{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-14-44-101","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 14-44-101","heading":"Creation of wards","body":"(a) As soon as practicable after an incorporated town becomes a city of the second class, the city council shall form the city into the number of wards that, to it, will seem to best serve the interests of the city.\n\n(b) It shall be the duty of the council to see that each ward has as nearly an equal population to each of the other wards as would best serve the interests of the taxpayers of the city.","path":["AR Code","Title 14","Chapter 44"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"4bb3457517f9bad641b8edb6eebcdc8edcd9beb905056ee91f678d4ac5cf932d","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-14-43-611","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-14-44-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}