No. VII.

AN ACT providing for the publication and distribution of the journals of the General Assembly..

SECTION

1. $800 appropriated for expenses of distribution.

2. Duties of secretary of state as to shipping.

3. Duties of county clerks.

SECTION

4. Provides for publication of journals of present General Assembly; appropriation sufficient for same.

5. Act in force from passage.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas:

SECTION 1. The sum of eight hundred ($800) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the treasury, to pay for the distribution of the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, for the sessions of the General Assembly for the years 1864 to 1869 inclusive, and published by the secretary of state, under an act to provide for publishing the journals of the general assemblies, etc., and to pay for the distribution of the journals of the session for the year 1871.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to ship said journals, securely packed in boxes, to the general depot or landing, or trading point nearest and most accessible to the clerks' office of the county to which they may be directed.

SEC. 3. Upon notice from the secretary to the clerk of the county, of the place and care to which said journals may have been shipped, the clerk shall promptly send to such place for the journals, and he shall charge the expenses incident thereto to the county, and they shall be audited and paid by the county as other county expenses.

SEC. 4. The journals of the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the year 1871, shall be published by the secretary of state in the mauner and on the conditions heretofore prescribed by law for the preparation and publication of the printed volumes of the journals of the general assemblies, from the year 1864 to the present time, and a sufficient sum is hereby appropriated out of the treasury,

not otherwise appropriated, to defray the necessary expenses under this act, the same to be audited and determined by the auditor according to law.

SEC. 5. This act to be in force from its passage.
Approved March 10, 1871.

No. VIII.

AN ACT for the relief of the sureties of Alf. R. Mitchell, late sheriff and

WHEREAS, Alf. R. Mitchell, late sheriff and collector of Hempstead county, is in default to the State of Arkansas as such sheriff and collector; and

WHEREAS, Said Mitchell has departed this life, and his estate is wholly insolvent, and there is some doubt as to the liability of his securities on his sheriff's and collector's bonds. Therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas:

SECTION 1. That the sureties of said Mitchell, on his said sheriff's and collector's bonds, be, and they are hereby released and discharged from all liability on account of said bonds, and of their supposed liabilities as such sureties of said Mitchell, as such sheriff or collector.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 10, 1871

No. IX.

AN ACT for the removal of the disabilities of Elbert H. English.

SECTION

1. Removes political disabilities

imposed by constitution and
restores to all political and
civil rights of a citizen of the
state.

SECTION

2. Act in force from passage.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That such political and civil disabilities as may have been imposed upon Elbert H. English, of Little Rock, under and by virtue of the first, second, third and fourth subdivisions of section three, of article eight, of the present constitution of the state, or any one or more of them, be and the same are hereby removed, and that he be restored to all political and civil rights, franchises and privileges of a citizen of the state.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from its passage.

Approved March 14, 1871.

No. X.

AN ACT to be entitled an act for the relief of Franklin P. Walker, sheriff and collector of the county of Chicot.

PREAMBLE-REASONS FOR RELIEF:

SECTION

1. To be allowed credit for $1459 in any subsequent settlement made as collector, with auditor and treasurer.

SECTION

2. Act in force from passage.

WHEREAS, Franklin P. Walker, sheriff and collector of the

county of Chicot, in the month of June, A. D. 1869, was robbed of the sum of eleven thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars of the public revenue of the state, then in his hands; and,

WHEREAS, He afterwards recovered of the robbers all of said money except the sum of fourteen hundred and fifty-nine dollars; and,

WHEREAS, One of the said robbers has been arrested by the said Walker, convicted and sent to the penitentiary of the state. Therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas:

SECTION 1. That the said Franklin P. Walker, as such collector, be allowed credit for the said sum of fourteen hundred and fifty-nine dollars in any settlement that he may hereafter make with the auditor and treasurer of the state.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 16, 1871.

No. XI.

AN ACT authorizing the treasurer to issue interest-bearing certificates on

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas:

SECTION 1. That when an authorized auditor's warrant shall be presented to the treasurer, and there is no money in the treasury out of which the same can be paid, then, and in that case, the treasurer shall issue a treasurer's certificate for the amount specified in said warrant, which certificate shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum from date, until paid. Said certificate shall be receivable for all state and county taxes, and all other debts due the state, except interest on the public debt.

SEC. 2. That said treasurer's certificates shall be issued on bank-note paper, and in sums of one, two, five and ten dollars, and in the name of the person in whose favor the auditor's warrant was drawn; also the words "or bearer" shall be inserted in the treasurer's certificate, and the treasurer shall keep a registry of every certificate he issues according to the provisions of this act.

SEC. 3. All treasurer's certificates issued by virtue of this act shall be paid, if presented for payment, out of any funds paid into the treasury from the revenue derived from the assessment and collection of taxes for general purposes.

SEC. 4. The auditor, or any person in the employ of the auditor, or any other person or persons who shall make or cause to be made, or present or cause to be presented for payment or approval to the treasurer, or to any person in the employ of the treasurer of state, or to any person having the custody of or the control of any funds belonging to the State of Arkansas, or to any person whatever, any false bill, certificate or warrant; or knowingly advise the making of any such false bill, certificate or warrant, for the purpose of obtaining, or of aiding to obtain, any approval or payment of any elaims against the State of Arkansas; or any person or persons whomsoever who shall forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any signature, or any bill, certificate or warrant ; or who shall utter or knowingly use the same as true or genuine, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the jail and [or] penitentiary house for not less than five nor more than twenty years.