A Synopsis of General
Acts, 1919
pillowing I« a synopsis as pro
Th* J? the Attorney General under
pftred b> " of initiate Act No. 2 of
tb« pr<J ' n it'neral laws passed by the
Mffily of 1919, and ap
SSW byB.‘»poc<tfJ»yn0r'
TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of Stato.
ACT NO. 1.
Approved January 16. 1»1».
A. Aot to provide an appropriation
* oay the mileage, per diem and con
[fnJJJt expenses of the General As
**APPropriatee $75,000 out of the gen
ial revenue fund for the purpose of
JiJlsr mileage and per diem.
ACT NO. 5.
Approved January 23. 1910.
A« Act to amend Section 15 of Act
of 1917, entitled "An Act establish
ing and fixing the salaries and fees of
bounty officials of all counties having
two Judicial districts and a population
of more than 50,000.’
Amends Section 15 by providing that
the excess fees arising by law from the
commissions allowed to the collector
ind treasurer for collecting, receiving
and disbursing the school fund shall be
paid Into the school fund and not into
ths general revenue fund of the coun
ty, as formerly provided.
ACT NO. e.
Appr«Tfd January 23, 1W9.
An Aot to preflcribe the salary of
»t«nographer employed by the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court.
Fixe* the salary of such stenogra
pher at the sum of $1,800 per annum.
ACT NO. 10.
Approved January 27, 1010.
As Act to provide the time for hold
ing Chancery Courts in the Seventh
Chancery District.
Fixes the time for the court in the
various counties as follows:
Lafayette county, second Monday in
January, April, Jdly and October.
Columbia County, fourth Monday in
January, April, July and October.
Union county, first Monday in March,
June, September and December.
Dallas county, first Monday in Feb
ruary. May, August and November.
Ouachita county, third Monday in
March, June, September and December.
ACT NO. 12.
Approved January 28, 1919.
An Act to authorize the Governor to
execute deeds to certain lands ceded
to ths State by the United States, and
vests the Governor with all the power
end authority vested in the Governor
of the Territory of Arkansas by act of
Congress approved July 4, 1832, and
makes it the duty of the Governor to
execute deeds to purchasers of lands
upon satisfactory showing that said
lands were purchased and paid for un
der the provision of said act of Con
gress.
ACT NO. 15.
Approved January 28, 1919.
j An Act to regulate the creation of
rural special school districts, etc.
Provides that people in a given ter
ritory may organize a rural special
iichool district. That the petition pro
vided for in Section 7fi6P of Kirby’s Di
rsSt s*ia^ be accompanied by maps
isnowing' the territory embraced in such
district, and .such petition and map
Itrk v Presented to the County Judge,
I, 0 shall perform the duties imposed
rjj°n mayor of cities and towns
thln the original, act. That such
Ijuag# shall call an<election and appoint
r, ,* Qualified electors to hold such
|« ectlon to vote on the proposed school
v ,^n<* At 8uch election the elec
fcnli aJ #also elect *i* directors. That
flve ^ays from the date of the
pection the judges of the election shall
An Mr?V*d January 2®, l»l®.
|anc« of th! Provide for the mainte
|ch*ol* ir,e four district agricultural
futrict ^120,000 for first
IriCt S0honi°O*i for secon<J dis
Tchool, and s?oo°onA0 for third district
«hool. Jt^O.OOO for fourth district
Ann ACT no. 1®.
An Ac*tPtAVed ,anuury 29. 191®.
lnltiativ-ai^-Ild Sections 2 and 8 of
let* of i9i o0t A-ct No. 1 of the
V PHmary1 el^rM«ldeS for the holdinK
|«*»day „ e actions on the second
pl •Wetlon. ®'U*t prec®ding- the gen
An ACT NO. 27.
[An Jm*** 31* 191®.
I'400 towHni.a,Pr.Pr°Priate the su>» Of
P0e for the V°8t of a silver ser
* battleship Arkansas.
lhn act no. at.
f -3rd February 3, 191®,
An Act to make Certain emereencT
the rBfate' Capit o°l' bulldiTg'."1 App^oprU
ACT NO. 37.
Approved February 4," 1919.
« de^ie,n^' appropriation
for the Stitt6 Hospital lor Nervous His
1 . Appropriates $70,000 to cover
deficit in appropriation for period end
ing March 31, 1919. y °a end
ACT NO. 38.
Approved February 4, 1019.
An Act to make a deficiency apnro
priation for the Confederate Soldfers*
Home. Appropriates $40,000 to cover
deficiency in appropriation for Deriod
ending March 31, 1919. period
ACT NO. 45.
Approved February 4, 1919.
An Act to provide for the form #f ac
knowledgments executed by corpora
tion* and curing acknowledgments
heretofore executed. Prescribes the
form of acknowledgment to be execut
ed by all corporations when conveying
land, and provides further that all ac
knowledgments of parties and convey
ances affecting the titles of real es
tate which have heretofore been re
corded Bhall be binding on said corpo
rations and effectual for the purpose
•et out in such instances.
ACT NO. 51.
Approved February 5. 1919.
An Act to make certain emergency
appropriations for the State Depart
ment of Education and the Seoretarv
of State. 9
Appropriates $800 for the Depart
ment of Education for printing i*p to
April 1, 1919, and appropriates $500 for
the office of Secretary of State to cov
er postage, express and other office ex
penses up to April 1, 1919.
ACT NO. 57.
Approved February 7, 1919.
An Act to pay for certain legal ad
vertising done by the newspapers of
Arkansas by direction of the General
Assembly of 1917.
Appropriates various sums to numer
ous papers In the State of Arkansas for
printing.
ACT NO. 61.
Approved February 7, 1919.
An Act to make a deficiency appro
priation for the Arkansas Deaf Mute
Institute. Appropriates $7,000 to cover
deficiency to maintain the Arkansas
Deaf Mute Institute for period prior to
March 31, 1919.
ACT NO. 63.
Approved February 7, 1919.
An Act making appropriations for the
State University. Appropriates for the
maintenance of such university; for
salaries, the sum of $260,000; for main
tenance, equipment, etc., $210,000; for
purchase of land for experiment sta
tion, $25,000. Appropriates $12,366.68 to
pay interest due on university endow
ment bonds, 1919-1920.
ACT NO. 64.
Approved February 10, 1919.
An Act to prevent the desecration of
the flag of th*e United States and^>f the
State of Arkansas. Prohibits the use
of the flag for advertising purposes,
and prohibits the mutilation and de
facement of the flag, and provides for
punishment of one who, by word or act,
publicly exhibits contempt for the flag,
colors, coat of arms or other insignia
of the State of Arkansas and the Unit
ed States; fixes punishment for the vi
olation of such act by a fine not exceed
ing $100 or imprisonment for not over
30 days, or both.
ACT NO. 66.
Approved February 11, 1919.
An Act to amend Act No. 159 of the
Acts of 1915, entitled “An Act to re
mote the disabilities of married women
in the State of Arkansas.” Provides that
married women shall have all of the
rights and be subjected to all the laws
of the State as if she were a femme
sole. It is expressly declared to be the
intention of the act to remove all stat
utory disabilities as well as common
law disabilities, such as the disability
to act as administratrix, executrix, etc.
ACT NO. 67.
Approved February 11, 1919.
An Act to amend Aot No. 266 of the
Acts of 1917, entitled “An Act to es
tablish and regulate bonded ware
houses ; to establish a marketing1 bu
reau to regulate the ginning and pack
ing of cotton, to provide fo-r the grad
ing and classification of cotton and oth
er foreign products." Provides that
any number of persons, not less than
ten, at least 60 per cent of whom shall
be engaged in agriculture, may apply
to the board of supervisors of ware
houses for a charter as public ware
housemen. Prescribes the necessary
contents of the application and pro
vides that the capital stock shall not
be less than $1,000. Provides that when
the application is approved the Sec
retary of State shall issue a charter,
wh^ch charter shall be recorded by the
Commissioner of Mines, etc., and such
commissioner shall issue a certificate
permitting such warehouses to do bus
iness in this State. Provides that the
warehouse shall enter into the State of
Arkansas with a good and sufficient
bond, to be approved by said Board of
Supervisors. The condition of such
bond shall be to obligate the corpora
tion to observe all of the provisions of
this law, and shall be- for the purpose
of guaranteeing that the corporation
will exercise ordinary care in storage
or sale, and shall be for the purpose of
guaranteeing the classification, weights,
grades and. measures, made b* th*
poratfori. Provide* That any’ person In
jured may sue on the bond and the
•S’*0 ne®d not be made a party. Pro
vmes that the control of said corpora
tion shall be by a board of directors of
n<?t, than three or more than nine,
which directors shall be elected annu
ally ®t the general meeting; of the
members of the corporation. Provides
that the profits shall be divided among
members of the corporation, but pro
vides further that 20 per cent of the
net profits of each year's business shall
he Paid into the reserve fund until such
rund equals the amount of the orig
inal capital stock.
