CONCURRENT AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND

MEMORIALS

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 1.

A proposed amendment to the Constitution of Arkansas.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Arkansas, a majority of the members of each house agreeing thereto:

That the following is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the State, and the same being submitted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection at the next general election for senators and representatives, if a majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment, the same shall become a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, to-wit:

That section 3 of article 14 of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas be amended so as to read as follows:

Article 14, section 3: The General Assembly shall provide by general laws for the support of common schools by taxes, which shall never exceed in any one year three mills on the dollar on the taxable property of the State, and by an annual per capita tax of one dollar, to be assessed on every male inhabitant of this State over the age of twenty-one years. Provided, The General Assembly may by general law authorize school districts to levy a vote of the qualified electors of such district a tax not to exceed seven mills on the dollar in any one year for school purposes. Provided,

further, that no such tax shall be appropriated to any other purpose nor to any other district than that for which it was levied.

Approved March 2, 1905.

HOUSE MEMORIAL No. I.

Whereas, An effort will be made in the congress of the of the United States, at this session, to enlarge the powers of the interstate commerce commission, giving said commission power to regulate freight charges on the great lines of railways in the United States; therefore, bé it

Resolved, That our senators and representatives in congress be requested to give their support to said measure to the end that the great question of the regulation of freight rates may be carried to an effective solution.

Approved January 25, 1905.

HOUSE MEMORIAL No. 2.

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America:

Your memorialist, the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, would respectfully show to your honorable body that the cotton tax levied and collected by the government of the United States in 1866, 1867 and 1868 amounts in the aggregate to $68,072,388.99. Of this amount Arkansas paid $2,555,638.43; out of this vast sum a small amount has been returned for the weight of the bagging and ties. Your

memorialist would further show that at the time this tax was collected that the cotton States were almost in a destitute condition, and that there is now (if not appropriated for other purposes) a large amount of money in the treasury of the United States placed to the credit of the cotton States by a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States declaring the cotton tax imposed and collected unconstitutional.

Wherefore, Your memorialist would pray your honorable body to make an appropriation of money to be distributed to the several States from which it was collected, according to the number of bales of cotton produced in each State during the time the tax was collected, and that said fund so apportioned shall be paid to the treasurers of the respective States from which it was collected, and the same placed to the credit of the common school fund. That the Secretary of State is hereby instructed to forward a copy of the foregoing preamble and memorial without delay to the president of the senate and speaker of the house, each member of the United States senate and to each representative in the lower house of congress.

Approved March 23, 1905.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 1.

Be it Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly, the Senate concurring therein:

That a joint committee of nine (9), five from the house and four from the senate, be appointed to visit the University of Arkansas, at Fayetteville, to examine the books

of the secretary and treasurer of said university, to inquire into the administration of its affairs, and to make full report of their proceedings to their respective house.

Approved January 25, 1905.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 2.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:

That a joint committee of two from the senate and three from the house be appointed to draft a general road law to apply to the entire State, and tó supersede all other road laws in the State.

Approved January 25, 1905.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 3.

Whereas, Governor James P. Eagle died at his home in the city of Little Rock, at 6 o'clock a. m., December 20, 1904; and

Whereas, The State of Arkansas, by the death of Governor Eagle, has lost one of her most honored, distinguished and beloved citizens, and

Whereas, We appreciate the high character of the deceased, and deplore his death; therefore,

Be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:

That the General Assembly extend to Col. W. H. Eagle, brother, and other relatives (there being no immediate family), and to all the people of the State of Arkansas, their profound sympathy.

Approved January 27, 1905.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 4.

Whereas, The Cherokee and Choctaw Nations of the Indian Territory lie contiguous to the western boundary of the State of Arkansas, and by right of ancient treaty belong in large part to this State; and

Whereas, The citizens of these nations have expressed, through their respective national councils, a desire to become a part of the State of Arkansas; and

Whereas, The population, wealth and citizenship of these territories would add materially to the importance of Arkansas in the councils of our national government; and

Whereas, The character of the citizenship of these nations is fully equal to our own in education, refinement and wealth; and

Whereas, The said nations have no debt for Arkansas to assume; therefore,

Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, the Senate concurring therein:

That our senators and representatives in the national congress be, and are hereby requested to take the necessary steps to secure, if possible, the annexation of the said Choctaw and Cherokee nations to the State of Arkansas.