SEC. 4 This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 6, 1893. ACT CXXIX. AN ACT to regulate the distribution of the Geological Reports of the State of Arkansas. SECTION 1. Manner of distribution of reports of Geological surveys. 2. Statement to be made by applicant in writing. 3. Postage or expressage must be paid by applicant. 4. Residue to remain in State library for sale. 5. 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 the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to distribute the Geological Reports of this State for the years 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892 and all subsequent reports as follows: To the State Geologist (Prof. J. C. Branner) 150 copies each of all volumes hereafter published. To the States and Territories, one copy each of Vol. I, 1891, and Vol. II, 1892, and one copy each of all volumes hereafter published. To colleges and high schools of this State, and universities and scientific institutions in other states, one copy each of all volumes published subsequent to Vol. III, 1890. To the Secretary of State, for distribution to scienti-ts and capitalists, 150 copies each of Vol. I, II, III and IV of 1888. One hundred and fifty copies each of Vol. II of 1889. One hundred and fifty copies each of Vols. I, II and III of 1890. Two hundred and fifty copies each of Vol. I, 1891. Two hundred and fifty copies each of Vol I, 1892. Two hundred and fifty copies each of all volumes hereaf ter published. To the members of the General Assemby as follows: Reports of 1888, one copy each. Reports of 1889, one copy each. Reports of 1890, Vols. I and II, one copy each. Reports of 1892, three copies each. Of all volumes hereafter published, five copies each. SEC. 2. That before the Secretary of State shall be authorized to distribute any of the reports to scientists or capitalists as provided for in section one (1), he shall require the applicant to state in writing, "that he is a scientist or a cap italist" and that he wishes the reports to aid him in investigating the mineral resources of the State. SEC. 3. That the Secretary of State shall not be authorized to distribute any of the reports to scientists or capitalists until the postage or express charges on same have been paid. SEC. 4. That the residue of said reports be retained in the State Library for sale at such price as the printing board may fix. SEC. 5. That all acts in conflict herewith be, and they are hereby repealed, and that this act take effect and be in force from and after it passage. Approved April 6, 1893. ACT CXXX. AN ACT requiring railroads to remove wire fences from the limits of incorporated cities and towns. SECTION 1. Railroads required to remove wire fences in all cities and towns. 2. Notice to be given. Penalty for violation. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. At all public crossings and at all places where the streets about the railroad right-of-way, and at all other places where the public convenience demands it in all cities and incorporated towns, all railroads in this State shall remove all fences from such places in such cities and towns when said cities and towns shall by ordinance demand such removal. SEC. 2. Thirty days notice shall be given such railroads of the passage of such ordinance; and all railroads thus notified shall remove such fences within sixty (60) days from the date of notice given; all railroads failing or refusing to comply with this act shall be guilty of an offense and shall be fined the sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars for every day intervening between the day of the expiration of said sixty (60) days, and the removal af said fence or fences. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 7, 1893. ACT CXXXI. AN ACT to amend section forty four hundred and fifty-eight (4458) of Mansfield's Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas. SECTION 1. Amends section 4458 of Mansfield's Digest. Penalty for attempting to collect Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas. SECTION I That section forty-four hundred and fifty eight (4458) of Mansfield's Digest be amended so as to read as follows: Every principal, tenant or his agent who shall, without first having paid or settled with the landlord or produced and delivered such written directions as aforesaid, collect or attempt any rent from any such sub-tenant shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine of not less than fifty ($50) nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars or by his imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprison ment. SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 7, 1893. ACT CXXXII. AN ACT to fix the time of holding the circuit courts of Mississippi county. SECTION 1. Fixes the time for holdiug courts in Mississippi. county. 2. Repeals all laws in conflict. Be it enacted by the Genearl Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That the circuit courts of Mississippi county shall be begun and held on the first Mondays of May and December in each year. SEC. 2. That all laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 7, 1893. ACT CXXXIII. AN ACT to amend section 5770 of Mansfield's Digest. SECTION 1. Amends section 5770 of Mansfield's Digest, Collector to make out a certificate of purchase for lands sold at tax sales and same shall be assignable. 2. Act in force from passage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That section 5770 of Mansfield's Digest be amended to read as follows: The collector shall make out and deliver to the purchaser of any land, or town or city lot, or parts thereof sold for delinquent taxes as aforesaid, a certificate of purchase, for which the collector shall receive twenty-five (25) cents to be taxed as costs of sale therein, describing the lands or lots as the same were described in the notice of sale, stating therein what part of such tract of land, town or city lot was sold, and the amount of taxes, penalty and costs paid therefor. Such certificate shall be assignable in law, and an assignment shall vest in the assignee or his legal representative all the right, title and estate of the original purchaser. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 7, 1893. ACT CXXXIV. AN ACT to provide for the payment of costs in certain cases where the defendant is adjudged insane. SECTION. 1. In cases of felony wherein the defendant is adjudged insane the county shall pay the costs. 2. 3 If defendant is convicted judgment shall be rendered against him for costs. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That in all cases of felony now pending in the circuit courts of this State wherein the defendant has |