The Arkansas advocate., 1833-11-27
Laws of Al'llGaAasas.
An act supplementary to ian act establish inc County Courts ill the Territory of
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Be t enacted bg the General Assembly Qf the Tey4itoY7 of Arkansas, That the sup piementary act, entitled ''an act establish ing county courts, to be holden by Justices of the Peace." approved the seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, be, and the same IS hereby, repealed.
 Sec. 2. .9,sd De 5t t'ntheg eaected, That so much of the ssact establishing county courts. in said Territory approved the thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine,a as IS not repugnant to the provisions of this act, be, and the same IS hereby. revived, re-enact- ed. and declared to be in full force, and the qualified voters of the several counties shall meet at the usual places Of holding elections in said counties, on the second Monday of December next, and vote for Judge, under and in conformity with the provisions of the act revived by the present section, and the said Judge, and all other civil officers of this Territory, shall be cho- sen on the said second Monday ot Decem- Der, every two years thereafter; ard the se- veral persons elected and qualified shall be known and called Judges of the County Court, and shall each receive, out of the treasuries of their respective counties, the sum of four dollars for each and every day they may be engaged in holding their courts,
 Sec. 5. .4ad De it further enacted, That the county courts shall hereafter have pow CT to punish overseers of roads, road com missioners, and justices of peace assigned to apportion hands to work on the several road divisions, to the same extent as IS pro- vided by the law now in force on these sub ] iects in this Territory, prooided, that no Justice of the Peace shall sit on the bench of said courts, when any matter in which he is concerned or interested, is on hear ing.
 Sec f. find De t further enacted, That the mode of punishing any defaulter, as road commissioner, overseer ot the road or justice of the peace, as aforesaid, shall be by information, in writing, given to the court, by any householder of the county, and the court shall thereupop direct process to issue to bring the delinquent before them, at their next term; and the person giving such information shall be endorsed on said process as= prosecutor, and shall pay all costs in the event of failing to prosecute the delinquent to conviction.
 Sec. ,. yfad bs it further enacfed, That in all matters eognizable before said court, the parties shall have the right of trial by
 ury; and all fines and forfci;Qres assessed by said court. under the third and fourth sections of this act, shall be divided, one half to be paid to the prosecutor, and the other half shall be paid into the county trea- sury, as other moneys now are; prorided, howeUer, that no jury shall be impanneled to try aa issae n Administration cases, when the sum in controversy does not amount to twenty dollars.
 Sec. $. find be | further eaaeied, That the election for Judges of the county courts, in the several new counties h this Ferfito- ", established at the present session, shall be holden at the same time that the elec- ton of civil officers are; and 1t shall be the duty of the several sheritfs in the said new counties to give immediate notice for hold ing a special term of the county court, in each of said counties; which special term shall be holden within fifteen days after each of said counties Is organized, and the officers commissioned and qualified; and the regular terms of said courts thereafter, shall be holden on the first Mondays of Ju- ly, October, January, and April, in each and every year; and any Justice of the Peace duly qualified, within the bounds C. said new counties, shall have power to ad- minister the oath of office to the person elected and commissioned County Judge; and the several County Judges, on being duly qualified as aforesaid, shall proceed immediately 10 administer the oath ot office to the other civil officers in the several new counties, and approve their bonds, in con- formity with the law; and in the other coun- ties of this Territory, the present presiding Justices of the county courts shall admin lster the oaths of office to the several per sons elected Judges, unless when any per- son now acting as presiding Justice shall be elected County Judge, or when there shall be no presiding Justice, and in either case, any duly qualified Justice of the Peace shall have power to administer the oaths of office.
 Sec. '. find De ii further enacted, That the regular terms of the county court in the county of Lawrence, shall hereafter be hol- den on the third Mondays of January, April, July, and October.
 Sec. s. find be t further enacted, That no person orpersons living within the bounds of any new county, established at the pre- sent session, shall be permitted to vote fo. County Judge in the county or counties from which said new counties have been taken.