ARKANSAS.

HISTORICAL.

1763. Belonged to France.

1763-1800. Belonged to Spain.

1800-1803. Belonged to France.

1803. Part of the “ Louisiana Purchase" by United States.

1804-1805. Part of the District of Louisiana (attached to Indiana Ter-

ritory).

1805-1812. Part of the Territory of Louisiana.

1812–1819. Part of the Territory of Missouri.

1819. Arkansas Territory established by Act of Congress (Mar. 2).

1836. Admitted as a State by Act of Congress (June 15).

T. L. Cole, Publications South. Hist. Ass'n. Vol. I, p. 113.

l'. S. Charters and Const's, Part I, p. 99.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Title of legislative body “General Assembly.”

Session laws called "Acts."

Bibliography of Statute Law of Southern States: — Arkansas. By

Theodore Lee Cole. Vol. I, Southern History Association,

Washington, 1897. p. 113. 8°.

SESSION LAWS.

Territory

"Missouri Territory.” Dec. 1818.

“Governor and Judges." Aug. 1819.

“General Assembly of Arkansas Terr."

Bound in 1 vol. 149 p. (and

Apr. to Oct. 1820.

index), continuous paging.

(Contains the organic law of

12mo.

Missouri Territory; also

organic law of Arkansas

Territory.]

Session, Oct. 1821. 25 + (2) p. 12mo.
Session, Oct. 1823. 58 p. and ind. 12mo.
4th Session, Nov. 1825. 82 p. and ind. 12mo.
5th Session, Oct. 1827. 80 p. and ind. 12mo.

Special Session, Oct. 1828. 48 p. and ind. 12mo.
6th Session, Nov. 1829. 137 + (1) p. and ind. 12mo.
7th Session, Oct. 1831. 102 p. and ind. 12mo.
8th Session, Oct. 1833. 119 + üü p. 12mo.
9th Session, Oct. 1835. 103 + (1) p. and ind. 12mo.
State
1st Session, Sept. 1836. 213 + (1) + iv p. 8o.
Special Session, Nov. 1837–Mar. 1838. 149 + (2) + ïïi p. 8o.
2d Session, Nov. 1838. iv + 144 (2] + xii p. 8°.
3d Session, Nov. 1840. v + 118 [2] + ix p. 8°.
4th Session, Noy. 1842. vii + 243 p. 8°.
5th Session, Nov. 1844. vi + 176 p. 89.
6th Session, Nov. 1846. viï + 215 p. 8o.
7th Session, Nov. 1848. vii + 232 p. 8°.
8th Session, Nov. 1850. xiv + 366 p. 8o.
9th Session, Nov. 1852. viii + 333 p.
10th Session, Nov. 1854. viji + 288 p. 8o.
11th Session, Nov. 1856. viii + 197 p. 8°.
12th Session, Nov. 1858. vii + 327 p. 8o.
13th Session,

Nov. 1860. xiv + 472 p. 80.
Special Session, Nov. 1861. viii + 92 p. 8o.
Special Session, Mar. 1862. 16 p. 8o.
14th Session,

Nov. 1862. (2) + 98 p. 80.
Called Session,

Sept., Oct. 1864. (3) + 27 p. 8o.
(Regular) Session, Apr. 1864.
Adjourned Session, Nov. 1864. Bound in 1 vol. 95 p. 8o.
Called Session,

Apr. 1865.
[Regular) Session, Nov. 1866. xiv + 595 p. 8°.
[Regular] Session, Apr. 1868. 379 p. 8°.
Adjourned Session, Nov. 1868. x + 236 p. 8°.

Nov. 1868 to Jan. 1871. No session.
(Regular) Session, Jan. 1871. vii + 353 + (2) + liv p. 8°.
[Regular Session, Jan. 1873. xi + (2) + 505 + cxvi p. 8°.
Special Session,

May 1874. v + 74 p. 8o.
[Regular) Session, Nov. 1874. x +291 + (1) + xliv p. 8°.
Adjourned Session, Nov. 1875. ix + (2) + 278 + (1) p. 8°.
[Regular) Session, Jan. 1877. vii + 107 + xx p. 8o.
(Regular] Session, Jan. 1879. xiv + 203 p. 8°.
(Regular] Session, Jan. 1881. xv + 289 p. 8o.
[Regular) Session, Jan. 1883. viii + 362 + (1) + lxxi p. 8o.
(Regular] Session, Jan. 1885. xvi + 261 + xxxix p. 8°.
[Regular] Session, Jan. 1887. xviii + 318 + xlix p. 8°.
(Regular] Session, Jan. 1889. xiii + 197 + xxix p. 8°.

