The Forrest City times., 1899-02-24
NEW LAWS.
a1easures Passed by the Thirty seSsn no General Assembly and Approved
 by the Governor.
Below is given a brief synopsis of sew eral important measures passed and ap- proved by the governor:

BelOW lS gwen Urlti eyHopSis ot sS' eral important measures passed and ap- proved by the governor:
 House Bill No II, by Mir. Humphreys, of Wash
 ington. an act to supplement an act to provide
 for working roads and highways. repairing
 and building bridges. etc, known as the
 Prince good roads law, approved May 70, lssf'
 Wherever said act Of 1897 Is adopted by the county court. each political township in said county shall be made a road district and at the first general election after the adoption Of said act by the county court and at each general election thereafter. the qualified voters Of each township shall elect township road overseer. in the manner now provided for the election Of township officers; that the overscer 80 elected shall give the same bond and perform the same duties required of the road overseer in said Prince good roads act. Hereafter, when said act is adopted by the county court and put in actual operation, all male persons between the ages of Fl and 45 years, who have resided in the district in which they are warned to work is days previous to the time they are warned to work, shall be subject to work on any public highway. road or bridge. within the respective district in which they reside. It Is made lawful under said act, for any able-bodied person. after they have worked out the time required by law. to personally work cut all or any part of their road tax. at the rate of 75 cents per day for each full days work. but such work shall be done under the supervision Of the road over seer and at time when he has set of hands at work on said roads; it shall be the duty of each road ovcrseer to issue to each able bodied person, working out his taxes in person, re- ceipt for 70 cents for each days work, which shall be received by the sheriff from the person so working, on his road tax That hereafter. under said act, it shall be lawful for road overseer to work as many as fifteen hands at the same time, and for the county judge to fur nish many teams and tools as may be neces- fO rar mt ha eff1e
  An act prescribing conditions upon which for
 eign corporations may do business in this
 state. by MT. Light, of Greene. Approved
 February g, 1899
 It is provided that any foreign corporation, now or hereafter doing business in this state shall. under the hand of the president and seal of said corporation, file with the secretary of state certificate designating a resident agent upon whom service of summons and other pro- cesses may be had, such certificate to state the principal place of business of such corporation in this state. fee of sl is to be charged for recording certificate. Such foreign corpora tions shall also be required to file with the sec retary of state copy of it's charter or articles of incorporation or association, certified to by the proper authority. Said foreign corpora tions are required to pay into the state treasury incorporating and other fees equal to those re- luired of similar corporations formed within and under the laws of this state.
 Upon compliance with the above provisions all such foreign corpora tions shall be entitled 70 all the rights and privileges and subject to all the penalties, conferred and i'm posed by the laws of this state upon similar corporations formed under the laws of this state This act does not apply to railroad or telegraph com panies which have heretofore built their lines Into or through this state or to travelling sales men soliciting business for any foreign cor poration.
 0r faif f1 .,,r,- -t.x Rll of the provisions Of the act, fined of si 900 shall be assessed. and 1t is mace the duty of prosecuting attorneys of the different Judicial districts to see to the enforcement of the act Foreign corporations heretofore doing busi- ness in this state are given ninety days from its passage to comply with the act
 Senate bill No. 8. by Hon. J. M Raines. so SUD-
 press the illegal sale of liquors. Approved
 February l3, 1899.
 It is made the duty of the chancellors. circuit judges, justices of the peace, mayors and police judges. on information given or on their own knowledge, or when they have reasonable grounds to believe that alcohol spiritous vim ous. ardent. malt or fermented liquors or any compound or preparation commonly known as bitters or medicated liquors Of any kind. are kept In any prohibited distict to be sold con- trary to law to issue a warrant directed to some peace officer, directing Tn such warrant A search for such intoxicating liquors specifying In such warrant the place to be searched. and directing such officer. on finding any such liquors in any prohibited district. to publicly destroy the same, together with the vessels containing such liquors; provided, this act does not apply to the giving away or selling of native wine where the sale of same is author ized by law
 Any sherir or other oficer having knowledge of any such blind tiger, and fainng to perform his duty, shall forfeit his commission
 Any person on whose premises or In whosa custody any such liquors may be found under warrant of this act, shall be entitled to his day in court before said property is destroyed
 If any suit shall be brought against any ofa- cer, or his bondsmen, to recover for any liquors destroyed under provisions of this act it shall be complete defense to such suit for such of1- cer or bondsmen to show to the court or fury that such liquors so destroyed were being sold contrary to law, or were kept to be sold con
 This act does not repeal or affect section 4sss Of the digest.
 Senate bill No. i5, providing for maintenance
 and Keeping in repair of approaches and
 pubic roads at railroad crossings
 That section 6263 of Sandel S Hills Digest be and the same is hereby amended. to read as follows:
 Wherever any railroad company or corpora- tion in this state has constructed or shall hereafter construct, a railroad across any pub lie road or highway, now or hereafter estab- hshed. said railroad company or corporation owsing or operating said track over which said public road or highway crosses, shall be re- Quired to so construct such railroad crossing or alter and construct road-bed of such public road or highway so that the approaches to the railroad bed on either side shall be made and kept at no greater elevation or depression than one perpendicular foot for every five feet of horiz detainer; Provided, at any crossing of any public highway such railroad tracks n Y rpax ha. oaal safe bridge, to be built and maintained in good repair by the railroad company or corporation