The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-04-08

lines Of warren fssaquena and Washington counties.
SECTION |. Be 1t enacted 5y tie LegislatlreI
of the State Of Mississippi, That new county
shall be- aud is hereby created III this State, 10
be called Sharkey, to be bounded as follows,
to-wit: Commencing at the northwest corner
of section three, township thirteen, range seV-
en-. west thence in a direct line to the norh
line of township fourteen, thence east along
said township line between. township fourteen
and fifteen to the east line of Washington
county, the north west corner OF township
fourteen, range four west; thence down the
west boundary of Yazoo county to where 1t
connects with SunilOWer river, following the
meanderings thereof, to the south line OF town
ship ten. range five west; thence west along
said township south line to the northwest cor
ner of township nine, range seven west; thence
north on the range line between ranges seven
and eight to the east prong OF Steers Bay ;
thence up said east prong, following the mean
behring's thereof to section twenty-five, town
ship thirteen range seven west; thence west
along the south line Of said section twenty two
to the southwest corner thereof; thence north
to the beginning point.
SEC 3. Be It further enacted, That the north
boundary line Of Issaquena county shall begin
at the northwest corner of section three. town
ship thirteen, range seven west; thence along
the township line between townships thirteen
and fourteen west to the Mississippi river
west corner OF Warren county; thence east
along said county line to the southwest corner
of township nire, range seven west; thence
south along the range line between range two
and three, to the YazoO river; thence along the
YazOO river to range line between ranges three
and four east; thence north along said range
line to the lssaQuena county line thence east
long the present line between Warren and
loaaquena counties, to the southeast corner of
lssaquena county; thence along the eastern
boundary of said county to the south line OF
township ten in said county; thence west along
- the township line between townships nine and
ten, to northwest corner of township nine.
range five west, being the southwest corner of
Sharkey county; thence along the western
boundary of Sharl1ey county to the beginning
towit: the northwest corner of section three
township thirteen, range SEVEN west.
SEC 3. BE 1t further en0cted, That the north
ern boundary of Warren county shall be SC
changed to make the Yazoo river the line in
range three east giving to Issaquena county al
of township seventeen and eighteen, range
three east, lying north of the YazoO river, and
III no other way to effect the boundary of said
county of Warren.
SEC. 4. BE 1t further enacted, That the
boundary line of Washington county be SO
altered as to make the south boundary thereof
the line between township fourteen and fifteen
from the east edge of said county to the north
west corner OF section three, township four
teen, range seven west, and from thence south
on section lines to the southwest corner OF
section thirty four township fourteen, range
seven, west; thence on the township line to
the MISSISSIPPI river, the present boundary be-
tween lssaquena and Washington county
SEC. 5. BE ct further enacted, That Samp-
son Williams, David Hunt, Thomas c.. Watson
William I. Banart and J c. Shrader be and are
hereby appointed Board of Supervisors for
SAID county of Sharkey who shall hold their
sad offices until the next general election and
until their successors shall be dulv qualified
unless sooner removed by law, who shall assem-
bic on the second Monday after the PASSAGE of
this Act, or as soon thereafter as NAV be nrac
ucable, at point or place called Rolling Fork
at the head of the stream called Rolling Fork
winch shall be the county site of said county
and shall organize by electing one of their
number, president, and secretary. and
after having been duly sworn by some person
authorized to administer oaths, faithfully to
discharge the duties required of them bv the
constitution, according to law, said supervisors
or a majority of them, shall proceed to organ
lze said county by laying off the same into
hVe supervisors districts, and shall order an
election Tor two justices of the peace, and one
constable for each supervisors district and
Tor sad county, one sheriff, one coroner one
assessor, one treasurer one surveyor. and one
clerk, who shall be the clerk of the circuit and
il"hOGly courts Oh sald county; and such cleo
uon shall be held according to law; and in
order thereto, the said supervisors shall appoint
three discreet and competent persons as regis
terS, VINO shall take the usual OATH and register
.he qallhed voters of said county according to
law; and the several officers elected at such
erection, shall hold their offices respectively.
ana discharge the duties thereof upon giving
Dohds according to law, until the next general
elecuon, and until their successors are duly
ri cho1I r;x-
bond as clerk of each court and where the
amount OF bond for any of said officers is not
hxed 6y law, then the said board of supervisors
snail Tx the amount Of said bond or bonds.
SEC .. Be 1t further enacted, That the
State Board of Education shall annnint q Conn