Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-03-14

FIXTURES and amercemenls Tor selling vim
Gus and spurious liquors and licenses for
retailing the same.
SEC. g. Be il further enacted, That the
county treasurers OF the several counties
be, and are hereby made er-OGicio trea.
sures Of the school funds Of their respec-
tive counties, and shall give bond to the
president oc the board Of police Of said
counties, with good and sufficient security,
20 be approved by said board, in sum
prescribed by said board, conditioned thai;
such treasurers shall safely keep all mo
MES, bonds, notes, books and papers, thai
may come into their hands by virtue of
their office, and that they will, in all things
pertaining to said officer, discharge their.
duty faithfully according to law.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all
monies and all bonds, promssory notes,
and other obligations arising from the
leasing of sixteenth sections, reserved for
the use Of schools, or from loans Of money
arising from said leaSg, and all other
papers connected with the sixteenth sec
tons in the several counties in this State,
shall be delivered to the boards Of school
commissioners Of the respective counties,
upon their requisiton, by the trustees Of
school lands in said counties, or other
persons having the same III possession,
and shall be delivered to the treasurer Of
the school fund, by said board Of school
commissioners.
Sec. 10. Be IL further enacted, That the
several boards Of school commissioners,
in those counties where the sixteenth sec
tions have been reserved from sale, sha H
see thai said sixteenth sections are leased
as now directed by law, and that all mo .
MES due from the lease Of said sixteenth
sections, are collected or secured.
Sec. II, Be IL further enacted, That
hereafter all bonds, promiSsory notes, and
other obligations given for school funds,
or for the payment OF monies due by re-
moyoI, or loan from the leasing of any
sixteenth section, shall be made payable
! to the treasurer Of the proper county, and
his successors in Office; aud all suits or &C,
tons, for or on account of the school fund.
or connected with the sixteenth sections
] reserved for the use Of schools, shall be
commenced and prosecuted IN the name
OF the county treasurer OF the proper
f county; and in case OF his death, removal
or resignation, such suits or actions shall
be revived in the name Of his successor
in office; and all bonds, bills, promisory
n ties, or o,her evidences Of debt hereto.
fore or hereafter executed, where the
consideration has arisen from school
funds, or from the leasing Of any six
teenthssectIons, shall be received in eyi
dence in such suits or actions, and no OK,
ceptlons TO the form of such bonds, bills
DromsSory notes. or other evidences
of debt, shall be taken or sustained
whether the same be payable to such
treasurer or not.
Sec. 70. Be it further enacted, Tha
the tleasurers aforesaid shall open a sep
arate account with each township in THEN
respective counties, and credit each town.
ship with the principal and interest ari.
sing from the leasing of the sixteenth
section lying in said township, which prin
ciPal shall remain a permanent fund, tC
be placed at interest, and the interest
shall be appropriated by the boards Of
school commissioners, to the education in
said common schools, Of the children re
siding in the township in which the six
teenth section may lie, from which the
said principal and interest shall have
arisen.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That
, said treasurors shall loan out all monies
belonging to said school fund, not appro
IprIated by the school commissioners, for
such time, and upon such security as said
commissioners may direct and approve.
Sec. IA, BE il further enacted, That
said school commissioners and said trea.
surers shall not, themselves, either d.
2. rectly or indirectly, be the borrowers Of
any monies belonging to said school fund
and shall receive such compensation for
their services as the boards Of police Of
their respective counties may order and
allow, TO be paid out Of the school fund,
H SEC. IS. Be il further enacted, That
| the boards OF school commissioners shall
report semi-annually in June and Deem
Der, to the Secretary Of State, the situa.
ton Of schools and school funds, the nun.
Der Of scholars attending school, the
number Of teachers, the amount paid tc
:. teachers out of the sixteenth section fund
the school fund, and by private individ,
uals, in their respective counties.
Sec. 1G. Be il further enaqted, That
the Secretary of State shall be er-Q6Icjc
general school commissioner Of this State
and shall file in his office all returns Of
school commissioners and register the
same in well bound books, to be procured
and kept for that purpose, and semi.
annually in July and January, cause to
be published an abstract from said regis
ter, showing the number of scholars
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