JONES v. MEARS

No. 74-49.

510 S.W.2d 857 (1974)

Jimmy (Red) JONES et al., Appellants, v. Roger MEARS and Bob Scott, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Williams, Friday, Eldredge & Clark by William J. Smith and Paul B. Benham, III, Little Rock, Jim G. Tucker, Atty. Gen. by Lewis D. Smith, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellants.

U. A. Gentry and Herbert C. Rule, III, Little Rock, for appellees.

James C. Cole, Malvern, and Sarah C. Carey, Washington, D. C., for Citizens Conference on State Legislatures, amicus curiae.

Henry Woods, Little Rock, for Continuing Ad Hoc Committee on Legislative Reorganization, amicus curiae.


HAROLD SHARPE, Special Justice.

This is a taxpayer's action challenging the constitutionality of Act 274 of the General Assembly of 1971 and Act 2 of the General Assembly of 1973.

Act 274 authorizes the members of the General Assembly to obtain reimbursement for actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses incurred by the members in performing activities which are directly connected with and incidental to their official duties during the interim period between...

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