Applicability

All corporations which existed when the Arkansas Constitution of 1874 took effect for the purpose of municipal government, and described or denominated in any law then in force, are organized into cities of the first and second class, as the case may be, and incorporated towns with the territorial limits respectively prescribed or belonging. Acts 1875, No. 1, § 5, p. 1; C. & M. Dig., § 7456; Pope's Dig., § 9489; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-203. All corporations which existed when the Arkansas Constitution of 1874 took effect for the purpose of municipal government, and described or denominated in any law then in force, are organized into cities of the first and second class, as the case may be, and incorporated towns with the territorial limits respectively prescribed or belonging. Acts 1875, No. 1, § 5, p. 1; C. & M. Dig., § 7456; Pope's Dig., § 9489; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-203.