(Regular] Session, Jan. 1891. xviii + 335 + xxxi p. 8°. [Regular) Session, Jan. 1893. xxiii + 375 + 21 p. 8°. (Regular Session, Jan. 1895. xxiii + 300 p. 8o. Regular Session, Jan. 11, 1897. p. x + (1) + 104.) Bound in Extraordinary Session, Apr. 26, 1897. p. xiii + 138. 1 vol. 8°. (Regular) Session, Jan. 1899. xxix + (1) + 416 p. 8o. (Regular) Session, Jan. 1901. xxvii + (1) + 443 p. 8o. (Regular) Session, Jan. 1903. xxxii + 520 p. 8°. (Regular] Session, Jan. 1905. lix + 843 p. and ind. 8°. (Regular] Session, Jan. 1907. Ixxvi + 1273 p. and ind. 8°. (Regular Session, Jan. 1909. lxxi + 1240 p. and ind. 8°. 38th (Regular) Session, Jan. 9, 1911. p. 1-492. Bound in 1 vol. Extraordinary Session, May 22, 1911. p. 495–624. xxiii + 624 p. 8°

STATUTES (Compilations, Revisions, Digests, Codes).
Territory
Laws of Arkansas Territory (1835), compiled and arranged by

J. Steele and J. M'Campbell..
(1) + 562 p. and ind. 12mo.

Little Rock, 1835.
State
Revised Statutes (1837), adopted October session 1837. By Ball,

Roane and Pike.
xv + 956 p. 8o.

Boston, 1838.

Code of Practice (1869) in civil and criminal cases. Published b.

authority.
627 p. 8o.

Little Rock, 1869.

Digest of Statutes - Continued.

(1894); L. P. Sandels and J. M. Hill.

xvi + 1851 p. 8o.
(1904); William F. Kirby.

xi + 1942 p. 8°

Columbia, Mo., 1894.

Austin, Tex., 1904.

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS, CONSTITUTIONS, ETC.
Note. — The constitution at present in force in this state is that of Sept. 7, 1874.

1836.
Journal of proceeding of convention to form a constitution and state

government. Commenced Jan. 4, 1836. Published by authority.
Printed by Albert Pike.
52 p. 8o.

Little Rock, 1836.
Shown in Statute Law of the Southern States, T. L. Cole, Southern History

Association, Vol. I, 1897, p. 123; also in New York Bar Association.
Constitution and Ordinances; in convention at Little Rock, 1836.

Printed by Reed and Budd.
23 p. 8o.

Little Rock, 1838.
Shown in Statute Law of the Southern States, T. L. Cole, Southern History

Association, Vol. I, 1897, p. 124.
Constitution adopted Jan. 30, 1836. Albert Pike.
22 p. 8o.

Little Rock, 1836.
Shown in Statute Law of the Southern States, T. L. Cole, Southern History
Association, Vol. I, 1897, p. 124.
A copy of this constitution is contained in United States Charters

and Constitutions, Part I, p. 101.

1861.
Journal of Convention; begun Little Rock, Mar. 4, 1861. Published

by authority. Printed by Johnson and Yerkes.
144 p. 8°.

Little Rock, 1861.
Shown in Statute Law of the Southern States, T. L. Cole, Southern History

Association, Vol. I, 1897, p. 124.
Journal of both sessions of Convention; begun Little Rock, March

and May, 1861. Published by authority. Printed by Johnson
and Yerkes.
509 p. 8o.

Little Rock, 1861.
Shown in Statute Law of the Southern States, T. L. Cole, Southern History
Association, Vol. I, 1897, p. 124.

Ordinances, Resolutions, and Constitution of convention which

convened Little Rock, May 6, 1861.
128 p. 8°.

Little Rock, 1861.
Shown in Statute Law of the Southern States, T. L. Cole, Southern History
Association, Vol. I, 1897, p. 125; also in New York Bar Association.

Note. — The principal change made by the constitution of 1861 was by way
of amendment to constitution of 1836 inserting the words “Confederate States'
in place of “United States.' (See United States Charters and Constitutions,
Part I, p. 120.)

1864.
Journal of Convention; assembled at capitol January 4, 1864, also

journals of House of Representatives of sessions 1864, 1864-65,
and 1865. By authority. Printed by Price and Barton.
58 + 309 + 67 p. 8°.

Little Rock, 1870.
Constitution; a copy of this constitution is contained in United

States Charters and Constitutions, Part I, p. 120.

1868.
Debates and Proceedings of Convention which assembled to

form a constitution, Jan. 7, 1868, under Act of Congress
Mar. 2, 1867, and Acts supplementary thereto. By J. G. Price,
secretary.
(9) + 985 p. 4to.

Little Rock, 1868.

p. 4to.

Constitution of convention which assembled Jan. 7, 1868. With

notes, full documentary history of constitution, and constitu-
tion of United States prefixed. By J. M. Pomeroy. [Published]
by authority.
lxxxii + 54 + " cxxxvii-clxxvi”

Little Rock, 1870.
Ordinances, Public Resolutions and Orders, and memorials ad-

dressed to congress, by the constitutional convention assembled at
Little Rock, Jan. 1, 1868. By authority. Printed by J.G. Price.
(4) + 30 p. 8o.

Little Rock, 1868.
Shown in Statute Law of the Southern States, T. L. Cole, Southern History
Association, Vol. I, 1897, p. 126.

Constitution; Pomeroy. (1870.)

In Department of Justice, also in New York Bar Association.
A copy of this constitution is contained in United States Charters

and Constitutions, Part I, p. 134.