Year: 1875

LXXV5.

 1 An Act to be entitled An Act to Proyid, for the Locating and Changing of Count, Sites.

 Be it enacted by the General Assembly o the State of Arkansas.

 SECTION l. That unless for tho purpose of the temporary location of county sites in the formation of new counties, it shall be unlaw full to establish or change any county site in this state without the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the county to be affected by such change, nor un- til the place at which it is pro- posed to establish or change any county site shall be fully designa- ted, such designation embracing a complete and intelligible de scription of the propose locations, together with an abstract of the title thereto, and the terms and conditions upon which the same can be purchased or donated by or to the county: Provided, The county court shall not order the election hereinafter provided for, unless it shall be satisfied that good and valid title can and will be made to the proposed new locations or one of them.

 Sec. ?. The temporary location for the county site of any new county shall be fixed by the act of the general assembly, author izing the formation and organi- zation of such new county and such temporary location for the purposes of this act shall be con- sidered the permanent and estab- lished location unless changed or removed as herein provided for the change or removal of other county sites.

 Sec. 3. Whenever the qualified voters of any county in this state to the number of one-third thereof shall join in the petition to the county court of such county, for the change or removal of the coun- ty site, embodying in the petition the designation and abstract of title and the terms and conditions of the sale, or donation, as provid- ed for and required by section one of this act, the county court shall order an election to be held at the several voting places in the coun- ty, directing that the proposition of the petitioners for the change or removal shall be submitted to the qualified voters. The county court shall also order and require that public notice shall be given of such proposed change or re- moval, by publication thereof Tn some newspaper printed in the county, if any there be, and by directing and requiring the sher- if to post up, in hand bill form, printed copies of such order, in not less than three of the most public places in each township of the county not less than thirty days before the election at which the proposition for the change or removal is to be voted upon. All of which notices shall be pub lished and continued up until the day of election, and any person defacing, tearing or destoying any of them shall be deemed cuff ty of . misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun punished as is now provided for by law for defacing, tearing down or destroying public notices or ad- vertlsements. Provided, That nothing in this act shall be SO construed as to amend the act pass. ed by the general assembly in re- iation to the county site of Izard county.

 Sec. 1. The election provided Tor Tn this act shall be understood Tn the same manner as general elections are required by law to pc understood, and the poll books thereof shall be returned by one oi the officers, to be dcsipnated py the judge of election, under seal, to the clerk of the county court within five days thereafter. Who shall take to his assistance two justices of the peace of the county and shall open and com pare the polls of such election. and declare the result, and make 'cturn thereof to the county court. T 1t then be in session; if not. to lext term thereof.

 Sec. 9 The ballots of the voters shall have Writtpn a,. ,.;.