An Act for the Relief of Isaac White

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                   An Act for the Relief of Isaac White                      
                       Late Sheriff of Pike County.                          
                                                                             
Section.                                      Section.                       
                                                                             
   1. Amount of penalty to be refunded.          3. Act, when in force.      
   2. Auditor to audit account.                                              
                                                                             
Whereas, it has been represented that Isaac White, late sheriff of Pike      
county, transmitted to the Treasurer of the State of Arkansas, the amount of 
revenue, due from him as sheriff for the year 1839, on the 4th day of        
December, 1839, and, from accident or neglect, the money was not paid until  
the 17th day of December, 1839, and whereas, also, from the existing law, it 
is provided, that, for such defalcations, the sheriff is bound to forfiet    
his per cent, for collection, and five per cent per month, until the amount  
is paid, and twenty per cent damage, Therefore: Be it enacted by the General 
Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the aforesaid Isaac White be, and he 
is hereby, authorized to receive out of the State Treasury, the full amount  
of money, that he has forfeited by reason of said defalcation.               
                                                                             
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Auditor of Public Accounts is    
hereby authorized to audit and allow his account for the same.               
                                                                             
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, and be   
in force, from and after its passage.                                        
                                                                             
                                  G. Hill                                    
                   Speaker of the House of Representatives.                  
                                                                             
                                  M. Izard                                   
                           President of the Senate.                          
                                                                             
                        Approved: 21st November, 1840.                       
                                                                             
                                  A. Yell                                    
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Acts, Passed at the Fifth Session of the General Assembly of the State of    
Arkansas. Published by Authority. Little Rock: 1841.                         
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David Kelley 1997