county, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, whose duty it shall be to issue to the holder thereof the same amounts on the treasury of Desha county, and file in his office the scrip and treasury warrants thus called in, and lay the same before the county court of his said county, at the January term thereof, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, for inspection. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any person or persons who may hold any scrip or treasury warrants of said county of Desha, and neglect or refuse to present the same to the clerk thereof, as required in the preceeding section of this act, shall be forever barred from deriving any benefit from their claims from the said county. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court of Desha county to open a new account, on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree, in his register of warrants issued, in which he shall state the date, number and amount of each warrant thereafter issued, so as to enable the county court, at its January term, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, to ascertain the precise amount of warrants outstanding. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sheriff of Desha county to give due and timely notice of the provisions of this act, by advertising the same, on or before the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the most public place in each township in the county of Desha. Approved 7th January, 1853. An act for the benefit of Bryant Kellett and James Dowell, of Lawrence county. F. Bartley. 2. Act in force from and after its passage. 1. Appropriates the sum of $100 to B. Kellett and J. Dowell; for apprehending and bringing to justice B. WHEREAS, One Benjamin F. Bartley, some time in the latter part of year 1851, did, in the county of Lawrence, commit the crime of murder upon the body of one Hefner, of the county of Lawrence; and whereas, the said Bartley fled from the country, by breaking custody from an officer, in order to evade the penalty of the law, and would have escaped unpunished, had it not been for the energy and perseverance of Bryant Kellett and James Dowell, citizens of Lawrence county, who pursued, overtook and captured, in the State of Missouri, at their own expense, the said Bartley, and brought him to justice; and whereas, by the vigilance of the said Kellett and Dowell, the said Bartly was placed in the power of the law, tried, sentenced and committed to the jail and penitentiary house for twenty-one years; Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That Bryant Kellett and James Dowell be, and they are hereby allowed the sum of one hundred dollars for their services in capturing and bringing to justice Benj. F. Bartley for the murder of Hefner, late of Lawrence county, and that the said Kellett and Dowell be, and they are hereby authorized to draw the same out of any money in the treasury of this state not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 7th January; 1853. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Town' of Warren, Bradley county, Arkansas. SECTION 1. Declares certain citizens of the town [SECTION corporate the town of Warren. of Warren, Bradley county, a body 3. Act to take effect and be in force politic and corporate. from and after its passage. 2. Repeals first section of an act to in SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Ŝtate of Arkansas, That the citizens residing in the town of Warren, Bradley county, included within the following metes and bounds, to wit: commencing at a point one fourth of a mile south of the Bradley court house, thence running east one fourth of a mile, thence north one-half mile, thence west one-half mile, thence south onehalf mile, thence east to the place of beginning, be, and they are hereby declared a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Town of Warren. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the first section of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Town of Warren, Bradley county, Arkansas," be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 7th January, 1853. An act to blend all the school funds of Arkansas county and of White county, in support of common schools. SECTION ¡SECTION 2. Commissioners to sell 16th section, unsold, in their townships. 1. Each township in White and Arkansas counties, not having done so, shall elect a school commissioner 3. Proceeds of sales disposed of as proand three trustees. vided in 145th chapter of Digest. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That each congressional township in Arkansas county, and in White county, which has not done so, shall elect a school commissioner and three trustees, as provided by chapter 145, of the Digest, and said commissioners and trustees shall qualify as therein directed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said township commissioners shall sell the sixteenth sections of their respective townships, where they have not heretofore been sold, in accordance with the provisions of said chapter of the Digest; Provided, That when any sixteenth section, or any part thereof, has twice been offered for sale, and failed to bring two dollars per acre, it may be sold at any time thereafter, on the notice now required by law, at not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the proceeds of the sales of said sixteenth sections, shall be kept at interest as provided by said 145th chapter of the Digest, and the commissioner shall hold the interest arising therefrom, together with other funds that may be paid over to him under the provisions of this act, subject to the order of the township trustees aforesaid, as provided by section 24, chapter 145, of the Digest. