The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-04

| VI Sdlitt tLNs
 21. How suits shall be conducted etc.
 22. Collector to pay over collections to treasurer on first Monday of each month.
 23. Settlements to be filed each Sep tember.
 24 County court to examine all set. dement's.
 25 Failure to make settlements a misdemeanor; penalty.
 26 How suits may be brought on bonds, etc
 27 Board of directors to have con trol of work in district
 2S Roads built to be pubic h'gt ways, etc.
 2S Right of eminen. domain con ferred on directors
 30 Jurisdiction of counsy court in such matters not impaired; Act ap- plies only to Jefferson, Pulaski, Fanlk- ner Woodruff Garland and Lincoln counties
 Section l. That Act 247 of the Ats of 1907 be amended to read as f1lloNs. Whenever a majority in valuc of the owners of real property in a coun:y or any part of county, such majority in value to be determined by the as sessment for purposes of general tax aion in force at the time. shall pre- ! sent a petition to the county court | of any county in this state, praying for the formation of a road improve ment district said county court shall after having given public notice for 20 days by printed copies posted in 10 places in said county. or part thereof one af which shall be posted on the principal door of the court house of | said county. or by publication in some newspaper published in said county. determine the fact that such petition is so signed by such majority in value of said land owners. The said petl- ton shall be accompanied by map pr plat af the particular part of said county to be included within the 1 boundaries of said district, if the said boundaries be less than the entire area of said county and the said dea ignated boundaries shall be plainly in dicated SD that no controversy may arise as to the limits of the same Said petition shall also contain a gen eral description of the proposed road stating starting point, route, and ter minus. as near as practicable.
 Sec. 2. At the meeting of the county court at which the matter of the suf. ficency of the majority in value of said land owners is to be determined by the county court, any person who, for any good and valid reasan. shall have objection thereto. may appear and present the same in writing. Any such person so signing said petition may upon request, have his name re. moved from said petition, if the re- quest be made before the said county court determines the matter in favor of the existence of the required ma jority in value Thereafter no signer shall be permitted to cause his name to be removed from said petition nor his consent to the formation of said district withdrawn After such hear ing, or opportunity to be heard, the said county court shall determine. and so enter upon the records. the fac' of the existence or non-existence oi the assent of the said majority il value to the prayer of said petition Il the said county court shall make ar 7 order declaring that said petition con tains a majority in value of the lanC owners within the territory described in said petition and accompanyin 5 map, then the said finding shall b, entered of record, and shall not there after be questioned except for frauC in the making thereof Upon ascer taining, as aforesaid, that the neces sary majority in value of the lanC 3 owners have requested the formation of said district, the said county cour B shall make an order declaring tn, same to be and exist under the name f and style Of Road Improvement Dis
 trict No. ......, of the County of.... . ....,......' That the said district shall be anu become a body polite and corporate by said name and may sue and be sued mplead and be implead ed and have perpetual succession for the purpose of building constructing repairing and maintaining within the territory described in said petition but the directors may vary from the route described in the petition as they deem to the best interest of the dis trict. provided, they observe as near