Provides that corporations chartered
under this act shall have the right to
act as warehousemen, and shall have
the right to sell in the market all prod
ucts of the ranch, orchard or farm on a
commission basis. Provides that such
corporations shall take a fair sample
from each bale deposited with them,
which sample shall be graded by com
petent graders under the control—-of
supervisors. Provides that such cor
porations may loan money upon prod
ucts placed in their warehouse, and
piovides that such corporations may
loan to their members money to enable
them to make and mature their crops.
Provides that all public gins shall
be required to obtain a license by mak
ing application to the Commissioner of
Mines, etc. Provides that cotton gin
ned by a public ginner shall be baled
in a press box not exceeding 27x54
inches, inside measurement, and shall
he wrapped with sound standard bag
ging not to exceed seven yards per bale.
Provides that such ginner shall at
tach such marks of identification as
may be provided by the Commissioner
of Mines, and provides that such gin
ner shall pay into the State treasury
eems ror eacn tag or mark of iden
tification used by him. Provides that
such tags shall be good for the season
for which they are issued, ahd shall not
be subject to be used for any other sea
son, but provides that tags left on hand
may be exchanged for tags of the suc
ceeding season; the word season mean
ing from the first day of May to the
30th day of April following. Provides
a penalty of not less than $10 or more
than $50 for a ginner to willfully fail
or neglect to attach a proper identifi
cation tag to each bale of cotton.
ACT NO. 60.
Approved February 11, 1010.
An Act to secure the maintenance of
roads improved by improvement dis
tricts. Provides that improvement dis
tricts may be formed to repair roads or
bridges now or hereafter improved by
road improvement districts created
either by special act or under general
laws. Provides that ten land owners
establishing such a district may file
with the county clerk a petition to
form a district to maintain such roads.
Such clerk shall publish a notice call
ing on all persons to take notice of
such petition. The County Court shall
consider the petition and may create
such a district unless the majority in
value and the majority in number and
acreage are opposed to its organiza
tion. Such courts shall issue an order
creating such district and shall ap
point three commissioners, and shall
give the district a name. It shall be
the duty of the commissioners to keep
die read in repair, and in order to do
this they may borrow money and may
make and issue negotiable evidences of
indebtedness.
c 1 V » iUto Uiav- vvuuill«9JU[l«re
shall determine what repairs are neces
sary and shall ascertain the benefits
tj?at will be derived by the several
tracts of land in the district, and pro
vides the annual installment for the
payment of such benefit. Provides that
each year the commissioners shall as
certain the amount necessary to main
tain such roads, and they shall certify
to the county clerk the per cent of the
assessment that will be needed to
maintain such roads for that year. Th^
clerk’shall calculate the amount to be
paid by each tract of land and enter
the same on the tax books, and the
same shall be collected by the collec
tor at the time and in the manner oth
er taxes are collected. Provides that
the dommissionexs may borrow money
and issue bonds, and provides a sink
ing fund for the payment of same. Pro
vides that the repairs may l?e made by
contract or by contributing to tvork
done by county officials.
ACT NO. 70.
Approved February 11, 1919.
An Act to appropriate money to pay
deficiencies of the State penitentiary.
Appropriates $199,160 for accounts con
tracted prior to April 1, 1919.
ACT NO. 76. .
Approved February 18, 1919.
..An Act to appropriate money for the
maintenance of the State Normal
School. Appropriate* $118,176 for the
maintenance of the State Normal
School.
ACT NO. 77.
Approved February 13* 1919.
An Act to authorize the Board of
Control to purchase a farm to be op
erated in conjunction with the State
Hospital for Nervbus Diseases. Au
thorizes the board to purchase a farm
within 15 miles of the institution, un
der control of the board. Such farm
npt to exceed 500 aores. Provides that
said farm will be operated la conjunc
tion with the Hospital for Nervous Did
eases, and provides that such inmates
of the hospital as would be benefited
thereby mav be worked on such farm.
No Inmate to be worked to the detri
ment of his health or mental condition.
Provides for an assistant superinten
1 dent at the salary of $2,500. Provides
jfor the use et the products on such
farm by t«e_ institutions njid§r .control
oT^The boSTcJ StAft nnr»TO
tions, and for sale of the surplus.
