Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-18
jed poll tax of one dollar upon each reg.

xoU xV<o<l - t4 - may hereafter be registered under the provisions of the several acts of congress under which this convention was called and the collectors of tks ssvstal counties of this state shall be immediately furnished with full and perfect fist of afd regis tered voters in their ssserAl conntiss by the president of the board of registration | of said county and as soon as said coliec- tors shall receive said list they shall each proceed immediately to collect said tax in the manner now prescribed by law for the collection, of the revenue of this state.
 Sec. 2d. Be it further ordained that said poll tax shall be collected and paid into the treasury of the state oa or hy the lst day of June, 1868
 Sec. 3d Be it further ordained, That the auditor shall issue his warrant upon the treasurer for any and all expenses of this convention, properly certi6edto by him specifying that it is for expenditures of this convention, and that the treasurer shall thereupon issue to the holder of said warranta D -tfsasury note payable on the ist day of June, 1868, out of the funds here by raised, for the purpose of defrsying the expenses of this convention. .sssts
 Sec. 4th Be it further ordained, That the treasurer shall receive from said col lectors, ss money. any of the aforesaid treasury nof@ in discharge of any funds ldue from them, raised by virtue Of this or Isdinance
 l Sec. 5th. Be it further ordained, That the auditor shall not be required to issue his warrant for any claims for expenses of this convention other than the per diem. of members and officers. unless the same has first been audited and ordered to be paid by the convention. Az
 Sec 9th. Be it further ordained. That tho several collectors of this state shall be liable upon their official bonds for any de falcatiofl or malfeasance in ofiice in the performance of the duties therein pre- scribed, the same us now prescribed by law for other official duties.
 Laid over until Monday next.
 Mr.Kyle (fadical )ofered the following, which was adopted.
 Resolved That the three principal de partments of the government of the state of Arkansas, be referred to the appropri- ate committees--tte Legislative, Execu- tive and Judicial, with instructions to the judiciary committee to enquire into the expedency of electing by the legislature, the following officers, to wit: Supreme and Circuit court Judges, Chancellors, privi- ded separate chancery court system sis adopted. Attorney General for the state, prosecuting attorneys for the respective judicial districts, secretary of state, auditor and treasurer.
 E Mir Kinds (radical,) offered the follow ing:s 2
 Resolved That committee cf three be appointed by the chair to draft memorial to congress setting forth the necessity for and asking national aid in rebuilding the evees along the overHowed districts in the south.
 Mr. Brooks (radical,) moved to amend by referring the resolution to the commit tee on memorials The question was put and the resolution was declared so referred
 Mr Brooks offered the following, which was adopted. \
 Resolved That the committee on me morials and ordinances, be and hereby IS, instructed to enquire into the propriety of providing for the payment of the expenses of this convention out of the funds now ip the state treasury, and of memorializug the commander of the district for his approval, and report by ordinance or otherwise
 The secretary then read the report of the acting treasurer, Col. Page The amount of general revenue on hand, S62,- 726 29; various funds, 2,497 IS; protested certificate of Barnes < Bro, g. 100000 Ten-forty bonds deposited with F. k. Spinner, U. s. treasury s99 ,9s7 ,50. sss
 Mir. Cypert moved to refer the report to the committee on 6nance. Carried.
 The Secretary then read the response of the acting treasurer to a resolution of the convention, stating that he had been ordered by Gen. Ord, district commander, to invest S200,0 900 in U. s. bonds, but at his suggestion the amount was reduced to $l00,0O0. The 10-40 bonds were pur- chased direct by himself of the govern. ment, and are specially deposited with F E. Spinner, U. s. treasurer, They are payable to the order of the acting treasur- CT countersigned by the district con- mander, and after the establishment of permanent civil governments recognized by the Congress to the treasury of the State.
 
 A~From the White County Record,