SECTION 6. That if a majority of the vote[r]s cast at said election shall be for road tax, then the county judge of said county shall, within five days after the result of said election has been declared, convene the justices of the peace of said county in quorum court at the courthouse in said county, and the county judge, together with a majority of the justices of the peace of said county, shall, when so assembled as such quorum court, fix the rate of taxes for road purposes and levy the same on and against all the property, both real and personal, in said county subject to taxation, for the years 1905 and 1906; and that immediately thereafter the county clerk of said county shall extend the taxes thus levied by said quorum court against the property, both real and personal, on the tax books for said county for the years 1905 and 1906, and the sheriff of said county shall collect the taxes so voted, levied and extended the same as any other taxes levied and collected for said county. SECTION 7. That if a majority of the votes cast at said election are against road tax when the vote of the whole county is considered, yet if any one township in said county shall vote in favor of road tax, the county judge and justices of the peace for said county shall convene and fix the rate of taxes for road purposes against the property in the township voting for the same and levy said taxes against the property in said township in the same manner and to like effect as provided in section 6 of this Act, and the tax thus levied against the property in said township shall be extended on the tax books and collected and expended in said township in the same manner and with like effect as if the vote in the entire county had been in favor of road tax. SECTION 8. That the electors in each township shall by vote select and designate the overseer they desire appointed for that township, and the county judge shall appoint the overseer thus selected and voted for. SECTION 9. That in all other respects this special election and the proceedings had thereunder, when not herein specifically designated, shall be the same as is now provided by law for elections in matters of levying road tax, and the collecting and disbursing of said tax when collected. SECTION 10. That this Act take effect from and after its passage and that all laws or parts of laws in conflict. herewith are hereby repealed. Approved February 1, 1905. ACT 15. AN ACT to change the name of the Arkansas State Lunatic Asylum. SECTION I. Name of Arkansas State Lunatic Asylum changed to State 2. Laws in conflict repealed; Act in force from passage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That the name of the Arkansas State Lunatic Asylum shall be changed to and hereafter known as the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases. SECTION 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 3, 1905. ACT 16. ✔. AN ACT to authorize the Attorney General to employ additional office force. SECTION I. Attorney General authorized to employ an additional clerk. 2. Laws in conflict repealed; Act in force from passage. Whereas, The duties of the office of Attorney General of the State of Arkansas are increasing and the volume of business in the office grows larger every year, the office being required to present by brief at least one hundred cases annually, given many opinions and attend to a heavy correspondence, and there being now but one clerk, therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. The Attorney General is hereby authorized to employ one clerk, or assistant, at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) per year, said clerk or assistant to be a licensed attorney; and he is authorized to employ also a competent stenographer and typewriter at a salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year. SECTION 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [This Act was vetoed by the Governor, and was passed over the veto by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Arkansas, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State, on February 3, 1905.] ACT 17. AN ACT to prevent the running at large of hogs, sheep and goats in Clark County, or any part of Clark County that may take advantage of this Act. SECTION I. Districts may be formed in Clark County to prevent the running at large therein of hogs, sheep and goats. 2. Petitions filed must clearly set forth the purposes of the petitioners. 3. County court to issue order prayed for. 4. Parties owning contiguous lands may be embraced in same territory by the county court upon application. 5. Districts may be dissolved by the county court upon petition of two-thirds of the landowners of the district. 6. Stock running at large may be impounded, sold and damages allowed persons whose property has been damaged. 7. Owner of stock may regain same by paying fees for impounding. 8. Fees to be paid to person impounding stock. 9. 10. II. If fees are not paid, stock impounded to be sold at auction. Course pursued if owner of impounded stock is unknown or can not be found. Laws in conflict repealed; Act in force from passage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION 1. Upon the written petition of a majority of the qualified electors of Clark County, or any subdivision of Clark County, or whose cultivated lands are included in any district formed under this Act, consisting of not less than five square miles, being filed in the county court of said county, praying for an order to prevent the running at large of hogs, sheep and goats within said county or subdivision thereof as the case may be, it shall be the duty of the court to grant such order when the petitioners have complied with section 2 of this Act. SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the petitioners to clearly set forth whether it is their intention to prohibit the running at large of all the classes of stock mentioned in section I of this Act or only one or more classes thereof; and if the petition be from a subdivision of Clark County, such subdivision shall be particularly described and the boundaries clearly designated, and the petition shall be accompanied by the receipt of the clerk of the county court of Clark County that sufficient money has been deposited to defray all expenses of making such order and that the poll books verify the statement that a majority of the qualified electors of the county or subdivision, as the case may be, have signed the petition. SECTION 3. When such petition has been filed in compliance with section 2 of this Act, it shall be the duty of the court to issue the order prayed for and it shall then be unlawful for any hogs, sheep or goats to run at large in said territory, and that four barbed wires securely fastened to posts not more than twelve feet apart, the top wire five feet above the ground and the other three wires properly spaced beneath so as to keep out other stock except sheep, hogs or goats, shall be a lawful fence, or four sound rails, slats or planks securely fastened to |