The cost of this publi
cation to the taxpayers
is the sum of $42.50
A Synopsis of General
Acts, 1915
I, Earle W. Hodges, Secretary of
State for the State of Arkansas, do
hereby certify that the following is a
true and correct synopsis, as prepared
by the Attorney General, under the
provisions of initiated Act No. 3, of
1914, of all general laws passed by the
General Assembly of 1915, and ap
proved by the Governor.
Given under my hand and seal this
12th day of June. 1915.
EARLE W. HODGES,
(Seal) Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1.
Appropriation to Pay Mileage and Per
Diem and Contingent Expenses of
the Fortieth General Assembly.
Appropriates $10,800.00 out of the
Fertilizer Inspection Fund and
transfers $22,000.00 from the Fer
tilizer Inspection Fund to the
General Revenue Fund, and appro
priates same for the purpose of paying
a part of the mileage and per diem
and contingent expenses of the Forti
eth General Assembly of the State of
Arkansas; and provides further that
the said sum of $22,000.00 be returned
to the Fertilizer and Feed Inspection
fun^ on or before August 1st, 1916.
Approved January 14, 1913.
ACT NO. 2.
•ppropriation to Pay Mileage, Per
Diem and Expenses of the Fortieth
General Assembly.
Appropriates $SO.OOOOO to pay
a part of the mileage, per diem
and contingent expenses of the For
tieth General Assembly. The sum
of $25,000.00 collected by the At
torney General in ®the railroad
rate cases is ordered turned into
the treasury to the credit of the
General Revenue Fund, the same to he
used for the purposes of paying the
expenses of the present General As
sembly. Approved January 20, 1915.
ACT NO. 3.
Appropriation to Pay Pensions to Sol
diers and Sailors and Their Wid
ows.
Appropriates one million, three
hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as
may he derived from the tax levy for
pensions for Confederate soldiers and
sailors and tfc< ir widows for the years
of 1915 and 1916. Approved Jan
uary 20, 1915.
ACT NO. 16.
Appointment of Budget Committee,
and Duties Defined.
Sectloon 6 of Act 44 of
the Acts of 1913 to read as fol
lows:
"It shall be the duty of said Budget
Committee, as soon as practicable, and
not later than thirty days after their
appointment, to prepare and introduce
Into the General Assembly all the ap
propriation bills for the necessary run
ning expenses of the state govern
ment, including all state institutions
provided for under existing laws.
They shall also make recommenda
tions, by hill or otherwise, of such
changes in the state's revenue law's as
they may deem necessary to raise suf
ficient funds for the state’s needs.”
Approved February 2, 1915.
ACT NO. 17.
Repeals Act No. 240 of the Acts of
1913.
Repeals Act No. 240 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of
1913, wherein county judges are pro
hibited from accepting fees from per
sons charged with crimes and misde
meanors within their own counties and
from accepting fees from persons in
civil actions wherein as the result of
a trial therein any cost might be as
sessed against the county. Approved
February 7, 1915.
ACT NO. 19.
Appropriation for New State Capitol.
Provides for an appropriation of
$5,480.00, or so much thereof as may
be necessary for the maintenance
of the new- state capitol for the
months of January and February,
1915. Approved February 3, 1915.
ACT NO. 30.
Prohibits the Issuance of Liquor Li
censes in Arkansas.
Section 1 prohibits the issuance of
license by any f*>unty judge, city coun
cil. or any representative thereof to
manufacture, sell, barter or give away
intoxicating liquors of any kind any
where within the State of Arkansas.
Section 2, this law to take effect Jan
uary 1, 1916. Section 3 provides that
violations of this act shall constitute
a felony punishable hv Imprisonment
in the state penitentiary. Courts not
permitted to suspend sentence or per
mit plea of guilty to be entered and
continue the cause for a second of
fense of the provisions of this act.
Section 4, this act cumulative to all
present liquor laws prohibiting the is
suing of liquor licenses in the state.
Approved February 6, 1915, at
11:15 a. ra.
ACT NO. 40.
Appropriation to Pay Balance of Ex
penses of the General Assembly.
Appropriates $55,000.00 of the
taxes and fees received by the
state during the months of January
and February. 1915, to pay the balance
of the *80,000.00 appropriated for mile
age and per diem and contingent ex
penses of the General Assembly, and
directs that the Stats Treasurer shall
set aside all revenues received from
insurance companies and other like
sources until the said amount shall
have been received and paid out for
the purpose aforesaid. All money re
ceived in excess of the said *55,000.00
shall be used in redeeming any out
standing state warrants. Approver!
February 9, 1915.
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ACT NO. 43.
Regulates Sales by Commissioners in
i Chancery.
In all sales made by commissioners
under decree of Chancery Courts for
foreclosures of delinquent special as
sessments in drainage, levee, road and
bridge districts in cities and towns,
and in all special assessment districts
of every kind, the court ntay approve
the sale subject to the rights of re
demption, and immediately upon such
approval the purchaser shall have the
right to possession of the lands and
premises so sold, and such purchaser
shall not be accountable for rents up
on redemption, and he shall not injure
or dispose of any timber, mineral or
fixtures until the expiration of the
right of redemption. Approved Feb
ruary 9, 1915.
ACT NO. 49.
Relative to the Weighing of Coal
Mined.
Amends Section 1 of an act
of the General Assembly of 1905
relative to the weighing of coal
mined in- the State of Arkansas
as it comes from the mine and
before it passes over a screen
of any kind; that when coal is
mined on a screen coal basis the kind
of screen to be used is prescribed.
Approved February Ifi, 1915.
ACT NO. 54.
Curing Defective Acknowledgments.
Provides remedy for defective
acknowledgements of conveyance
and other instruments of writ
ing purporting to affect the titles to
lands; provided that .this act shall not
apply to conveyances or other instru
ments of writing when the sane is
brought in question in any suit now
pending in any of the courts of this
state. Approved February 16, 1915
ACT NO. 56.
Regulating Practice of Dentistry.
Continues the Board of Den
i tal Examiners, composed of five
practicing dentists, to be appointed
by the Governor upon recommends- j
I tion of the Arkansas Dental Assoc ia- '
jtion. Members shall hold office for
live years, and until their
successors are appointed and quali
fied. vacancies on the hoard to be
filled by the Governor. Board of Ex
aminers shall organize by electing of
ficers for the transaction of business.
County clerks shall furnish duplicate
lists of all certificates received and
issued during the preceding year. Li
censes must be registered, and failure
to so register serves as a forfeiture of
nid license, and same can be re
; stored only upon the payment of cer
tain fees. The Stale Board may re
fuse license or suspend or revoke the
i same for any of the following causes:
; The presentation of license fraudu
! lently obtained: the publication or cir
iculation of any misleading statement
| as to the skill or method of any per
I son or operator; the commission of a
j criminal operation or conviction for
( crime: the employment of unlicensed
j persons: and no person can be reli
! censed within one year after such re
' vocation or suspension. In all pro
ceedings for suspension thirty days’
i notice shall he given the defendant.
Board shall have power to make all
by-laws governing their duties under
this Act. Examination fee of fifteen
dollars prescribed for each applicant,
the same to be applied to the payment
of the fees of said examiners, except
that one-half of all money received
j shall be held by the secretary-treas
urer as a special fund to be used as
i the board may deem necessary. Le
gal practioners must procure a cer
tificate of registration from the sec- j
rotary of the board. Dentists or den
tal surgeons exempt from service as I
jurors. Unlawful to practice dentistry
or dental surgery under any name ex
! cept his or her own. Dentists who
! have been lawfully licensed to prac- |
tice in other states may he lieensed
I ro practice in Arkansas. Persons of
I good moral character legally register- j
! ed and having practiced dentistry iij
! this state for a period of five year.;
I are entitled to receive a certificate of
! registration upon the payment of $5.00.
I All licenses must bear a serial num
I her. Violations of this act shall con
i stitute a misdemeanor punishable by a
j fine of not less than fifty nor more
1 than two hundred dollars, or by im
; prisonment in the county jail not less
than one month nor more than one
! year, or both fine and imprisonment
I may be imposed. Nothing in the act
shall prevent a legally qualified phy
I sician or surgeon from extracting
! teeth, etc. Legally licensed druggists
| may fill prescriptions for legally li
censed dentists. If license is lost or
1 destroyed, a duplicate license may be
issued upon proper affidavit and the
payment of $1.00. Penalty for filing
or attempting to file as his own the
diploma or license of another, qual
ifications of reputable dental colleges.
Approved February 16. 1015.
ACT NO. 62.
Appeals or Writs of Error.
Amends Section 119:) of Kir
by's Digest of the statutes of Ar
kansas as follows: "An appeal or
writ of error in a civil case shall not
be granted except within six months
next after the rendition of the judg
ment, order or decree sought to be re
viewed, unless the party applying
therefor was an infant or of unsound
mind at the time of its rendition, in
which cases an appeal or writ of error
may be granted to such parties or
their legal representatives within six
months after the removal of their dis
abilities of death." Approved Febru
ary 17. 1915.
ACT NO. 64
Unlawful to Possess Burglar Tools.
Provides that any person who
makes, mends, designs or sets up,
or who has in his custody or concealed
about his person any tool, false key,
lock pit bit, nippers, fuse, force
screw, punch, drill, jimmy, bit. or any
material commonly used for breaking
into any \ault. safe, railroad car,
boat, vessel, warehouse, store, shop,
office or dwelling house, shall be
deemed guilty of a felony, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished
by imprisonment in the state peniten
tiary for not less than two years, nor
more than ten years. Approved Feb
ruary 17, 1915.
ACT NO. 74.
For the Better Protection of the Pub
lic Safety.
Provides that every person
or persons, company or corpora
tion, operating; any railroad in this
state is required to erect, operate and
maintain an automatic block signal
system at all tunnels located upon
their lines wtihin the state of Arkan
sas. They shall also erect and main
tain sign boards within one mile of
each end of all tunnels more than
fifteen hundred feet in length located
on their lines in this stat°.
Approved February 24. 1915, and
takes effect June 20, 1915.
ACT NO. 83.
Amends the Publicity Act.
Provides that all newspapers
publishing any advertisement under
the provisions of what is known as the
"Publicity Act,” shall, free of charge,
print at the head of each of such pub
lications, in type of double the size of
the publication itself, the following
words: "The cost of this publication
to the taxpayers is the sum of (here
insert the amount) dollars.” Failure
to comply with this act constitutes a
misdemeanor punishable by a line not
to exceed five hundred dollars.
Approved February 25, 1915.
ACT NO. 88.
Relating to the Practice of Veterinary
Surgery.
Creates a State Veterinary Board
and provides that hereafter it
shall be unlawful for any person
to engage in the practice of veterinary
surgery, veterinary dentistry or vet
erinary medicine, or to prescribe
treatment for or to perform surgical
operations upon any domestic animals
for livelihood, unless such person be
a registered veterinarian. Governor
to appoint members of State Veteri
nary Examining Board, which shall
consist of three graduates of some
legally chartered school or college of
veterinary. Violators of this act shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be fined in
any sum not less than fifty dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment in the county jail not
less than one nor more than six
months, or by both fine and imprison
Approved March 1, 1915.
ACT NO. 89.
Regulating Passenger Fares on Short
Line Railroads.
Provides that railroads wholly
within this state more than 85
miles, and less than 100 miles in
length, may charge three cents a
mile fares for adults, and half fare
for children over five and under
twleve years of age. Railroad Com
mission to authorize railroads to
! charge the rates specified, if it finds
that such rates would he a reasonable
j charge under the conditions obtaining
in the petitioners case. Act in force
from passage.
Approved March 4, 1913.
ACT NO. 90.
Fixes Railroad Passenger Rates.
Amends Section 8611 of Kirby's
Digest of the Statutes of Ar
kansas, and Act No. 8 of the Acts of
1907, by fixing passenger rates in this
state, as follows:
Rates on railroads fifteen miles or
less in length, 5 cents per mile; over
fifteen miles in length and less than
125 miles in length, 3 cents per mile;
over 125 miles in length, 2 cents per
mile, or fraction thereof, for adults,
and one-half of the above named
rates for children under 12 and over
5 years of age. Act in force from
passage.
Act approved March 4, 1915.
ACT NO. 101.
Amending the Pension Laws of the
State.
Provides that the following de
scribed persons shall be entitled
to pensions: First, every per
son who enlisted in the service as a
soldier or sailor in the army or navy
of the Confederate States of America,
or in any one of the states thereof,
and who is indigent or incapacitated
for the performance of manual labor
in the ordinary avocations of life, by
reason of wounds received in the dis
charge of his duty as such soldier or
sailor, or who is now so incapacitated
by reason of age. accident or disease.
Second, every indigent widow of any
deceased soldier or sailor who render
ed service in the army or navy of the
Confederate States of America, or
any one of the states thereof, and has
departed this life, shall not be exclud
ed from the right to receive such pen
sion by reason of being married, sub
sequent to the death of such soldier
r r sailor, provided that she is a wid
ow at the time of making her applica
tion. Third, every indigent mother
now unmarried, of any such soldier or
sailor, as hereinbefore described. Ev
ery person applying for pension un
der this act must have been a bona
tide resident of this state for a period
of twelve months next preceding the
date of his or her application. The
pensions provided for therein shall
be in the sum of one hundred dollars
per year. Ail persons entitled to pen
sions under the provisions of this act
shall, on or before the second Monday
of July of each year, file an applica
tion in form with the county clerk of
the county in which he or she resides,
or with the County Board of Pensions.
Each application shall be verified with
the oath of the applicant, and shall be
supported by the statement af two dis
interested witnesses. Act in force
from passage.
Approved March 3, 1915.
ACT NO. 102.
RegulatiYig the Recovery on Bonds.
Provides that upon the dis
solution in whole or in part of any
injunction or restraining order of any
kind, the Chancery Court may as
sess and render against principal
and sureties on the injunction bond!, a
valid judgment for any and all dam
ages occasioned by the issuance of
such injunction or restraining order.
Further, such, judgment for damages
shall he rendered against the party
who obtained the restraining order or
injunction, and against the sureties on
the bond, and the same shall be con
clusive against them; and in proceed
ings hereinunder, the sureties shall be
considered parties in the cause; pro
vided. the court may, in its discre
tion, require a reasonable notice to
such surety before such iinding and
judgment. Act in force from pas
sage.
Approved March 3, 1915.
ACT NO. 104.
Requires Secretary of State to Make
Quarterly Reports.
Requires the Secretary of State
to furnish to the Auditor of
State the number of Digests, Acts of
the General Assembly and Reports of
the Supreme Court, which have been
furnished by the state for the last,
four years, and it shall be the duty of
the Auditor to take inventory of the
number of digests, acts and reports,
and( report the same to the Governor.
Hereafter the secretary shall make
quarterly reports to the Auditor, show
ing the number of digests, acts and
reports printed during the quarter
next preceding the time for making
said report, and the Auditor shall, af
ter taking inventory, report same to
the Governor. The Auditor shall
furnish all blanks lor commissions
used by the Secretary of State. It
shall be a misdemeanor for any per
son except the Auditor of State to
have any of the blanks printed as set
forth in Section 3 of this act, and the
penalty for violation is a fine in any
sum not less than fifty nor more than
two hundred dollars. Act n force
from passage.
Approved March 3, 1913.
ACT NO. 107.
Fixing the Time For Holding General
Elections in Arkansas.
Provides that general elections
in the State of Arkansas shall
be held on the next Tuesday af
ter the first Monday in November,
1916. and every two years thereafter,
for tlie election of all elective state,
county and township offices. Act in
force from passage.
Approved .March 3, 1915.
ACT NO. 108.
Providing For Control of State Chari
table Institutions.
Provides that the manaspitirnt
and control of the State Char
itable Institutions shall hereafter
be under a Board of Control, to con
sist of three members, who shall be
appointed by the Governor with the
approval of the Senate, and who shall
hold office for six years. Members of
the board shall reside at the state
I capital, and shall devote their entire
; time to their duties, and receive ac
j compensation, the sum of $2,500.00
j Ppr annum. The Governor shall have
, PPtver to remove any member of the
; board for inattention, neglect, miscon
duct, or inefficiency in the discharge
I at bis duty. The Hoard of Control
J may appoint a .Secretary, who shall
receive a salary of $1,800.00 per an
num. Act in force from passage and
approval.
Approved March 4, 1915.
ACT No. 109.
Defining Certain Public Nuisances,
and Providing For Abatement
Thereof.
Specifies that the conducting,
maintaining, carrying on or en
gaging in sale of intoxicating li
quors in any building within this
state, and all means, appliances, fix
tures. etc., used for the purpose of
conducting such business, are hereby
declared to be a public nuisance, and
may be abated tinder the previsions
of this act. Jurisdiction is conferred
upon the Chancery and Circuit Courts
of this state to abate such nuisances.
Act in force from passage.
Approved March 5, 1915.
ACT NO. 110.
State Treasure- Shall Receive Funds.
Act No. 110 provides that hereafter
all money due the state shall be paid
direct to the State Treasurer. Viola
tion a felony. Act in force from pas
sage.
Approved March 1, 1915.
ACT NO. 114.
Dams and Power Plants.
Amends Section 2 of Act
N’o. 115 of the Acts of 1913. amenda
tory to Acts of 1905. Any person or
corporation organiaed under the laws
of this state, for the purpose of pro
ducing power for any lawful purpose,
shall have the right to erect a dam
across any navigable or non-navigaule
river in this state at such point as
may be desired lor the purpose of de
levoping electric power. Act in force
from passage.
Approved March 9, 1915.
ACT NO. 123.
Creation of a State Board of
Optometry.
Defines practice of optometry,
and creates a State Roard of
Optometry consisting of five regular
optometrists, and defines and regu
lates practice of optometry. No per
son shall be allowed to practice opto
metry until he shall have passed an
examination conducted by the board
in theoretic, and practical physiology
of the eye, and shall have registered
and have received a certificate of reg
istration. This act shall not apply to
physicians and surgeons authorized to
practice under the laws of Arkansas,
nor to persons who neither practice or
profess to practice optometry, or who
sells spectacles, eye glasses or lenses,
either on prescription from such pliv
sician, surgeon, optometrist, or as
merchandise at regular established
places of business, or to veterans of
the Civil war. Act in force front
passage.
Approved March 5, 1913.
ACT NO. 124.
For the Protection 4 of Wild Deer.
Turkey and Bear.
Provides that the open sea
son for hunting, chasing and kill
ing deer, turkey and bear, shall be
the last twenty days of November, all
of December, and the first 10 days of
January of each year; provided, tur
key gobblers may bo hunted and
killed from the 15th day of April to
May ill of each year. Ileer may be
killed during the open season bv per
sons having a license. The annual li
cense fee is $1.00. All licenses expire
on December ill, of each year. No
person shall be licensed to hunt ex
cept a resident of the State of Ar
kansas. The State Game and Fish
Commission is created by this act,
composed of five members to be ap
pointed by the Governor for a term of
four years. No person except actual
residents of the state are eligible to
serve upon said commission Said
Commissioners shall serve without
pay. The duty of the Commission is
lo superintend and direct the enforce
ment of all laws, relating to the pro
tection of fish and game. The Com
mission shall appoint, game wardens,
whose duty it shall be to enforce the
provisions of this act. The Prosecut
ing Attorneys throughout the si«io
may file Information against anv and
all persons for violating any of the
provisions of this act. and shall be al
lowed a fee of $115.00 for each convic
tion secured thereunder.
It shall be unlawful for any person
to take or kill more than two deer,
four turkeys, and one bear.
It shall be unlawful to take, hunt,
kill or otherwise destroy any quail
from the tirst day of February to De
er mber first of each year. It shall bo
unlawful to kill or have in possession
in any one day more than 15 quail
and 25 ducks. It shall be unlawful to
hunt on any enclosed land, without
securing the permission of the owner
It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to use a seine or other de
vise, other than hook and line for
catching fish, except they pay an an
nual license fee of $25.00. It is unlaw
ful to use any kind of artificial bait
without first procuring an annual li
cense for which license each person
shall pay the sum of $1.00.
