appropriated, for the sum of fifty dollars, to be paid R. H. Butrom, for captivating and returning to the penitentiary, an escaped convict; and that this act be in force from and after its Approved 3d December, 1852. passage. An act for the relief of Luther R. Venable, Sheriff of Van Buren be placed to his credit for state revenue for 1852. 1. Releases sheriff of Van Buren county from Penalty of $74 81 on account of state revenue for 1851, 2. Act to take effect and be in force which he has paid; and said sum to from its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That Luther R. Venable, Sheriff of Van Buren county, be, and he is hereby released from the sum of seventy dollars and eighty-four cents, the amount of Penalties and forfeitures incurred by him on his account for revenue of the State for the year, 1851, which revenue and penalties he has fully settled and paid, and the said sum of seventy dollars and eighty-four cents for penalties and forfeitures over and above the revenue which was due from him on the 10th day of December, 1851, shall be placed to his credit, on his account for State revenue for the year 1852. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in full force from and after its passage. Approved 6th December, 1852. An act for the relief of Samuel J. Mason, Sheriff of Izard county. 1. Auditor to credit sheriff of Izard 2. Act to take effect and be in force from county with $26 88. its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the auditor of public accounts, be, and he is hereby directed, to credit Samuel J. Mason, sheriff of Izard county, with the sum of twenty-six dollars and eighty-eight cents, the amount of state tax due on the southeast quarter of section thritysix, in township seventeen north, of range seven west. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 8th December, 1852. An act for the relief of Reuben C. Reed, Sheriff of Scott County. SECTION 1. Sheriff of Scott county allowed till 1st Monday of April, 1853, to pay state tax, and same time to pay county tax; said sheriff to give newj SECTION bond for the performance of the duties of his office according to law. 2. Act to take effect and be in force from passage. WHEREAS, Redmond G. Gaines, late sheriff of Scott county resigned his office as sheriff of the aforesaid county of Scott, on or about the fifteenth day of August last, having collected but very little of either State or county taxes for the year A. D. 1852; And whereas, it appears the said Reuben C. Reed, the present sheriff of the aforesaid county of Scott, did not receive his commission and was not qualified to enter upon the duties of said office until the first of November, A. D. 1852; therefore placing it out of the power of the aforesaid Reuben C. Reed to collect and pay over the State and county taxes, in the time now allowed by law; Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the aforesaid Reuben C. Reed, sheriff of the aforesaid county of Scott, be, and he is hereby allowed until the first Monday in April, A. D. 1853, to collect and pay into the state treasury the amount of state tax due from said county and that he be allowed until the first Monday in April, A. D. 1853, to collect and pay into the county treasury the amount of county tax due said county of Scott; Provided, That he give a new bond, to be approved by the county court of said county of Scott, that he will, in accordance to law and this act, perform all the duties of sheriff of Scott county. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 8th December, 1852. An act for the relief of Samuel J. Mason, Sheriff of Izard County. SECTION 1. Auditor to issue warrant to Samuel J. Mason, sheriff or Izard county, for $67,34. SECTION 2. The above $67,34 appropriated out of any moneys in treasury not otherwise appropriated. WHEREAS, Samuel J. Mason, sheriff of Izard county, being mistaken as to the time the law required him to make settlement with the Auditor, therefore he failed by eight days, of complying with the law, hence he paid sixty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents, as damages for such failure; Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the auditor is hereby directed to audit the account of Samuel J. Mason, sheriff of Izard county, for sixty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents, and to issue his warrant for the same, and direct the treasurer to pay the same. SEC. 2. That the above amount of sixty-seven dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated to carry into effect the provisions of this act. Approved 8th December, 1852. An act for the relief of Braxton C. Crump, Sheriff and Collector of Crittenden County. SECTION 1. Treasurer to credit B. C. Crump of Crittenden county, on settlement of SECTION 1852; and this act in force from its passage. WHEREAS, Braxton C. Crump has lost, or mislaid two pieces of scrip which he had purchased from the Hon. D. J. Chapman, and James F. Saffold, each for the sum of one hundred and seventeen dollars, and numbered the first 404, the second 476, with the view of paying the same in liquidation of the revenue collected for the county of Crittenden, for this year, 1852; And whereas, There is no law or statute authorizing the Auditor to issue other warrants in such cases, on the Treasurer, to allow him said amounts in his settlement; Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to allow the said Braxton C. Crump the sum of two hundred and thirty-four dollars as a credit in his settlement of the revenue collected in the county of Crittenden for the year 1852; and that this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved 8th December, 1852, An act for the relief of William J. Murphy, Sheriff and Collector of Randolph County. SECTION 1. William J. Murphy, sheriff of Randolph county,allowed till first Monday in May, 1853; to account for state taxes for 1852, and until first day of April term of county court, to settle county revenue, provided he gives new bond, to be approved by county court, or the judge in SECTION vacation. 