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Proposed by the general assembly, begun and held at the city of Little Rock, in the state of Arkansas, on the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and ratified by the general assembly, begun and held at the city of Little Rock, on the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six:

1. No bank or banking institution shall be hereafter incorporated, or established in this state.

2. The general assembly shall have power to compel the judges of the circuit courts to interchange circuits, either temporarily or permanently, under such regulations as may be provided by law.

3. The general assembly shall have power to confer such jurisdiction, as it may from time to time deem proper, on justices of the peace in all matters of contract, covenants, and in actions for the recovery of fines and forfeitures, when the amount claimed does not exceed one hundred dollars, and in actions and prosecutions for assault and battery, and other penal offenses less than felony, which may be punishable by fine only.

4. Judges of the supreme and circuit courts, clerks of the supreme and circuit courts, attorneys for the state, sheriffs, coroners, county treasurers, justices of the peace, constables, and all other officers whose term is fixed by the constitution to a specific number of years, shall hold their respective offices for the term now specified, and until their successors are elected and qualified

Ratified November 17, 1846.

Proposed by the general assembly, begun and held at the city of Little Rock, in the state of Arkansas, on the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and ratified by the general assembly, begun and held at the city of Little Rock, on the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight: