The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-01-17

e expired term. And in case Jury had M
h been summoned, to order new Venire Il;
cias, returnable forthwith. With such la'
{ l n force, designations would rarely, if eve
} take place again. Il may also, be necessar
IS to impose additional penalties on Sheriff
+ and clerks, for a corrupt dereIicton Of duty
am advised that the final records Of tn
u courts are rarely made up pursuant to law
! 1t is believed, that they are imperfect in al
d most every Office in the State. Heavy fee
are collected for recording the proceeding
g in each case. When a new clerk comes in
y TO office, he finds the fees for such services
collected, and the work undone. lie refu
SEES, therefore to bring up the unfinished bu
sness of the office, and the records are suf
iered to remain in their imperfect state
Many titles depend for their support on the
records ofvarious courts, and il is essential
that they should be we'll kept The exis.
ting laws, require the judges of the respec-
tive courts, TO make periodical examinations
Of the offices of their clerks-this duty they
have generally neglected, and | am not
aware, that a single clerk has ever been
prosecuted on his bond, for falling TO bring
up the records of the court. therefore re-
commend, that further provisions be made
for the examination of the Offices of the
clerks of all the various courts in the State.
] respectfully urge the passage of law,
authorizing the appointment of special
commissioner, whose duty it shall be to cxa-
mine each clerks office in the Slate-io re-
port the several defanlters, and certify the
sums necessary to bring up the records, and
| place the same with copy of the bond in
the hands of the district attorney for suit
1t may be advisable perhaps, TO make such
certificates prima face evidence Of the facts
| therein contained.
the act of 1924, establishing the fees of
SheriGs, clerks and other officers, is still in
force. A few immaterial changes have only
been made. At the period of the passage
of that law, the suits pending in the whole
State, scarcely equaled those now pending
in a single county. The princely salaries
which many of our officers are now receiving
from the hard earnings of the people, nei-
theT cOmport with the spirit of our institu-
tons. nor correspond with the necessities
of the times. Elections for offices lucrative
and giving the incumbents such immense
power, produce intense excitement, and
cause all others to be in measure dsIe-
garded.
A reduction of the fees of all such Off |
GERS is imperiously demanded by the public
veal. 1t is worthy Of seriocs consideration.
whether it would not be advisable to require |
fees over a certain sum, to be paid into the
State Treasury. A fixed maximum of com
pensation might be allowed to each clerk,
and to such number of deputy clerks, as the
court should consider necessary to carry on
the current business of the Office.
again cali your special attention, to that
clause of the Constitution, which enjoins
upon us the encouragement of schools, and
requires US to provide the means of educa-
ton. In order to be enabled TO present
to you, full information relative to all
the Colleges and Academies in exis-
tencs in this State, addressed a circular
letter to the presidents of the various
of learning within our borders
A copy of that letter, with the various re-
plies thereto, is herewith submitted TO your $
favorable consideration. The correspon- =
dence satisfactorily establishes the fact, that |
education can be afforded as cheap in this {
State as elsewhere. The general health of t
the professors and students, has been excel |
lent during the past year. Patriotism no t
less than interest, demand of US the establish $
nent of colleges and schools, sufficient for /
The education of the children of the State I
within her own borders. The pressure of
the times has thrown many persons, capa- G
Die ofmaking good teachers, out of employ $
nent, and less difficulty would be experience q
ed now, than heretofore, in procuring COM h
oetent persons to take charge Of our colleges, a
academies, and schools.
again invoke your speedy action on the t
seminary fund. 1t now amounts, including e
principal and interest, to about S300,0OO. Q
The law providing for the collection and n
custody of that fund, is very defective, and {
! large portion of it, will certainly be lost, "
Unless it is taken from the possession Of p
hose who now control it. The statement a
If the Planters Bank, herewith transmitted, 4
will place you in possession of all the infor- n
nation, have been enabled to obtain rela- G
i've to that fund. The discordant views of Il
he members of the Legislature, in relation Il
0 the location of our State Seminary, has c.
heretofore prevented the passage Of a law, o
roviding for the final disposition Of the fund. re
III will admit, that it should be fixed at n
ealfhy place, of convenient access to the a
f tile State, where the expenses of living d
would be cheap. The preservation Of the 9
teath and morals Of the students, are objects
f the first magnitude, and in locating this a
reat institution, the interest of the whole a
state, rather than that Of particular towns il
nd sections ofthe Country, should be con- il
ulted. beg leave to call your favorable {
otice to the chapter in therevised statutes. 4
repaired by Gen. P. Rutilius R. Pray, in n
eference TO the establishment az uni /;
ersity, colleges and schools. This system a
las been chiefly taxed from those in opera 4
ion in several Of the States of this Union, q
where the most beneficial results have ac- /
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