SECTION. An act to declare Plum Bayou navigable. 1. Plum Bayou declared navigable. 2. Act not to interfere with bridges al SECTION. ready built; bridges hereafter to be elevated to allow boats to pass. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That Plum Bayou be, and the same is hereby declared navigable from the lower confluence thereof, in the county of Jefferson, with the Arkansas river, up to William Mason's mill dam. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall not be so construed as to authorize the removal of any bridge or bridges which have been constructed over Plum Bayou, or so as to prevent the construction of other bridges; Provided, however, That all bridges. hereafter over said bayou be elevated sufficiently high to admit the passage of flat boats and rafts. Approved 10th January, 1853. An act to increase the Common School Fund of Prairie County. SECTION. 1. County court may borrow funds for SECTION for two years, paying 6 per cent int. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the county court of Prairie county, a majority of the justices of the peace of said county being present and voting in the affirmative, may borrow, and use for county purposes, so much of the school fund, lying idle in the county treasury, as may arise from fines and forfeitures, for the term of two years, the said county paying interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, on the amount so borrowed. Approved 10th January, 1853. SECTION An act to distribute certain Books. SECTION fund; act to take effect from its pas sage. 1. Clerks of counties to sell school books on hand; proceeds to go to school SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Asssembly of the State of Arkansas, That the clerks of the several counties are hereby required to sell such of the school books heretofore apportioned among the several counties as may remain on hand at the passage of this act; that said sale be made at public vendue, after due notice thereof, by publication in some newspaper, or by advertise ments set up in the several townships in said county, and that the proceeds of said sale be paid over to the proper officer, and constitute a part of the common school fund; and this act take effect from its passage. Approved 10th January, 1853. An act more fully to define the Line between the Counties of Pope and Newton. SECTION 1. Defines line between Pope and Newton counties. SECTION 2. All laws in conflict with this act, repealed;act in force from its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the line dividing townships, numbers twelve and thirteen, north of the base line, shall hereafter be the dividing line of the counties of Pope and Newton; and all the territory north of said line shall be added to, and compose a portion of the county of Newton, that now belongs to the county of Pope. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed; and this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 10th January, 1853. An act for the Relief of the Deaf and Dumb Assylum at Danville 1. Appropriates $264 21 to deaf and 2. This act take effect from its passage. dumb assylum at Danville, Ky. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the sum of two hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-one cents, be paid to the deaf and dumb asylum at Dan, ville, Kentucky, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and according to law, on the warrant of the auditor drawn therefor. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved 10th January, 1853. An act to authorize and require the Clerk of the County and Circuit Courts of Montgomery county, to transcribe certain Records of said County. shall be as binding as the original. 3. Transcripts, or copies, attested by the clerk, etc., to be received in evidence in the courts of this state. Clerk of said county allowed a reasonable compensation out of the contingent fund of the circuit court. This act in force from its passage. 4. 1. Clerk of circuit court of Montgom SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit and county courts of Montgomery county in this state, and he is hereby authorized to transcribe into a well bound book, such records of said county as the county court of said county may deem necessary, for safe preservation of the same. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said clerk of said court shall, at the first term of the county court of said county after he has completed the transcribing of said records, present the same to the said court, duly certified for its inspection and the said court shall carefully compare the same with the original records, and when said court shall be satisfied that said copy so transcribed as aforesaid, is a full, true and perfect transcript, or copy of the original, then the presiding judge shall so certify the same, as such judge, which record, when so certified, or transcribed and certified, as aforesaid, shall be as valid and binding, both in law and equity, as the original might or could be. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That transcripts or copies thereof attested by the clerk and under his seal, and countersigned by the judge of the county court, shall be received as evidence in the courts of this state, in the same manner and to the same extent as transcripts from the original as now provided by law. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of said county of Montgomery, shall be allowed a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the county court of said county, which shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the circuit court of said county in such sum and manner as the county court may direct. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 10th January, 1553. An act to amend an act to authorize the sale of the Sixteenth Sections for less than two dollars per acre, in certain cases. SECTION 1. Section 16, in any congressional township in Randolph county once offered for sale at $2 per acre and remains unsold, commissioner may (SECTION offer the same for sale at not less than $1,25 per acre. 2. This act in force from its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That when the school commissioner of any congressional township, in the county of Randolph, and State of Arkansas, shall have once offered the sixteenth section of his township, or any legal subdivision thereof, for sale, and the same has failed to sell for two dollars per acre, and has been, or may be reserved from sale on that account; the said commissioner may, at any time thereafter, sell the same at not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, regulating the same in all other respects by existing laws. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved 10th January, 1853. An act to amend an act to provide for the Printing of the Governor's Message, and the Making and the Printing of the Reports of the different State Officers; approved December 21st, 1850. SECTION 1. Repeals section 2 of the act approved Dec. 21, 1850; state officers, and officers having the bank in charge, to make report to the governor, on or before the 10th of October, pre SECTION 2. Printing message and reports to be paid for at prices not exceeding that paid for message and reports made to the general assembly at the present session. ceeding the meeting of the general 3. All laws contrary to the provisions of assembly, and that the governor this act repealed; and this act in force from its passage. WHEREAS, It is proper that the Governor should have in his possession the reports of the various State Officers, showing the condition of the affairs of the State, to enable him to prepare his Message to the General Assembly, with convenience, and based on official information; Therefore: SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That section two, of the act approved December 21st, 1850, requiring certain officers to report directly to the general assembly, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and that the auditor, treasurer, land agent, land attorney, and state collector, and keeper of the penitentiary and officers having the bank in charge, as well as inspectors of the penitentiary, shall make their respective reports to the governor of this state, on or before the 10th day of October next preceding the regular meeting of the general assembly, for each biennial session, and that the governor cause the same to be printed with his biennial message, and have the same ready for the general assembly on or before the Wednesday of the first week of the session of the general assembly. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the printing which the governor is required to have executed by the preceding section, be paid by the state, at prices not exceeding those paid for the printing of the message and reports made to the general assembly at the present session, and that a sufficient sum of money is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to pay for such printing. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws contrary to the provisions of this act be, and they are hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 10th January, 1853. An act to regulate the Distribution of the Acts and Journals of the General Assembly. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That after, the clerks of the several counties shall have distributed the acts and journals to the several officers in each county, as now prescribed by law, they shall be required to divide the remaining copies in their offices, in equal proportions among the several justices of the peace in their respective counties; to be equally distributed among the citizens of their several townships. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the clerks of the several counties, shall dispose of all the acts and journals of the past session of the general assembly, in their offices, at the passage of this act, in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing section. SEC. 3. Be it further euacted, That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act be, and they are hereby repealed. Approved 10th January, 1853. |