The true Democrat., 1857-01-20
MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1857.

the swamp and Overflowed lands outside of such district shall not in any manner whatever be rendered liable for any work that may or shall be done in such district and that the State of Arkansas shall not be liable to pay for such work until there shall be in the State Treasury sufficient sum of specie, which shall have been obtained by the sales of swamp and ovcr flowed lands, situated in the said district. to meet and discharge the contract price for such work in the order and manner required by this act, and that the contractors shall receive pay- ment only upon warrant or warrants which shall be issued by the auditor, and the auditor shall not issue any such warrant until there shall be in the State Treasury sufficient amount ofspecle, obtained by the sales of swamp ard overfiowed lands, situate in the district il which the work shall have been done, to pay such warrant when issued in the order required by this act, but 1t shall be the duty of the au- dltor Whenever any certificate in favor of any such contractor shall be presented to him, to receive and number in its order such certificate and hle 1t In his office, and to open an account Tn favor Of such contractor or contractors agans, the swamp land fund of the district in which the work shall have been done, and shall state oh sad accountthat the State of Arkansas will not Tn any manner be liable to pay any part of such account except when there shall be in the Stale Treasury specie for that purpose, obtained by the sales of swamp and overliowed lands situate ln the district in which the work may have been done, naming such district as estab- hshed by the act to which this is supplement and that no part of such account shall ever be pald in any other way or out of any other fund than that which shall be obtained in the man. ner aforesaid and that should all the work fnr a,nII ,ah T 1l amount of specie which shall be received into the State Treasury from the sales of the said lands within said district, no payment shall be made in any manner for the excess of the cost of such work over and above the specie which shall be paid into the State Treasury from the sales of swamp and overfowed lands within such district; and 1t is hereby expressly provid- ed that this act shall not be so construed as to require the sales of such lands to be made ex- clusively for spe ie whilst there shall be swamp land scrip lesal y receivable in payment for such lands, outstanding and not barred by the act to which this is supplement; Procided, That the act to which this Is supplement shall not be so construed as to bar scrip to which persons may be entitled by means of having paid into the different land offices of this State or any of them, through mistake or otherw se, which scrip is now withheld from them by the officer $ who should issue the same, awaiting an adjust ment of the same, but shall be so construed as to allow all such scrip to b. located upon any of the swamp or overilowed lands upon Whicn It may now be located by existing laws, at any time within the next twelve months after the same shal have been issued and that the limi- tatons III the act to which this is a supplement shall not commence to run until such time a, said scrip shall be issued
 SEC. 7. That when any contractor or con- tractors under this act, shall e with the audi tor the certificate, showing the amount to which he or they may have performed work, under the conditions and restrictions provided in this act, the auditor shall number such certificate and all other such certificates when so received by hm Tn the order ln which received and also number the accounts hereibcfore required to be kept, to correspond with the numbers ot such certificates and shall grant in favor of the contractor or contractors certificate or recpip' under his official seal stating therein the amount to winch such contractor or contractors will be entitled in specie without interest thereon, whenever there shall be u the State Treasury asuiilclent amount of specie which shall have been obtained by the safes oi swamp and over- flowed lands, situate in the district in which the work shall have been performed, to pav the same In the order of its number, and that the State of Arkansas, shall not be liable in any manner whatever, for the pay ment of such cer- thcate or receipt, or any part thereof, except that the fund in specie, which shall be obtained and paid into the Treasury, from the sale of swamp and overHowe i.Ianis, tuate in the dis. trlct ill which the work shall have been per. formed, shall be sufficient to pay such certificate or receIpt n the orier ot its number, and such certificates or receipts may be so paid out of such fund, upon warrant or warrants of the audi- tor, whenever the fund designated will justify the same, but no warrant shall be drawn bv th. audltorln Tn payment of any part of any such cer- tihcate CT receipt until a sufficient sum of such fund shall have been reserved to pay off all such certificates or receipts that may be of lower numbers.
 SEC. 3. That the auditor shall be entitled to receive a fee of fifty cents for each certificate or receipt granted by him in such case, to be paid by the person or persons obtaining such certiti. cate or receipt
 SEC. I. That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to appoint from time to tune, swamp land secretary, who shall hold hls office during the pleasure of the Governor. not to exceed a term ol two years, or until his successor shall be qualified and the said swamp land secretary shall give bond to the State of Arkansas, Ill the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties. and when commiss stoned shall take an official oath in accordance with the constitution aud laws of this State.
 SEC. 5. That said secretary shall have charge of all the books, maps records, papers, con- tracts and all the furniture and property, of every description or nature winch appertains to ,h,
 NlonerS, or to the office of the secretary of such commissioners as well as other papers which may be filed with him. which may relate to the swamp lands or contracts for work under the swamp land laws and shall be responsible for the preservation of the same in his office, and shall investigate, and ascertain, and report to the Governor whether any of the work which shall be reported for payment by any engineer, has already been in part, or wholly paid for or not, so that the same work may not be twice paid for; and said secretary shall receive from the locating agents who may select swamp and overfowed lands, their reports, and if not pro- perly authenticated or maie in accordance with the instructions and requirements of the autho- rites of the United States and of this State shall return any and all such defective and in- formal reports to the agents who may have
 
 structons how to perfect them; and said secre- tarv shall make out and preserve in his office an accurate transcript of the numbers of the swamp and overhowed lands selected by each locating agent, showing the name of the agent who selected the same iu each case; P,ovttlea That should such secretary discover that any land designated in any such list, had been pre- viouslv selected and properly reported by any r .cba all mot in ciude the land twice selected, in the tran script of the lstof lands selected by the agent who may have made such mistake.
 SEC 6. That said swamp land secretary shall perform all such duties connected with the swamp lands and settlement of accounts of contractors for work; and with individuals who may be entitled to compensation for services rendered, or for stationery or other articles pur- chased for the use of the office of the swami land commissioners. or the office of the score tary oi such commissioners, and for stationery