The weekly Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1865-186?, 1865-12-30
s S. Be it further enacted, That

S 5. Be it further enacted, That
all fines and forfeitures collected un.
der the provisions of this act shall
be paid into the county treasury for
general county purposes, anEin case
any freedman, free negro or mulatto,
shall fail for five days after after the
imposition of any fine or forfeiture
upon him or her for violation OF any
of the provisions of this act, to pay
the same, that it shall be, and is
hereby made the duty of the sheriff
of the proper county to hire out said
freedman, free negro or mulatto, to
any person who will for the shortest
period of service, pay said fine orfor-
fixture and all costs Provided, a
preference shall be given to the en-
ployer, if there be one, in which case
the employ shall be entitled to de-
duct and retain the amount so paid
from the wages of such freedman,
free negro or mulatto, then due or 70
become due; and in case suck freed-
man, free negro or mulatto cannot pc
hired out he or she may be dealt with
as pauper. ~,
the same dptlcs and liabilities exist
inc, amnag white persons of this State
shall attach to freedmen, free me
osoes and mulattoes, to support their
INDECENT families, and all colored
paupers; and that in order to secure
a support for such INDECENT freedmen,
free negroes and mulattoes, it shall
be lawful, and it is hereby made the
duty of the boards of county police,
of each county in this State, to levy
a poll or capitation tax on each and
every freedman, free negro and mu-
latto, between the ages of eighteen
and sixty years, not TO exceed the
sum of one dollar annually, to each
person so taxed, which tax when col.
lected, shall be paid into the county
treasurer's hands, and constitute a
fund to be called the Freedmen's
Paupcr fund, which shall be applied
by the commissioners of the poor fol-
the maintenance of the poor of the
freedmen, free negroes and mulattoes
Of this State, under such regulations
as may be established by the boards
of county police, in the respective
counties of this State. ,
5 7. Be it further enacted, That
if any freedman, free negro Or mu'
latto, shall fail, Or refuse to pay any
tax levied according to the provis.
ions of the sixth sexton of this act
it shall be prima facie evidence of va.
grancy, and it shall be the duty of
the sheriff to arrest such freedman,
free negro or mulatto, on such person
refusing or neglecting to pay such
tax, and proceed at once to hire, for
the shortest time, such delinquent
tax payer to any one who will pay
! the said tax, with accruing costs, Civ
ing preference to the employer il
there be one.
8. Be it further enacted, That
any person feeling himself or herself
aggrieved by the judgment of any
justice of the peace, mayor Or alder
man, in cases arising under this act
may, within five days, appeal to the
next term of the county court of the
proper county, upon giving bond anc
security in a sum not less than TWEEN
ty-five nor more than one hundred
and fifty dollars, conditioned to ap
pear and prosecute said appeal, anc
abide by the Judgment of the county
court, and said appeal shall be triee
de novo in the county court, and the
decision of said court shall be final
S g. Be it further enacted, That
this act to be in force, and take effec
Approved November 24th, fse5.