State ex rel. Little Rock v. Donaghey
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; F. Guy Fulk, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was brought to compel by mandamus the State Board of Election Commissioners to canvass the returns and declare the adoption of proposed Amendment No. 15 to the Constitution of Arkansas, initiated by 8 per cent, of the voters, it being alleged that same had been duly submitted in accordance with law and adopted, receiving at said election 76,660 votes in its favor, with…
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; F. Guy Fulk, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was brought to compel by mandamus the State Board of Election Commissioners to canvass the returns and declare the adoption of proposed Amendment No. 15 to the Constitution of Arkansas, initiated by 8 per cent, of the voters, it being alleged that same had been duly submitted in accordance with law and adopted, receiving at said election 76,660 votes in its favor, with only 53,089 votes against it, and by the terms of said amendment the said board was authorized and required to declare…
1Dissent
Wood and Smith, JJ.
Section 22, of article 19, of the Constitution of 1874 is as follows:
“Either branch of the General Assembly at a regular session thereof may propose amendments to this Constitution and, if the same be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, such proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals with the yeas and nays, and published in at least one newspaper in each county, where a newspaper is published, for six months immediately preceding the next general election for Senators and Representatives, at which time the same shall be submitted to…
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