Arkansas, That the probate court of the county of Drew, shai hereafter be commenced and be holden on the third Mondays in January, April, July and October, in each year. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall not, in any manner, avoid, impair or affect any notice, process, suit, settlement or other proceeding, now pending in said probate court, continued or made returnable to the next term thereof; but that the same shall proceed and be determined at the next term of said court, to be holden in accordance with this act, in the same manner as if no change had been made in the time of holding said court. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed; and that this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved 27th November, 1852. An act to incorporate the Oil Trough Academy, in Oil Trough Bottom, Arkansas. SECTION 1. Defines the locality and declares the name to be Oil Trough Academy. 2. Said academy to be under the government of three trustees, two of whom shall be competent to transact business. 3. Constitutes E. R. McGuire, James F. Saffold and Daniel J. Chapman and their successors in office, a body politic for the term of twenty-five years; shall have power to purchase, hold and receive, to themselves and their successors in office, all kinds of property; provided, the amount owned by them shall not, at any time, exceed twenty-five thousand dollars exclusive of necessary buildings, etc. 4. Declares the manner of filling va- 5. Appoints the time of holding meet- SECTION SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the institution of learning in Oil Trough Bottom, Arkansas, in township twelve, north of the base line, and in range five west of the fifth principal meridian, shall be denominated the Oil Trough Academy. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said academy shall consist of a male and female department, and shall have for its control and government three trustees, two of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That E. R. McGuire, James F. Saffold and Daniel J. Chapman, be, and they are constituted a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name of Oil Trough Academy, and by that rame they and their successors shall have perpetual succession for the term of twenty-five years, and that they, by their corporate name aforesaid, shall be able and have full power in law, to purchase, receive, hold and enjoy to themselves and to their successors in office, all kinds of property, whether real, personal, or mixed; whether in possession or reversion, or in action; or whether it be corporeal or incorporeal, in as full and complete a manner as any person could or ought to do; Provided, That the amount of property owned by them as such trustees, as aforesaid, shall not at any time exceed the value of twenty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the necessary buildings, library, chemical and philosophical apparatus, for the conducting of said academy. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all vacancies that may occur in said board of trustees, by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment, to be made by the member or members, as the case may be, belonging to and constituting said body. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said board shall hold annual meetings at said academy, on the first Monday in January, in every year, unless otherwise changed by said board; and they may assemble at any time upon the call of any member of said board of trustees. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said trustees may create such offices and elect such officers as they may deem necessary for the government of the board; and they shall have power to make all by-laws, rules and regulations for the management of said academy that they may deem necessary to enforce the same; Provided, They shall not be contrary to the constitution and laws of the United States, and of this State. They may, when they think proper, adopt a common seal for the transaction of their business, and have liberty to change and alter the same at discretion; and they shall have power by their corporate name aforesaid, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to answer and be answered, defend and be defended in any court of law or equity in the State of Arkansas, and in general to do all acts, which, in their judgment, shall be necessary for the general interest and prosperity of said academy in as complete a manner as any person or body politic can or may do by law. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the trustees shall have power to employ teachers to carry on said academy, the principal of whom shall be styled the President, who, together with the other teachers, shall constitue the faculty of the institution; and the said faculty shall have power to carry out and enforce all by-laws adopted for the regulation of the same, and to recommend to the board of trustees such changes as may be necessary from time to time; but in no case shall a student be expelled but by the action of the trustees. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the faculty shall have power, under the direction of the trustees to confer all honors or degrees upon the students of said academy, as are usually conferred by institutions of like character, and to give students diplomas or certificates, to perpetuate the same, bearing such device or inscription as they may adopt for that purpose. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all property now owned, or that hereafter may be acquired, shall forever be free from public tax, and that any conveyances which have been made to such trustees, shall come to them in their new corporate name and character, according to the terms of such conveyance, and be held by the aforesaid trustees and their successors in office forever, in as full and complete a manner as though said conveyance had been made since the enactment of this charter. