The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-11-06
Laws Of the state ct Mississippi.
Public Acts, Called Session, 1866.
(BY AUTHORITY


TO accept the donation of Pnblic Lands
granted by Congress to the several States
and Territories, which NAV provide Col
legeS Ter the benefit of Agriculture and
the Mechanic arts, approved July 2. 1862,
ana extended by subsequent acts of Con
grCSs,
Re and It is hereby resolved by the Legis-
lature OF the State of Mississippi: That the
donation OF Public Lands, equal 10 thirty
thousand acres, for each Senator and Repre-
sentative IN Congress, made TO the several
states and Territories, by act OF Congress,
approved July 2, A ID, 1862, and subsequent
ly extended, by an act of Congress, approved
july -, 1850, be, and the same is hereby ac-
cepted by the State of Mississippi, upon the
terms and conditions, and for the uses and
purposes mentioned in said acts of Congress,
or either of them;
Resolved, further, That His Excelleny,
the Governor, be and he is hereby
authorized and requested to take the
proper and necessary steps to secure and
receive for the State, the donation as presrci-
bed in said acts of Congress, or either of
them.
approved October 80, 1866.
AN ACT to authorize the Governor of the
State to appoint an agent to secure a re-
grant of Lands from the Congress of the
United States, to the Gulf and Ship Is
land Railroad.
section l. he 1t enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of MissiSsiDpi Thai the
Governor of the State is hereby authopiaod
to appoint an agent to secure re-grant of
Lands from the Congress of the United
States of America, to the Gulf and Ship Is
land Railroad.
Sec. , BE it further enacted, That the
sum Of Five Hundred Dollars be, and the
same is hereby appropriated, out Of any
money Ia the State treasury, to pay the eX-
pences of the agent to be appointed under
the first section of this act.
Sec. 3 Be it further enacted, That this
act take effect and be in force from its pas
sage.
Approved, October 30, 1866.
AN ACT for the relief of certain creditors
of the State.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi That the Audi
tor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby,
required to issue warrants upon the State
Treasurer, for all legal claims against the
State accruing since the sixteenth day of
October, eighteen hundred aud siXty-iive,
and which was declared forfeited by the act
entitled IAN act in relation to officers and
other persons, having claims on the State
Treasury" approved November 9th, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty five: Provided such
warrants be obtained and presented to the
State Treasurer on or before the list day of
April, eighteen hundred and siXty-seven.
Sec 2 Be it further enacted, That this
act take effect from and after the first day
of January, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven.
Approved, Oct. Both 1866
AN ACT to limit the time for the commence
ment of prosecutions for certain offences
Section /. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture Of the State of Mississippi, That all
feIonies crimes and misdemeanOrs. which
shall have been committed in this State
prior to the LIST day of June 1868, and for
which prosecutions by Indictment, present
ment or information shall not have been
commenced in the proper court within six
months from the passage of this act shall be
forever barred.
Sec l. Be it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
/ Approved October Both, 1866.