Ark. Code Ann. § 14-49-301 (2026)

1. This chapter shall not apply to any officer, servant, employee, or attorney of the city who is elected by vote of the people of his or her respective cities.
2. 1. This chapter shall not apply to the following employees of the city:
      1. Secretary to the mayor;
      2. Assistant secretary to the mayor;
      3. Secretary to the district courts and clerks;
      4. Assistant city attorneys;
      5. Secretary to city attorneys;
      6. Members of the police and fire departments of cities;
      7. City purchasing agent;
      8. All employees of the city library;
      9. Superintendent of the city hospital;
      10. All members of honorary boards;
      11. All members of the municipal waterworks and the commissioners thereof;
      12. All officers and employees of the sewer department;
      13. Members of the board of public affairs;
      14. Special attorneys who may be employed by the city from time to time; and
      15. Public accountants who may be employed for special work by the city.
   2. These employees of the city shall be appointed as they were before the passage of this act.

History. Acts 1937, No. 322, § 1; 1943, No. 17, § 1; 1951, No. 386, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-1301.

Publisher's Notes. In reference to the term “the passage of this act,” Acts 1937, No. 322 was signed by the Governor on March 25, 1937, and became effective on June 10, 1937. (Emergency clause invalid).

Meaning of “this act”. Acts 1937, No. 322, as amended, codified as § 14-49-101 et seq., § 14-49-201 et seq., and § 14-49-301 et seq.