would or could have had at the place of holding courts in the counties of Lafayette, Union, Hempstead and Ouachita. SEC. 19. That the probate courts of said county of Columbia shall be holden on Tuesday of the week following the time fixed by this act for holding the county courts. SEC. 20. That until the next apportionment of the State for representatives to the General Assembly, the voters of the several counties of Lafayette, Union, Hempstead and Ouachita, shall give their suffrages for senators and members of the lower house, within the county in which they resided, before the establishment of the foregoing county of Columbia. SEC. 21. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 17 December, 1852. An act for the benefit of Township 19 south, Range 1, West, in Chicot county, Arkansas. section, with provisions. 2. Act to take effect from and after its passage. 1. Provides that the 4th section of chapter 145 of Digest, be so amended as to legalise the sale of the sixteenth SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That section 4, of chapter 145, of the Digest of the statutes of Arkansas, be so amended as to legalise the sale of the sixteenth section, of said township; Provided, There be five householders, and seven unmarried white children, between the ages of five and twenty-one, and a majority of the householders of said township shall be desirous of having said sixteenth section sold for the use of schools in said township. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be full in force from and after its passage. Approved 18th December, 1852. An act to amend the first section of an act creating the county of Calhoun; approved 6th December, 1850. SECTION 1. Addition to section 1st of the "act') creating Calhoun county, to "enjoy| SECTION all the rights of a separate and independent county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the following words be, and they are hereby ad ded to the 1st section of the "act" creating the county of Calhoun, to wit: to be erected into a separate and distinct county, to be called "Calhoun," to enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities of a separate and independent county. Approved 18th December, 1852. An act to incorporate the Boston Male and Female Academy, in Franklin county, in this State. SECTION 1. Names certain persons as a body corporate under the style of "Trustees! of the Boston Male and Female! Academy. 2. Trustees may hold ten acres of land; also, any amount of property not to exceed $25,000. 3. Trustees have power to sue and be SECTION sued, plead and be impleaded, and to make by-laws and rules for the government of said academy. 4. Charter in force 20 years, subject to renewal; majority of trustees to fill vacancies in their board; this act in force from and after its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That to encourage education in this State, Elias Turner, William R. James, Timothy Cude, J. T. Turner, and William A. Hill, and their successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the "Trustees of the Boston Male and Female Academy, of Franklin county." SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, and their successors, shall be capable of acquiring, holding and possessing, in their corporate capacity, a lot of land, not to exceed ten acres, for the erection of suitable buildings, and to acquire and hold, also in their corporate name, any amount of property for the use of said academy, both real, personal and mixed, not to exceed in value twenty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the lot of land upon which the buildings of said academy are situated. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors, shall possess all the powers that are usually granted of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and to make all by-laws, rules, and regulations, which may be necessary for the good order and government of said academy, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this charter shall extend, and be in force, for the term of twenty years, subject to be renewed by the legislature of this State; and should any vacancy at any time occur in said board of trustees, it shall be lawful for a quorum of said board (which is hereby declared to be a majority of all the members) to fill said vacancy by appointment; and further that this act be in full force from and after its passage. Approved 20th December, 1852. An act to amend the 121st chapter of the Digest of the statutes of Arkansas, under the head of Penitentiary. SECTION 1. Sheriff of Pulaski county, when conveying convicts from the Penitentiary to county seats by order of the supreme court, entitled to same SECTION. compensation as sheriffs when conveying convicts from county seats to the Penitentiary. 2. This act in force from its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That in all cases where the sheriff of Pulaski county, in this State, may be ordered by the supreme court thereof, to take or convey from the penitentiary and jail house in this State, any convict therein, to the county seat of any county in this State, said sheriff shall be entitled to the same pay, and shall be paid in the same manner, as the sheriffs of the several counties in this State are paid under the existing laws, for conveying convicts to said penitentiary and jail house. