sible for the careful reading and marking of the proof sheets thereof while the same shall be in course of publication. SEC. 4. No special act of incorporation, act for the appropriation of moneys, memorial, joint resolution or act of a local or private nature shall be embraced in the said digest. SEC. 5. There shall be prefixed to said digest, and published therewith, the following documents, viz: The declaration of independence of the United States of America; the constitution of the United States; the constitutions of the State of Arkansas from the date of admission of the state to the present time; the treaty of cession of the territory of Louisiana to the United States; the act of Congress for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same. and for other purposes; the acts of Congress and of the General Assembly of this state, known as constituting the compact between the United States and the State of Arkansas; the reconstruction acts of Congress; the act of Congress to admit the State of Arkansas to representation in Congress; the several acts of Congress prescribing the mode of certifying judicial proceedings, records, etc., so as to have effect in other states; a summary of the naturalization laws of the United States, together with all the acts of Congress making grants of land to the State of Arkansas, for any purpose whatsoever. SEC. 6. There shall be prefixed to each chapter concise notes of the contents of each section in numerical order, and each chapter shall be accompanied by such marginal notes of references as may be required, containing brief abstracts of such decisions of the Supreme Court of the State as may have been rendered in the construction of the constitution or statute laws of the state. SEC. 7. The said digester shall receive as compensation for his personal services the sum of five thousand dollars, and the person who shall perform the duty of examining the digest as hereinbefore provided for, shall receive as compensation for his personal services the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, which amounts shall be paid to them respectively out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and for said sums the auditor of state shall draw his warrant on the treasurer in favor of the said persons respectively, upon the certificate of the Governor, setting forth that the said digest has been compiled and has received the certificate of the examiner as aforesaid, and the complete manuscript thereof delivered by the digester to the public printer as hereinbefore prescribed. SEC. 8. In case of the resignation or death of the said digester, or of the said examiner, the Governor is hereby authorized and directed to appoint forthwith a suitable person, learned in the law, to act in the stead of the person so resigning or deceased. SEC. 9. The digest in this act provided for shall be printed in one volume of royal octavo size on good paper, and in such type as the digester shall deem proper, the paper, lettering, binding and general execution in all respects equal to that of the volumes of debates and proceedings of the Arkansas constitutional convention of 1868. SEC. 10. A sufficient sum of money is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray all necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act. SEC. 11. All act and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage. Approved this twenty-first day of March, A. D. 1871. No. XXV. A bill to be entitled "An act to establish and organize the county of Sarber, and for other purposes." SECTION 1. Defines boundaries of said coun ty. 2. Place of temporary seat of justice. 3. County and township officers to be appointed by the governor; term of office. 4. Board of commissioners designated to locate seat of justice; directions as to permanently locating same, and time fixed that said seat, so located, shall remain; board of commissioners authorized under directions of county court, to purchase lands, take conveyance, lay out lots, accept donations, etc., for location of county seat; to sell said lots after notice given; to apply proceeds toward erection of public buildings, and to contract for erection thereof, the county court furnishing the plans; majority of board to constitute quo rum. 5. When first court to be held; duty of sheriff to give notice, and how. 6. When clerks of Johnson, Scott, Franklin and Yell counties to report the indebtedness of their respective counties; court to ascertain what portion is chargeable to the county of Sarber; transcript to be transmitted to the county clerk of Sarber county, to be SECTION submitted by him to the county court, and when found correct to be entered of record as the debt of said county; how to be paid. 7. Duty of administrators, executors and guardians residing in the county hereby established, and formerly belonging to the counties of Johnson, Scott, Franklin or Yell. 8. Duty of sheriff as to judgments rendered or executions issued from courts in Johnson, Scott, Franklin or Yell counties, against citizens formerly residing in said counties. 9. The sheriffs of Johnson, Scott, Franklin or Yell counties, authorized to go into Sarber county to collect arrearages of taxes. 10. Duty of clerks of Johnson, Scott, Franklin and Yell, to prepare and deliver to county of Sarber complete lists of lands as valued by equalization board; their compensation. 11. Duty of the clerk of Sarber county in criminal cases pending in the circuit courts of the counties of Johnson, Scott, Franklin and Yell, when the defendant resides in the county of Sarber; payment of clerks of Johnson, Scott, Franklin and Yell counties, for transcripts required. SECTION 13. When the regular terms of the 14. Vacancies in offices, whose jurisdiction applies to entire SECTION 15. Secretary of state to issue certificates of appointment to commissioners. 16. Services required by this act to 17. County of Sarber attached to 19. Nothing in this act to be con- 20. Laws in conflict with this act repealed; act to take effect from passage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That all that portion of the counties of Yell, Johnson, Franklin and Scott included within the following boundaries, to-wit: Commencing at a point in the channel of the Arkansas river where the line dividing ranges twenty-one and twenty-two crosses said river, thence running south on said line to the line dividing township six and seven, thence running west on said line to the boundary line between Yell and Johnson county, thence west and south with said boundary line to the line dividing townships twenty-four and twentyfive, thence south on said line to the line dividing five and six, thence west on said line to the boundary line between Yell and Scott counties, thence south on said boundary line to the line dividing township four and five, thence west on said line dividing four and five to the boundary line between Scott and Sebastian counties, thence north on the line dividing ranges twenty-eight and twenty-nine to northwest corner of township six, range twenty-eight, thence east on said line dividing six and seven to the line dividing ranges twenty-eight and twentyseven, thence north on said line dividing ranges twenty-eight and twenty-seven to the line dividing townships seven and eight, thence east on said line dividing townships seven and eight to the line dividing ranges twenty-five and twenty-six, thence north on said line dividing ranges twenty-five and twenty-six to the channel of the Arkansas river, thence with the channel of said river to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the temporary seat of justice of said county shall be at Reveille. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Governor shall appoint all county and township officers in said county of Sarber hereby established, who shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified, as provided for by the constitution, at the next general election for the same class of officers in other counties. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That C. P. Anderson, James M. White and James L. Garner be and are hereby constituted and appointed a board of commissioners, whose duty it shall be to locate the seat of justice for said county. Said seat of justice shall be located permanently as near the center of said county as an eligible location may be found, and that the location so made by said commissioners shall be and remain the perma nent county seat of said county for the term of five years from the date of said permanent location by said board of commissioners. Said commissioners shall have authority, under the direction of the county court, to purchase lands whereon to locate the seat of justice, taking the conveyance therefor to the county, and to lay out the lands so purchased into town lots, to receive or accept donations of any lands to said county for the location of said county seat or other purposes, to sell off town lots at public sale thereof after thirty (30) days' notice, and to make up the necessary deeds to convey to purchasers the interest of said county in such town lots, the proceeds of which said sales shall be applied toward the ereetion of public buildings. Said commissioners shall also, under |