2. Taxes levied on property and not paid by 1st Monday of Nov. 1852, sheriff to sell such property on first Monday in April, 1853. 3. Sheriff failing to pay over state or county tax by time specified, subject to penalties of defaulting sher SECTION iffs. 4. This act to take effect and be in forcel SECTION from its passage. WHEREAS, John Chandler late Sheriff of Randolph county, died about the latter part of June last, and before he had collected any of the State or County revenue of said county; And whereas, William J. Murphy, his successor elect, has but recently been qualified into office and entered upon the duties thereof, and it is now too late for him to collect and pay over into the State and County treasuries, the State and County revenue for the year 1852, within the time prescribed by law; Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the said William J. Murphy, sheriff and collector of Randolph county, be, and he is hereby allowed until the first Monday in May, 1853, to pay over and account the state taxes for the year 1852, for said county of Randolph, and until the first day of the next April term of the county court of said county, to settle with said county court for the revenue of said county, for the year 1852; Provided, That the said William J. Murhhy shall enter into a new bond, to be approved of by the county court of said county, or by the judge thereof in vacation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever taxes are levied on lands or other property, and not paid for by the first Monday of November, 1852, either for state or county purposes, the said sheriff is authorized to sell any such lands or other property, according to existing laws, on the first Monday in April 1853, for the non-payment of taxes due thereon for the year 1852. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That if the said William J. Murphy should fail to account for and pay over the state and county revenue by the time prescribed by the preceding sections, he shall be subject to all the penalties imposed by existing laws on defaulting sheriffs. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 9th December, 1852. An act for the relief of Benjamin F. Danley, late Sheriff of Pulaski SECTION court. 4. This act to take effect and be in force SECTION from its passage. WHEREAS, Upon the application of Albert Pike, esq., to the Pulaski Circuit Court, at the June term thereof, A. D. 1851, for a writ of peremptory mandamus, to compel said Danley, as said sheriff, to take the paper of the Bank of the State of Arkansas, in payment of certain State taxes, said court granted an prayer and request in said application made, and issued said writ of peremptory mandamus, compelling said Danley, as such sheriff, to take and receive forty-five dollars in the Bank notes of the Bank of the State of Arkansas, in payment of said taxes; whereupon, said Danley tendered said Bank notes to the Treasurer of the State of Arkansas, in payment of the revenue charged against him as such sheriff, for the year 1851, who refused to receive the same in payment thereof, and thereupon said Danley appealed from the decision of said Circuit Court, to the Supreme Court of this State, where said suit is still pending; And whereas, said Danley having paid into the State Treasury the amount above specified, and the said Pike having tendered said Danley the additional amount of forty dollars in said Bank notes for, and in payment of the State taxes, as aforesaid for the year 1852, making in all the sum of eighty five dollars; Therefore, SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the auditor of public accounts of this state, be, and he is hereby required to credit said Danley as such sheriff, on his account for revenue, for the year 1852, with the sum of eighty-five dollars, above specified, until said suit in said supreme court shall have been determined. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the attorney general of this state, so soon as said suit shall have been determined by said court to notify said auditor, in writing of the result thereof, whose duty it shall be to charge said Danly with the amount of money in kind, that the said court may determine he is chargeable with as such sheriff, whose duty it shall be forthwith to pay over the same into the state treasury. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That when said suit shall have been determined. it shall be the duty of the auditor of public accounts to issue his warrant upon the treasurer of this state for the amount of all costs in and about said suit expended upon the certificate of the judge of the Pulaski circuit court, whose duty it shall be to certify to the correctness of the same. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 9th December, 1852. |