A Synopsis
of General
Acts, 1919
AD
Marine Is a synopsis as pre
Th« w° f}7e Attorney General, under
l»r<d bJu ona of initiate Act No. 2 of
h« Pr0/!n iJnera) laws passed by the
K°JAssembly of 1919, and ap
r'n*L bv the Governor.
Rtsp.ctfuUy.M x tbbbau
Secretary of State.
act no. 1.
Anpreved January 16. 19J9.
am to provide an appropriation
mileage. per diem and con
ofPthe General Aa
STubJ?opriates $75,000 out of the gen
Revenue fund for the purpose of
ayinf mileage and j>er diem.
At'1' NO. 5.
Aonrov^d January AOlfK
in Act to amend Section 15 of Act
of 1917, entitled "An Act establish
and fixing the salaries and fees of
untv officials of all counties having
judicial districts and a population
more than 50,000."
Amends Section 15 by providing that
ne excess fees arising by-law from the
ommlsslons allowed to the collector
nd treasurer for collecting, receiving
nd disbursing the school fund shall be
aid into the school fund and not into
,« general revenue fund of the coun
ts formerly provided.
ACT NO, C.
Approved January 28, 1919.
An Act to prescribe the salary of
enographer employed by the Chief
stice of the Supreme Court.
Fixes the salary of such stenogra
*r at the sum of $1,800 per annum.
ACT NO. 10.
Approved January 27, 1010.
An Act to provide the time for hold
ng Chancery Courts in the Seventh
Chancery District.
Fixes the time for the court in tlie
rarious counties as follows:
Lafayette county, second Monday in
lanuary, April, July and October.
Columbia County, fourth Monday in
fanuary, April, July and October.
Union county, first Monday in March,
fune, September and December.
Dallas county, first Monday in Feb
uary, May, August and November.
Ouachita county, third Monday in
iarch, June, September and December.
ACT NO. 12.
Appro>ed January 28. 1019.
Act to authorize the Governor to
xecute deeds to certain lands ceded
o the State by the United States, and
ests the Governor with all the power
nd authority vested in the Governor
if the Territory of Arkansas by act of
Congress approved July 4, 1832, and
nakes it the duty of the Governor to
xecute deeds to purchasers of lands
ipon satisfactory showing that* said
ands were purchased and paid for un
er the provision of said act of Con
fess.
ACT AO. 15.
Approved January 228. 1919.
An Act to regulate the creation of
rural special school districts, etc.
Provides that people in a given ter
"tory may organize a rural special
(cnool district. That the petition pro
laed for in Section 7669 of Kirby’s Di
shall be accompanied by maps
i owing the territory embraced in such
V ,, an(J such petition and map
nan be presented to the County Judge,
0 8aall perform the duties imposed
the mayor of cities and towns
th? original act. That such
ge shall call an election and appoint
>Iaah Quallfled electors to hold such
Hat. to y°te on the proposed school
ml at 8Uch election the elec
i-UKi a al3° e,ect s!x directors. That
52!}!“ fl.v« da>'8 (r»m the date of the
j J® 5L°“ „th,e jud»es of the election shall
md of o?tULns w*th the county clerk.
Sat* nr fl~st re®ular op adjourned
the on ,jht!u bounty Court thereafter,
leclarpUtv sha canvass the vote and
Ji’om-iatl^6 !.e3Ult’ W»d Shall make ap
KlVn neI8' When an election
lered nn cal '®d> no election can be or
errltorv aPother petition for the seme
reise ,pai t thereof, unless an ad
)etltior has been nad on the first
:w0 d!rector^V deS for the electlon of
he formn°H«rS ^very two years after
v,<les the district, and pro
ganfzed flh.fn Lhat such districts so or
money. 1 have the right to borrow
ACT A O. 19.
An Aofr?V*d Januar> 29, 1919.
Hance of thn ?10Vlj,e for the mainte
ichools. 4n?,/0u^ district agricultural
Patriot schoni01*?^^ $120,000 for first
irict school iVo^^n000 for second dis
lchool, &nd'ji20°0ftS0/-fOr<.third district
*ohool. ♦130,000 for fourth district
d 8 ol
of the
lding
ACT AO. 19.
An AcdPtoVQed Ja,,uar> 29. 1919.
the initial amend Sections ,2 and
AC(S o/W ^ act of Act No. 1 £
®f Primary el£r°J,des for the homm
^uesdav jn An ctlpns on the secon
®ral electlonA ffU8t precedin& the gen
act NO. 27.
An Aar°trd Janaa«*> 31, 1919.
! .400 towards thPr°Prlate the sum <
Viot for the hatn* °f a s,lver ael
battlesh,p Arkansas.
Ann ACT AO. 31.
r?,f- —« bruarj », |J>i9fc
An Act to make certain emergency
ACT NO. 37.
Approved February 4, 1919
foAh^sVaU Ho^X^r aAPrrv»”
eases. Appropriates $70,000 to cover
deficit in appropriation for period end
ing March 31, 1919. P a end
ACT NO. 38.
Approved February 4, 1919
An Act to make a deficiency ‘apnro
priation for the Confederate Soldfers’
Home. Appropriates $40,000 to cover
deficiency in appropriation for period
ending March 31, 1919. period
ACT NO. 45.
