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I5 REASONS WHY

W F. & JOHN BARNES,
Box 20A. Rockford, winnebago County, Illinois,
siI.JO AVERAGED PEE DAY.
FTLrox Mo-. December 18th, 1s7i
MEssRs W. f. & JOHN BARxEs Rockford, Ill-Genu e
men: sawed frets for balnstrade for portlco anu
brackets in first days running. Every one Sho IL
witnessed the working Of the Saw has Pronoa y @
most useful machine invented have been Norz
from twelve to sixteen men. and have done All 5iP
WORK fseroll sawingl your machine running ~ 49,
since purchased IL and have paid nothing i i sa,I
exeept for saws which amount 80
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some NICE designs and turned my atiss IN "a know
have sreraged per day, since that time
a. nv ocnnaton As pleasant and profitable yr
70 s,srd hs Winter days at as the above h-enins
rms 10 lightly and easily that t VIII no. Ire me Mos'
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smA nlI ~. .r.n nile and make enough brackets in
s y. nav for Bis machine consider my machine just
as essential In shop a. = SCI o. oenen p'A"o'-
NJ FRED BELL,
Architect and Builder.
~ w JOHN BARNES.
pox o4 ROCKFORD, ILLIxois-
Dec16, le55-
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Hedge Plants

For sale by John C. Zimmerman
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Sslorsr's Flour q. Lslsad'A and Warranted % s'''
- any other naka.
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white Clsld Tfems.

Since the successful prosecution Of O. J. Wakefield for
selling liquor on Sunday, the Temperance men of our
town been going about like roaring lions 'seekin
whom they may catch somebody" After considerable
prospecting they finally struck what it thought
would prove paying lead" and began operations in
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tv-three hundred and twelve of the Revised
Code of 1871, in relation to the acknowl-
edgement and proof of any conveyance or
deed for lands, tenenIeuts, or Entertainments
living and being in this State, where the
party or witness thereto resides IN some
other State or Territory of the Union, be
and the same is hereby so amended that such
Acknowledgement may be made before or
proof taken by any Notary Public or Clerk
of Court, record having seal OF ONCE, In
anv State or Territory of the Union. as
well as before the officers enumerated in
said section.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this
Act take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved, February 9th, 1876.
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Approved, Feb. I'd, 1876.

Joint Resolution in regard to an appropria-
tion asked from the Congress of the United
States to make nayigable n certain portion
of the Tombigbee river, in said State and
the State of Alabama.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the
State OF Mississippi, that the memorial of
the Board of Trade of the town of Columbus
in said State of Mississippi, to the Congress
of the United States, asking for an appropri-
alton of fifty thousand dollars to clean out
and make navigable, at all seasons, the
Tombgbee river, between said town and
the Gulf OF Mexico, be and the same is
hereby approved and recommended.
Be it further resolved, That our Senators
in Congress be instructed, and our Repre-
sentatives in the House of Representatives
be requested to ask from their respective
Houses said appropriation.
Be it further resolved, That his Excellen-
cy, the Governor, be requested to forward
copies of the foregoing memorial and reSo-
lutions 30 each of our Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress.
Approved Feb. I'd, 1876.
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AN ACT to provide Tor the discharge of pris-
oners in Noxubee and other counties, who
have committed their sentence by labor on
public bridges, roads, or other works, under
an Act approved March 2, 1915.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That it shall
and may be lawful for any prisoner who
shall hereafter be employed to work out the
sentence of any court in the various coun-
ties named in the Act approved March 2
1875, on page 81 OF pamphlet Acts OF 1879,
viz Leake, Attala, AlcOrn, Prentiss. fish
omingo, Lauderdale, DeSoto, Tate, Calhoun
Yalobusha. Marshall, Lowndes, COlfaX, Ok
tibbeha, Franklin, jackson, Harrison, Han
cock Marion, Pearl, Perry, Green, Lincoln,
Lawrence. Pike, Lee, ILawamba, Scott, New
ton. jasper, Claiborne, YaZOo, Winston,
Ch0ctaw. Sumner, PnntOtoc, Tippah, Ben
ton. Lafayette, Carroll, Montgomery, NoX-
ubee Leflore, Kemper and Union, after
they have performed the service required
by the court under said Act to give one
DAYS notice of an Intention to take the in
solvent oath, to tie Clerk of the Circuit
Court or Clerk of the Chancery Court OF the
county where such service has been per-
formed, instead of the notice required by
law to be given to Inc District Attorney,
and either of said clerks may administer
the oath TO the applicant upon the schedule
being filed as the law requires, and upon
taking the oath such prisoner may be dis
charged.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this
Act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passag".
Approved February 8, 1876.
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Approved, February s, 1876.

