The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-21
Approved April IL, 1870.
AN ACT to create a New County i'm this
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AN ACT to create a New County in this
State 10 be called the County of Lincoln
Section l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That an
additional county shall be, and the same Is
hereby created in the State to be called the
county of Lincoln, to be bounded as follows
to-wit: ION the East by range line between
9th and 10th ranges East; on the North by
township line between townships eight (S)
and nine 90, except sections three and four
included in the present corporation limits
of the Town of W essen and on the West by
the present boundary line between the
counties of Copiah and Jefferson; on the
South by the present boundary line between
the counties of COpiah and Franklin 10
point one mile East of the point where said
boundary line intersects the range line
separating range five ~ from range six 90,
thence due South to the township line which
separates township four % from township
five %. thence East along said township
line to the commencing point.
Sec. ,. BE ii further enacted, That the
boundary line between the counties Of
Franklin, Amite and Lawrence, he so
changed as to make the township line be-
tween townships four a. aud five 90, the
Southern boundary line of the county Of
Franklin from the point where said town
ship line crosses the lIomochittO river TO the
point on said township line where the
Western boundary line of the county of
Lincoln hereby created intersects said town
ship line, and the Western boundary line of
the said shall hereafter form the Eastern
boundary line of the said county of Frank
lin.
Sec. 3. Be it. further enacted, That the
following persons be and they are hereby
respectively appointed Commissioners TO
organize said county OF Lincoln. viz. VIM
=, Baggett, John Gilchrist, jesse Warren.
Wesley Lawson, {. Chambers, Richard
Roberts and Henry Blackburn, who shall
assemble thirty 900 days after the passage
ofthis Act, A. d., 1870, or as soon thereafter
as may be OK pedient,at BrookhaYen in Law
renee county, and organize by electing one
of the number President, and another Sec
rotary, and after having been duly sworn by
some officer competent to administer oaths
faithfully ana according to law, TO discharge
the duties imposed upon them by the pro-
visions of this Act. After which, said
Commissioners. or a majority OF them. shall
proceed 10 organize said county by laying
of the same into five 90 Districts, and said
Commissioners shall make a return 10 the
Secretary of State. defining the limits and
boundaries of said several Districts. where
upon the duties and office of said Commits
sioners shall cease. Each and every one of
said Commissioners shall be entitled to the
sum of two dellars per day for each days
service, and which said sums shall be paid
out of the County Treasury of Lincoln
county when established.
See. 4. Be it further enacted, That on the
return of the report of said commissioners
to the Secretary of State, or as soon thereaf-
ter as may be eXpedient, the Governor
shall appoint one legally qualified elector
from each of said districts TO be "A member
of a Board of Supervisors, and that the per-
sons so appointed from the said several dis
tricts shall constitute a Board OF Supervi-
sors who shall, so soon as they have been
duly sworn and qualified according TO law,
enter upon and discharge the duties Incl
dent to the office of Supervisor with mll
powers to hold such terms of the Supervi-
sors, Court as they may deem proper for the
transaction of all necessary business at such
times and places as they may designate.
Sec. .. Be it further enacted, That the
Governor snail also appoint at the same time
with the Supervisors aforesaid, the several
county offices provided by law in the sever
al counties of the State, who after being du-
ly sworn and qualified according to law,
shall enter upon and discharge the duties
incident to their several respective offices,
and shall be entitled to the emoluments and
fees pertaining TO their several respective
offices as provided by law and to which 9TH
er offices of like charter are entitled in the
several counties of the state. And that the
several officers so appointed as aforesaid
shall hold their respective offices until the
Legislature shall provide for a general cleo
ton of county officers throughout the State,
and their successors are duly elected and
qualified.
Sec. g. Be it further enacted, That the
seat of justice of said county shall be locat-
ed in the town OF Brookhaven NOW in the
county of Lawrence.) and that the board of
Supervisors may acquire by donation or
purchase any quantity of land In the said
town of Brookhaven for the use of said coun-
ty.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, Thatall suits
now pending, or which shall be commenced
prior to the organization of said county of
Lincoln, in which the citizens of said county
of Lincoln are interested. shall remain in
the Courts OF the several counties where
such suits have been instituted, there TO be
finally determined unless carried 10 the Su-
preme Courts. provided always, that by
mutual agreement of the parties Instituted
any such suits as aforesaid may be with
drawn from the Court where interested and
transferred to the Courts of Lincoln county
for determination.
Sec. 8. Be il further enacted, That the
county of Lincoln is TO pay its just proper
ton of the debts of the counties of Law
renee, Copiah. Pike, Franklin and Amite,
said proportion to be determined by the as
sessed value of the real and personal prop
erty within its bounds, and that said county
of Lincoln shall also receive its proportion
of the several counties, funds.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That this act
take effect from and after its passage.
Approved April Z, 1870.
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