Washington telegraph., 1857-01-28
LIST OF ACTS
Passed at the Recent Session of the Gen
eral Assembly.


An act to repeal Gan act to increase
the fees of officers In Chieot county"
An act to change the name of Martha
Cooper, James Patterson Cooper and VIII
liam Anthony Cooper, of Poinsett county,
etc.
An act to change the name of Francis
Medlin to that of Francis Newton, etc.
An act to exempt the township of Sur
rounded Hill, in Monroe county, and Pope
county and Crawford county, from the OPP
erations of the act entitled an act to au-
thorize the county courts of the county of
jackson, Crawford, Pope, Lafayette, Phil
lips, Crittenden, Monroe, Columbia and
Pulaski to levy road tax, and for other
purposes.
An act to amend an act to aid In the
construction of the Cairo and Fulton rail-
road
An act to change the times of holding
the county and probate courts of Bradley,
Pope, Poinsett and Carroll counties.
An act to incorporate the town of
Brownsville, in Prairie county, Arkansas.
An act to incorporate the city of Hele-
na, and for other purposes
An act for the relief of Joseph Pitman,
of Carroll county.
An act to compensate electors for Pres
ident and Vice President of the United
States.
An act to repeal an act declaring Ouach-
ita river navieable stream in Montgom-
cry county, approved Dec 9th, 1856.
An act to repeal an act authorizing the
county courts of the counties of Jackson,
Crawford, Pope, Lafayette, Phillips, Crit
tenden, Monroe, Columbia and Pulaski,
to levy a road tax, and for other purposes,
so far as relates to the county of Column
bia, and to revive and put in force all road
laws in force at the time Of the passage of
said act.
An act to repeal an act entitled, an act
to call in the scrip Of Crawford county
every year, approved 18th January, 1855.
An act to change the name of Harriet
Rebecca Bennett, and others.
An act to change the name of Sary Eliz-
abeth Nash, to that of Sary Elizabeth
Wilder, and to constitute her lawful
heir of Charles s. Wilder
An act to create the office of Public
Printer and to stipulate the prices for the
pubic printing, approved December 11th,
1856.
An act making an appropriation to pay
n. b. Burrew and Thomas johnson, for
their services as special attorneys appoint
ed by the Governor to prosecute suit in
the ehancery court of Pulaski county, in
which the State of Arkansas is plaintiff
and Beebe and others defendants
An act to change the name of Ella Oil
la Kelsey to Ella OzilIa Hawkins, and to
constitute her lawful heir of Dr. Harri-
son Hawkins, approved 10Th December,
1856.
An act prohibiting the sale of spiritaous
or yinous liquors within three miles of Fal-
con Male and Female Academy, in Co
lumbia county.
An act to repeal an act declaring Kings
river, in Carroll county, a navigable
stream.
An act to change the time Of holding
the circuit courts of Perry county
An act to incorporate the Trustees of
Spring Hill Male Academy in Hampstead
county
An act to change portion of the mill
tary road leading from Little Rock to Wash
ington, in Hampstead county, approved
22d Dec, 1856.
An act more fully to define the duties
of clerks and comparing justices or house
holders of elections, and to prevent them
from rejecting any poll-book Of elections.
An act to change the times of holding
the circuit courts in the second judicial
circuit, and to change the times of hold
ing the county and probate courts in Chi
cot county.
An act to incorporate the Independence
Mining Company, approved 9th Decem-
= Der, 1856.
An act to conform the fees of officers to
the federal currency.
An act to grant charter to b. V.
szss- for the purpose of building toll
:br;dos across Cadf;on Creek, in Conway
county. &c
An act to change the name OF Susannah
Walker to that Of SEsaHnah Bell Norni.an,
and making her the heir Of lgm. B. Nor
man and Hannah Norman.
An act to aid the citizens of Vineyard,
Cane Hill and Elnois townships in Wash
ington county, in preventing the sale of
.spirituous and vinous liquors in said town.
ships.
An act to arrest In part the operations
of the present laws upon the subject of the
swamp and overhowed lands.
An act to legalize and confirm the sale
of certain school lands in Hampstead
county.
An act for the relief of the county of
Desha.
An act authorizing the clerks of the cir
cult courts of Lawrence and Madison coun-
ties to use new official seal.
An act to change the name of jose
phine Tucker to that Of Josephine Evans,
etc.
Aa act to permanently locate the coun-
ty site of Searcy county.
An act to incorporate the Washington
County Agricultural and Mechanical So