It shall be unlawful to use seine,
nets, traps or any other devise for
catching fish from the first day of
March to the fifteenth day of June. It
is unlawful to ship or export any
game or fish beyond the state line of
this state, and any person convicted
of so doing shall be fined not less
than $100.00 nor more than $500.00.
or ninety days in jail or both. There
shall be an annual tax of $1.00 on all
dogs used for hunting quail, and an
annual tax of $10.00 on all trappers
for fur-bearing animals, using more
than 10 traps. It shall be unlawful to
hunt or destroy beaver and otter in
this state for a period of five years.
Act in force from passage.
Approved March 11, 1915.
ACT NO. 125.
; Appropriation to Pay For Legal Ad
vertising For the Year 1913.
| Appropriates money to pay tor
j publishing proposed amendments
I to the constitution; also appro
Ipriates money tor publishing the pro
posed Acts and Amendments under
the Initiative and Referendum. Act
in force from passage.
I Approved March 11, 1915.
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i ACT NO. 126.
I Regulating the Practice of Ch'roprac
tics in the State of Arkansas.
Authorizes and regulates the
practice of chiropracfics in the
State of Arkansas, and provides
for the licenses and examination of
Chiropractors and creates a State
Board of Examination and Registra
tion. and provides for the appoint
ment of same: provides a curriculum
and establishes a standard of efficien
cy; provides pre-requisites, and es
tablishes a fee for examination, to
provide for the disposal of the fund
arising from said fee, to regulate the
holding of meetings of said board, and
issuance of license to practice Chiro
practic. and to provide a penaltv for
practicing Chiropratic without a li
cense, provided by this act. Practi
tioners to be bound by police and
health regulations. Chiropractors prac
ticing without licenses shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion thereof shall be lined not less
than $100.00 nor more than $300.00,
and for a second offense shall be con
fined in the county jail not less than
one nor more than three months, and
in either event, shaTl pay 'he cost of
the prosecution. Act in force from
passage.
Approved March 11, 1913.
ACT NO. 130.
Inspection of Public and Private Hos
pitals and Institutions of Different
Kinds.
Provides for the inspection
of all public or private hospitals,
reformatory homes, houses of deten
tion, convents, asylums, sectarian
seminaries, schools or institutions, by
the sheriff of the county in which such
institutions are located, or by the
grand jury thereof, or by any person
or persons appointed by the circuit
judge of the district in which such in
stitutions are located, upon the peti
tion of twenty citizens of said county
or district, or by the volition of the
said circuit judge. Act in force from
passage.
Approved March 11, 1915.
ACT NO. 138.
Protecting the Beds and Bars of the
Navigable Streams of the
State of Arkansas.
Provides that hereafter it
shall be unlawful for any per
son or firm to take sand or gravel, oit
or coal, from the beds or bars from
the navigable rivers and lakes of this
state without first procuring the con
sent of the Attorney General, and the
payment of a certain per cent for
each ton of sand or gravel and
gallon of oil or ton of coal
taken. The penalty for the violation
of this act shall be a fine of no less
than S300.00 and not more than $1,
000.00 for each offense. All moneys
collected under the provisions of this
act shall go into a fund to be known
as Public Road Fund. Act in force
from passage.
Approved March 11, 1915.
ACT NO. 141.
Providing For Depository For State
Funds.
Provides that immediately up
on the qualifications of the
State Treasurer, he shall issue a cir
cular letter soliciting bids for the
keeping of public funds of the state
for the remainder of the term for
which he has been elected. Rids snail
be received oy the Treasurer and
opened in the presence of the State
Depository Hoard, to bo composed of
the Governor, Attorney General. State
Bank Commissioner and State Treas
urer, at noon on the first Monday in
March, and contracts shall be award
ed with the approval of a majority of
said Depository Board within thirty
days thereafter. For the security of
the funds deposited, a bond shall be
required equal in amount to the
amount of the deposits, or may pro.
cure for it a bond in the form pre
scribed by it to the State of Arkan
sas. executed by any guaranty or
bonding company, authorized to make
surety bonds in this state, which bond
shall be conditioned for the safekeep
ing and payment of the funds so de
posited. Act in force from passage.
