Ferris v. Stewart, County Judge

Pursuant to the power conferred by amendment No. 10 to the constitution, the county court of Sharp county made, on July 20,1925, an order to fund its outstanding indebtedness. The apprehension appears to have been rather general that the amendment became effective on October 7, 1924, the date of the election at which, the amendment was submitted to the electors of the state. It was later held, in the case of Matheny v. Independence County, 169 Ark. 925, 277 S. W. 22, that the amendment became effective, not on October 7, the date of the election, but on December 7, 1924.

Proceeding under the…