ner possible.

Said board is also authorized to use all State exhibits now in the State University at Fayetteville, all that have been collected by the Bureau of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture, and shall endeavor to secure from Sebastian, Franklin, Garland and all other counties in the State that may have special county exhibits, and shall transport all such exhibits to Chicago and have them properly arranged, classified and marked, and said board may use such of the appropriation hereinafter made as may be necessary to pay all expenses of gathering and transporting said exhibits.

SEC. 2. Said board, immediately after appointment and confirmation, shall organize by electing from their number a president and secretary, who shall perform all duties pertaining to such officers, and who shall, by warrants drawn on the Auditor of the State, signed by the president of said board and countersigned by the secretary, draw out and properly expend the money hereinafter appropriated for the purposes herein set forth, and said board shall keep an exact account of the expenditure of said money, and at the close of said Columbian Exposition said board shall furnish the Governor an itemized statement of all moneys drawn from the State treasury.

SEC. 3. The board of directors of the Arkansas World's Fair Association shall transfer to the State of Arkansas the building erected by said association in Jackson Park, Chicago, and all other property of said association, either in possession or expectancy, before the appropriation herein provided for shall become available for the purposes herein set forth, and said Arkansas World's Fair Association and all persons who have contributed in any way to the property of said association shall be forever barred from making claim against the State of Arkansas for repayment of any sum whatever.

SEC. 4. Said board of directors for Arkansas shall appoint a manager, one lady assistant and one janitor, whose

duty it shall be to take charge of the Arkansas building and exhibits therein, and care for said property during the continuance of the Columbian Exposition and prevent waste and destruction and be on hand at all times that said exposition shall be open, to show and explain to all visitors the unrivaled resources of the State, and shall deliver to all persons not residents of the State such advertising matter as may be on hand. Said manager, lady assistant and janitor shall receive the sum of one thousand dollars as a salary for their services, which sum shall be equitably divided between the three by the board of directors. The salary of the president and secretary shall be twelve hundred dollars, to be divided between the two by said board of directors.

SEC. 5. After the close of said Columbian Exposition said board of directors shall carefully preserve and return to the State of Arkansas all non-perishable exhibits, to be preserved by the State for the inspection and information of home-seekers coming from other sections of our great country, and such exhibits as shall have been gotten from the State University, Bureau of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture, the various counties or from other sources shall be returned to them.

SEC. 6. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

SEC. 7. That said sum of fifteen thousand dollars be borrowed by the State from the direct tax fund which was paid to the State by the United States government, and which fund is now in the State treasury uncalled for, and in case such sum or any portion thereof should be demanded by lawful claimants before being barred by statute, then said sum or such portion thereof as may be necessary to meet the demands of such claimants shall be repaid by the State. The Governor shall execute a note for the said sum of fifteen

thousand dollars, said note to be in the name of the State of Arkansas and to be payable when the Treasurer informs the Governor that the money is necessary to pay the lawful claim payable out of said fund when the same shall be presented, and the Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered, without further legislation, to pay amounts to all persons entitled to the same, when presented, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; provided, that the remainder of said direct tax money left in the treasury is exhausted.

SEC. 8. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 6, 1893.

ACT XLI

AN ACT to amend section three (3) of an act entitled "An Act for the donation of forfeited lands," approved April 4, 1887.

SECTION

1.

Amend section 3 of an act for the donation of forfeited lands. How to proceed. 2. Act in force from passage.

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

SECTION I. That section three (3) of an act entitled “An Act for the donation of forfeited lands," approved April the 4, 1887, be amended to read as follows:

Any person wishing to obtain such donation shall apply therefor to the Commissioner of State Lands and at the same time shall file in the office of said commissioner, his or her affidavit, stating that he or she possesses the qualifications required by section one (1) of this act, and that the land applied for is for the purpose of actual settlement, occupancy and cultivation by said applicant for his or her own exclusive benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the benefit or use of any other person or persons whomsoever; and

that he or she had not heretofore had the benefit of any donation law of the State; provided, that when it shall be made to appear by the affidavit of any donee who has heretofore made or may hereafter make a donation entry supported by the affidavits of two creditable witnesses who are citizens of the county in which the land is situated, the creditability and citizenship of the two supporting witnesses to be certified to by the clerk of the circuit court of the county where said donee resides that he or she had made a donation entry, but while acting in entire good faith through accident or mistake had failed to perfect title to such donation claim, he or she shall be allowed to re-donate the same tract of land, or in case such land should be sold or otherwise disposed of by the State, such donee may upon proof as set out above be allowed to make a donation of another tract of land in a quantity not exceeding one hundred and sixty (160) acres.

SEC. 2.

That this act take effect and be in force from

and after its passage.

Approved March 7, 1893.

ACT L.

AN ACT declaring it unlawful to sell, barter, exchange, remove or otherwise dispose of property upon which liens of certain kinds exist, and fixing the punishment for so selling, bartering, exchanging, removing or disposing of such property.

SECTION

1. Unlawful to sell, exchange or remove any property upon which a lien exists 2. Unlawful to aid or abet in the same.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION I. That it shall be unlawful for any person to

sell, barter, exchange or otherwise dispose of, or to remove beyond the limits of this State, or of the county in which a landlord's or laborer's lien exists, or in which a lien has been created by virtue of a mortgage or deed of trust, any property of any kind, character or description upon which a lien of the kind enumerated above exists; provided, that such sale, barter, exchange, removal or disposal of such property be made with the intent to defeat the holder of such lien in the collection of the debt secured by such mortgage, laborer's or landlord's lien.

SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to aid, abet or in any manner assist any person in the sale, barter, exchange, removal or disposal of any property as prohibited in the foregoing section.

SEC. 3. All persons who shall be convicted of violating section one (1) or section two (2) of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a felony where the debt secured by such lien exceeds in amount the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars and the property so sold, bartered, exchanged, removed or otherwise disposed of exceeds in value the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of not less than six months nor more than two years.

SEC. 4. All persons who shall be convicted of violating section one (1) or section two (2) of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor where the debt secured by such lien does not exceed in amount the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars or where the property so sold, bartered, exchanged, removed or otherwise disposed of does not exceed in value the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars and shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more than fifty ($50.00) dollars.

SEC. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.