Sharp County record., 1891-01-15
David r. King and eight
hundred ami forty-nine
others, Petitioners.
Against
Wm. T. Stokes and others.

hundred am lorty-plhe Appeai
others, Petitioners, from couu'
Against ty Court
Wm. T. Stokes and others.
Respondents.
Now Oh this day came the petitioners
and respondents by their respective at
torneys and this cause came on for final
bearing on the petition Of the peti ton
ers and the response of the respondents,
and after the argument of counsel and
the court being fully advised in the
premises, the court is of opinion that
said re.pouse is insufficient 1t is there,
fore considered and adjudged by the
court that said response be and the same
is dismissed and overruled.
And 1t further appearing to the salts,
faction of the court from the pention,
abstract Of title. and the evidence ad-
duced that the qualified voters Of Sharp
county to the number of one third there
of. have joined in the petition to the
county court Of said county for the
change or removal of the county seat
Of SAID Sharp county to the town OF
Center in said countv, and that they
had embodied in said petition propos
ed donation of one acre of land adjoin~
ing the said town OF Center IN Sharp
county by Harmus King and also the
conditions OF said donation and an ab-
stract Of the title to the same, and also
setting M in said petition that David
T. King proposed to furnish to the
county of Sharp a house in the said
town of Center in which the courts OF
said county can be held and the records
of the county can be kept for a period
Of two years, and the court being salts
fed from said abstract of title that said
donor Harmus King can aud WILL make
good and sufficient tile to the propos
ed ore acre OF ground described in said
petition in case SAID county seat shall
be ty a majority Of the voters of Sharp
county located at said town OF Center
and all and singular the premises being
seen and by the court fully understood
it is ordered that an election TO be held
ard conducted in accordance with chspt,
So. Manshoid's Digest, shall be held in
accordance with the prayer OF said Pc
lition ct the several voting precincts in
the county of Sharp on Saturday, the
24tb day Of Janua'y, 1891 at which
said election shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of Sharp county the
proposition ot said petition fol the
change or removal Of tbs county seat OF
sharp county from lis present location
at Evening Shade in 50 d county to the
town of Center in said county, And ii
is further ordered BY the court that
pubftsc notice shall b. given OF the elec
tion for such proposed change Or remov
al by publishing the order in the SHARP
County r CORD, weekly newspaper
printed and published al Evening Shade
in said county and having q general
bona fide circulation therein, for period
Of not less than thirty days before said
24th day Of January, 1891, aud it is fur
ther directed and ordered by the court
that the Sheriff of Sharp county post
up in hand bill form printed copies I
this.order in not less than three Of the
most public places in each township Of
Sharp County not less than thirty d US
before the said Gath of January, 1891.
the day of said election And this
cause having been appealed from the
county court of Sharp county it is order
ed by this court that this order be Ger
tided doen to the sid ,ounty court.
State of Arkansas I
County of Sharp,
Id. L. King, clerk of the circuit
court in and for the county aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the above and fore-
going instrument OF writing is n true
perfect aa1 correct copy Of sn order
made ty tho circuit court OF Shsrp
county at It's December term 1890 VIZ
on the 18th day Of December, 1890, ae
the same now appears OF record in my
Office on Circnit Court Record ID, pag.
es 800 and AGO.
In testimony whereof !
~ have hereunto set my
lis. band and affixed tee
-v~ seal OF circuit court, on
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