The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-03-02
Laws Of The state of Mississippi.


crop r'porisuft noR obtained aet
. deuiIy worry defective, and being ,
the hands vt urios and " rnps
. whose interests are 10 u great cvt t.u
an'agoui'tic 10 The prmluccr, and IL
1 cause loss to our cotton plnutcr
OF millions Of dollars nnnusll
through want " proper Information
on the part Of our farmers; and
4 Whercas, II i7t The duty of all en-
hghtcncd governments Ia foster an,
protect agricultural Interests q, IN.
Iisponsable to material prosperity
therefore,
SEcrioS |. Bc it enacted hy the
Legislature OF the state Of Nls.is.
sippi, That Messrs. T. O.. Wall and
A. NJ. Rattcr, editors of the South.
ern Field and Factory, II monthly
agricultural Journal published in the
city of jackson, Mississippi, be and
thcy are hereby authorized and III.
rectctl to collect and publish in their
journal monthly reports from every
county in this State of all facts ner.
tanning to the condition of our vu.
rlons crops, together with all other
correllntlve information which they
may be able to obtain beneficial to
our agricultural classes; and the
presidents of Supervisors are in.
structed to forward to the Office Of
the Field and Factory by the TWEEN.
ty-elghth t2Sth) of each month. true
and faithful answers to the lists of
questions furnished them by said
Wall and Ralter, .hose questions to
be appropriated 10 each particular
month said Wall and Ralter are
also instructed to secure the assist.
ance Of at least FIVE other intelligent
farmers in each county, one for each
Police District, TO make similar ro.
ports, all of which they shall com.
pile and publish in tabular form. to.
gcther with such comments and OK. |
planafory notes as will make them
perfectly intelligiblc to the reader.
Section 2. BE it further enacted
That IN order TO enable said Wall
and kafter to carry out the objects |
of this bill, the State shall subscribe |
to fifteen hundred copies for one
year, from February, 1872, 10 Feb
ruary, 1873, of the said agricultural
journal, at the regular price of two
dollars per annum, for the payment
OF which, in monthly instaIiments
OF two hundred and fifty $3.50 dol
lars, the Auditor OF Public Accounts
shall issue warrants upon the State
Treasury, payable on the 10th day
of each month of said publication,
to said Wall and Rafter, until the
Iull amount Of one years subscrip-
hon, three thousand dollars, has
been paid. The said Wall and Raf>
Ter shall furnish to tie Auditor of
,ubllc Accounts certificates from I
he postmaster at Jackson that the |
l'teon hundred copies so subscribed {
or have been mailed free of charge
ach month, as follows: Ten copies
, the presidents of all boards OF !
nperyisors, to be by them dstribu-
I'd through the several counties; t
iree copies to each of our Repre- c
and Senators at WASH t
'gton City and to the Commission Q
: OF Agriculture, also to each of b
II State, Executive and Judicial !
tficers, and each member Of this II
legislature, and three copies to cy- u
y board Of trade or chamber of
in our Southern, Atlantic
I'd Western cities, and Liverpool. c'
ngland, until the entire fifteen se
inbred copies have been distrib. Il
ed. N
Section 3. Be 1t further enacted. al
nat said Wall and Ralter shall use vi
diligence and discretion in coll 9
citing and publishing accurate re. &c
'rts, and upon their failure to ear NJ
out the objects Of this bill, their D,
ID monthly payments to them to
ase upon the ten days notice serv.
upon them by the Auditor Of ic,
Iblic Accounts. II
Section 4. BE IT further enacted o.
lat the said II. q. Wall and A M. on
Ifter shall file in the office OF Soc, a
.ary OF State an oath to faithfully iii
riorm The duties required by this
t, and each person appointed to
'nlah statistics shall be required la
file in the office Of the chancery an
TX OF their respective counties q an
e oath. Z
Section B., Be Il further enacted. II
at this act take effect and be il
&c from and after its passage. ot
Approved, February 0, 1872. ~ -
Act 70 enable the Board n saperyisors to y.
nploy legal counsel Al A stated salary. -
sEcTIos !. BE it enacted by the do
glslaturc Of the State of Missis-
pl That the Board Of Supervisors ha
empowered to employ an advising ali
orney, or law firm, at stated fro
airy per annum, not to exceed, the
n OF three hundred dollars, pay !
Q out Of the county treasury, for ~, =
ects Of general advise as to cur ~.
It matters in the administration :
the affairs in their respective q 2,
mites. Hs
section 2. BE it further enacted,
1t this act take effect and be in Sci
60 from ard after its passage. his
nuroved Fcbrnarv Z 1870 1.-The