Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-02-09
AN ACT to distribute the new Digest of the

Statutes of Arkansas
 SEC. l. Be it enacted by te General Assembly cf the State of Ar]tansas That the Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas, prepared by Josiah Gould, and inspected and approved by George C. Watkins, under the revision act of the 14th January. 1857, and published by authority of the state shall be distributed in the manner hereinafter provided.
 SEC. ?. Said Digest shall be distributed by the secretary of state as follows, to-wt:
 Two copies to the government of the United State, two copies to each state and territory of the Union, and two copies each to the go- vernments of the Choctaw, Chichasaw, Che- rokee, Creek and Seminole nations of Indians; one copy to each, the gvernor, auditor, trea- surer and secretary of state, one copy to each judge of the supreme, circuit and probate courts and the clerks of each of said courts, one copy to each sheriff, coroner, and justice of the peace, one copy to each coun- ty treasurer, one copy to each county surveyor, one copy to each constable in each county and two copies to the supreme court lbIary.
 SEC. 3. Each state officer receiving copy of said Digest shall execute a receipt therefor to the secretary of state and at the expiration of his term office, shall deliver it to his success sor, and take his receipt therefor and forward It to the secretary of state.
 SEC. 4. The secretary of state shall forward to the county clerk of each county, a sufficient number of said Digest to supply the county officers above named, 1 the mode which he shall find least expensive to inc state-and the clerks shall deliver each of said officers copy thereof, and take his receipt therefor and at the expiratisn of his term of office he shall deliver the same to his successor, and take his receipt therefor, and file it with the clerk.
 SEC. 5. After setting apart a sufficient mum. Der of said Digest to distribute as aforesaid, and after setting apart a further number suffi- cient to supply the officers uf new counties, which may probably be established. the secrc- tary of state shall proceed to sell the remaining copies at three dollars per copy and shall mak e quarterly returns of his sales to the treasurer of the state, and pay the proceeds over to him and take his receipt therefor.
 SEC. 6. At the time the secretary of state sends said Digest to the clerk 10 supply county officers as aforesaid, he shall send such addition. al number of copies to each clerk, as he may think can be readily sold at the price aforesaid, not less than ten, and it shall be the duty of the clerks to sell the same and make annual returns of the proceeds with an account of the sales to the secretary of sate and the secretary shall pay to he treasurer as aforesaid the proceeds of sales made by him.; and all monies recieved from the clerks, and said clerks shall be liable upon their official bonds for the proceeds of each sale made by them.
 SEC. z. Each clerk shall be allowed to re- tain six and one fourth cents commission on the amount of sales made by him, and the secre- tarv of state shall be allowed six and one-fourth per cent on sales madesby him, for his services
 SEC. 8. The sum of seventeen hundred dol lars is hereby appropriated to defray the expen- ses of distributing said Digest as aforesaid.
 Ssc. 9. If any officer receiving copy of the Digest from the secretary of state or from the county clerk, by virtue of this act, shall