Approved March 16. 1915.
ACT NO. 146,
Appropriation For Frst District A~rl
cultural School.
Appropriates the sum of $22,
500.00 for the erection of build
ings and installation of equipment
necessary for the preservation of the
health and welfare of the students of
the First District Agricultural School
of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Excess ap
propriations to go into contingent
fund. Contracts to be let as are other
state contracts. Act in force from
passage.
Approved March 12. 1915.
ACT NO. 148.
Appropriation For Extension Work in
Agriculture and Home Economics.
Appropriates the sum of $47>
260.00 out of the General Revenue
Fund for the support, maintenance
and necessary expense of doing ex
tension work in agriculture and home
economics in the State of Arkansas
for tile biennial period ending June
JO, 1917,. and that this aporopriation
[ shall be expended by the College of
Agriculture of the University of Ar
kansas. which is tile land grant col
lege of this state. Act in force from
passage.
Approved March 5, 1915.
ACT NO. 152.
Regulating Certain Classes of Indem
nity Contracts.
Authorizes the exchange of
inter-insurance, contracts of indi
viduals, partnerships and corpora
tions. Contracts may be executed bv
attorney, agents or other representa
tives designated. Subscriber* con
tracting among tnemselves, shall tile
with the Insurance Commissioner cer
tain declarations verified by oath.
Commercial rating by subscribers
i must be furnished. Reserved sum in
! cash must be maintained at all times.
I Attorney shall make annual report to
; Commissioner. Rights given to ex
i change contracts. Unlawful to nego
' tiate or solicit any application with
out complying witn the provisions of
this act- Subscribers not authorized
to collect assessments from employes
ACT NO. 154.
Appr6priations to Cover Deficiencies
in State Departments.
Appropriates money to cover
deficiencies for supplies and serv
ices furnished the various de
partments of the state government
during the two fiscal years, commenc
ing with the first day of April? 1913,
and ending the 31st dy of March, 1915.
Act in force from passage.
Approved March 18, 1915.
ACT NO. 157.
Appointment of Assistant Supreme
Court Librarian.
Amends Section 2 of Act
235 of the Acts of 1911 as follows:
"Said librarian is hereby authorized
and empowered to nominate and ap
point an assistant at a salary not to
exceed $75.00 per month, to he paid
in the same manner as the librarian
is paid. Act in force from passage.
Approved March 19, 1915.
ACT NO. 159.
Removing the Disabilities of Married
Women in the State of Arkansas.
Prorides that every married
woman and every woman who
in the future may become married
shall have all the rights to contract
and he contracted with, to sue and be
sued, and in law and equity shall en
joy all rights and be subjected to all
the laws of this state as though she
were a single woman. Act in force
from passage.
Approved March 19, 1915.
ACT NO. 187.
Giving Jury Right to Substitute Life
Sentence in Capital Cases.
Gives the jury the right in
| felony cases to render a verdict of
life imprisonment in the state peni
tentiary in all cases where the pun
ishment is now death by law. Act in
force from passage.
Approved March 20, 1915.
ACT NO. 189.
Assistant for Attorney General.
Authorizes the Attorney Gen
eral to appoint an assistant, who
shall be a person learned in the law,
at a salary of $2,500.00 per annum, and
he is also authorized to employ a
competent stenographer at a salary of
$1,000.00 per annum. Act in force
from passage.
Approved March 20, 1915.
ACT NO. 191.
Minimum Wage Law for Females.
Provides that females shall
not be permitted to work more
than nine hours in any one day, nor
more than six days, or fifty-four hours,
in any one week, except under certain
conditions, in any manufacturing, me
chanical or mercantile establishment,
‘laundry or express or transportation
company, or before 7 o’clock in the
morning or after 9 in the evening, nor
longer than six hours continuously.
This act applies to establishments em
ploying three or more females. Other
restrictions mentioned are that em
ployer shall keep time books showing