Smith v. Board of Apportionment

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

This is an original proceeding under Amendment No. 23 to the Constitution. See Bailey, Lieutenant Governor, v. Abington, 201 Ark. 1072,148 S. W. 2d 176,149 S. W. 2d 573; Shaw, Autry and Shofner v. Adkins, Governor, 202 Ark. 856, 153 S. W. 2d 415; Butler v. Democratic State Committee, 204 Ark. 14, 160 S. W. 2d 494. Only the House of Representatives was involved in the Shaw case.

Clyde E. Smith and Floyd H. Fulkerson, Jr., are citizens and taxpayers of Pulaski county. Their contention is that the Thirteenth senatorial district, composed of Pulaski county alone, is…