The true Democrat., 1857-01-20

the price of such land at the price per acre now established by law; And Provided .f4,ther, That such certificate shall not be assignable.
 SEC 10. That all locating agents heretofore appointed and retained in service by the swamp land commissioners or by any one of said con- mlssloners shall immediately, after notified of the passage of this act, properly authenticate, as heretofore required any and all lists of swamp and overtiowed lands which may have been selected by them, respectively, before the pas sage of this act, and which lands, so selected, may not heretofore have been duly reported to any one of such swamp land commissioners, or to the secretary of such commissioners, and after such locating agents respectively, shall nave so authenticated their respective lists of such lands, each of said agents shall immediate " forward his said list or lists of such lands to tne swamp land secretary at Little Rock, and the sad secretary shall receive and examine, ana properly attend to all such lists, and shall ceruiy to the Governor the amount due to the agent or agents for selecting said lands, accord Ing to the terms fixed by the swamp land con- mlSsloners for such work, and the same shall be paid for by order of the Governor, upon warrant of the auditor, out of the swamp land fund, or in swamp lard scrip; and all amounts which still remain due and unpaid, II not already audited by the swamp land com nissioners, in favor of any of such agents, or III iaVor ot the engineers, or any one of them, sn"1' oe adjusted and paid out of said swamp ialiu iuho' or Tn swamp land scrip in the same manner as last aforesaid
 oHc' 10. nat all the books, records, maps, papers, reports of locating agents, reports of engineers, contracts furniture and propertv of every nature and kind which belongs to tho office of swamp land commissioners. or to the office of their secretary, or which rel ate to the business Of the swamp and overfowed lands of this State, or any work done or proposed to be done towards retaining any of such lands shall as early as possible, after the passage of thls act, be delivered by said swamp land con- missioners and their secretary te the swamp land secretary, who shall be appointed by the Governor as herenbefore provded-it being the object of the act to which this is supple ment to abolish the office of swamp land com missioncrs and cause all their official powers and compensation, as such commissioners, to cease at the date of the approval of said act, and the said act shall be construed and so ope- late as to accomplish the said objects
 SEC. +. That whenever any person shall b. convicted of felony in any case which shall occur or arise under any provision of this act, he shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor ln the jail and penitentiary of this State for period not less than one year nor more than five years.
 SEo- IS. That should any person or persons cut, break or in any wise iniure any levee or levees constructed or which shall hereafter be constructed by authority of this State or paid for, or which shall be paid for out of the swamp land fund of this State, in whole or in part. or should any person or persons procure or cause the same to be done by slaves he, she, or they So offending shall be deemed guilty of felony and when indicted and convicted shall be pun- ished accordingly.
 SEC. l3. That for any and all contingent expenses which shall be necessary to enable the Governor to have the objects of..this act ac- compIshed and compiled with, under the re- strctlons and limitations named in this act. and for all other expenses which the Governor shall deem It proper to incur, to promote the inter- ests of the State by having the selected swamp and overtiowed lands not yet confirmed or pa tented So confirmed or patented to the State of Arkansasas as early as practicable, he sbal have authority to cause the same to be paid for upon warrants of the auditor out of the swamp land fund or in swamp land scrip.
 SEC. 20. That any engineer who shall be appointed by the Governor to let out any con. tract or contracts, or to make surveys aud de- termlne the locality for any levee or other work, necessary in the reclamation of swamp and overiowed lands, shall be entitled to the same per diem compensation fixed by the act to which this IS supplement, for services in examining and reporting upon work already hnlShed, and such compensation shall be paid as required by the act to which this is a sup- plement, out of the swamp land fund or in swamp land scrip
 SEC. Fl. That the land agents provided for Tn the act to which this is a supplement, be- fore entering upon the duties of their respec- tive offices, shall, severally, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, that he will not directly or indirectly engage in any speculations in swamp and overilowed lands, nor give infor- matIon to any agent, friend or secret or other partner so as to secure the advantages of such information to himself or any person, assoca- ton or company, to the prejudice or exclusion of other persons
 SEC. 22. That all laws and parts of laws con- trary to this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage
 APPROVED, 18th Jannarv, 1857.