The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-25
LAWS OF A.RE NsAs.
Nor ,6y aatAorifg.


 AN ACT appointing Commissioners to
 superintend the building of Court House
 and Jail in the town of Columbia for the
 benefit of the citizens of Chicot County
 Sec. l. Be it enacted by the General .9s- ssnl6iy of the Territory q .fakaasGs, That Anthony H. Davis, James Estill, Samuel A. Walker, Horace T. Walworth, and William McD. Petit, be, and they are hereby, appointed Commissioners to super intend the building of a Court House and Jail in the town of Columbia.
 Sec. 9. Be at further eiaacted, That the said Commissioners before entering on the duties of their office, shall, before the Judge of the County Court, or some Justice of the Peace of the proper county, take an oath or affirmation, faithfully and diligently to exe- cute the trust Tn them by this act reposed.
 Sec. 3. Be U thriller enacted, That the said Commissioners shall, as soon as prac- ticable after the passage Of this act, deter mine on the dimensions and kind of court house and jail they will erect, and give no- tice by advertisement put up in each and every township in said county, for at least twenty days, and by an advertisement pub- hshed iii any newspaper published in the Territory, or any Of the adjoining States, as they may think proper, for such time as they may deem necessary, that they the said commissioners will, at the town of Colum- bia, on such day or days as they may agree on, {mentoning said day in the advertise ment,) let out to the lowest bidder or bid ders the building of said court house and jail, describing therein the dimensions and kind of said buildings, feserying the privi- lege of rejecting bids deemed too high, and when the whole or any part of said work Is let out take bonds in their names, and the names of their successors in office for the use of the county, with good security, for the faithful performance of the respective contracts of each and every undertaken.
 Sec. 4. Be at further enacfed. That the former commissioners of the said county of Chieot, shall pay over and deliver to the said commissioners, all monies by them collected as commissioners aforesaid, and also all bonds, notes and obligations by them taken on account of lots sold, together with fair map of said town, at which time their duties as commissioners shall cease.
 Sec. 5. Be a further enacied, That the
 
 they are hereby, authorized and required 10 collect all monies that are or may be due to said commissioners on account of lots heretofore sold, and should 1t be insufficient to complete said buildings, 1t shall be the duty of said commissioners to lay before the county court statement of the amount, and the manner in which it has been expended, and they are duly authorized 10 call on the county treasury for the deficit ProUidcd, hoiceuer, that the whole costs of the said buildings shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars.
 Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, created by this act, shall, as soon as may be practicable, obtain the title to the land donated to the county of Chicot, and on which the town of Co., lumbia has been laid out, in their own names and the names of their successors as commissioners as aforesaid, and 10 exc cute titles to all lots heretofore sold by the commissioners as aforesaid.
 Sec. '. Be tt further enacted, That if the amount of money now in the treasury of the county of Chicof, should be insufficient to carry into effect the foregoing provisions of this act, 1t shall be the duty of the county court on the report of the commissioners to that effect, to levy an additional tax on lands and negroes, not to exceed twenty five per cent on the present rate of taxation for county purposes, which tax shall be col lected by the sheriff in the same manner that other taxes are now collected, and paid into the county treasury, and placed to the credit of said commissioners.
 Sec. 8. ind De t fuataer enacted, That If any vacancy or vacancies should arise Tn she office of commissioners, 1t shall be the duty of the judge of the county court of said county, to fill such vacancy by appointment, and tho person or persons so appointed, shall, in every respect comply with the re- auisitons of this act.
 Sec. 9. .a1sd be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts. repugnant to, oI inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be, and they are hereby, repealed. Sec. 10. find be tt further enacted, That this act shall take effect, and be in force from and afier ifs passage.
 Approved: October 27. 1885. AN Act to secure the property of Females