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SECTION 5. That it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county of Warren, by himself, or by persons properly appointed by him as returning officers, to hold the election for county officers for the county of Van Buren on the first Saturday in March next, at the precincts and places at which elections have formerly been held in the bounds of the territory now composing said county, for all the county officers of said county, in the same manner and for the same officers as is provided for by the act of 1836, chapter two; and the polls in said election shall be compared at the house of William Worthington, where the courts of said county are now by law directed to be held, and the said officers who may be elected shall be qualified as is by said act provided, and forever thereafter such elections shall be held in said county as is or may be provided by general law for the other counties of this State.
SECTION 6. That the justices of the peace who are retained in office by the act establishing the county of Van Buren shall hold their first county court at the place appointed by said act on the first Monday in April next, at which time it shall be lawful for them to qualify the county officers, assess taxes, and do all other acts which by law such county court is empowered to do.
SECTION 7. That it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county of Van Buren, when the commissioners shall designate the places to be voted for the seat of justice of said county, as is provided for in the fifth section of the act establishing the county of Van Buren, to hold the election or elections for the same as is provided for in said section, and the election for the same shall be held on Thursday the thirtieth day of April next after the passage of this act, and the same or any subsequent election for the same shall be advertised as required by the said fifth section of said act, and the place elected shall be established as the seat of justice as therein recited.
SECTION 8. That the five commissioners to lay off and sell lots and superintend the erection of public buildings, as is provided for in said fifth section, or in any subsequent portion of said act establishing said county, may be appointed at the May term of said court next after the passage of this act, or at any subsequent term of the same, and that such parts of the said act establishing said county of Van Buren, passed on the third day of January, 1840, inconsistent with the provisions of this and the three preceding sections of this act, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 9. That the county courts of the several new counties of this State, established since the ratification of the present constitution, may have power to make appropriations to pay for all arrearage of expenses which may have been or may be incurred in the surveying and designation of the boundaries of such counties.
Passed: January 21, 1840.