Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-10-09

naiuG LuWndes county, one Senator; Chuctsw !
county on Senator Ocuhbeha and Chickasaw |
couulirs unc Seralog; NunIor county, one Senator;
1sh,mif.n roun'y, one ), nato,; Iippnh county /
one S,usirr; Marshall county, one Senator D. /
Srfo. Tuuira CuaIurra. Bolivar and Washington
ruurucs, uac >eua or; haolusha coun's. one -
Hafu,: Home county. uge S.uaiuG Warren cuuu.
ty one S.ulIoe Ltateue county, one Stualor.
Pike county, uGe Senator
Representatives
Adams coualy, o., E,pr,seiiuuy,; Cry Of Nat
! chez, tvo Representatives; Anlc county, lwo
/ Represeufauyr.; Aiiaia county, one Representa-
/ ty,; Bolivar county, Oue Representative; Car
ro. coHuiy two Representatives.; LhIckasaw
! county ouc Representative; Chucllw county, two
/ Representatives,; Claiborne county, two Rtprrsrn-
lauyr-i Clark county, one Representative; Cop,ah
| county, Two REPRESENTATIVES; COwngloa county,
onr Representative; Coahoma county, one Repre-
sentative; DE- SOTO county two Representatives;
Franklin county, one Rerrestuanyc; Greeu conn
ty one Representative; iiaucuCk county, one Re
preventative; lludo county four Representatives;
| Holmes COUNT, Two Representatives., laWanbl
Comfy, three Representatives; Jackson COUNTY one
Representative; jasper county, one Representative,
Jefferson county, one Representative; Jones coun
~, one Representative; kempef county, two Re
prrsenratvrs; Lafayette county, two Representa-
yves; Laudrrdalc county, two Representatives
|
rouutv one Representative; Lowndes county three
Reptts natives; Madison county, Two Representa-
tyes; Mnflou county, one representative; Marshall
county. tour r. prsenlatIve>; Munr-t county, two
Representatives, Neshoha coHny, one Representa-
i've; Newton county, one Representative; Noxu-
bee county two Representatives; Ocbheha couu.
lv, one Representa- Perry county one Repre-
sentative; Pkr county, iva Representatives; PIANO
N cuuuty, one Representative, pontotoc county,
/ D. POI .tttt ltLI
scntltves, Scnu county, one Representative;
simpson county one RepreSenlalve; Smith county,
one Reprts, NATIVE; Iaiiahatche county, one Re
prcsenlatI,r Ilppah county, Tour Representatives;
T>heniulo county, thrre Representatives; runca
county, one Representative; Warren county, one
Representative; Washington county one Repre-
sentative; City OF VlcksburG, one Representative;
WarreH county and city Of NcksbnrL together, one
Representative; Wilkinson county. Two Represent.
atves; Winston cuunly two Representatives,;
| Wayne county, one Representative; YaIobusha
, county, three Representatives; la2oo county, two
Representatives; and the county oil Harrison, one
Representative.
Each voter by the Constitution, is entitled To
vote for five members of tie Board Of Police. bat
, eau only vote lor one person residing IN Police
! District. Police OlHCers must be elected by the
II VOTERS al the whole county, aud not b. DiSritt>.-
Il Separate boxes must be kept for the ehcllcn Of
" Justices Of tie Peace and ConsahIes. In ~ IN.
!. stance can box he legally opened, and the vote,
p. counted untIi The close OF the polls on the second
Day OF the election.
The polls must We kept open two DAYS, at edcL
u precinct wuhu The houts prescribed by law.
5 The offices Of Assessor and Collector have beer
NJ divided IN every county III the State bat he SAINT
70 individual cannot hold both Offices in any county,
!. A Shenhor Constable, however is eligible to the
Il office OF Assessor Of faxes or Collector Of Taxes
! The Constitution and laws do mol prohibit the same
' person from holding two Offices provided they art
' not incompatible, By blending executive, Judicial, o.
IS legislative powers IN the same person.
J. The Bond Of each Assessor Of Taxes must bt
IS in the penalty OF Ten Thousand Dollars, condition
g ed as the law preScrlbeS, aud approved bv the
Il President OF the Board OF Police winch Bond mus
he recorded IN The office Of tht Clerk OF the Board
: OF Police, and transmitted, 10y mail, 10 the Auditor
Is e Public Accounts, Jackson, Mss. The Bond o.
u the Collector Of Taxes, must be "n the penalty 81
4 The full amount with Ten per cent thereon, Of The
II Assessment Ro, OF the County for State aud Couu
!. ~ purposes; and shall he recorded IN the Office o.
Il the Clerk OF the Board OF Police. aud he by hin
transmitted 10 the Auditor OF Public Accounts y
SAID B'ud must aso be approved by Tie presldeO,
Of tie Board Of Police. GJj-Sre ActS Of 1871
" pages 81, 81, and IS.
The Bonds to be gwen by tie ShCrls witt
=, their suIeles, stall be approved bv The Probate
v Judge OF the county, and recorded in the Clerk
Office 81 sad Probate Court and the original OF sal,
, Bond there ded and prc.ervft; aud The Bond, u
aIl hen 20 my officers Assessors and Collectors u
/, LAKES cNceplcdO may be likewise approved 10y
' sad Probate Judge Revised Statutes, pare 300
Tie penalties ri SHrrihs Bonds, are 10 be found a
page 800, of the Revised Statutes Of Mississippi. -
The Board OF Police IN each county is required /,
prescribe the penalty Of the Bond Of the County
Treasurer.
The penalty Of the Bond of County Surveyor
: is two thousand dollars, The penalty OF Coroner,
Bond is "in the penalty Of oue.haIf the sum re-
CURED by law ollh, Sheriff oItha, county tor which
he Coroner is chosen. Revised Statutes, page
500
, The Bo,ds Of tie Clerks of the Circuit Courts
must be IN the penalty ul tive thousand dollars, ant
approved by the Judge Of that CourI, If in sesslo
i IA the county--rlnol, by the Judge of Probate. Th
y Judge Of q Circuit Court IS not authorized to ap
- prove a Clerks Bond "a vacation The Bond q
the Clerk Of the Probate Court must be IN the pen
! atty Of two thousand dolIovs, aud approved by tn
y Judge Of Protajc.
y The Bond ola Justice ot the Peace must be in tl
penalty uI not more than 1--WE thousand dollars, no
!, less llqn 1--WE hundred dollars and nppfo,. hy the
!, Judge oi Probate who Viii alsr fix The peualtv, 81
= as 10 accord with the probable amount OF busineS
the Justice will have To transact. Revised Statutes
page I35.
The Bond of a Constable must be in such pena
\ as The judge 81 Probate shaI Direct mot beng les
u than five hundred doitS nor more than hiirr
u hundred dollars and he also approved by san
i, Judge-Re lsed statutes, pas, i5l. The pena,l
, OF the Bond al Ranger, IS five hundred dollar,
- and must he approved by the Judge OF Probate
" All officers, before they enter ON the DISCHARGE ,
: their respective duties must take the oath prescribe
i, 10y the Constitution, aud the several acts regnhun
their duties, and file certificates Of the oath OF ol