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An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Little Rock. 1854-1855 74 (1854)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0117 and id is 1 raw text is: 74 AN ACT more fully to define and establish the line between the counties of Carroll and Madison. SETION SECTION 1. Line between counties of Carroll and ment or process already begun; this M1adison, defined. act to be in force from passage. 2. This act not to effect any writ, judg- SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the line between the counties of Carroll and Madison, shall be, and is hereby established as follows: com- mencing at the south-east corner of Madison county, where the same adjoins the county of Newton and Carroll, thence running in a north-west direction, with the dividing waters of King's river, and the Dry fork, until the sarpe comes to the head waters of what is known as the Tar Kiln hollow, thence down said hollow, crossing the Dry fork of King's river, near Benjamin Graham's thence north to the dividing waters between said Dry fork, and Piney creek, thence running with said dividing waters to the. mouth of Piney creek in King's river, thence down the main chan- nel of said river, to William Stephen's, thence north-west, from the present county line to the State of Missouri. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That all that portion of country west of the line here marked, be, and the same is in the county of Madison, and all that portion east of said line shall be in the county of Carroll; Provided however, That nothing herein contain- ed shall alter or change the operation of any writ, judgment, or other legal process, which have already begun, and that all pro- cess shall be returned in the same manner as if this act had not passed; and that this act be in force from and after its passage. Approved 29th December, 1854. AN ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Little Rock. SECTION SECTION 1. Qualifications of officers and electors. etc., of food, fuel, etc.; licensing of 2. Corporate powers granted; to exercise billiard tables, and all games; free all powers which flow from the spirit negroes; power to sever the offices of acts, creating municipal corpora- united in the constable and the re- tions; to levy and collect taxes; liens corder; ower to appoint other neces- for the same; to assess merchandise eary officers. quarterly ; to collect wharfage; to 3. Power to commit to jail; duties of jai- open, repair and pave streets; mode lor. of enforcing the pavement of streets; 4. Manner and time of electing and term to prevent obstrnetions in the streets; of office of city justices of the peace. to regulate slaughter houses; the run- 5. Conflicting laws repealed; act to take ning at large of animals; of dogs; effect from passage. public markets; weighing, inspecting, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That in the government of the city of Little Rock, each white male twenty-one years of age, who is a citizen of the Un-

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