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Arkansas Constitution, Article XVI

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Article XVI, Finance And Taxation

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Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 1 Section 1
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Neither the State nor any city, county, town or other municipality in this State shall ever loan its credit for any purpose whatever; nor shall any county, city, town or municipality ever issue any interest-bearing evidences of indebtedness, except such bonds as may be authorized…
Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 4 Section 4
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The General Assembly shall fix the salaries and fees of all officers in the State, and no greater salary or fee than that fixed by law shall be paid to any officer, employe or other person, or at any rate other than par value; and the number and salaries of the clerks and employe…
Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 5 Section 5
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All property subject to taxation shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the General Assembly shall direct, making the same equal and uniform throughout the State. No one species of property from which a tax may be collected shall be …
Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 6 Section 6
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All laws exempting property from taxation other than as provided in this Constitution shall be void.

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Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 7 Section 7

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The power to tax corporations and corporate property shall not be surrendered or suspended by any contract or grant to which the State may be a party.

Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 8 Section 8

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The General Assembly shall not have power to levy State taxes for any one year to exceed in the aggregate one per cent of the assessed valuation of the property of the State for that year.

Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 9 Section 9

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No county shall levy a tax to exceed one-half of one per cent for all purposes, but may levy an additional one-half of one per cent to pay indebtedness existing at the time of the ratification of this Constitution.

Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 10 Section 10

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The taxes of counties, towns and cities shall only be payable in lawful currency of the United States, or the orders or warrants of said counties, towns and cities respectively.

Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 11 Section 11

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No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of law, and every law imposing a tax shall state distinctly the object of the same; and no moneys arising from a tax levied for one purpose shall be used for any other purpose.

Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 12 Section 12

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No money shall be paid out of the treasury until the same shall have been appropriated by law, and then only in accordance with said appropriation.

Ark. Const. art. XVI, § 13 Section 13

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Any citizen of any county, city or town may institute suit in behalf of himself and all others interested, to protect the inhabitants thereof against the enforcement of any illegal exactions whatever.