Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-09-18

talives; Npshoba county, one Repre- 3enIa
f tive; Newton county, ono Representative;
Noxubee county, two Representatives;
Octibbeha county, one Representative;
Perry county, one Representative; Pike
county, two Representative; Pamela
county, one Representative; Pontotoc
county, two Representatives; Rankin
county. Two Representatives; Scott coun.
ty, one Representative; Simpson county,
one Representative; Smith county, one
Representative; TaIIahatchle county, one
Representative Tippah county, -four Rep
resenatives; TishemIngo county, three
Representatives; Tunica county, one Rep.
resentatIve, Warren county, one Repre-
sentative; Washington county, one hep-
sentative; City OF Vicksburg, one Rep
resentatlve; Warren county and city OF
Vicksburg together, one Representative;
Wilkinson county, two REPRESENTATIVES;
} Winston county, two Representatives.;
Wayne county one Representative; \ aIo-
busha county, three Representatives; va
zoo county, two Representatives. and The
county, of Harrison, one Representative.
/, Each voter, BY the Constitution, ia en-
titled to vote for FIVE members Of the Board
OF Police, but can only vote for one person
, residing 10 a Police District. Police
. Officers must be elected by the voters oil
the whole County, and not by Districts.
Seperate boxes must be kept for the cleo.
, ton ct Justices Of the Peace aud Conslh-
bles. In no instance can box be legally
opened, and the votes counted, until the
, close Of The polls on the second day OF the
, election.
The polls must be kept open two days.
at each precinct, within the hours prescrlb-
ed by law.
! The offices of Assessor and Collector
! have been divided in every county of the
, State, hut the same individual cannot hold
both Offices in any county. A Sheriff or
Constable, however, is eligible TO the of
flee of Assessor Of Taxes, or Collector of
Taxes. The Constitution and laws do
not prohibit the same person from holding
two offices, provided they are not incom.
patibIe, by blending executive, judicial,
or legislative powers in the same person.
The bond Of each Assessor Of Taxes,
I must be in the penalty of Ten Thousand
Dollars, conditioned as the law Prescrlbes
I and approved by the President of the
, Board of Police-which Bond must be
e recorded IN the office of the Clerk Of the
, Board Of Police, and transmitted, by mail
! to the Auditor of Public Accounts, jack
son, Mississippi The Bond of the Col
/ Iector Of Taxes, must be Gin the penalty
6 Of the full amount, with ten per cent. there
on, of TIE Assessment Roll Of the County,
for State and County purposes; and shall
be recorded in the Office Of the Clerk o
he Board OF Police, and be by him trans
> mitted TO the Auditor Of Public Accounts
r Said bond must be approved by the presi
= dent of the Board of Police. " See
- Acts Of 1871, pages 81, 81, and CD.
"The Bonds to be gwen by the Sher
ff., with their suretes, shall be approved
g by the Probate Judge Of the county, anC
recorded in the Clerks Office of said Pro
bate Court, and the original Of SAID Bond
here filed and preserved; and the Bonds
4 of all other county officers, assessors anc
), Collectors of Taxes excepted,) may be
" likewise approved by said Probate
Judge. "-Revised Statutes, pag' 299.-
The penalties of Sherlfs Bonds, are to be
found in page 900, Of the Revised Statute:
T. Of Mississippi. The Board of Police il
d each county is required to prescribe thu
'e penalty of the bond Of the County Treas
r. 0rer.
W The penalty OF The Bond for County
ID Surveyor is two thousand dollars. TIL,
'e penalty of Coroner's Bond is GIN th'
:, penalty Of ne,haf The sum required By
r; law Of the Sheriff Of that county, for which
,, the Coroner is chosen" Revised Statute
/ page 800.
a The Bonds of the Clerks of the Circui
re courts, must be in the penalty offs thousan'
r dollars, and approved by the Judge Of tina
l. Court, If in session in the conuty--if not
by the Judge of Probate. The Judge o
a Circuit Court is not authorized to ap
a; prove a Clerks Bond 10 vacation, TE
) Bond of the Clerk Of Probate Court mus
/. he in the penalty of two thousand dollars
If and approved by The Judge Of Probate.
u The Bond Of Justice of the Peac,
.. must I've in the penalty Of not more thai
y. tire thousand dollars, nor less than fr
y, hundred dollars, and approved by th
e Judge of Probate, who will also fix th
.. penalty, so as to accord with the probable
p amount of business the Justice will hav,
> to transacL--Revised Statutes, page Abs
.. The Bond of Constable must be il
i such penalty as the Judge Of the Probate
; shall direct, "not being less than five hun
.,A than Hfinpp bn