Jones v. Oldham
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT' BY THE COURT. The question presented by this appeal is whether a special act, No. 212, of the 1913 session of the Legislature entitled, “An Act Creating Certain Road Improvement Districts for the Purpose of Building, Constructing, Maintaining and Repairing the Public Roads of Lonoke and Prairie Counties,” is repealed by Act No. 302, of the said session of the Legislature, entitled, “An Act Creating…
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Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT' BY THE COURT. The question presented by this appeal is whether a special act, No. 212, of the 1913 session of the Legislature entitled, “An Act Creating Certain Road Improvement Districts for the Purpose of Building, Constructing, Maintaining and Repairing the Public Roads of Lonoke and Prairie Counties,” is repealed by Act No. 302, of the said session of the Legislature, entitled, “An Act Creating the Department of State Lands, Highways and Improvements.” Appellant, in his petition, sets out that he is an owner of a…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). The special act names the commissioners of Road District No. 2, prescribes all their duties for the carrying out of the contemplated project and improvement, and fixes the boundaries of the district. It is complete within itself, furnishing all the authority and procedure necessary for the completion of the contemplated improvement. The general law, creating the Department of State Lands, Highways and Improvements, provides that road improvement districts “may be formed under it” and the manner of their organization, but it also makes provisions for the…
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