ARKANSAS. 



i.rinted l>y tho Territorial See ret a ry and 

 published for the first tune in IMM, \\illi tho 

 1 the sixteenth Legislature. Steps have 

 iken to lirin i; the question of their validity, 

 and therefore the validity of tho later action of 

 the fifteenth Legislature, before the final tri- 

 bunal, the I'niled States Supremo Court. I'ntil 

 itsdeeision is rendered they remain in force by 

 virtue of the decision of the Territorial Court. 

 The morn important of these laws are the fol- 



for 



Fopulution by Raced. The following table 



shows I he while and colored population of the 

 several count ie., in Island in 1H!M, according 

 to tho Federal census : 



Aineiidiiii.' the law in relation to jurors and juries. 



T<> c>ti<l>li>h u compulsory school law in and foi 

 the Territory. 



To provide for tho further erection and maintc- 

 iiuiiee of tin- University of Arizona. 



I'l-uhihiting the carrying on of certain business 

 within the limits of incorporated cities on Sunday. 



Providiiij,' for attachments on real estate and per- 

 sonal property. 



ARKANSAS, a Southern State, admitted to 

 the Union June 15, 1836; area, 53,850 square 

 miles. The population, according to each decen- 

 nial census since admission, was 97,574 in 1840 ; 

 209,897 in is:,o; .|:!r>,450 in 1860; 484,471 in 

 isTii; so-j.5-jr in 1880: and 1,128,179 in 1890. 

 Capital, Little Rock. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, James P. 

 Kagle. Democrat; Secretary of State, B. B. 

 Chisiu; Auditor, W. S. Dunlop ; Treasurer, 

 Kobert 15. Morrow; Attorney-General, William 

 }]. Atkinson; Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, Josiah II. Shinn ; State Land Commission- 

 er. ('. 11. Myers; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, Sterling It. Cockrill ; Associate Justices, 

 Hurrill B. Battle, Simon P. Hughes, William E. 

 Hemingway, and. W. W. Mansfield, who was 

 elected on Jan. 26 to fill the vacancy caused by 

 death of Justice M. II. Sundels, Nov. 12, 1890. 



Education. The following public-school sta- 

 tistics for the years ending June 30, 1889, and 

 June 30, 1890, are reported by the State Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction : 



Charities. On Nov. 30, 1888, there were in 

 the State Lunatic Asylum 411 patients, of whom 

 161 were white males, 168 white females, 40 col- 

 ored males, and 42 colored females. During 

 the year succeeding, 95 patients were admitted 

 mid !)($ discharged, while during tho year begin- 

 ning Nov. 30, 1889, 88 were admitted and 88 

 discharged, leaving 410 remaining on Nov. 30. 

 !S!)<). of whom 160 were white males, 167 white 

 females, 44 colored males, and 39 colored fe- 

 males. Additional accommodations at this in- 

 stitution were provided for by the General As- 

 sembly this your. At the State School for the 

 Wind the total enrollment in 1888-'89 was 144 

 pupils, and in 1889-'90, 165. At the Deaf Mute 

 Institute 143 pupils were enrolled for the two 

 years ending June 30, 1890. 



The State also contained, in 1890, 131 Chinese 

 and 304 Indians. 



