The Daily clarion., 1867-02-05
LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI.
Public Acts, Called Session, 1866, & '67
BY AUTHORITY.

An Act to amend the act entitled an act
~ establish County Courts, approved No
vember 2ith, 1865.
Section !. Be it enacted by the Leglsia-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That the
County Courts established by the act 10
which this is an amendment and by the sup
plement thereto, shall hereafter be presided
over and held 10y the person for the tlme-ee-
inr. holding the Office of Probate Judge OF
the resi- ective counties as sole Judge oi
sud fenT6sieaa' of 5eltfig tf once e. imionth, as
now provided, shall heI eafter be once in eve
IN three months, except the following coun-
ties, say, the counties of Adams, De Soto,
Holmes Lafayette Rankin and Tunlca shall
be holden once every month the counties
of Carroll, Kinds. Lauderdale, Madison,
Monroe Newton and Neshoba shall be hold
EN- once in every two months, and the coun-
ties of Attala, Harrison, Hancock, jackson
and Perry, Lawrence, Leake, Pike and lip
pah. shall be holden once IN every SIX
months And the Judges Of said Courts
respectively shall fix and appoint said terms
of said Courts by an order entered on the
minutes of said Courts. And that no IN
formation shall be filed or allowed in said
County Courts against any person except
upon affidavit made by creditable witness
charging the party with criminal offence,
unless the party accused and charged has
been recognized to appear IN SAID County
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committing Magistrate, or is in custody
under mittimus from some Justice of the
Peace OF committing Magistrate and such
information shall in all cases, be filed under
the supervision of the Court in term time.
/ Sec 2 Be it further enacted. That the
County Attorney, as contemplated, instead
Of being appointed by the County Courts,
shall be elected by the Boards of Police of
I the respective counties, and shall hold their
offices for two Years and said Boards Of
Police may fill vacancies caused by death
resignation or other cause, and said Attor-
/ ney may for good cause, be. removed by the
/ Boards of Police.
/ Sec 3 Be it further enacted, That the
! twentieth section of the original act to
which this is an amendment, shall be so
amended, that all cases of larceny shall be
deemed and held petit larceny, where the
/ thing alleged to have been stolen shall not
exceed the value of twenty-five dollars Pro-
| vided, that the larceny of horse, mare,
/ gelding, mule jack or jenny, OF other thing
/ over the value of twenty-five dollars, shall
+ be deemed and held to be grand larceny and
a felony.
Sec. A. Be it further enacted, That the
I provisions of this act shall not 90 into Oper-
alton and take effect until the first day of
January, A. D., 1867. At the term of the
/ Court in January 1867, unless for some cause
| the same fails to be holden, then at the next
! term holden thereafter, the terms of the
/ Court shall be fixed and appointed as provi-
4 ded for in this act Provided, the Boards of
/ Police may elect a County Attorney at any
! session before the first day of January 1867
/ Sec. 5. Be ii further enacted, That the
1 Probate Judge of Kinds county shall be the
| sole presiding Judge of the County Court of
jackson; the Probate Judge of Yalobusha
4 county shall be the sole presiding Judge OF
the County Court of Grenada, the Probate
Judge of TishOmingO county shall be sole
. { nTpSlfIntF .iudup of tha (Nonn+N IT pt
COrinth the Probate Judge of Chickasaw
/ county shall be sole presiding Judge of the
County Court of OkOlona, and the Probate
Judge of Lauderdale county shall be sole pre-
siding Judge of the County Court of Meri-
dian.
Sec 6. Be it further enacted. That the ter
ritorial jurisdiction of the County Court OF
Meridian be limited and confined to that
portion of Lauderdale county contained in
the maglsterial or justices beat in which
the city of Meridian is located, and all per.
sons required for said court as jurors shall be
summoned from that beat, and the terrific
rial jurisdiction of the County Court OF
Lauderdale shall extend to and embrace the
/ remainder of the county of Lauderdale
The County Court OF Meridian and the
County Court of Lauderdale, shall each be
held once every two months alternately.
Sec. :. Be it further enacted, That the
Justices of the Peace of the several counties
in this State shall have jusrisdiction concur
rent with the county courts of their respec-
/ tive counties, of all cases of assault and as
sault and battery, in which no deadly weap-
on Is alledged to have been used-aIl cases
ofpetit larceny, in which the amount alleged
To have been stolen does not exceed the val
ne of ten dollars, all cases of the unlawful
carrying of tiTe-aTms-insulting acts words
or gestures, and trespasses ON property, real
I and personal, made misdemeanors by law,
committed III their respective districts
Sec. 9 Be it further enacted, That on
complaint to any Justice of the Peace. by af-
/ tidavit of any credible person, alleging the
commission of any offence within his dis
trict and Jurisdiction, such Justice shall is
sue his warrant for the arrest and trial OF
the accused and on conviction, said Justice
shall order such punishment to be inflicted
and enforce such sentence as now provided
by law IN similar cases Provided, Such de-
T tendant shall have the right of appeal to the
next term ofthe county court of his county,
( upon hls entering into bond, or recognizance
IN sum to be prescribed by the Justice,
with good and approved security, condition
ed for the payment of all COSTS and for the
appearance of the defendant at the next
term of said county court; and on his APP
pearance IN said court such case shall be
tried de moro on its merits, and disposed of
a. other cases pending in said court; and on
default in such defendant, a forfeiture shall
he entered against said defendant and his
/ securities.
Sec 9 Be it further enacted. That all acts
and parts of acts in conflict with the provis-
ions of this act be and the same. arr. hereby
repealed
Approved