demeanor and shall appeal, there shall be no supersedeas of the judgment unless bond shall be given with approved security conditioned that the appellant shall appear in the court to which the appeal is taken and submit himself to the jurisdiction thereof and not depart therefrom without leave of said court.

SEC. 3. That section 2436 of said Digest is hereby repealed.

SEC. 4.

That this act take effect and be in force from

and after its passage.

Approved February 21, 1893.

ACT XXXIV.

AN ACT to amend section 5775 of Mansfield's Digest.

SECTION

1. Amends section 5775 Mansfield's Digest. Procedure in redeeming lands sold for taxes.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION 1. That section 5775 of Mansfield's Digest, be

amended to read as follows:

Any owner, or his agent, or any other person for the owner, desiring to redeem any land, town or city lot or part thereof sold for taxes, under or by virtue of any law of this State, may, within the time limited by law for such redemption, deposit with the county treasurer, upon the cer tificate of the clerk of the county court describing such land, town or city lot, an amount of money equal to the taxes for which such land, or town or city lot, was sold, together with penalty and cost and the taxes subsequently paid thereon by such person, or those claiming under him, with interest at the rate of ten percentum per annum, on the whole amount so paid, and the county treasurer shall, upon the payment of

said sum, within ten days thereafter, notify the purchaser that said sum is in the treasury and subject to his order.

SEC. 2.

That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 21, 1893.

ACT XXXV.

An Act granting the consent of the State of Arkansas to the purchase by the United States of land in Pulaski county for a military post, ceding jurisdiction over and exempting the same from taxation.

SECTION

1. Consents to the United States acquiring title to fifteen hundred acres of land in Pulaski county.

3. Right of taxation relinquished; proviso, does not prevent the execution of process on the reservatlon.

4. 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. The consent of the State of Arkansas is hereby granted to the United States of America to purchase or acquire real property of not more than fifteen hundred acres in extent, in Pulaski county, in said State, for the purpose of a military post, fort, arsenal or reservation.

SEC. 2. Exclusive jurisdiction over such military post, fort, arsenal or reservation, and the territory thereof, is hereby ceded and granted to the said United States to be exercised so long as the same shall remain the property of the said United States.

SEC. 3. The State of Arkansas hereby releases and relinquishes her right to tax said site and all improvements thereon during the time the said United States shall be and remain the owner thereof; provided, that this grant of jurisdiction shall not prevent the execution of any process of the

State, civil or criminal, on any person who may be on said reservation or premises.

SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts 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 25, 1893.

ACT XXXVI.

AN ACT to amend section 1187 of Mansfield's Digest.

SECTION

1. Amends 1187 of Mansfield's Digest. County treasurers to give bond for one and one-fourth the amount of revenue to come into their hands.

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

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas:

That section one thousand one hundred and eighty-seven of Mansfield's Digest be amended so as to read as follows: Each county treasurer, before he enters upon the discharge of the duties of his office, shall enter into bond with good and sufficient security to the State of Arkansas, which bond shall be one-fourth more than the amount of all the county revenue that may come into his hands for any one year by virtue of his office, conditioned for the true and faithful performance of his duties as county treasurer, and that he will truly account for and pay over all money that may come into his hands as treasurer.

SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be repealed, and this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 27, 1893.

ACT XXXVII.

AN ACT to provide a fund for furnishing the new building erected to the insane asylum.

SECTION

1. Directs board of trustees to properly furnish the asylum for the insane.

4. Act in force from passage.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That the board of trustees of the asylum for the insane be and they are hereby directed to properly furnish for occupancy by patients the additional buildings erected to the insane asylum under act approved April 8th, 1891.

SEC. 2. The sum of eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose set out in section one of this act.

SEC. 3. That the amount appropriated shall be expended for the purpose aforesaid under the direction of said board and the Auditor of State shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer of State in favor of persons from whom goods are purchased or who are employed in furnishing said building as aforesaid upon certificate of secretary of board showing the amount to which such person is entitled.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 27th, 1893.

ACT XXXVIII.

AN ACT to regulate the removal of county seats.

SECTION

1.

Petitioners must deposit $5000 with treasurer before an election is ordered for removal of a county seat.

2. County judge to let contract.

3. Money to be returned if removal is not ordered. Money can be used for no other purpose but to build court house or jail.

4. County seats not to be removed in ten years.

5. Repeals certain sections of Mansfield's Digest and all laws in conflict, and act in force from passage.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION 1. That the county seat of any county having and owning a court house which originally cost ten thousand dollars or more, or a court house and jail which together originally cost ten thousand dollars or more, shall not be removed, neither shall any election be held nor order for an election be made, for the removal of such county seat until the petitioners for such removal shall have first deposited with the treasurer of such county five thousand dollars in United States currency, to be used by such county in erecting a new court house should the county seat be removed.

SEC. 2. That when the county seat of any county has been ordered removed under the provisions of this act, the county judge of such county shall immediately, in accordance with law for the letting of public contracts, let the contract for the erection of a new court house on the site selected, and shall use the five thousand dollars deposited by the petitioners for such removal in the erection of a new court house.

SEC. 3. That the five thousand dollars required to be deposited by section one of this act shall be returned to the depositors if a removal is not voted, or order not made, and in case a removal is voted and ordered said five thousand dollars shall not be used for any other purpose than that of erecting a new court house and jail, and shall in no event be subject to the payment of any debts of such county