Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-10-09


REPRESENTATIVES; Lawrence county, TWO
Representatives; Leake county, one heP'
reseotative; Lowndes county, three Yep
resenratiyes; Madison county, two heP'
resenlatiyes; Marion county, one kepTe-
sentative; Marshall county, four hePre'
sentatves; Monroe county, two kereseh
italyes; Neshoba county, one Representa-
hive. Newton county, ono Representatives
Noxubee county, two Representatives.
|Octibbeha county, one Representative;
Perry county, one Representative; PIke
county, two Representatives,; PanoIa
county, one Representative; Pon'otoc
county, two Representatives; Rankin
county. Two Representatives, Scott coun-
Iy, one Representative; Simpson county,
one Representative; Smith county, one
Representative; TaIlahatchle county, one
Representative; Tlppah county, iorr KeF'
resentalyes; Tishemlngo county, three
Representatives Tunlca county, one Keep
resentatIve, Warren county, one REPRE-
sentative: Washington county, one ReP'
1resen,allve; City oil Vicksburg, one Rep
resentative; Warren county aud city OF
Vrcksburg together, one Representative;
Wilkinson county, two Representatives,;
Winston county, two Representatives.
Wavne county one Representative; Kalo-
bnsha county, three Representatives; va
700 county, two Representatives aud The
county, OF Harrison, one Representative
Each voter, by the Constitution, Is en-
titled to vote for FIVE members Of the Board
of Police, but can only vote for one person
residing 10 Police District. Police
Officers must be elected by the voters o
the whole County, and not by Districts
Separate boxes must be kept for the eec
ton cf Justices Of the Peace and ConsIa'
Ibles. In no instance can a box be legally
opened, and the votes counted, until lh'
CLOSE Of the polls on the second day OF lh'
election.
The polls must be kept open two days
at each precinct, within the hours PrescHb
ed by law.
! The offices of Assessor and Collector
have been divided in every county of The
State, but the same individual cannot hole
both Offices in any county. A Sheriff OIL
Constable, however, is eligible to the Of
fee Of Assessor Of Taxes, or Collector o
Taxes. The Constitution and laws DIT
not prohibit the same person from holding
two Offices, provided they are not lncom
.pauble, by blending executive, judicial
or legislative powers in the same person
The bond Of each Assessor Of Taxes
must be in the penalty Of Ten Thousand
Dollars, conditioned as the law Prescrlbes
and approved by the President of the
Board of Polce-which Bond must b(
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
Hector of Taxes, must be "ln the penalty
of the fall amount, with ten per cent. there
on, Of the Assessment Roll of the Conuty
for State and County purposes; and shall
be recorded in the Office OF the Clerk o
1.-The Board oE Police, and be by him trans
rniued to the Auditor Of Public Accounts
Said bond must be approved by the presi
: den, Of the Board OF Police. 0~F Sc
= Acts Of 1s4l, pages 81, 90, and 50.
"rhe Bonds to be gwen by the SheT
iffs, with their sureties, shall be approve
. 10y the Probate Jadge Of the county, an
recorded in the Clerks Office of said Pre-
bate Court, and the original of SAID Bono
, there filed and preserved; and the Bond
of all other county officers, Assessors an
4 Collectors of Taxes excepted,) may b
4 likewise approved by said Probat
- Judge ."-Reyised Statutes, page 299.-
The penalties Of ShenGs Bonds, are to b
found in page 800, of the Revised Statute
of Mississippi. The Board of Police il
: each county is required to prescribe tn
d penalty of the bond of the County Treas
e urer.
,; The penalty Of the Bond for Count
y Surveyor is two thousand dollars. Th
d penalty of a Coroner's Bond is "ln tn
e penalty Of one,half the sum required b
Z, law of the Sheriff Of that county, for whic
:; the Coroner is chosen. "-Revised Statute
> page 800.
i The Bonds of the Clerks Of the Circu
q couris,must he in the penalty offs thousan
= dollars, and approved by the Judge OF lha
Court, If in session in the county-if moi
: by the Judge of Probate. The Judge G
a Circuit Court is not authorized to ap
prove Clerks Bond n vacation. Tn
J; Bond of the Clerk Of Probate Court mus
J.; be in the penalty Of two thousand dollars
= and approved by the Judge of Probate.
r The Bond Of Justice Of the Peac
: must bn in the penalty Of not more thai
!. tire thousand dollars, nor less than fin
I, hundred dollars, and approved by tn,
2, JDdue of Probate who will ,I,o g., A.