The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-02-06

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Convention assembled, do ordain and de
clare, and it is hereby ordained and declared
as follows, to wit:
SEC. l, That the Military Board establish
I'd hnder the provisions of an ordinance o
this Convention, entitled "an Ordinance
providing for the Military Defence Of the
State Of Mississippi, shall cause all necessary
surveys to be made of Military sites within
the State, aass nav "a SEQ f5,'a - .4iaa
Ssc. 9. That after the siirseys shall have
beet, made, as directed in the foregoing Sec
ton hereof the said Board shall report the
same TO the Legislature, designating the for.
tifcatidiis necessary to be erected With es.
Inmates Of the cost of the same, and there.
upon tie Legislature may make such order
in reference thereto as it may deem advisable.
Mr.. Wright moved that the ordinance to
raise means for the defence Of the State be
considered as engrossed, and put upon its
passage.
Mr.. Anderson offered the following amehd-
ment, which was adopted. (See last sec
tion.)
The ordinance was then put Upon its final
passage, and is as follows: -... =
y AN ORDINANCE liz
To raise means for tie defence of The State.
u The people of Mississippi in Convention
assembled, do declare and ordain as follows,
10 wit: :ht .stfsr.a e.r ! ere
Skc. I. Thst it shall be the duty Of the
tax-coIlcctor of the setcrai codntics In this
State forthwith, after tho passage of this or
dinahcc, to collect in the manner now pro-
vided by law for the collection OF other
taxes; from every tax payer in his county,
an additional special State tax of fifty per
centum on the regular State tax Of such tax
payer, and also tax from every inhabitant
of this State Of thrce-tcnths per ccntum upon
all money owned or controlled by such in
habitant, and deposited, loaned or employed
in the purchase of notes, bills, stocks, or any
securities for the payment Of money, with
ont the limits of this State, or kept from use
and circulation within the same, at any time
during the fiscal year, and to pay the same
into the State Treasury, subject to all the
laws, restrictions and penalties that apply to
and regulate the collection and payment Of
other State taxes; end the money so collect
ed shall constitute Military Fund, and a
separate account thereof shall be kept by the
Auditor and Treasurer, and the same shall
be disburscd by warrant issued on the order
of the Governor, and shall be applied by the
Governor to such purposes of defence aud
military service Of this State as may be au-
thoriIcd by law, this Convention or the Lcgis.
lature: Provided that the money invested in
the loan to the State, authorized by the
second section ct this ordinance, shall be ex-
cmpt from all taxes, whether the same be
State, county, municipal, special, school OF
military; and provided further, that money
temporarily deposited without the limits Of
this State, or kept from use and circulation
within the same, in contemplation of use,
other than for loan or employment in the
purchase of stocks, bonds, bills or other eri.
dcnces Of debt or permanent deposits without
the limits of this State, shall be exempt from
said tax of thrce-tenths per cent; and pro-
vided further, that the Board of Police oi
such counties Is shall have surplus Of
money in their respective county treasures
shall be authorized to apply such surplu:
money, by causing the same to be paid tc
the proper tax collectors in or towards the
discharge Of said tax of fifty Per centum ia
their respective counties. r.i ,,-.-s! 81 .f
SEC. o. That the Governor be authorized
to cause certificates Of loan, or treasury notes
to be prepared, signed and issued, In suct
sums as may be applied for by persons de
string to loan money to the State, TO al
amount not exceeding in the aggregate th'
sum Of one million Of dollars, one-third there
Of to be redeemable in one year, one-thirt
in two years, and ope-third in three year
from the FIRST day efJunc, A. ID. 1861, bear
ing interest at ten per cent per annum from
date, and the Governor shall issue the same
from time TO time, as the public exigcucie
may require, to such persons as may desir
to loan money to the State thereon, and, i
necessary, he may adopt such means as b
may deem expedient to afford the people @
the several counties an opportunity to pan
ticipaie in the loan hereby proposed.
- SIC. 8. That the said certificates or note.
shall be signed By the Treasurer and counter
I signed by the Auditor, and the faith Of tn
State is hereby pledged for the redemptio
! Of the same, and no law shall be passed {
impair their validity and obligation.
SIC. 4. That the said certificates or note
shall be negotiable, and shall be reoeivabl
in payment Of any money due to the State {
any fiscal year in which they may several
fall due, and any officer receiving the sam
IN payment Of public dues, shall endorse o
one Of them the date Of such receipt and Il
amount Of interest allowed thereon in sue
payment and shall sign bis. name tberet,
and the interest uPOn such certificates {