The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-06-26

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ing NO purchases and issuing no pro.
cesscs u a fnal nature either financial
or judicial without the direct and pos.
tive order Of a Couf: Of competent
jurisdiction.
After the buring n the Conrt House
10 August 1873, 1t beng incumbent
on them under the law TO procure
Books Of Record Tor use In the Courts.
the Board OF Supervisors at q meet
ing called tor that purpose passed an
order for the purchase Of the sume in
substance ~ follows. which with a
certificate Of authenticity signed by
the then members Of the Board is
herein embodied :
; Ordered by the Board, That G. II.
Alley Clerk of the Circuit! and Chsncery
courts Of Jackson county, procure from
the Pilot Office at Jackson, Mississippi, all
books and records necessary for hoe in
said courts"
1--WE the undersigned members OF the
Board of Supervisors Of Jackson county,
for the year 1878, do hereby certify that
the above is substantially a copy of en-
order passed by us, at a meeting held by
us at the Rail Road Exchange in the
town OF Scranton after the burning Of the
court house in 1873.
Given under our hands this 23rd day
OF June A. d. 1875.
S. BRADFORD, President.
j. M. Corr.
r. A. Byrd,
Adolphe Krebs.
Leaving, asyou see no choice either
as to the place or advisability CT their
purchase; an order imperative in its
nature and clear and concise in its
details to which as an officer | dared
not refuse obedience. The p%ecuniary
condition OF the county, then, was
such that u paper was at a discount,
which with an empty treasury rem
dered it impossible to buy except on
credit, and as the order directed OF
whom the books should be bought |
had but two alternatives, either to
accept such terms as the bookseller
would allow or to disobey a positive
order of the Board. | adopted the
former, not as a matter Of choice but
because my oath as al officer preclu-
ded the latter.
The number and kind oil books be
ing defined by law, their quality only
was left to me. | selected medium
size records Of plain but substantial
material, which were forwarded to me
and submitted to the Board.
The bill was afterwards forwarded
by the booksellers, approved by the
board, and warrants issued agreeable
to their order. II the price was ex>
tortionate it was no fault Of mine.
These are the facts in the case, and
substantiated as they are, by the stat
utes of our State and the members of
the Board at tho time the transaction
occurred. Argument is unnecessary.
Now in conclusion l would state
that the county is again without re-
cords and as the Board of Supervis-
ors, has seen fit to pass another order
authorizing and requiring me to pur-
chase books OF record for our courts
on the best terms possible, subject
however, to their approval. l most
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