Twenty-third. To pay County Clerks for making out and certifying to the Commissioner of State Lands lists of lands sold to the State for non-payment of taxes, four hundred dollars ($400). Twenty-fourth. To pay Recorders for recording lists of lands sold by the State for non-payment of taxes, one thousand dollars ($1,000). Twenty-fifth. For refunding moneys erroneously paid into the State treasury, nine thousand dollars ($9,000); Provided, None of this fund shall be applied to the payment of refunding certificates heretofore issued, or that may hereafter be issued, by the Land Commissioners for amounts erroneously paid on or for forfeited lands, nor for the purchase money of any lands or lots sold by the State. Twenty-sixth. For costs in the Chancery Court upon the part of the State, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). STATE GEOLOGIST. Twenty-seventh. For the payments of assistants, ten thousand and eight hundred dollars ($10,800). Twenty-eighth. For the payment of one janitor for the Governor and the Attorney-General, two hundred and forty dollars ($240); and for the payment of one janitor for the Auditor of State, State Superintendent of Public Instruction and Commissioner of State Lands, two hundred and forty dollars ($240); for the payment of one janitor for the Treasurer and the Supreme Court, two hundred and forty dollars ($240); for the payment of one janitor for the Secretary of State for two years, three hundred and sixty dollars ($360). SEC. 2. No official of the State Government shall contcrat debts or issue certificates of indebtedness above the appropriations herein made, or draw or apply the funds herein appropriated from one item to another, except that in cases of insurrection or other emergency, the Governor may call out the militia or use other means to suppress the same; Provided, that nothing in this Act making it necessary to file an itemized statement in the Auditor's office, before drawing funds, is intended to, or does, dispense with the necessity of fully complying with all laws on that subject, but is an additional requirement after all other laws are complied with. And, Provided further, That the Auditor shall include in his regular biennial report all such itemized statements as are required by this Act to be filed in his office. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 30, 1887. ACT XCVII. AN ACT to Define the Weight per Bushel of Corn, Wheat, Oats, and other Grains and Seeds, set forth in this Act. SECTION. 1. Establishes weight per bushel of corn, wheat and other seeds. 2. Conflicting laws repealed, and Act in force from passage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That the legal weight per bushel of Corn, shelled, shall be.... Corn, in ear, husked, shall be per bushel 56 lbs. Corn, in ear, unhusked, shall be per bushel Wheat shall be per bushel. 74 Oats shall be per bushel Cotton seed shall be per bushel 32 Corn meal shall be per bushel Barley shall be per bushel. Rye shall be per bushel ...... Potatoes, sweet, shall be per bushel ......... Turnips shall be per bushel Broom Corn seed shall be per bushel. Johnson Grass shall be per bushel............ SEC. 2. That all laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed, and this Act take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 30, 1887. 57 48 28 ACT XCVIII. AN ACT to Render Valid Certain Acknowledgments of Deeds, Mortgages other Instruments of Writing. SECTION. and 1. Validates all acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, etc, taken by County and Probate Judges. 2. Act in force from passage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State Arkansas. SECTION I. of That all acknowledgment of deeds, mortgages and other instruments of writing, heretofore taken by the Judges of the County and Probate Courts in this State, are hereby declared to be as legal and binding as though such acknowledgments had been taken by an officer duly authorized by law to take the same. SEC. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 30, 1887. ACT XCIX. AN ACT to Regulate the Practice in Suits to Set Aside Fraudulent Conveyances, and in Equitable Garnishments. SECTION 1. Unnecessary for plaintiff to prove insolvency. 2. Act in force from passage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That in suits to set aside fraudulent conveyances, and to obtain equitable garnishments, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff to obtain judgment at law in order to prove insolvency, but in such cases insolvency may be proved by any competent testimony, so that only one suit shall be necessary in order to obtain the proper relief. SEC. 2. That this Act be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 31, 1887. ACT C. AN ACT to Make Appropriations for the Support of the Branch Normal College of the Arkansas Industrial University for the Ensuing Two Years, and for Repairs and Improvements. SECTION. 1. Unnecessary for plaintiff to prove insolvency. 2. Act in force from passage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That the following sums be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support, improvement and necessary repairs of the Branch Normal College of the Arkansas Industrial University, for the ensuing two years, to-wit: To pay salary of Principal, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000); to pay salary of First Assistant, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200); to pay salary of Second Assistant, the sum of one thousand ($1,000); to build a dormitory for students, the sum of five thousand dollars. (5,000); to repair College building, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500); to purchase heating stoves, the sum of ninety dollars ($90); to purchase desks, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200); to improve and repair library room, the sum of three hundred dollars ($300); to purchase coal, the sum of three hundred dollars ($300). SEC. 2. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 31, 1887. ACT CI. AN ACT To Regulate Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors. SECTION. 1. Assignment for benefit of creditors may be attacked for fraud; fraud invalidates assign ment. 2. Act in force from passage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas. SECTION 1. Any assignment for the benefit of creditors may be contested or attacked for fraud by any creditors, and proof of fraud on the part of the assignor shall be sufficient |