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Biennial Report of Secretary of State.

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receipt shall be so marked by dated stamp or written endorsement by the judges of election to whom it may be first presented as to prevent the holder thereof from voting more than once at any election.

Declared to be adopted by the Speaker of the House on the 12th day of January, 1893; the vote standing for amendment, 75,940; against the amendment, 56,601; and after due attestation and filing was so proclaimed by the Governor.

AMENDMENT NO. 3.

Article XXII. The Governor shall, in case a vacancy occurs in any State, district, county or township office in the State, either by death, resignation or otherwise, fill the same by appointment, such appointment to be in force and effect until the next general election thereafter.

Declared to be adopted by the Speaker of the House on January 17, 1895, and after attestation and filing was so proclaimed by the Governor. Vote for the amendment being 43,446; and the vote against the amendment being 40,207. Declared by the Supreme Court on April 23, 1906, as not being legally adopted. See Supreme Court Report No. 78, page 432.

AMENDMENT NO. 4.

That Section 10, of Article 17, of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, be amended so as to read as follows:

Article XVII, Section 10. The General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and excessive charges by railroads, canals and turnpike companies for transporting freight and passengers, and shall provide for enforcing such law by adequate penalties and forfeitures, and shall provide for the creation of such offices and commissions and vest in them such authority as shall be necessary to carry into effect the powers hereby conferred.

Declared to be adopted by the Speaker of the House on January 13, 1899, and after attestation and filing was so proclaimed by the Governor. Vote for the amendment being 63,733; and the vote against the amendment being 16,940.

AMENDMENT NO. 5

The country courts of the State in their respective counties, together with a majority of the justices of the peace of such county, in addition to the amount of county tax allowed to be levied, shall have the power to levy not exceeding three mills on the dollar on all taxable property of their respective counties, which shall be known as the County Road Tax, and when collected shall be used in the respective counties for the purpose of making and repairing public roads and bridges of the