries per annum: For Governor, the sum of $3,500.00; for Secretary of State, the su…