An act for the relief of John Hawkins, of Ashley county. SECTION 1. Refunds to John Hawkins, of Ashley county, the sum of $482 13; auditor to draw warrant on treasurer SECTION for that amount in his favor. 2. Act to take effect and be in force from its passage. WHEREAS, John Hawkins, of Ashley county, purchased of the state certain lands, to wit: The south-west fractional quarter (east of bayou Bartholomew) section fifteen; the west fractional half of south-east quarter of section fifteen; the west half of north-west quarter of section twenty-two; and the north-east quarter (east of bayou Bartholomew) of section twenty-two, in township nineteen south, range five west, containing in all 350 68-100 acres, as a part of the five hundred thousand acres granted to the state for internal improvement purposes, and paid the state therefor the sum of four hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirteen cents, which lands were not confirmed to the state by the general government. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the sum of four hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirteen cents, paid by the said John Hawkins to the state as recited in the foregoing preamble, be, and the same is hereby refunded to him, and the auditor is hereby directed and authorized to draw a warrant in his favor for that amount on the treasurer, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury belonging to the internal improvement fund unappropriated, SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 12th January, 1853. An act to incorporate the town of Osceola, in Mississippi county. SECTION 1. Incorporates the town of Osceola, in Mississippi county, by name and style of the Town of Osceola, with all the privileges, and under all the restrictions of an act passed at pre SECTION sent general assembly incorporating the "town of Jacksonport." 2. Act in force from and after its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That all that portion of territory embraced in and designated in the plan of the town of Osceola, as laid out by Edwin Jones, Frederick Weller, Lastly McClung, John Buckner and John G. Davis, or any three of them, as commissioners appointed by an act of the General Assembly, approved on the third day of October, 1836, entitled, "an act to locate the seat of justice of Mississippi county and for other purposes," and the inhabitants thereof shall be, and are hereby created, erected, established and constituted a body politic and coporate, by the name and style of the Town of Osceola, and as such shall have, possess, and be entitled to all the privileges, powers, immunities and benefits, and shall be subject to all the regulations, restrictions and limitations. conferred upon and contained in the act passed at the present session of the. General Assembly, entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Jacksonport, in Jackson county." SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved 12th January, 1853. An act to grant a charter to John O. Beard to erect a toll bridge across Cache river, in Jackson county, Arkansas. SECTION 4. be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each week, recovered by motion in county court for use of internal improvement fund in said county. Charter shall continue exclusively to said Beard, his heirs or assigns, for 25 years after completion of said bridge. 5. Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. SECTION 1. Authorizes John O. Beard, to erect a toll bridge across Cache river, in Jackson county, at or near Barkley's camp; bridge to be erected in two years from passage of this act. 2. Said Beard to make said bridge of best materials, and keep same in repair: rates of tell established; citizens of Jackson county exempted from provisions of this section. 3. Said Beard, his heirs or assigns, failing to keep said bridge in repair to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That a charter is hereby granted to John O. Beard to erect a toll bridge across Cache river, in Jackson county, on the road running from Augusta, in said county, in an eastern direction, and crossing Cache river at what is called Barkley's Camp, on the southern boundary of Township seven, in section nineteen, in range two west, on to intersect the Memphis and Batesville road at L'Anguille river, in St. Francis county; Provided, The said Beard shall erect said bridge, or cause it to be erected, within two years from the passage of this act. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Beard shall make the said bridge of solid and substantial materials, and put together in the best manner, and shall keep the same in good repair, and after the same shall have been, completed, he may charge and receive toll at the following rates, viz: for a footman five cents, man and horse ten cents, wagon and four horses or oxen fifty cents, wagon and two horses or oxen twenty-five cents, all pleasure carriages twenty-five cents, loose horses, mules and cattle five cents per head, sheep and hogs three cents per head; Provided, however, That the citizens of Jackson county be, and they are hereby exempted out of the provisions of this section. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That if the said Beard, his heirs or assigns should fail to keep said bridge in good repair, he shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each week that the same may be out of repair, to be recovered by motion in the county court, in the name of the county, which fine or fines shall go to the internal improvement fund of the county. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this charter, with all the benefits and privileges in it contained, shall continue exclusively to the said Beard, his heirs or assigns, for and during the full period of twenty-five years from and after the completion of said toll bridge. