Constitution of Arkansas (2025 publisher edition) — Article 1

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Article 1

ARTICLE 1
BOUNDARIES
We do declare and establish, ratify and confirm, the following as the permanent boundaries of
the State of Arkansas, that is to say: Beginning at the middle of the main channel of the
Mississippi River, on the parallel of thirty-six degrees of north latitude, running thence west with
said parallel of latitude to the middle of the main channel of the St. Francis River; thence up the
main channel of said last-named river to the parallel of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes of north
latitude; thence west with the southern boundary line of the State of Missouri to the southwest
corner of said last-named state; thence to be bounded on the west to the north bank of Red River,
as by act of Congress and treaties existing January 1, 1837, defining the western limits of the
Territory of Arkansas, and to be bounded across and south of Red River by the boundary line of
the State of Texas as far as to the northwest corner of the State of Louisiana; thence easterly with
the northern boundary line of said last-named State to the middle of the main channel of the
Mississippi River; thence up the middle of the main channel of said last-named river, including
an island in said river known as “Belle Point Island,” and all other land originally surveyed and
included as a part of the Territory or State of Arkansas, to the thirty-sixth degree of north
latitude, the place of beginning.
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SEAT OF G OVERNMENT
The seat of government of the state of Arkansas shall be and remain at Little Rock, where it is
now established.