ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ON MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY, AND ENDED ON MONDAY, THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY.. An act to authorize the election of a clerk for the county of Van Buren, in the place of Walker W. Trimble, deceased. SECTION. 1. Sheriff to give notice of election. 2. Election, how conducted. 3. Returns, when to be made. SECTION. 4. Governor to commission the person elected. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That upon ten days notice thereof being given in the several townships, by the sheriff of the county of Van Buren, an election shall be holden in said county, for the purpose of electing a clerk of said county, in place of Walker W. Trimble, deceased. SEC. 2. That the election shall be conducted in the same manner, and by the same judges, at the several places, heretofore appointed in the several townships, in said county. SEC. 3. The returns of said election shall be made in the same time, and same manner, as is now required by law regulating elections. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Governor, so soon as the returns of said election are made, to commission the person so elected. G. HILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. M. W. IZARD, President Approved: November 11th, 1840. of the Senate. A. YELL. An act to postpone the term of the circuit court of Chicot county, from the third Monday in November, 1840, to the first Monday in January, 1841.7 SECTION. 1. Postponed term, when held. 2. Regular terms, when held. SECTION. 3. Property levied on to be sold. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the term of the circuit court, appointed to be holden in and for the county of Chicot, on the third Monday of November, A. D. 1840, be, and the same is hereby, postponed to, and shall be holden on, the first Monday of January, 1841; and all causes, and business of every description, pending in the circuit court of said county, shall be, and the same are hereby, continued to the term herein appointed to be holden on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1841; and all recognizances, writs, and other process, to be taken or issued before said term, shall be made returnable thereto, as to the regular term of the circuit court. SEC. 2. That the circuit court, in and for the county of Chicot, shall be annually holden, after the said term in January next, on the first Mondays of May and December. SEC. 3. Provided, however, all property levied on to satisfy judgments, heretofore obtained, be sold, at said postponed term, on the second day thereof, in the same manner as it would have been at the regular term of said court. SEC. 4. That this act shall take effect, and be in force, from, and after its passage. G. HILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. M. W. IZARD, President Approved: 13th November, 1840. of the Senate. A. YELL. An act for the relief of Isaac White, late sheriff of Pike county. SECTION. 1. Amount of penalty to be refunded. 2. Auditor to audit account. SECTION. 3. Act, when in force. WHEREAS, it has been represented that Isaac White, late sheriff of Pike county, transmitted to the Treasurer of the State of Arkansas, the amount of revenue, due from him as sheriff for the year 1839, on the 4th day of December, 1839, and, from accident or neglect, the money was not paid until the 17th day of December, 1839, and whereas, also, from the existing law, it is provided, that, for such de falcations, the sheriff is bound to forfeit his per cent. for collection, and five per cent. per month, until the amount is paid, and twenty per cent. damage; Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the aforesaid Isaac White be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive out of the State Treasury, the full amount of money, that he has forfeited by reason of said defalcation. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to audit and allow his account for the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage. G. HILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. M. W. IZARD, President Approved: 21st November, 1840. of the Senate. A. YELL. An act to fix the time of holding a special term of the Washington circuit court. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Postponed and special terms, when held. 2. Act, when in force. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the next regular term of the Washington circuit court be postponed until the first Monday in January, A. D. 1841; and that a special term of the Benton circuit court, be held on the third Monday in January, A. D., 1841; and that a special term of the Madison circuit court be held on the fourth Monday in January, A. D. 1841; and that a special term of the Carroll circuit court be held on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in January, 1841; and, that all writs, recognizances, and other process, made returnable, or for trial, at the October term of the Carroll circuit court, of A. D. 1840, and at the November terms of the other courts of A. D. 1840, be continued, and regularly in court for trial, at the said adjourned terms, governed by the same practice and laws, as though the same were a regular term of said courts. SEC. 2. That this act take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage. G. HILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. M. W. IZARD, President Approved: 30th November, 1840. of the Senate. A. YELL. |