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 12th January, 1853. An act for the relief of Feilding Wilburn. out of an order by Capt. Denton, in Marion county war. SECTION SECTION 1 $100 appropriated to Fielding Wiiburn for fine and cost paid in a suit for false imprisonment, growing SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the sum of one hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of the state treasury, to pay Fielding Wilburn, of Marion county, to reimburse him for fine and cost paid in a suit for false imprisonment growing out of the execution of an order issued by Captain T. Denton in the Marion county WHEREAS, at a sale of lands for non-payment of taxes by the sheriff and collector in the county of Lafayette, in the year A. D. 1841, John Steel, of said county, did purchase and pay into the state treasury, the sum of forty-five dollars and thirty cents upon lands which had never been entered, and which were placed on the tax book by mistake; Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the sum of forty-five dollars and thirty cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay and refund to said Steel the said sum of money. A SEC. 2. The auditor is hereby authorized and required to issue a warrant upon the treasurer for the sum of forty-five dollars and thirty cents in favor of said John Steel, and that this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 12th January, 1853. SECTION. An act to call in the County Scrip of White County. 1. Scrip and treasury warrants issued previous to 1st day of July, SECTION. of their claims, and the county from payment of same. 1853, by clerk of county court, 3. Clerk to open new account in his re shall be presented to said clerk by gistry of warrants issued on the 1st day of July, 1853, and state the date, number and amount of each warrant thereafter issued. scrip and warrants thus called in, 4. Sheriff to give notice of provisions and lay the same before county of this act, by putting up advertisement in each township, by 1st of August, 1853; and this act in force from its passage. 2. Persons holding scrip or warrants, refusing to comply with above provisions, forever barred from benefit SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That all the county scrip and treasury warrants that may have been issued previous to the first day of July, 1853, by the clerk of the county court of White county, shall be presented to the clerk of said county court, on or before the first Monday in January, 1854; whose duty it shall be to issue to the holder thereof, the same amount of warrants on the treasury of White county, and file in his office the scrip and treasury warrants thus called in, and lay the same before the county court of said county, at the January term thereof, in the year 1854, for inspection. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all persons who shall hold any scrip or treasury warrants, of the county of White, and neglect or refuse to present the same to the clerk thereof, as required in the preceding section of this act, shall be forever barred from deriving any benefit from their claims. SEC. 3. Be it further a enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the said county court to open a new account in his register of warrants issued on the first day of July, 1853, in which he shall state the date, number, and amount of each warrant thereafter issued, so as to enable the county court at the January term of 1854, to ascertain the precise amount of warrants then outstanding. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sheriff of White county, to give due notice of the provisions of this act, by putting up at least one advertisement in the most pub lic place in each township in said county, on or before the first day of August, in the year 1853; and that this act be in full force from and after its passage. Approved 12th January, 1853. An act to incorporate the city of Powhatan, in the county of SECTION Lawrence. 1: Incorporates the "City of Powhatan" and defines its boundaries. 2. Officers of said city, a mayor, four aldermen, a recorder and a constable, to be, after first election, elected annually on first Monday in January by free white citizens having resided in said town 6 months. 3. No one eligible to office of mayor or alderman who shall not be qualified to vote as aforesaid. 4. Mayor and aldermen one body politic, by the name of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Powhatan, with privileges usually granted to like corporations. 5. Recorder ex-officio treasurer whose duties shall be defined by by-laws. Constable to be assessor and collector of tax of said city, and overseer of the streets, as directed by by-laws. Constable and recorder to give bond to mayor in not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 for the discharge of their duties. 6. First election for officers first Monday in March, 1853, and to hold office until successors are elected and qualified. Names certain persons to hold first election. 7. Powers of mayor and aldermen in SECTION common council defined. 8. Mayor and alderman in common council shall have power to levy tax on real and personal property in said city to defray expenses of improvements, not to exceed oneforth of one per cent. 9. Vacancies in office filled by election as by-laws direct. 10. Inhabitants of said city liable to work roads of county to work on streets and alleys of city 12 days in each year, if deemed expedient by city constable, and exempt from working on roads out of limits of said city. 11. Corporation not to issue change 12. Mayor and his successors in office 13. Act to take effect and be in force SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the city of Powhatan, in the county of Lawrence, and, State of Arkansas, with the metes and bounds following, to wit: Beginning severally at each of the corners of the public square, as shown and designated on the plat of said city, now on record in the recorder's office in said county, thence extending the lines from said corners, each and all of them, one-half mile in a right line, so as to form a square, shall be, and the same is hereby erected into a corporate city forever, and shall hereafter be called, designated and known by the name of " the City of Powhatan." SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That, for the preservation of |