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the treasurers of the counties of Arkansas and White, shall receive, from time to time, from the treasurer of the state, the dividends going to said counties under the act to divide the seminary fund, &c., approved January 5th, 1849; and shall also collect, and take charge of, all school funds arising from all other sources in said counties under existing laws, except the proceeds of the sale of the sixteenth sections, and shall loan the same out, annually, at ten per centum interest; taking care to make the same perfectly secure. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said county treasurers shall be responsible, on their official bonds, for all such funds as may come to their hands, and for the management of the same, and the county courts, or presiding judges, in fixing the amount of their bonds, shall take into consideration the probable amount of school funds that may be in their hands, as well as the county revenue. SEc. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said county treasurers shall, once a year, make a division of the interest in their hands, arising from the school funds, among the several congressional townships of their counties, according to the number of white children therein, over five and under twenty-one years of age, and shall pay each dividend over to the township commissioner, and take his receipt for the same; and said township commissioner shall be responsible therefor, on his official bond, and shall hold the same subject to the order of the township trustees, as provided in section 24, of chapter 145, of the Digest. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That if there be no school in any township at any time when the said treasurers make an annual dividend, they shall keep the dividend of such township at interest, and not pay it over to the commissioner until a school be established. SEC. 8. Be it further enucted, That the trustees of each township shall keep up one school therein, at a place to be selected by them in reference to general convenience, and shall appropriate the funds in the hands of the township commissioner arising from interest on the proceeds of the sale of the sixteenth section, and dividends paid him by the county treasurer in support thereof. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the said county treasurers shall have two per centum, on all the said school funds which may come to their hands, for safe keeping, disbursing, and loaning the same. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the county treasurers, in making their annual settlements with the county courts, shall render an account, showing what amount of school funds have come to their hands from all sources, what loans they have made thereof, what sums they have paid out, to whom, and the amount on hand. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That Arkansas and White counties be, and they are hereby exempted from the operation of so much of all existing laws in reference to common schools as are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and so much of existing laws as are not in conflict herewith, shall continue in force in said counties. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the townships in said county of Arkansas, which lie in the prairie, and are not settled with population, shall not be entitled to dividends of the school funds in the hands of the county treasurer, as above provided; but the dividends going to such townships, shall be equally divided among the other townships of the county until the prairie townships are settled with sufficient population to establish schools. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That all laws, and parts of laws, in conflict with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That this act be in force from and after its passage. Approved 7th January, 1853. An act to authorize the Clerks of the Circuit Courts of the counties of Marion and Searcy to transcribe certain Records of their offices. 1. Clerk of circuit court of Marion 4. Clerk to be entitled to a reasonable county to transcribe orders, decrees, &c., heretofore had in said court on the chancery side, into a book provided for that purpose. 2. Clerk at next term of said court thereafter to submit said book to 3. Copies thereof under seal of said compensation therefor, to be fixed by county court of said county. 5. County court of Searcy to examine records of different courts of said county, and if it appears that the records of either court would be better preserved by transcribing same into a book, clerk shall be directed so to do, and the clerk shall submit same to the examination of proper court; if approved, county court to make allowance for compensation, as in fourth section of this act. 6. Act to take effect and be in force from its passage. 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 court. of the county of Marion, in this state, and he is hereby required to transcribe the records of the orders, decrees, and other proceedings heretofore had and done in the said circuit court of Marion county, on the chancery side thereof, into a well bound book, to preserve and perpetuate said record of said orders, decrees and proceedings of said court, made, rendered, had and done on the chancery side thereof. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said clerk of said circuit court shall, at the next term of said circuit court thereafter to be holden for said county of Marion, submit said book containing said transcript of the orders, decrees and other proceedings of the said circuit court on the chancery side thereof, before that time had and done, to the judge of the third judicial circuit in and for said county of Marion, whose duty it shall be, as chancellor, and in term time, carefully and faithfully to compare the same with the original records of the orders, decrees, and the other proceedings of said circuit court, in chancery sitting, before that time made and decreed; and when he shall be satisfied that said copy, so transcribed as aforesaid, is a full, true, complete and perfect transcript or copy of the original, then he shall certify the same under his hand as judge in |