Approved February 4, 1919
An Act to provide for the fofrn of ac
knowledgments executed by corpora
tions and curing ack no w 1 edgmen ts
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 shall be binding on said corpo
rations and effectual for the purpose
•et out In such instances.
ACT NO. 51.
Approved February 5, 1919.
A.n A.ct to make certain emergency
appropriations for the State Depart
ment of Education and the Secretary
of State.
Appropriates $500 for the Depart
ment of Education for printing up to
April 1, 1919, arid appropriates $600 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, 1010.
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, 1010.
An Act making appropriations for the
State University. Appropriates for the
maintenance of such university; fqr
salaries, the sum of $250,000; 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, 1910.
An Act to prevent the desecration of
the flag- of the United State* and of 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, 1910.
An Act to amend Act No. 159 of the
Acts of 1916, entitled ‘‘An Act to re
move 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 marketing bu
reau to regulate the ginning and pack
ing of cotton, to provide for the grad
ing and classification of cotton and oth
er foreign products.” Provides that
any number of persons, not less than
ten, at least CO 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,
which 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 or
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 anci. meaS-Urea made bx Vh<4
?ur^f°n- TTiaT~any person ft
jured may sue on the bond and the
vm!! ^ot be mad« a Party. Pro
t\nnci! „ eOBtro1 of said corpora
!vbe by a board of directors of
three or more than nine,
niu‘ hQ,d,/uCt0rs 8ba11 be emoted annu
anj at the general meeting of the
h«?^rS of Jthe corPoration. Provides
mpmKhe pr?flts shall be divided among
XCb fl'S .?f thf; corporation, but pro
ne enJfl'tlhei that 20 Per cent of the
hetn«^fltSf °f leach gear’s business shall
d nt,° the reserve fund until such
in^i ooeq-ValS *the am°unt of the orig
inal capital stock.
i P-Vid- that corporations chartered
Under this act shall have the right to
thi nthTtreho,vB.emtn’and shai1 have
:b® ri,JhA.to f,*n lu the market all prod
t,he ranch- orchard or farm on a
C"S^ion bafis. Provides that such
S°TP<3rations shaH take a fair sample
>r.each ba e deposited with them,
^bLcb samPle shall be graded by com
petent graders under the control of
supervisors. Provides that such cor
porations may loan money upon prod
m their warehouse, and
P ovides that such corporations may
loan to their members money to enable
tnem to make and mature their crops.
hoP*'°v,!?e®, $haty a1.1 Put,Hc gins shall
he lequired to obtain a license by mak
ing application to the Commissioner of
SeK,, etC‘ lP,rovides that cotton gin
ned by a public ginner shall be baled
in a press box not exceeding 27x64
inches, inside measurement, and shall
be 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
nei shall pay into the State 'treasury
7.2 ce.nts for each 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. 69.
Approved February 11, 1919.
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 it* 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
the road in repair, and in order to do
this they may borrow money and may
make and issue negotiable evidences of
Indebtedness.
Provides that the commissioners
shall determine what repairs are neces
sary and shall ascertain the benefits
t£at will be derived by the several
tract* 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. Tim
clerk shall calculate the amount to be
paid b-y 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 are4 collected. Provides that
the commissioners may borrow money
and issue bonds, and provides a sink
ing fund for the payment of same. Pro
vides that the repairs may be made by
contract or by contributing to work
done by county official*.
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. TQ.
Approved February 13. 1919.
An Act to appropriate money for the
maintenance of the State Normal
School. Appropriates $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 Nervous Diseases. Au
thorizes the board to purchase a farm
within 15 miles of the institution, un
der control of the board. Such farm
not to exceed 500 acres. Provides that
said farm will be operated in conjunc
tion with the Hospital for Nervous Dis
eases, and provides that such inmates
of the hospital as would be benefited
thereby may be worked on such farm.
No inmate tp be worked to the detri
ment of his health or mental condition.
Provides for an assistant superinten
dent at the salary of $2,500. Provides
for the use gf the products on such
tarua by trie institutions under .control
o7 The boaH ITFRI TrfFTer TWnfttr
tlons, and for sale of the surplus.
Provides that a record of receipts
and disbursements shall be kept and
reported quarterly to the State audito
rial department. Appropriates $75,000
for the purchase and equipment of sueh
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. 70.
Approved February 14, 1010.
An Act to provide penalties for tho
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, wares
or merchandise, or any farming imple
ment, machinery or vehicle or any oth
er personal property, the property of
himself or another, when the value is
more than $10, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and be fined not more
than $300.
ACT NO. 80.
Approved February 14, 1010.
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
act, 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 be 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 the collection of one
nfth of one mill 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. 1910.
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- and 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. Thatl
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
anp 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 any
other person, by failure to notify the
carrier of the true contents of such
shipment. Prohibits the keeping of anv
such liquors in any looker 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( i for medicinal and meohanical
purposes, and wines for strictly sacra
mental purposes, and provides the
method 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 $6
days nor mor^ than 90 days. Fixes the
fee ot prosecuting attorney for convic
tion under this act at $25.
ACT NO. 91.
Approved February IS, 1919.
Amends Section 4358 of Kirby’s Di.
?:est. Provides that it shall be lawful
or any number of farmers to mak«
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 storms, 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 February . 19. 1919,_
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