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That no misnomer shall defeat or annul any gift or device, or grant made to said trustees or said academy. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That no member of the faculty shall be a member of said faculty and a member of the board of trustees at the same time. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be necessary to specially plead this act in any court of justice in this State; but this act shall, in all respects, be received and treated as a public law of the State of Arkansas. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That this act remain and be in force twenty-five years from and after its passage, subject to renewal by the legislature; and that it take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 29th November, 1852, An act to change the time of holding the Probate court of the county of Pope. SECTION 1. Probate court to be holden Thursday] after the fourth Monday in January, and on Wednesdays after the fourth Mondays of April, July and October, of each year, [SECTION 2. Not to affect any writ, or other pro- this act. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the probate court of Pope county shall be holden on the Thursday after the fourth Monday of January, and on the Wednesdays after the fourth Mondays of April, July and October, of each year. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all writs, process, or continuances, issued by the clerk previous to the taking effect of this act, shall not be avoided or impaired, or in any manner affected by the change made in relation to the commencement of said terms; but all such writs or processes shall be returnable to the terms fixed by this act. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, "That all laws in conflict with this act, be, and they are hereby repealed. Approved 30th of November, 1852. An act making appropriations to pay members and officers of the General Assembly. SECTION SECTION and Vice President. 2. This law in force from and after ite passage 1. Certain appropriations specified to pay members of the General Assembly, and Electors for President! SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the balance of appropriations numbered 31, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57, in table "A" of the Auditor's report, made to the present General Assembly, be, and the same are hereby transferred to and made a part of the appropriation to pay members and officers of the General Assembly; and that the sum of five hundred dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to pay electors for President and Vice President. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this law take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved 30th of November, 1852. An act to authorize the holding of a special term of the County court of Johnson county. SECTION 1. Authorizes a special term of the county court, to make. settlement with the sheriff and collector of said county 2. Extends the time for the sheriff to SECTION pay county revenue into the State Treasury to February 1st, 1853. 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 the county judge of Johnson county is hereby authorized to hold a special term of the county court on the first Monday in January, 1853, for the purpose of acting on the delinquent lists of C. B. Mann, sheriff and collector of said county, and making settlements in the same manner, and to the same effect as if said special term were held on the second Monday in November, as provided by the statutes under the head of Revenue. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That C. B. Mann, sheriff and collector of Johnson county have, until the first day of February, 1853, to pay into the State Treasury the revenue of Johnson county, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two; Provided, That the said Christopher B. Mann enter into new bond with approved security, conditioned, that he do pay the revenue aforesaid, into the State Treasury by the first day of February, 1853. SEC, 3. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in full force from and after its passage. Approved 3rd of December, 1853. An act making special appropriations to pay Wm. E. Woodruff and Richard H. Johnson for printing the Governor's Message and accompanying documents. SECTION 1. Declares the sums to be paid Wm. E. Woodruff and R. H. Johnson for SECTION printing. SECTION 1. Be enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the following sums be and they are hereby appropriated out of any money in, or which may be in, the Treasury and not otherwise appropriated, to-wit: To William E. Woodruff the sum of six hundred and thirty-eight dollars and seventy-two cents, [$638 72,] for printing for the use of the General Assembly, the Governor's message, Auditor's report, and report of the Financial Receiver of the State Bank; and to Richard H. Johnson, the sum of one hundred and eleven dollars and sixty cents, [$111 60,] for printing for the use of the General Assembly, the report of the State Treasurer, made to the General Assembly at the opening of the present session. Approved 7th December, 1852. An act to change the time of holding the Probate court in and for the county of Pike, in the State of Arkansas. SECTION 1. Probate court to be holden on the first Mondays of January, April, July and October, in each year. 1. Writs, processes, or continuances not to be affected by the change made SECTION. in the commencement of said terms. 3. Repeals all laws conflicting with this act; this act to be in force from and after its passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of |