The Van Buren press., 1877-05-29
COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL.
In the Matter of the Removal CT the
County Seat of Crawford County
inthe State Of Arkansas, from Van
Buren, to Alma in said County

ON this day this cause came on to be heard
on the amended psti, i,3, tne sd be bS ii III
NJ. +. Locke, and other petitioners praying for
an election on the proposition OF the said pc
titioners to remove the county seat of Craw
form county from Van Buren,. where is is now
established, 10 Alma, in Crawford county,
aforesaid. And the Court, after an examine
ton of said petition, being satisfied that the
said petition is in all things regular as Ie.
quired by law. and the same being accompa-
MED by an abstract of the title to the lands
to which such county seat Is proposed to be
moved, and which are proposed to be donat-
ed 10 said county of Crawford, by +,
Locke and other citizens of Alma which lots
are numbered ., 10. II and y in Block Il. in
said town of Alma. And it being made to
appear, by evidence to the Court, that over
onethird Of the qualified voters of said Craw
ford county have joined in signing said petit
ton for the change or removal OF said county
seat of said Crawford county from Van Eu-
rem, where il is now established, in said Craw-
ford county, the court is of the opinion that
the prayer of said petitioners should be gran
ted. 1t is, therefore, considered, ordered and
adjudged, by the court. that the proposition,
to-wit, of M. F. Locke, and others, be submit
ted to the qualified voters OF Crawford coun-
ty. on the 10th day of July. a. d., 1877. And
it is further ordered and adjudged, by the
Court thatan election be held at each and all
Jne Young precincts IN Sa1a crawford county
on the 10th day of July, 1877. at which time
and places of voting the proposition of said
petition, to-wit, of NJ +. Locke, and others,
for the change and removal of said county
seat of said county of Crawford from Van
Buren, to Alma, shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of said county of Crawford,
and that said election for that purpose be con-
Quoted and held in the same manner as gene
raj elections are required by law to be held,
and the returns thereof to be made as prescr-
bed by law in all things pertaining to said
election, and the returns thereof to be made
to this Court at the next July term thereof. as
prescribed by law. And it is also considered,
ordered and adjudged by the Court that pub
lie notice shall be given Of said election here
in ordered. for such proposed change or re-
moval OF said county seat of Craw ford coun-
ty from Van Buren, to Alma. by publication
in the Van Buren, Press and Argus and Alma
Herald, newspapers published In the county
of Crawford And the Sheriff of Crawford
county Is hereby ordered. directed, and re.
quired to put up public notices or handbills
from printed copies of this order, in not less
than four Of the public places of each town
ship in said county OFT raw ford, not less than
thirty days before the day of election, here
nbeiore ordered to be held. at which the pro-
position for the change or removal of the
county seat Of said Craw ford county. Is voted
upon all of which said notices shall be pub
lished and continued up until the day OF said
election AS provided by law.
A true copy Of the record of date April 80,
II. d.. 1877.
Attest: Ed. A. SCoTT Clerk