Salaries and expenses of judges.
The General Assembly shall by law determine the amount and method of payment of salaries and expenses of the judges of the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, Chancery Courts, and Municipal Courts of Arkansas; provided such salaries and expenses may be increased but not diminished during the term for which such judges are elected; provided further that the salaries of Circuit and Chancery Judges shall be uniform throughout the state
Publisher's Notes. This amendment was proposed by initiative petition filed in the office of the Secretary of State on June 15, 1956. It was approved at the general election on Nov. 6, 1956, by a vote of 198,566 for and 155,627 against.
This amendment probably supersedes Ark. Const. Amend. 9, § 2.
Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution, adopted by voter referendum and effective July 1, 2001, established circuit courts as the trial courts of original jurisdiction of all justiciable matters not otherwise assigned pursuant to the Constitution and specifically provided that "jurisdiction conferred on Circuit Courts established by this Amendment includes all matter previously cognizable by Circuit, Chancery, Probate and Juvenile Courts...".