The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18
section lands donated by congress

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 for school purposes.
 As q rule these lands are all susceptible of cultivation. Many of them are among the finest lands in the state. The swamp and over flowed lands are disposed of at " per acre, cash. The internal i'm provement, saline and seminary lands are sold at $3 per acre, cash. The school, or sixteenth section lands, are disposed of at public sale at not less than $2 per acre, where the land lies within SIX miles of navigable stream or a railroad. Where they are other wise situated they are sold to the highest and best bidder. In case there is no bidder at any public sale of school lands, the commis- sioner of state lands sells the same at private sale, at not less than $1,25 per acre. The party apply 1 ing to purchase at private sale is required to state that said land was csGsred at public sale at least ors year prior to the applications and there was no purchaser, ac- companied by certificate of three residents of the township as to the value of the land. These lands are sold on a credit of eight years, with ten per cent. interest, paya- ble in advance, only one-fourth the purchase money being requir- ed to be paid down.
 The forfeited lands are disposed of on payment of the taxes due on said land, or are donated to actual settlers. Every head of a family is entitled to 160 acres, and to an additional 160 acres for his wife, and each of his minor children. The applicant is required to make an affidavit before the commis- sioner of state lands, or the circuit clerk of his county, that he is a bona fide citizen of the state-and in case of application for his chil- dren, that the lands are exclusive ly for their benefit. Application is made to the commissioner of state lands, who upon payment of $2,50 in fees for each application, gives certificate upon which the auditor issues a deed, on condi- tion that the applicant will reside upon and cultivate three Acres, or instead of residing upon shall, within eighteen months from date of such deed, place or cause to be placed in readiness for cultivation five acres. A certifi- cate of a justice of the peace re- siding in the township, that the conditions have been complied with, and filed in the auditors of fee, is required to authorize transfer of donated land. Land donated in the name of minors is not transferable.
 Payment for lands of the state can be made in any of the states paper-auditors warrants or treas urer's certificate.
 The mineral and other resources of the state are fully set forth in the "Resources of Arkansas" compiled by MT. Hen- ", large number of which l have ready for distribution.
 MINES AND MANUFACTURES. At the recent session of the gen. eral assembly the following act was passed:
 An Act entitled "An Act to encourage | Mining and Manufacturing in the state of Arkansas
 WHEREAS, The constitution of the state of Arkansas, article 10, section 8, provides that the gener- al assembly may, by general law, exempt from taxation for a term of seven years from the ratification of said constitution, the capital invested in any and all kinds of mining and manufacturing busi- ness in this state, under such reg ulatlons and restrictions as may be prescribed by law; therefore,
 Be it enacted by the general assembly of | the state of Arkansas:
 SECTION l. All capital that is now or may hereafter be invested and exclusively used in the man. ufacture of cotton and wooden goods, and yarns, agricultural i'm plements, in tanneries, in the man. ufacture of cotton-s seed oil, in min ing and in smelting furnaces, shall be exempt from taxation for a pc riod of seven years from and after the thirtieth day of October, 1874, the date of the ratification of said constitution: Provided, That the capital invested in such manufac- turing establishments shall exceed two thousand dollars; and provld- ed further, That no person, cor poration or company having, prior to the passage of this act, invested capital in any such manufacturing establishment in this state, shall be entitled to the exemption here in provided for unless the capital stock so invested shall be increas- ed twenty-five per centum of it's value as determined by the last annual assessment.
 Sec. ?. All persons desiring to l avail themselves of the provisions of this act shall annually, at the time provided by law for the as. sessment of real and personal property throughout the state,