Provides that a record or receipts
and disbursements shall be kept and
reported quarterly to the State audito
rial department. Appropriates $75,000
for the purchase and equipment of such
a farm. Fixes the salary of the Board
of Control at $3,000 per annum each,
and for the secretary of such board at
$2,400 per annum, and provides that
such board may accept free transpor
tation from railroads.
ACT NO. 79.
Approved February 14, 1919.
An Act to provide penalties for the
burning of property. Provides that ev
ery person who shall maliciously burn
any dwelling house or other house,
either the property of himself or an
other, shall be deemed guilty of a fel
ony. And every person who shall burn
any grain or food stuffs or feed, cot
ton or cotton seed, or any goods, ware*
or merchandise, or any farming imple
ment, machinery or vehicle or any oth
er personal property, the property of
himself or another, when tne value i»
more than $10, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and be fined not more
than $300.
ACT NO. 80.
Approved February 14, 1910.
An Act to accept the benefits of an
Act of Congress providing for voca
tional education Provides for the ac
ceptance of the benefit of the Act of
Congress entitled “An Act to provide
for vocational education.” Makes the
State Treasurer custodian of the funds
derived from such act and makes the
State Board of Education the board for
the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of the Federal act and this
aet, which Board shall have all neces
sary authority to formulate plans for
the promotion of vocational education,
to promote and aid in the establishment
by local communities of schools, de
partments or classes, etc; to establish
and determine the general qualificat
ions to bs possessed by persons en
gaged in the training of vocational
teachers, and makes the State Super
intendent of Public Instruction the ex
ecutive officer of such board.
Provides for jthe collection of one
fifth of one miPl on the dollar of all
taxable property in the State, said
taxes to be paid into the State treas
ury as a separate fund for vocational
education.
Appropriates the sum of $25,000 out
of the general revenue fund, and ap
propriates $100,000 out of the voca
tional education fund. Provides for the
giving of Federal and State aid to
schools offering instruction in voca
tional education.
ACT NO. 86.
Approved February 17, 1919.
An Act to make an appropriation for
the payment of Interest on the univer
sity endowment fund and for disposal
of the interest on the J. S. Alphin
notes. Appropriates $56,725 to pay in
terest on permanent school bonds. Ap
propriates $100,160 to pay interest on
the university endowment bonds. For
printing ana engraving bonds, $621;
for 15 bond containers, $16. Appropri
ates from the interest on the J. S. Al
phin notes $2,160, to be paid to the
financial officer of the university for
the benefit of the university.
ACT NO. 87.
Approved February 17, 1919.
An Act to amend Act No. 13 of the
General Assembly of 1917 (known as
the Bone Dry Law). Makes It unlaw
ful for any person, firm or corporation
to transport into this State, or from one
place to another place in this State, or
to ship, or to transport into, or to de
liver, in this State, in any manner or
by any means whatsoever, any alco
holic, vinous, spirituous or fermented
liquors or any compound thereof. That
it shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to receive any such
liquors, and provides that no property
rights of any kind shall exist in any
liquors, and such liquors are forfeited
to the State. Makes it unlawful for
any person to induce any railroad com
pany or other carrier or any other per
son to carry, transport or ship into this
State, or any one point or place in this
State, for delivery to himself or anv
other person, by failure to notify the *
carrier of the true contents of such
shipment. Prohibits the keeping of any
such liquors in any locker or other
place in any social club or fraternal
organization; fixes the venue for pros
ecutions under this act in any counties
in which such liquors are found. Per
mit? the shipment into this State of al
coh( ! for medicinal and mechanical
purposes, and wines for strictly sacra
mental purposes, and provides the
metho.d for such shipments. Fixes the
penalty for the violation of this act at
not less than $100 or more than $1,000,
or imprisonment for not less than 80
days nor more than 90 days. Fixes the
fee of prosecuting attorney for convic
tion under this act at $25.
ACT NO. 81.
Approved February 18, 1818.
Amends Section 4368 of Kirby's Di
gest. Provides that it shall be lawful
for any number of farmers to mako
mutual pledges and give valid obliga
tion to eaoh other for their own insur
ance from loss by fire, tornado, light
ning, cyclone or wind etorms, but such
association or person shall not insure
any property not owned by one of their
members. Provides that members may
be tenants as well as land owners.
ACT NO. 94.
Approved, Fefrrgajry,! 8«, j&l feu
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