The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-05-19

| AN ACT supplemental 20 an net entitled
IAN Act for establishing the counties OF
Alcorn and Prentiss and for removing the
seat of justice OF Tishomingo county" APP
proved, April Is, 1870.
Section /. Be Ie enacted by the Legislature
of the State Of Mississippi, That SO much OF
the first section of an act entitled AN Act
for establishing the counties of Alcorn and
Pr1ntiss- and for removing the seat of justice
OF Itshomingo county," approved, April Is,
county OF Alcorn, shall be. and is hereby so
changed as to read as follows, to-wit
"Comne ncing &C the south east corner of
section hve, township four. range nine, east
ofthe basis meridian of the Chiekasaw sur
vey. aud running north with section Iiue to
the northern boundary line of the State OF
Mississippi thence west with said State line
10 the intersection ofsaid State line with the
range line between ranges four and five east
OF the said basis meric ian thence south with
the said range line to the south est corner
of township two, range five; thence east to
the northwest corner of section two, town
ship three, range five, thence south between
sections two and three to the southwest
corner of section TWO. township four. range
five. thence east by section line to the begin
ming.
See. 2. Be it further enacted, That the
seat of justice of said county of Alcorn be
and is hereby located in the town of CorinIh
in said county.
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much OF the second section of An act entitled
gan Act for establishing the counties OF
AlcOrn and Prentiss and for removing the
seat OF justice of Tishomingo county," az
proved, April Is, 1870. as reads ''thence south
between sections two and three. to the
south west corner of section fourteen. town
ship seven. range nine" be so amended as
to read thence south between sections two
and three to the southwest corner of section
fourteen, township seven, range seven"
c. A pa fi1 rfh
dividing line between the counties of TIA
wanda and TishOmingo, shall be the section
line. beginning at the southwest corner OF
section fourteen. township seven, range
nine east of and running east with section
line to the Alabama State line.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That the
Circuit Court of the county OF Tishomingo,
be held at the times now provided by law,
ana continue twelve days, If business SO
long requires and no longer.
Sec. 6. Be il further enacted. That the
county of Alcorn shall be and is hereby at
tached to, and shall form part of the tenth
judicial Circuit Court District, and the Cir
cult Court of said county, shall commence
on the fourth Monday after the fourth Mon
day of March, July and November of each
year, and may continue twelve judicial days,
if business so long requires.
SEC. z. Be it further enacted, That the
county of Prentiss shall be and is hereby at
tached to and shall form a part of the ninth
Circuit Court of said county shall commence
on the fifth Monday after the fourth Mon
day of March. July and November of each
year, and continue twelve judicial days if
business so long requires.
Sec. g. Be it further enacted, That for
the purpose of organizing petit juries for
the said counties of Prentiss and Alcorn,
that the first Circuit Court held in said
counties, the Circuit Clerk, Sheriff and As
SCISSOR of each of said counties shall meet at
the respective county seats, on day To be
fixed by them, not less than fifteen DAYS
before the time of holdidg, said Circuit
Courts, and shall make out list of not less
than four hundred names of the citizens of
said counties respectively, subject TO per-
torn jury duty; and shall deposit said
names in a box, and from said box, one of
the said officers, in the presence of the 9TH
ers, shall draw by chance twenty-four
names for each week said Court shall be re-
quired TO be held for each of said counties.
anu the Circuit Clerk shall thereupon issue
writs of Venire facias authorizing the Sher-
if to summons said jurors. Teturnable to
said Circuit Courts for the respective weeks.
and such juTies when so organized shall be
to all ntentS as law full and valid, as if drawn,
summoned and organized in the usual way.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That this
act take effect and be in force, from and
after its passage.
Approved, May II, 1870.