The true Democrat., 1855-02-21

 of the counties in this Stae each county in this state shall elect one common school commissioner who shall hold his office for the term of two years and until his is elected and qualified and that all common school commissioners in this State now i'll office, or that may be appointed between the time ot the passage of this act and the regular eec- tlon prescribed in this section shall hold their offices till such election and till their successors are elected and qualified.
 4. Be it further enacted, That all common school commissioners hereafter elected appointed under the provisions of this act or the act to which this is an amendment shall enter into bond as prescrib- ed by law within twenty days after their election or appointment, and in default thereof their offices shall be deemed vacant and filled accordingly, and all com mon school commissioners, hereafter elected or ap- pointed, shall at the time of giving bond take and subscribe an oath that they will faithfully perform the duties of their oce and honestly account for all moneys books, papers and other effects belonging thelr ofce which may come to their hands or posses sion according to law.
 D. Be it further enacted, That hereafter it shall be lawful for the clerks of the county court in each county in this Sate in vacation subject to the con nrmaton or rejection of the court in term time, to approve the bond of the commissioner of their respec tive counties.
 6 De 1t further enacted, That the provso attach ed to the conclusion of section thirty three of the act to Wch this actis an amendment is hereby repealed ana that hereafter, whenever majority of the house. holders of any congressional township petition the commissioner for that purpose, he shall order cleo
 
 three trustees, who shall hold their office till the next regular election, and till their successors shall be eec ted and quallted; and should any township fail to eject their trustees at the time prescribed by law, or by order of the commissioner then shall and may be lawful for the commissioner on the petition of majority of the householders of such township to ap point three trustees therein who shall perform the dl ties prescribed by law till the next regular election and till their successors elected and qualified; and should any person who may hereafter be elected or ratI to thn shall be filled by the commissioners by appointment
 $ 1 Be it further enacted, That all elections for trustees in any one of the congressional townships in this State, subsequent to the first Monday in August 1858, under order of the commissioner of the proper county, be and the same is hereby lcgalised, and their acts such trustees where in conformity to law are also legaliscd.
 $ S. Be it further enacted, That the regular cleo ton for trustees in the different congressional town ships in this State shall be the first Monday ill August 1855 and every two years thereafter and the returns of such elections shall be made to the com mon school commissioner of the proper county as now prescribed by law, and all trustees in office or that may be elected appointed under the pro- visions Of this act prior to the first regular cleo ton under this shall continue in office till the said
 first election and till their successors are elected and qualified.
 9. Be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the trustees of schools in each and every township in this State, before the first Monday in October in each year to furnish the county com missioner with abstract of the whole number of free white children under eighteen and five years o age, residing ill their township school districts and how many schools are taught therein. Should the citizens of any congressional township in any county n this State fail to elect three trustees as now prescribed by law, that an enumeration of the children five and under eighteen years of age may be made and returned to the common school commissioner now prescribed by law then and in that it shall bc the duty of the common school commissioner of said county where such failure hap pens, to appoint some citizen householder of such congressional township to lnrkc such enumeration and return to said commissioner as now provided by awthat such citizen householder shall receive for his services such compensation as the county court may deem just, to be paid out of the county treasl- ry when the labor is done. That whenever vacan- cy shall i'll the office of county school commis- sioner in any county in this State during the term of any year and the vacancy is filled by election or appointment the same shall not be construed, as to allow said commissioners more than ten per cent per annum on all moneys coming into their hands for common school purposes during any one year, said per cent to be divided between said commissioners as the county court may direct.
 lo. Be 1t further enacted, That so much of the net to which this is an amendment. in conflict with the provisions hereof hereby repealed. and that this act take effect and be n force from and after its pas sage.
 Approved goth January, lo55.
 AN ACT to amend the laws of this State in re-
 
 ing to the five hundred thousand acre grant and for other purposes
 $ l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas That hereafter it shall be the duty of the several land agents of this State upon the sale of any portion of the land known as the five hundred thousands granted to this State for purposes of internal improvement, to require of 1 the purchaser bond as now required by law, with good security for the payment of the purchase mo- ney and interest," of the suhciency of which security the said agents may require proof by the affidavit of the applicant to purchase; Proc5ded That such security shall not be required in when the ap- pcant to purchase any portion of said five hundred thousand acre grant, files with the said agent the af davit of himself other person. that such ap- picant is q citizen of the State of Arkansas and is the owner of property worth double the amount of purchase money.
 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the land attorney and State collector within six weeks after the passage of this act and every six months thereafter to make out and file in the office of the Auditor of public accounts. of the State of Arkansas. Q list of all persons who have executed bonds to this State for any portion of said five hun dred thousand acre grant at any price whatever, where any two instaments upon said bonds are due and unpaid or in cases where more than one bond hNs been executed for the same purchase where any two of said bonds due and unpaid which list shall contain the of the original purchasers of any portion of said lands in aphabitical order and the amount and date of the bonds by such purchaser: PF0Dlded, That the name of no purchaser as above shall be included in such list, unless the land attor- ney and State collector shall be satisfied from the best information he could obtain, that such purchaser is non resident of this State not having sufficient pro erty within the State other than the land so bur chased, out of which the purchase money might be made, or that such purchaser was at the time of such purchase, minor or married woman. or that such person is not the of sufficient propertv besides the land purchased, above, out of which the purchase money and interest due the State, might be made, or that such purchaser is dead and his estate insolvent.
 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Auditor of public accounts to register in
 book to be kept for that purpose, the names of all persons certified to him under the provisions of the second section of this act, and shall designate oppo site the name of each of them, the true mum bers and of the tract tracts of and contract ed for by such person, and shall also state opposite to said number, the date and number of the ccrti- tcate of purchase if any has been issued and in ca ses where has been issued he shall so state upon said register
 4. Be 1t further enacted, That the Auditor shall within ten days after said list is filed in his office un der the provisions of section two of this act cause to be made out, and transmitted to each of the land agents of this State, in whose district, any of the lands included in said list so returned by the land attorney, may lie.a transcript from the register of said list of such lands, for such agents which tran script shall contain the of the original purcha SerS, the date and amount of their bonds the num