This Publication Co3t $16.67
a Synopsis ot General
Acts, 1919
as pr©
& by Sa*. oMnW.tr Ac"rNo.U?dof
Pr0.vll! laws passed by the
allowing Is a synopsis a
Th® [° the Attorney General,
.rfld D} L1 _ .0 T-U«nta Ant Mr
|« pr0/i®!°£*neral ,aws pas<,*d th®
^l4’°s Assembly of 1»1®. and ap
b“*.Tby the Governor,
roved b>R pectful]y.
R P TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of Stata.
act no. 1.
Ana raved January 16. 1919
am to provide an appropriation
AB ti. mileage. per diem and con
General As
^nironriates $75,0(10 out of the gen
■Kvenue fund for the purpose of
y,Bf mileage and per diem.
ACT NO. 5.
Approved January 23, 1019.
ah Act to amend Section 15 of Act
ia of 1917 entitled “An Act establish
'! I„d fixing the salaries and fees of
*nty officials of all counties having
judicial districts and a population
'mors than 50,000.’’
Amends Section 16 ,by providing that
excess fees arising by law from the
emissions allowed to th© collector
d treasurer for collecting, receiving
id disbursing th* school fund shall be
ild into the school fund and not into
« general revenue fund of the coun
ts formerly provided.
ACT NO. 6.
Approved January 23, 1919.
An Act to prescribe the salary of
inographer employed by the Chief
sti'ce of the Supremo Court.
Fix** the salary of such stenogra
#r at the sum of $1,800 per annum.
ACT NO. 10.
Approved January 27, 1919.
An Act to provide the time for hold-,
f Chancery Courts In the Seventh
ancery District.
Fix#* the time for the court in the
rlous counties as follows:
Lafayette county, second Monday in
nuary, April, July and October.
Columbia County, fourth Monday in
nuary, April, July and October.
Jnlon county, first Monday in March,
n#, September and December.
Dallas county, first Monday in Feb
ary, May, August and November,
luaohita county, third Monday In
,1'ch, June, September and December.
ACT NO. 12.
Approved January 28, 1919.
in Act to authorize the Governor to
route deeds to certain lands ceded
th# State by the United States, and
sts the Governor with all the power
d authority vested in the Governor
the Territory of Arkansas by act of
ngress approved July 4, 1832, and
kes it the duty of the Governor to
(cute deeds to purchasers of lands
tm satisfactory showing- that said
ids were purchased ared paid for un
r the provision of said act of Con
ACT NO. 15.
Approved January 28, 1819.
Act to regulate the creation of
special school districts, etc.
rovidee that people in a given ter
17 niay organize a rural special
ool district. That the petition pro
ror in Section 7669 of Kirby’s Di
sh9.ll bo accompanied by maps
h!!!8’ the territory embraced in such
net, and such petition and map
be presented to the County Judge,
snail perform the duties imposed
* mayor of cities and towns
v orl^lnal act. That such
’ « !£a^ aruelection and appoint
Qaa.ified electors to hold such
rinf 1° on the Proposed school
•sin , 8uch election the elec
snau also elect six directors. That
from the date of the
tho r.t6 ^ud£*8 °f the election shall
at wlth the county clerk,
of tu Ist re8fular or adjourned
court .k 9®unty Court thereafter,
are th»8^a 1canvass the vote and
brlftte shall make ap
bteno^T' Wh®“ an election
id on anllfv?’ no eIectlon can be or
itorv 0r n.!r.?*tit,on tor the same
18 vote hPBartK ®reof’ unless an ad
ti0n pfov,Hbeee *ad on the first
director, f for th« elect|pn of
fbrmnion nefVfKry iwo year* after
>s further\ZT }h6 d,strlct. and pro
ized shall hl°? \uCh d,stricts so or
ley, ave the right to borrow
Anw ACT no. 16. _
n AcfTn Jtu.lVary 2ft» ™18.
c« of the Pr0v 1 de for the mainte
>ols- Apnron^t f,st^lct agricultural
rlct schoolfc,1120'000 for first
{ Schooi s'mnoiw for. second dis
V and’liln°nnn0,for third Strict
lol. ♦1-0,000 for fourth district
ACT No. 19.
4 Ac®to'an Ja.,,Uary 1918.
'nltiative act" nfSe*tions 2 and 8 of
' 191^. pfoviH ACe No' 1 of the
,r>ary eleot?nide> f°r the hold»n£
&t!;nAuiru-t Prec^dinXeTen
, 1#1,
'«ZXli !» “»' ?snvS™£
battleship Arkansas.
An Acf to makf- certain emergency
thT^te CanpitoT d"1 Ap^ropi?
ACT NO. 37.
Approved February 4, 1819.
An Act for a deficiency appropriating
for the State Hospital for NmoV Sis
eases. Appropriates $70,000 to "cover
deficit in appropriation for period enrt
ing March 31, 1919. P end”
ACT NO. 38.
Approved February 4. 1919.
An Aot to make a deficiency annm
prlation for the Confederate Sold* rs"
Home. Appropriates $40,000 to cover
deficiency m appropriation for Derind
ending March 81, 1919. v a
ACT NO. 45.
