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the general election next preceding shall be taken as conclusive of the number of electors in such township.

SEC. 3. All laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 16, 1893.

ACT XXV.

AN ACT requiring the method of reading and designating the survey of the lands of this State by sections, parts of sections, townships and ranges to be taught in the common schools of the State.

SECTION

1. County examiners required to examine teachers on the methods of designating and reading land surveys. License not to be granted to person not proficient in to such readings. These methods required to be taught in the schcols. Failure teach same shall be cause for revocation of license.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. In addition to the branches now prescribed by law to be taught in the common schools of the State, it is hereby made the duty of the county examiner of the several counties of this State to examine all persons applying for examination and license to teach in such schools as to their knowledge 'and proficiency in the method of designating and reading the survey of the lands of this State by ranges, townships and sections and parts of sections and surveyed, planted [platted] and designated by the government of the United States, and no such applicant shall be authorized or licensed to teach in any of such schools unless found upon such examination proficient in the method of designating and reading land surveys, as in this act provided, and is hereby made the duty, and specially imposed upon all persons teaching in the public schools of this State, to

teach and impart the instructions here provided for whenever practicable to do so, and a willful neglect or failure to discharge the duties by this act imposed shall be deemed sufficient cause for the revocation of license to teach.

SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force three (3) months from and after its passage and publication.

Approved February 16, 1893.

ACT XXVI.

AN ACT to amend section sixteen hundred and fifty-four (1654) of Mansfield's Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas.

SECTION

1.

Amends section 1654 of Mansfield's Digest. Penalty for killing, maiming or wounding animals.

2. Repeals all laws in conflict, and act in force from passage.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That section sixteen hundred and fifty-four (1654) of Mansfield's Digest be amended to read as follows: If any person shall willfully, maliciously or wantonly, by any means whatsoever, kill, maim or wound any animal of another, with or without malice toward the owner of the animal, which it is made larceny to steal, he shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty (20) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall, moveover, be liable to damages to the owner of the animal so killed, maimed or wounded, as in the preceding section provided; provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to extend to any person who shall kill, maim or wound any animal trespassing in the fields or grounds of such person which are enclosed in a lawful fence, or (as) defined in sections 3634, 3647, 3648 and 3649.

SEC. 2. That all laws in conflict with this act be repealed; and that this act take effect from and after its passage.

Approved February 20, 1893.

ACT XXVII.

AN ACT fixing the fees and salaries of the county officers of Sebastian county.

SECTION

1. Fixes fees and salaries of the officers of Sebastian county.

2. Officers to collect same fees and commissions as now allowed by law, and report the same to each term of the county court and make settlement therefor and pay over all amounts in excess of their salaries.

3, Fees must be paid in kind collected.

4. Each officer must keep a record of fees and commisions in detail.

5. Misdemeanor to fail to make report.

6.

Penalty.

All moneys to be used in the district from which collected.

7. Repeals the act creating the office of pauper commissioner.

8. Repeals all laws in conflict and act in force after the 30th of October, 1893.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That the salary of the judge of the county court of Sebastian county shall be fifteen hundred ($1500) dollars per annum. That the fees and salaries of the clerks of the circuit and county courts of Sebastian county shall be thirty-five hundred ($3500) dollars per annum each, and out of such sums, they shall each pay such deputies and assistants as may be required to discharge the duties of their respective offices.

That the fees and salary of the sheriff of Sebastian county shall be thirty-five hundred ($3500) dollars per annum, and the salary of the collector of Sebastian county shall be twelve hundred ($1200) dollars per annum, out of which sums the said sheriff and collector shall pay such deputies and assistants as may be required to discharge the duties of said offices.

That the county court of Sebastian county shall allow the

sheriff or jailor for feeding the prisoners in the county jails of said county, a sum not more than fifty (50) cents per day for each prisoner.

That the fees and salary of the assessor of taxes for Sebastian county shall be one thousand ($1000) dollars per annum, out of which sum he shall pay such deputies and assistants as may be required to discharge the duties of said office.

That the fees and emoluments of the treasurer, surveyor and coroner of Sebastian county shall be and remain the same as are now provided by law.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the sheriff, collector of taxes, clerks of the circuit and county courts, and assessor of said county, to charge and collect the same fees and commissions as are now allowed them by law, and they shall each, on the first day of each regular term of the county court for the Fort Smith district and the Greenwood district of said county, file a report in said court, showing amount of all fees and commissions collected by them respectively in each of said districts, and make settlement with said court, by paying all amounts in excess of the amount of salary due each one of them to that date, into the county treasury, and file the treasurer's receipt therefor as a voucher in said settlement; and in such settlements the said officers aforesaid shall be chargeable and, liable for all fees and commissions that it was the duty of said officers to charge and collect, whether the same were collected or not, and that each of said districts shall pay its proportionate share of the salaries of such officers, such proportion to be based upon the receipts of said districts respectively.

SEC. 3. That at each and every settlement made by any officer as aforesaid, he shall pay over to the treasurer in kind the funds received by him in excess of his salary, and shall file his affidavit with said court, that said settlement is

true, just and correct, and that he has faithfully performed his duties as prescribed in this act.

SEC. 4. That each of said officers shall keep a record of all fees and commissions earned and received by him from any source whatever as such officer, and shall enter the same upon said record as soon as the services are rendered, showing the services rendered, the legal fee therefor, and the kind of money received. Which record shall at all times be open to the inspection of any tax payer in said county, and it shall be a malfeasance in office to fail to comply with any of the provisions of this act.

SEC. 5. That if any of the said officers shall fail to make his settlement with the county court, or to pay the excess into the county treasury at each term of the court as above required, unless for good cause such settlement be continued by order of the court, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in the circuit court, shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty ($50) nor more than three hundred ($300) dollars, and be removed from office.

SEC. 6. That all money paid into the treasury arising from fees and commissions in the Fort Smith district shall be for county purposes of said district, and all money paid into the treasury arising from fees and commissions in the Greenwood district shall be for county purposes of said district.

SEC. 7. That the act creating the office of pauper commissioner for the Fort Smith district, approved April 8, 1889, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that it shall be the duty of the judge of the county court to do and perform the duties required of said pauper commissioner.

SEC. 8. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act take effect and be in force from and after the 30th day of October, 1894.

Approved February 20, 1893.

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