Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-08-12

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| Chancellor NJ lhe Court, established
by tho act 10 which this Is nn amend
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section y ~ II Godl,g enacted
That the qualified clT 1uk lho
counties Of Lowndc'L ,f q,
! Noxnbeo, Winston, 'Rr'dpf and
! Noihobn, shall OH The hWt Monday
and day following In November Az.
no Dolnini, Eighteen hundred aud
iOfty.llifcr, and every two years
thereafter, proceed to elect u clerk,
who shall hold the Office aud Dis
charge the duties Of Clcrk of the
District Chanccry Court Of the state
Of Mississippi, to be holden at The
town of Columbus, IN the County oil
Lowndes, as now provided for by
law, and for that purpose the sheriff
or other proper returning officer OF
the respective counties last above
named, shall open poll for the cleo
ton Of ouch clerk, and due return
make thereof to the Secretary of
Slate as now required by law, and
the Governor is hereby required to
commission the person receiving the
highest number of votes, who shall
| hold his office of clerk of said court
for two years:
Section 4. BE it further enacted,
That the qualified electors of the
counties Of Chickasaw, Tishemingo,
ltawamba and Monroe, shall at the
same time and in the same man
ner as provided for in the foregoing
section of this act, proceedto elect a
clerk for the District Chancery
Court of the State of Mississippi, to
be holden in the town of Fulton,
in the county of ltawamba. And the
sheriff or other proper returning
officer of the said last named coun-
ties respectively, shall make due re-
turn thereof, as provided for in the
third section of this act. And the
person receiving the highest number
of votes shall be commissioned; and
shall hold his office as therein pro-
vided.
Section 5. Be it further enacted,
That the qualified electors of the
counties Of Lafayette, Marshall, Pom
totoc, Desoto, Tunica, Coahoma,
Pamela and Tippah shall at the same
time, and in the same manner, pro-
coed to elect clerk for said District
Court of Chancery of the State of
Mississippi, to be holden in the town
of Holly Springs in the county of
Marshall, as now provided for by law.
And the sheriff or other proper re-
turning officer of the respective coun-
ties, last aforesaid, shall make due
return thereof to the Secretary oil
State, and the person receiving the
highest number of votes shall be COM
missioned by the Governor, and shall
hold his Office for the like period of
two years:
Section 6. Be it further enacted,
That the qualified electors of the
counties of Tallahatchie, Yallabusha,
Carroll, Choctaw and Holmes shall
at the same time and in the same
manner, proceed to the election of a
clerk for the District Chancery Court
1.-THE State of Mississippi, to be hol-
den at CarroIlton in the county of
Carroll as now provided for by law.
And the sheriff or other returning
officer of the respective counties last
named shall make due return thereof
as now required by law, in such cases
and the person receiving the highest
number Of votes shall be commission
ed as clerk of said Court, and he shall
hold his office for the like period of
two years.
Section L Be it further enacted,
That no person shall be eligible to
the office of clerk unless he be twen-
ty.one years of age and has resided
in the State for one year next pre-
ceeding his election, and at the time
thereof shall be citizen of the sub
district for which he may be elected
as clerk, and he shall keep his Office
at the place appointed for holding of
the respective court of which he may !
be the clerk elect, and shall superin-
tend his office.
Section s. Be it further enacted,
That the Vice Chancellor's salary be,
and is hereby reduced to the sum of
two thousand dollars per annum.
Sectons@' Be it further enacted.