The Arkansas advocate., 1835-11-13
LAWS OF ARKANSAS,
An Act to erect and establish the County of
 White.

All ACt to erect ana establish the County of
 White.
 Sec. l. Be t enacted by the General .4s- Sem6ty of the Territory of ,4rkaasas, That all that portion of the counties of Pulaski, Independence and Jackson, included within the following boundaries, to wit beginning in the middle of White river, at the mouth of Bayou Des Arcs, thence up the middle of the main channel of Bayou des Arcs to the mouth of Cypress Bayou, thence up the middle of the main channel of Cypress Bav- ou to the mouth of the little or north fork thereof, thence up the middle of the main channel of the said little or north fork of Cypress Bayou to its source, thence due west to the Conway county line, thence northwardly with the said line which divides Conway and Van Buren counties from those of Pulaski and Independence, to the town ship line of the public surveys of the United States lands, between township ten and ele- ven, thence east to the range line between five and six, thence south six miles, thence east to White river, thence down the middle of the main channel of White river, to the beginning, be, and the same is hereby,
 
 to be called and known by the name of White.
 Sec. 2. find De it further eaacied, That from and after the taking effect of this act, the said county of White shall have and pos sess all the powers, privileges and lmmuni- ties of a separate and distinct county; and that ln all civil suits then pending in tine cir cult courts of Pulaski, Independence and Jackson, against any person or persons re- siding within the limits of the county here- by established, 1t shall be the duty of the plaintiff to procure from the clerk of the cir cult court where such suit may be pending, transcript of the record and proceedings. dispositions and other papers on file in his office, and file the same at or before the first term of the circuit court, to be holden for the said county of White, with the clerk of said circuit court, and such suit shall pro- gross, be tried and determined by the said circuit court of the county of White, in the same order as if It had remained where 1t was originally instituted, and all executors, administrators and guardians who shall then reside in the county hereby established, and who may have before the taking effect of this act, entered on the discharge of their duties as such, when the subject of their trust is within the boundaries of the county hereby established, shall be at liberty to ob- tain a transcript of their respective cases, and file the same with the proper clerk of the said county of White, and conduct their trust, and account and make final settle ment in the county of White, in the same manner, and be subject to the same penal ties, as by law they might or should have done in the county from whence they procu- red their transcripts.
 Sec. 3. lind Dc u further enacted, That the respective county courts of Pulaski, fn- dependence and Jackson, at their first term after the taking effect of this act, shall cause 10 be made out an abstract of the amount of the county debt, or amount of funds in their respective treasuries if they be not in debt at the time of the taking effect of this act; also an abstract of the amount of their res- pective county taxes, assessed for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, also an abstract of the amount of county taxes assessed on persons and property within the boundaries stricken from the counties of Pulaski, Independence and Jackson respectively, and file, or cause to be filed, the said abstracts in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the said county of White, at or before the second term of said circuit court, and the said cir cult court of the county of White, as soon as said abstracts are filed with its clerk, shall take the abstracts of each of the counties of Pulaski, Independence and Jackson, and examine them, and if on the examination of the abstracts of any one of said counties, such county be found to be in debt, the said circuit court shall make an equitable appor- tionment of said debts between such county and the county of White, according to the amount of county tax assessed in such county remaining still in such county, and the amount assessed that IS hereby stricken off of such county, into the county of " hte, and make al order that the ;reasu- Ter of the county of White pay to the trea- surer of said county, in three annual install tnents, the amount that said circuit court may adiudge that said county of White shall pay as her portion of said debt; and if upon examination of the abstracts so filed from any one of said counties, such county be found to have funds in her treasury, the said circuit court shall proceed to apportlon the same between such county and the county of White, in the same manner and by the same rule, and make an order that the trea- surer of said county pay over to the treasu- Ter of the county of White such portion found dua to her within three months from