AN ACT entitled an Act TO repeal an Act en-
titled an Act TO amend section 2459 of the
Revised Code of 1871, regulating the retail
of vinous and spirituous liquors, and TO en-
force the right of women to petition and
protest against such sales, approved March
9Th, 1874.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That an
Act entitled an Act to amend section (2459)
twenty-four hundred and fifty nine of the
Revised Code of 1871, regulating the retail
of viEous and spirituous liquors, and to
enforce the right of women to petition and
protest against such sales, approved April
9th, 1874, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed,
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this
Act take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
BY Limitation, February 9Th, 1876.
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AN ACT amendatory of an Act entitled an Act
to create the Office of Commissioner of I'm
migration and Agriculture and for other
purposes approved April 14th 1873. and to
repeal an Act entitled an Act amendatory of
and supplemental to an Act to create the
Office Of Commissioner of immigration and
Agriculture, approved April 9th, 1874.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi. That the
Commissioner of Immigration and Agri-
culture may have assigned to him suitable
room in the capitol in which to transact his
official business, as provided in an Act en-
titled an Act TO create the Office Of Commits
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION providing TO

HUUoE JUINT RESOLUTION providing for
additional clerical force in the Office of State
Treasurer.
Resolved by the Legislature of the State
of Mississippi, That the state Treasurer be
and he is hereby authorized to employ such
additional clerical force as the prompt and
efficient discharge of the duties of the office
may require; provided, not more than five
hundred dollars per annum shall be thus
expended.
Resolved, further, Than an act permitting
the employment of an additional clerk at
one hundred dollars per month, for six
months, be and the same is hereby repealed,
and this resolution shall be in force from
and after its passage.
Approved, Feb. %. 1876.
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Approved, Feb. 18th, 1876.
AN ACT to aid Officials in the service of
Civil Process

AN ACT to aid Officials in the service of
Civil Process
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the LeSisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That any
person, who may hereafter be in possession
Of personal property of any description, be-
longing TO or claimed by any other person,
which property is liable to be levied upon
or seized under any process OF ferE tdctdS
Denditi0Ri erp0noS, attachment or other pro-
cess, such person. SO in possession as atore-
said shall point out and deliver such prop
erty to any Sheriff, Constable, Coroner, or
other officer, who may demand said proper
ty, by authority of any legal process in his
hands.
SEC. ,. Be 1t further enacted, That any
person in possession o. personal property,
belonging to or claimed by another who
shall willfully omit or refuse to de-
liver such property or to point out
the same to any officer demanding the
same, IN the mode and manner nam
ed in section number one of this Act, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and, on
conviction thereof, in any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, shall be punished by fine,
not less than the full value of such proper
ty, and not exceeding double the value
thereof or by Imprisonment i'm the county
jail for a period not less than twenty days
and not exceeding six months, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment at the discretion
Of the court.
Approved February 10, 1876,
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A JOINT RESOLUTION in relation TO the
Pay of the Officers and Employees of the
Legislature.
Resolved by the Legislature of the State
of Mississippi, That the compensation of
the following officers and employees of the
two Houses of the Legislature shall be as
follows, towit:
The Clerk of the House the sum of thirty
four dollars per diem Reading Clerk ofthe
House. seven dollars per diem Sergeant at
Arms of the House, six dollars per diem ::
Doorkeeper OF the House, four dollars per
diem: two Messengers, one dollar each per
diem; three Porters for the House, two
dollars and fifty cents each per diem six
Pages for the House, one dollar each per
diem; one Secretary of the Senate, thirty
dollars per diem one Sergeant-at- Arms for
the Senate, sixteen dollars and fifty cents
per diem; one Doorkeeper for the Senate.
the sum of four dollars per diem. And that
the Sergeant alarms of the House employ
one Assistant Sergeant-at-Ar who shall
be paid the sum OF two dollars per diem.
Be it further Resolved, That the officers
and employees of the two Houses snail re-
celve and draw the per diem fixed in the
foregoing resolution from the commence
ment of the present session of the Legisla-
ture, and that these resolutions take effect
and be IN force from I'd after their passage.
Approved February ID, 1876.
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AN ACT to amend Section 1869 OF Chapter
8, of the Revised Code of 1871.

AN ACT to amend Section 1869 OF Chapter
8, of the Revised Code of 1871
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That See
ton 1869 of Chapter Q, of the Revised
Code of 1871, be and the same is hereby
amended as follows, to-wit: BY adding the
following proviso to said section: Provided,
that in all cases in which the sum to be
paid to each distributee shall be small, not
exceeding one hundred dollars in amount,
the cost of taking out letters of guardian
ship would exhaust or nearly exhaust such
sum, the Chancery may, in the exercise of a
sound discretion, order and direct such eX-
ecutOr or administrator to pay over such
sum to the distributee, OF to such discreet
and prudent person as may be designated
by the order of the Court, upon the recon-
mendation in writing of two disnterested
practicing attorneys in the Court, where
such matter is pending, to receive the same
such person paying out the same for the
benefit of such minor as his or her neceSsi-
ties may require.
SEC. 2. Should the sum due to such dis
tributee be paid to some discreet person for
the benefit to such distributee, under the or
der of the Court, such person shall not be
required to give bond and security for the
faithful application OF the same.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the re-
ceipt of the person designated by the Chan
cellOr shall be ample, sufficient and a good
voucher TO the administrator or executor by
whom the same was paid.
Approved, Feb I'd, 1876.
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AN ACT to designate the holidays to be OBJ
served in the acceptance and payment CT
bills of exchange, bank checks and prom
issory notes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State OF Mississippi, That the
following days, viz, The first day Of Janu-
ary. common called New Years Day :;
the twenty second day of February, known
as Washington's birth day; the fourth day
of July, called Independence Day; the
twenty-fifth day OF December, known as
Christmas Day, shall for all purposes what
soever, as regards the presenting for pay
ment or acceptance, and OF the protesting
and giving notice OF the dlshonor OF bills OF
exchange, bank checks and promissory
notes, made after tie passage of this Act,
be treated and considered as the first day
of the week, com monty called Sunday,
and as public holidays, and all such
bills, checks and notes otherwise presentable
for acceptance or payment on the said days,
shall be deemed to be preSentable for ac-
ceptance or payment on the secular or
business days mex preceding such holt
days.
SEC. 2. Be it furtl cr enacted That, when
ever the first day OF January, the twenty
second day of February, the fourth day OF
July, or the twenty fifth day OF December,
shall fall upon Sun ay, the Monday next
following shall be deemed a public holiday
for all or any of te purposes aforesaid
Provided, however. that in such case all bills
of exchange, checks and promissOry notes
made after the passage of this Act, which
would otherwise be presentable for accept
ance or payment on the said Monday, shall
be deemed to be pr sentable for acceptance
or payment on the Saturday preceding.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all
Acts, or parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act are hereby repealed, bat such re-
peal shall not affect any Act done or pro-
ceeding, or suit Instituted, prior TO the pass
age of this Act.
Approved February 9th, 1876.
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sioner of Immigration and AgrlcultuIe'
and for other purposes, approved Aprli l4Cll,
1874. nroyided there be any suitable room
therein not otherwise assigned ana used anu
in the event that there should be no sucn
vacant room in the capitol, the aforesaid
Commissioner NAV provide himself. at ms
own EXPENSE. in the city of Jackson, with
suitable room for transacting his ofhclai
business.
SEC. =. Be it further enacted, That the
salary of the aforesaid Commissioner be ana
the same is hereby reduced from the sum OF
two thousand dollars, as provided for IN
section number nine of the Act to when TINS
Act is amendatory. to the sum of one nun
dred dollars per aunum, and that SAID Com =
missioner shall not hereafter employ, at tue
public expense any clerk in his Once.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the
/ provision of section number eleven oil the
aforesaid Act of April 18th, 1873, entitled an
/ Act TO create the office of Commissioners OF
! Immigration and Agriculture. and FOR otheI
purposes, approved April 18th, 1873, author,
/ ling the aforesaid Commissioner to eXpend
/ ten thousand dollars in the pursuance OF ms
duties, be and the same is hereby repealed ;
and that hereafter no sum OF money WHAT
ever shall be drawn from the public treasury
| to carry on the business of said office.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That an Act
amendatory and supplemental to an Act 70
create the office of Commissioner of lmmi-
grafton and Agriculture, and tor other pur-
poses. approved April 9th, 1874, and all Acts
and parts of Acts conflicting with this Act
are hereby repealed, and that this Act take
effect and be in force from and after its pas
sage.
=, -.
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BY Limitation, February s, 1876.

AN ACT to proyide for holding the Circuit
Court in the county of jefferson, in the 9th
Judicial District.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That here
after there shall be two terms of the Circuit
Court held in the county of Jefferson, COM
mencing on the third Monday of March
and September of each year, to continue
eighteen days and no longer.
SEC: 2, Be it further enacted, That all
suits commenced in said Circuit Court, re-
turnabe to July term, A. ID. 1876, shall be
returnable to the first Court held in said
county after this act shall go into operation.
SEC. 3 Be it further enacted, That this
Acthall be in force and take effect from and
after its passage.
Approved, February s, 1876.
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advertisements of public nature, now re-
uuired by law. to be made or given by the
Governor of this State, and all public state
officers shall be inserted in the newspaper
printed by the Public Printer in acondenSed
form. once a week for three weeks only !;
and that for all such notices said Pubic
Printer shall only be allowed pay at The RATE rate
Of sixty cents per square OF ten lines soIla
minion type for the first insertion, and forty
cents per square for each of the other two
insertions.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That SAID
Public Printer shall hereafter be allowed
and paid for printing two hundred
copies OF all bills, reports and resolutions
ordered by either house of the Legislature
to be printed in the manner now directed
and prescribed by law, the sum of three
dollars and fifty cents per page for the num-
Der of pages contained in one copy thereof,
in full com pensation for such service.
SEC 6. Be it further enacted, That all
Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the
provisions of this Act be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this Act shall be
in force from and after its passage
By Limitation, February 8, 1876.
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JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to the State
Library.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the
State of Mississippi, That hereafter it shall
be the duty of the State Librarian to keep
the State Library open every night, Sunday
excepted, till the hour of 10 O'Clock, during
the sitting of the Legislature.
Approved February I'd, 1876
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AN ACI 10 provide for Suk,,;..
of the people, Amendments "a Y Z
ton, and for other purposes
SECTICN l. Be it enactedhy 81
ture Of the State of MisSiS.in!; Y
ever any amendment to the P@
proposed TO the people for ~, OS.s
lection, it shall be the dntv ~ ~.
Of State, at least three mon,b w
election is held. at which tho r
voted upon, to send to the ma ~.
every newspaper publiSh,d in !.
copy of the Act or ReSouros
such amendment and a copv az
and every snch newspaper. tb,,
lish the same for the three ~
preceding such election. shall
sum OF fifteen dollars ont of he
urv.
SECTION ,. Be it further e,,.
in voting upon any proposed smss5
electors shall have written or =,
their ballots any word,
sufficiently descriptive of the ,n
voted on to identify ,he same WA |
fix " for" il they vote for and
: against" if they vote III
same, The amendment Ma,
the last session, in rel1im |
chancery courts, shall be designs.
chancery court amendment, 6isI
Ors wishing to vote for the s,ms \
written or printed on their
words, For Chancery Court Ana
and those wishing to vote agaire |
shall have written or printed Oh 1
lots the words, Against CHAINS
Amendment"
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted II /
be the duty of ali registrars, ems
and other persons holding any A
which any amendment is prOp@s1
ton, to give general notice to I'LL
of their right to vote upon the 90
receive all legal votes upon g3
ment, and make due return then
Secretary of State, within the tin,
for m aking returns of the electio,
The said returns shall be made /
rately and transmitted to 4
of Secretary OF State, endOx
back of the envelope contains.
