Arkansas

One of the United States of America; being the twelfth admitted to the Union. It was formed of a part of the Louisiana Territory, purchased of France by, the United States, by treaty of April 30, 1803, and from that time until 1812 it formed part of the Louisiana Territory; from 1812 to 1819 It was part of the Missouri Territory. By act of congress of March 2, 1819, a separate territorial government was established for Arkansas; 3 Stat. L. 493. It was admitted to the Union by act of congress of June, 1836, and the first constitution of the state was adopted on the 30th January, 1836. Section 16, article 5, amended February 10, 1913, which provides for a sixty day session of Legislature; section 1, article 5, amended, providing for the initiative and referendum, February 19, 1909.