Approved February 4, 1919
An Act to provide for the form’ef ac
knowledgments executed bv corpora
tions and curing acknowledgments
heretofore executed. Prescribes the
form of acknowledgment to be execut
ed by ail corporations when conveying
land, and provides further that all ac
knowledgments of parties and convey
ances affecting the titles of real es
fate which have heretofore been re
corded shall be binding- on said corpo
rations and effectual lor 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. Secretary
of State.
Appropriates $600 for the Depart
ment of Education for printing up to
April 1, 1919, and appropriates $600 for
the office of Secretary of State to cov
er postage, express and other offioe ex
penses up to April 1, 1919.
ACT MO. 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 19H.
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; f<y
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 Februury 10, 1919.
An Act to prevent the desecration of
the flag of th'e United States 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; Axes 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. 86. '
Approved February 11, 1919.
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 Act No. 2fw6 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 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,
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 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 ami. measures, made bi U>% ca*
F,?rfF°n* TnaT'any' person I»
Btltf su® on th* bond and the
vmI« fi?e? "ot b* made a party. Pro
tion COntro1 of 84113 corpora
j „nt ,SalLbe b? a board of directors of
i whi^vfS5*tha*n tbree or more than nine,
TlVv ho.dliifCtors sha]1 be elected annu
ally at the general meeting of the
' thflT^rg of„the corporation. Provides
1 LP‘hhe shall be divided among
SS2",ra thu corPoration, but pro
fit'Lhe,r thtl 20 per cent of the
°f each year’s business shall
iw* d 1nt,° the reserve fuitd until such
,„Pd eQuals the amount of the orig
inal capital stock.
„J*™vid<ra that corporations chartered
under this act shall have the right to
?u! H^reho,Vs.emen' and shaH ,iave
rl5 *.to se ln the market all prod
,e ranch- orchard or farm on a
co^rft °n bauis- Provides that such
from atl unsu s,ha11 a fair sample
LAP™ h }3aIe deposited with them,
^bLcb ^mple shall be graded by com
petent graders under the control of
supervisors. Provides that such cor
porations may loan money upon prod
i!^tSi£ ace<? ln their warehouse, and
F*°V , e*,_tbat sucb corporations may
loan to their members money to enable
tnem to make and mature their crops.
that aI1 Public gins shall
be required to obtain a license by mak
1”? application to the Commissioner of
ivlmes, etc. Provides 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
ner shall pay into the State treasury
2i/2 cents for each tag or mark of iden
tification used by him. Provides that
such this's shall be good for the season
for which they are issued, ahd shall not
be subject to be used fer 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
mg 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 IVO. 69.
Approved Pebrnarj' 11, 1619.
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 bv
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 cierk 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 commissioner*, 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.
Provides that the commissioners
shall determine what repairs are neces
sary and shall ascertain the benefits
t^at will be derived by the several
tr.acta 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
sanae shall be collected by the collect
tor at the time and in the manner otto?
er taxes are 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 officials.
ACT NO. 70.
Approved February 11, 1019.
An Act to appropriate money tp pay
deficiencies of the State penitentiary.
Appropriates $199,160 for accounts con
tracted prior to April 1. 1919.
ACT NO. Tfl.
Approved February 13. 1919.
An Act to appropriate'money for the
maintenance of the State Normal
School. Appropriate# $116,176 for the
maintenance of the State Normal
School.
ACT NO. 77.
Approved February 13, 1919.
An Act to authorise the Board of
Control to purchase a farm to be op
erated in conjunction with the State
Hospital for Nervfeus 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 aores. Provides that
aald farm will be operated la conjunc
tion with the Hospital for Nervous Dis
eases. and provides that such inmates
of the hospital as would be henented
thereby ma,y fee worked on sueh farm.
No Inmate to be worked to the detri
ment of his health or mental condition.
Provides for an assistant superinten
dent at the salary of $2,600. Provides
for the use of the products on such
farm by tn£_ institutions iip<Jer .control
oTThe''‘bdaHl -End tctfiftf- STatt I {mira
tions, 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, 1019.
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 & 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 tne value i*
more than $10, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and be fined not more
than $800.
ACT NO. 80.
Approved February 14, 1910.
An Act to accept the benefits of an
Act of Congress providing for voca
tional education. Provides for the ac
ceptance of the benefit of the Act of
Congress entitled “An Act to provide
for vocattpnal education.” Makes the
State Treasurer custodian of the funds
derived from such act and makes the
State Board of Education the board for
the purpqse of carrying into effect the
provisions of the Federal act and this
act, which Bo$.rd 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
fifth 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. Pilbvides 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 $58,725 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 16 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
anjj 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 hinrself or any
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
organisation; 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
coht 1 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 80
days nor more than 90 days. Fixes the
fee of prosecuting attorney for convic
tion under this act at $25.
ACT NO. 91.
Approved February 19, 1919.
Amende Section 4358 of Kirby’s Di*
fest. Provides that it shall be lawful
or any number of farmers to make
mutual pledges and give valid obliga
tion to each other for their own insur
ance from loss by fire, tornado, light
ning, cyclone or wind storms, but suoh
association or person shall not insure
any property not o\?ned by one of theij
members. Provides that members mai
be tenants as well as land owners.
ACT NO. 94.
Febrpary_19<_4ftl9.
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