SEC. 18. The clerk of said county shall, within thirty days after the expiration of the time in which owners and holders of said scrip, warrants and other evidences of debt have to present and have cancelled the same, filed in his office of each of the districts herein provided for, a full and complete list of all scrip by him issued against each of said districts, the date, amount, number, and to whom issued; and the same, when so filed, shall be for the inspection of any citizen of said county, without any charge or cost whatever. SEC. 19. That all laws now in force in this state, not inconsistent with this act, for the government of the circuit courts, probate courts and county courts, county officers, and the institution of suits in civil or criminal cases, the summoning, trying, impaneling and charging of grand and petit jurors, and the general disposition of all business shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be in full force in the Greenwood district the same as if it was a constitutional county, and in the Fort Smith district the same as if it was a constitutional county. SEC. 20. That all suits now pending in the circuit court of Sebastian county shall be tried and disposed of as now provided by law: Provided, That in all civil cases, where the defendants reside in the Greenwood district, the case may be transferred to the Greenwood district of said county, upon his application in said court; and in all criminal cases now pending in said court, the defendant may, upon his application, when it shall appear to the court, by affidavit or otherwise, that the offense charged was committed in the territorial limits of the Greenwood district, have the case transferred to the Greenwood district for final trial. And in all cases under the provisions of this section, where changes and transfer are made or ordered, it shall be by transferring all the original papers and a transcript of all orders and entries made in the case. SEC. 21. That all papers, orders, records, judgments and decrees in relation to the estates of deceased persons within the territorial limits of the Greenwood district of said county, be deposited, filed and docketed in the probate court of the Greenwood district, and there tried, disposed of and wound up in that district, in like manner as if the same had been originally commenced in said Greenwood district. SEC. 22. That a change of venue in all civil and criminal cases may be taken from one district to the other, the same and in like manner as if said districts were two seperate and distinct constitutional counties of this state. SEC. 23. The circuit courts of Sebastian county shall be held as follows, to-wit: In Sebastian county, for the Greenwood district, on the third Mondays after the fourth Mondays of March and September. In Sebastian county, for the Fort Smith district, on the fifth Mondays after the fourth Mondays of March and September. SEC. 24. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 28, 1871. No. LXI. A BILL to be entitled An act to provide for the better control and management of the state penitentiary. SECTION 1. Superintendent to be elected; term of office; General Assembly to appoint, until next general election; Governor to fill vacancy. 2. Superintendent to take oath and enter into bond; bond to be approved by Governor, and filed in secretary's office; superintendent to be then commissioned by Governor. 3. Salary of superintendent. 4. Superintendent to have charge of penitentiary property; to have control of, and direct labor in penitentiary; convicts not to be worked outside walls, except on state grounds; convicts not prohibited from working in brick yard adjacent to prison; such yards to be enclosed, how. 5. Superintendent to receive and keep convicts, under prescribed rules, until discharged by law; United States to be responsible for expenses of convicts under U S. laws. 6. Superintendent to provide guards; limit as to number; wages, and how paid; to discharge guards for neglect or inefficiency. 7. Superintendent to superintend purchase of raw materials for manufacture, by convicts; to have charge of operatives of penitentiary, subject to requirements of General As SECTION sembly; to certify, for purchase of materials, to auditor; his duty to audit the same. 8. Superintendent to deliver to proper person, goods manufactured in penitentiary; receipt for same to be voucher for delivery. 9. Superintendent may contract for labor of convicts; to pay moneys therefor into treasury. 10. Duty of superintendent as to food and clothing and medicine of convicts; to contract for same; how payment to be arranged. 11. Superintendent to appoint warden; duties of warden; salary and how paid. 12. Superintendent to permit preaching and distributing tracts, etc. 13. Superintendent to provide infirmary for sick convicts. 14. Superintendent to keep a book; what entrys to make therein; book to be open to inspection of officers. 15. Superintendent to make report to auditor, when; also like report for General Assembly. 16. Superintendent to provide book in which to enter description of convicts received, their offense, term, etc. 17, Officers constituting board of inspectors; duty of said board as to visiting prison; to appoint a storekeeper; salary of storekeeper and how paid; to SECTION enter into bond; sum and con- 18. Storekeeper to keep proper book, 19. Board of inspectors to appoint physician; his duties and salary. 20. Board of inspectors to recom mend purchase of necessary SECTION 21. Compensation of inspectors. 23. Former authorized contract not 24. Persons assisting convicts to escape, to be guilty of a felony; penalty. 25. Conflicting laws repealed; this act in force from passage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION 1. That hereafter there shall be elected by the qualified voters of this state, a superintendent of the penitentiary, who shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified: Provided, That until the next general election the General Assembly shall elect some suitable person as said superintendent, who shall hold his said office until the first day of January, 1873, and until his successor is elected and qualified, as hereinafter provided. And provided further, That in case of a vacancy in the office of su. perintendent, by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint a person to fill said office, who shall in all respects qualify as hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said superintendent of the penitentiary so elected, before he enters in discharge of the duties of his office, shall take the oath of office prescribed by law for officers of this state, and shall enter into bond and security to the State of Arkansas, in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, for the safe condition of all property belonging to the state under his charge, and for the faithful per formance of the duties of his office; said bond shall be approved by the Governor and filed in the office of the secretary of state, and thereupon said superintendent so elected, shall be commissioned by the Governor. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said superintendent of the penitentiary shall receive the sum of three thousand dollars a year, to be paid quarterly, on the presentation of his certificate to the auditor of state, whose duty it shall be to draw his warrant therefor on the treasurer. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the penitentiary to have charge of the property of the state in, and belonging to, said penitentiary, and shall preserve the same in as good condition as the operation and use of the same will admit. The said superintendent shall furthermore have and exercise general supervision, control and management, of said penitentiary, and he shall direct in what manner the labor of the convicts confined therein shall be performed, to the best advantage and for the best interests of the state, according to the age, size, sex and ability of the convicts: Provided, That no convict shall be worked outside the walls and bounds of said penitentiary, unless upon the public grounds owned by the state, and for the improvement of the same: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prohibit the working of the convicts in a brick yard and rock quarry adjacent to the penitentiary grounds: Provided further, That the grounds where the said convicts shall be so worked, outside the walls of the penitentiary, shall be inclosed within a good substantial fence, not less than twelve feet high. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said superintendent to receive from the proper officer charged with the custody of the same, all convicts sentenced to confinement in said penitentiary, under the penal laws of this state or under the laws of the United States, and to keep each and all of the said convicts in said penitentiary, according to their terms of their sentence, subject to such rules and |