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 20th December, 1852. An act to change the time of holding the County and Probate Courts for the county of Monroe. SECTION 1. County court to be holden on the SECTION July and October, in each year. first Mondays in January, April, 3. All laws conflicting with this act repealed; and this act to be in force from and after its passage. July and October, in each year. 2. Probate court to be holden on the second Mondays in January, April, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the county court for the county of Monroe, shall hereafter be holden on the first Mondays of the months of January, April, July and October, in each and every year. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the probate court for the county of Monroe, shall be holden on the second Mondays in the months of January, April, July and October, in each and every year. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws conflicting with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed; and that this act take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage. Approved 20th December, 1852. An act to change, in part, the time of holding the Circuit Courts on the third judicial circuit in this State. SECTION 1. Changes the time of holding the SECTION same are returnable to the next court held in accordance with this act; and all continuances shall be from the last term thereof to the term appointed by this act. 3. All laws in conflict with this act repealed; and this act in full force from its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the circuit courts in, and for the third judicial circuit of the State of Arkansas, shall hereafter be holden in the respective counties in said circuit, at the following times, to wit: in the county of Independence, on the first Mondays in March and September, in each year; in the county of Van Buren, on the first Mondays after the fourth Mondays in March and September, in each year; in the county of Searcy, on the second Mondays after the fourth Mondays in March and September, in each year; in the county of Marion, on the third Mondays after the fourth Mondays in March and September, in each year; in the county of Izard, on the fourth Mondays after the fourth Mondays in March and September, in each year; in the county of Fulton, on the first Mondays in May and November, in each year; in the county of Lawrence, on the second Mondays in May and November, in each year; in the county of Randolph, on the fourth Mondays in May and November, in each year; in the county of Jackson, on the second Mondays after the fourth Mondays in May and November, in each year; in the county of White, on the fourth Mondays af ter the fourth Mondays in May and November, in each year. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That no suit, action, recognizances, bail bonds, appeal, or other proceeding, pending in any circuit court of said counties of Van Buren, Searcy, Marion, İzard, Fulton, Lawrence, Randolph, Jackson or White, or made returnable to the next term thereof, respectively, as now fixed by law, shall be avoided, impaired, or in any manner affected by the change made in this act in relation to the commencement of said terms, but that all such process, suits, actions, recognizances, bail bonds, appeals, and other proceedings, shall stand and be made returnable to the court next to be holden according to this act, and shall have full effect accordingly; and all continuances in either of said courts shall be from the last term thereof, to the term appointed by this act, and no suit or other proceedings pending in, or returnable to either of said courts, shall be discontinued, or in any manner affected by any change hereby made. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed; and that this act take effect and be in full force from and after its passage. Approved 20th December, 1852. An act to change the time of holding the County and Probate Courts in the counties of Montgomery, Searcy and Newton. SECTION SECTION after the second Monday in February, May, August and November, in each year; all business in either of said courts to be acted upon in like manner as under previous laws; all laws conflicting with this law repealed; this act in force from and after its passage. 2. Probate court of Newton county to be holden on the first Thursday SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the county courts in the counties of Montgomery and Searcy, shall hereafter be holden on the first Monday of January, April, July and October; and the probate courts of said counties shall be held on the Thursdays following of the same week, in each year. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the probate court of Newton county, shall be holden on the first Thursday after the second Mondays in February, May, August and November, in each year; and all business now pending in either of said courts, or returnable thereto, shall be recognized and acted upon in the same manner that it would have been under laws in force previous to the passage of this act; and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed; and this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved 20th December, 1852. An act to revive portions of the 145th chapter of the Digest of the statutes of Arkansas, under the head of "Schools and School Lands." SECTION 1. Repeals certain laws in relation to the sale of the sixteenth section for 2. Revives a part of the 145th ch. of the SECTION Digest of the Statutes in relation to schools and school lands within the counties of Union, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Sevier, Jefferson, Calhoun and Hempstead. 3 This act to be in force from and after its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That an act, entitled "an act to amend the common |