The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-20


Government of the State of Mississippi.
Section l. Be il enacted By the LegiSIa-
tUre of the State of Mississippi, That from
and after the expiration of the term for
which they we're elected, the following ma
med officers Of this State shall receive for
their annual compensation in quarterly pay
ments after they shall have been audited
according to law, the following named sums,
viz. Tho Chancellor of this State shall re-
eeiVe the sum Of thrOo thousand ana nve
hundred dollars; the Judges of the High
Court Of Errors and Appeals shall receive
each twenty-five hundred dollars; the
Judges Of the several Circuit Courts shall
each receive twenty-five hundred dollars;
the Attorneys of the several Judicial Dis
tricts, commonly called District Attorneys,
shall each receive one thousand dollars; the
Secretary Of State shall receive two thous-
and dollars; the Auditor of Public Accounts
shall receive two thousand and five hundred
dollars; the Treasurer Of the State shall
receive two thousand dollars; the Keeper of
the State Capitol shall receive four hundred
dollars; the Keeper of the Penitentiary
shall receive two thousand dollars; the
Assistant Koepor of tho Ponitentiary shall
receive eight hundred dollars; the CLERK of
the Pententiary shall receive one thousand
dollars; the Physician Of the Penitentiary
shall receive four hundred dollars; the At
toFney General Of the State shall receive two
thousand dollars; the Adjutant General of
the State shall receive four hundred dollars,
and the Chaplain Of the Penitentiary shall
receive two hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 2. Be IL further enacted, That the
Office Of State Architect be, and the same
is hereby, abolished; and that the State
Librarian shall receive four hundred dollars
per annum
Sec 8. Be Il further enacted, That in
the event of death, resignation, or removal
from Office of either Of the officers mention
ed in the first section of this act, the person
elected or appointed TO fill such vacancy
shall enter upon the discharge of his official
duties, receive in quarterly payments the
annual compensation authorized to be paid
to such officers in the first section of this
act.
Sec 4. Be 1t further enacted, That
hereafter the contingent allowance to the
Librarian Of the State shall be two hundred
dollars, and the annual allowance for the
increase of the State Library shall be FIVE
hundred dollars.
Sec. s.. Be 1t further enacted, That
hereafter the per diem compensation of the
Inspectors of the Penitentiary shall be two
dollars for each day that they shall be actu-
ally engaged in the discharge of their duties
as such The Sergeant of the Guard of the
Peuitentiary shall receive forty dollars pei
month, and Privates Of such Guard shall
each receive thirty dollars per month: and
said Guard shall consist of nine men, but in
cases Of danger. or great and evident ne
cessity, the Inspectors Of the PenitentiaTy
may increase the number Of said Guard du
ring such time as in eirjudgment shall be
necessary.
Sec. 6. Belt further enacted, That here
after grand Jurors and Witnesses in behalf o
the State shall each receive one dollar anC
fifty cents for their services per day, while
they shall be required to attend on their re
spective Courts, and six cents per mile 70
travelling from and to the respective place
Of their residence, computing the distanc,
= by the usually travelled route. Petit Juror
or the original Venire, shall each receive on
dollar and fifty cents per day while they sha
be required to attend on their respectiV
Courts, and six cents por mile for travellin
from and to their respective places of res
dence, estimating the distance by the .usr
ally travelled route: and the tales juror
shall not hereafter receive any compensation
Witnesses attending on the Legislature VI
der a subpoena, for each day they may b
required SO TO do, shall receive two dollar
and six cents per mile for travelling to an
going from the State Capitol, estimating h
distance by the usually travelled route: br
no payment shall be made by the Treasure
orthe State on account Of services rendere
by'ahy Of the officers Of the State mention
ed in the fourth, fifth and sixth sections
this act, until they shall have been duly ce
tilted and audited according 10 law.
Sec. Z. Be It further enacted, That
sny talesman juror shall be detained mo-
! eftCh tale