The railroad running from Missouri through Eureka Springs and on to Helena on May 6, 1905 was ordered by the state legislature to established railway depot at Lexa.
The St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company was also ordered by Act 255 to hire a ticket agent for the depot to work from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to sell passenger tickets and accept freight shipments. The provisions of the act went into effect on May 16.
It also required the depot to include a freight room and prohibiting the railway from leaving freight on the ground or the depot platform.
All those provisions were put in place under penalty of law by including a clause that any violation could result in arrest [we presume of the hired agent in Lexa] and a fine of $25 to $100 and subsequent fines each days the provisions were violated. The violator could be tried either before the justice of the peace or the circuit court.
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