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

SECTION I. Any corporation organized by virtue of the laws of this State, for the purpose of developing and producing mineral oil, or petroleum, or natural gas in this State, and marketing the same, or transporting or conveying the same by means of pipes from the point of production to any other point, either to refine or to market such oil, or to conduct such gas to any point or points to be used for heat or lights, may construct, operate, and maintain a line or lines of pipes for that purpose along and under the public highways and the streets of cities and towns, with the consent of the authorities thereof, or across and under the waters and over any lands of the State, and on the lands of individuals, and along, under, or parallel with the rights of way of railroads, and the turnpikes of this State; provided, that the ordinary use of such highways, turnpikes, and railroad rights of way be not obstructed thereby, or the navigation of any waters impeded, and that just compensation be paid to the owners of such lands, ranroad rights of way, or turnpike, by reason of the occupation of such lands, railroad rights of way, or turnpikes by said pipe line or lines.

SECTION 2. In the event any such company shall fail upon application to individual railroads, or turnpike companies to secure such right of way by consent, contract, or agreement, then such corporation shall have the right to proceed to procure the condemnation of such property, lands, rights, privileges, and easements in the manner now provided by law for taking private property for right of way for railroads as provided by Section 2947, to Section 2958, inclusive, of Kirby's Digest.

SECTION 3. Whenever any such corporation shall desire to construct such pipe line or lines upon or under

the lands of individuals, or right of way of any railroad, or any turnpike, said corporation, by its agents, shall have the right to enter peacefully upon said lands or rights of way and survey, locate and lay out its said pipe lines thereon, being liable, however, for any damage that may result by reason of such acts, and shall designate on a plat or map to be made and filed with the county clerk of the county, the width of the strip of land needed to be condemned for its purposes, its location, and the depth to which such pipes are to be laid.

SECTION 4. Any person or persons who shall injure or molest any such pipe or pipes so used for the transportation of such oil or gas, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be fined in any sum not to exceed two hundred dollars; but should such injury be done willfully, and be of such a character as to cause such pipes to be so damaged that such oil or gas shall escape and cause damage either to the company or individuals or other corporations, then such person or persons shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof shall be fined 1.ot to exceed one thousand dollars and confined in the penitentiary not more than five years.

SECTION This Act shall take effect and be in force. from and after its passage.

[This bill having remained with the Governor five days (Sunday excepted) and the General Assembly being in session, it has become a law this May 2, 1905.]

ACT 229. V

AN ACT to provide for the election of road overseers in

Pope County, Arkansas.

SECTION

I.

Provides for election of road overseers in Pope County.

2.

Laws in conflict repealed; Act in force from passage.

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

SECTION I. At the next general election of State, county and township officers, and at each general election thereafter, there shall be elected in each political township in Pope County, Arkansas, a road overseer to be elected in the same way and manner as other township officers.

SECTION 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

[This bill having remained with the Governor five days (Sunday excepted) and the General Assembly being in session, it has become a law this May 2, 1905.]

ACT 230.

AN ACT to create the Harrisburg School District and to appoint a board of directors for said school district, and to authorize said board to borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness and create a sinking fund, and for other purposes.

SECTION

I. Creates Harrisburg School District. Boundaries of same.

3. Board of directors' rights and duties defined.

4.

Board to organize and take oath of office. Officers of same,

etc.

5. Vacancies may be filled by board or county judge.

6. Provides for annual election of school directors.

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7. Directors empowered to build, construct, erect, equip and repair school buildings.

8.

Directors may borrow money and issue bonds in payment. 9. Bonds to be signed by president and secretary of board. Treasurer of county to countersign same and deliver to persons named by board of directors. Treasurer responsible for moneys, bonds and other securities deposited with him.

10. Secretary to keep a register of bonds, etc. Treasurer to keep a record, etc.

II.

12.

Board to make an estimate of levy for taxes for payment of obligations of the district.

Unlawful to use bonds for benefit of members of board or others.

13. Revenues of district pledged to payment of bonds and

interest.

14. Commission allowed to treasurer of Poinsett County for services.

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

SECTION I. That the incorporated town of Harrisburg, and the tracts of land lying adjacent thereto, as follows, towit: All section 19 and all section 30, in township II north, in range 4 east; all section 24, all section 23, all section 22, all section 21, all section 20, all section 19, all section 30, all section 29, all section 28, all section 27, all section 26, and all section 25, in township II north, range 3 east, be and the same is hereby organized into a special school district, to be known and designated as the Harrisburg School District.

SECTION 2. That George T. Garvey and J. G. Ford, John J. Mardis and J. A. Bradsher, John B. Estes and John C. Mitchell, and the same are hereby each appointed a school director for said district, two for the term of one year, two for two years, and two for three

years, respectively, in the order in which they are named, from and after the passage of this Act and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SECTION 3. That the directors herein named and their successors in office shall constitute and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name and style of Board of Directors Harrisburg School District, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and have perpetual succession for the purposes hereinafter designated. They shall have a common seal, make such by-laws and regulations from time to time as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with this charter or the laws of the State, and for the purpose of carrying into effect the object of this incorporation, they may appoint all officers and agents which they may deem necessary and suitable in the conduct of business of said corporation, and may do all acts and things not inconsistent with the laws of this State, which may be proper to carry into effect the purposes and objects of this Act.

SECTION 4. Said board of directors hereby created shall within twenty days after the passage of this Act, meet and organize, after taking an oath of office before the clerk of some court of record, and shall elect one of their number as president and one of their number as secretary, who shall serve for the term of one year, or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, and annually thereafter within twenty days after the third Saturday in May, said board of school directors shall elect a president and secretary, who shall serve for the term of one year, or until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

SECTION 5. Should a vacancy occur in the office of president or secretary, or in the office of director of said