The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-07-14

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shu required r. ~ r. ~ md sheriff
m tas collector ~ ihe eBunty omIft,
and ~ nuiilg the said Delinquent ~
appear AZ he mid futft NJ n iimo by
hlm, tbe mid ahefiG of tas collector,
~ be hsed, and show muse, II any
they have, Why they should moi BE-
declared defntliing tax payers and
II shall h. the duty If Tie said uuh.
" court, If the purity 0f parties are
IL default, ~ Issue M order author
ihing The said sheriff N tax collector
10 compel The said delinqucnis, aud
each Of them, f. work for SIX days
on my public red or bridge, or
other public work In his county and
II there bc no work In said county Ia
bc done, lhe said sheriff or tax coli
hector shall bo authorized 10 hire said
dchulters, and each Of them, for the
term Of six days, 10 any one who
viii pay the said tax Of one dollar,
: aud one dollar for costs, which cost,
shall be divided between the sheriff
or tax collector aud the said county
, court; Provided, that all manned
aud disabled Confederate or Stat,
, soldiers shall be exempt from pol
tax.
: There is also n law to raise
friedman Paupcr Fund.-" fount
on page 90,
Y Sec. 6. BE Il further enacted, Tha
c the same duties and liabilities exist
ing among white persons of thi
4 State shall attach to freedmen, FIRE,
negroes and mulatties, to supper
: INDECENT families and all colored pau
n pers; and that in order to secure
support for such INDECENT freedmen
@ free negroes and mulattoes, il shall
! be lawful, and it is hereby made tn,
duty of the boards of county polio
: of each county in this State, to lev,
n poll or carftation tax on each ant
: every freedman, free negro or mulat
+ TO, between the ages of eighteen ant
sixty years, not to exceed the sum o
y one dollar annually, to each persoI
so taxed, which tax, when collected
shall be paid into the county treasur.
a er's hands and constitute a fund to b,
4 called the Freedmen's Pauper Fund
which shall be applied by the com
missioners of the poor for the main.
tenance of the poor of the freedmen
"a free negroes aud mulattoes of thi,
State, under such regulations as may
IT be established by the boards of coun.
ty police, in the respective counties
q of this State.
See. I. BE it further enacted, Tha
!, if any freedman, free negro or mu
i latto shall fail or refuse to pay an,
tax levied according to the provision
of the sixth section of this act, i
shall be primd Jdeie evidence of va
: grancy, and it shall be the duty o
the sheriff to arrest such freedman
= free negro or mulatto, or such persoI
: refusing or neglecting to pay sucl
: tax, and proceed at once to hire, 70
!, the shortest time, such delinquen
! tax payer to any one who will pa,
the said tax, with accruing costs
giving preference to the employer, !
there be one.