the words Election returns, Cd
al Amendment, County of !
SECTION 4. Be ii further a
it shall be the duty of the Secrets
to lay before tire Legislature i
first week OF the session neI +
such election, a certified staten
votes cast for or against any u
proposed in the several counts
State; and in addition thereto
statement of the "whOle numbd !
who voted for the members Of h 7
ture" at such election in the difaI
ties, taking the average vote cat
ties entitled to choose more tbaa /
Der of the House of Representa-
actual vote given for memberd
lature in such counties
SECTION ). Be it further eHia
this Act shall take effect lad
from and after its passage.
By Limitation, Jan. 10, 1876
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AN ACT to confer upon -.
mlttees power to admin cAaits.
other purposes. '''ef az
SECTION /, be It enactoa,
ture OF the State of MiSs u tl
chairman or acting chairms pp- !
mlttee of the Senate or Ho"N o. !
tatives of the State of Mss MISE q !,
chairman or acting Clos 'pA
Joint committee of a'ilhae
House of Representatirea' u \,
hereby empowered to De
or affirmation to witnesSaaa u !
matter under eXaminatIon i u 10
mittees, and every person u w ISeloea
ly and corruptly swear Iao u.
falsely before such commi,, "s''ll {
bic to the pains. penalties I've g. y,
now prescribed by law, "a a'a 1
perjury. wi 'e
SEC. ,. Be it further enao,,s .
take effect from and after IN ~ d
Approved January l4tb. IL,
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AN ACT to Reduce the Expense
SECTION l. Be it enacted by y
ture of the State of MiSSissIpp
compensation shall lie all0wedaI
paper for publishing the daily z
of this Legislature, and that lli
effect from and after It's paSSaga
Approved January 18th, lS6
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AN ACT to amend an Act entitled an Act ma
king appropriation to defray expenses IN
Cured by the Sergeant-at-Arms OF the Sen
ate, and for other purposes. approved March
9th, 1875.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State Of Mississippi, That so
much Of section two ~ OF an act entitled
an act making appropriation to defray
expenses incurred by the Sergeant-at-A Arms
of the Senate, and for other purposes APP
proved March 9Th, 1875, as authorizes the
Auditor of Public Accounts TO furnish sta
tionerv for the use of members Of the Leg
stature. be and the same is hereby repeal
ed; and hereafter it shall not be Lawful 1or
the Auditor of Public Accounts, or any
other officer, employee or person whatever,
to furnish any stationery at the expense OF
the State. for the use of members OF the
Legislature and that this act shall take Ell
feet from ard after the first day OF May,
1876.
Approved, Feb 18th, 1876.
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Printer be Instructed
now on hand, and IN 10 70 suspe,s
ders except such as a rcelVe 10 Il
Houses of the LegislatuTre made \,
2nd, That a committoo le'e
OF the House, and one e' OIL o. two !
, senate b be appointed to V ert lhe !.
OF progress of the work g as
of the State Printer, anS \ now d /
tee report TO the Apd, taat s,
which has been made WHY UG,tor Il,
TO the date Of the na "lsn all ps
ton. passage Of
Approved January Is, Igs
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OF THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

AN ACT to am nd an Act entitled an Act
establishing the Fees of Certain Officers.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That sec
ton six 90 of an Act establishing the fees
ofcertain officers, approved, March 9th, 1875,
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Rv Limitation, Feb'y 22d, 1876
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AN ACT to repeal an Act in ReA..
Counsel for Boards Of SupT'
SECTION ]. Be it enacted By Z
ture of the State of MissiSSlpPt
entitled an act to enable the 6s.
pervisOrs to employ counsel l,5s
~, approved February TN, W.
same is hereby repealed
SECTION 2. Be it further enac.sI
act take effect and be in force
ter its passage.
Approved January l4th' NV