The weekly clarion., 1876-04-12

be. in which said courts shall be held, until
courthouse shall be. erected, in said county;
and shall also furnish the clerk Of said courts
with such books and furniture may be nee
essarv for the purpose of carrying on the busi-
ness of said Offices; and any person desiring to
have a record made of any deed to real estate
which he or they may have, may have the same
/ duly recorded in said county Pfocided. the
said deed has been acknowledged according to
| law. And if any deed to any real estate,
within the bounds of said Sharkey county,
| shall have been lost or destroyed, and record
of the same shall have been made in Issaquena
or Warren county, such person may have a
| copv recorded Pr0cided, it shall be certified
| according to law, and such record shall be good
/ and binding in law the same as If the original
| deed had been recorded in said county OF Shar-
| key.
| SEC. -. Be 1t further euacted That the said
board of supervisors shall appoint two COM
missioners to meet an equal number OF com
missioners to be appointed from each OF sad
counties, to-wit: Washington, Warren, and IS
saquena, by their respective boards OF super
visors who shall adjust and agree upon the
amount of debt said county OF Sharkey shall
assume and pay to said counties seYerapy OF
| the debt which they may owe at the time tins
bill shall become a law; and ascertaining the
several amounts, the said commissioners shall
take into consideration the value OF territory
embraced in Sharkey county, which has been,
bv this bill, detached from said counties IN COM
parison with the other lands in said county !;
and the said county of Sharkey shall pay to
said counties the amount agreed upon by said
commissioners and certified to by them, at
such times and in such installments as may
| be agreed upon by said commissioners; and IN
case said commissioners cannot agree on the
amounts so TO be paid, the said commissioners
shall call upon an umpire to determine the
matter of difference.
SEC. 13 BE it further enncte3, That the
county of Sharkey shall be entitled to one
member of the House Of Representatives, and
the law giving one additional member to the
counties of Washington and Issaquena is here
by repealed.
SEC A. Be 1t further enactea, That this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
BY LIMITATION March 20, 1876.
AN ACT for the preservation of Game and Birds
the State of Mississippi
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted By the Legislature
of the State Of Mississippi, That 1t shall be
unlawful in any place in this State to catch,
kill or injure or pursue with such intent any
wild buck, deer, doe or fawn, between the ff-
teenth day of May and the fifteenth day Of
September; and it shall be unlawful to catch,
kill or iniure, or pursue with such intent any
wild turkey between the first day OF May and
the fifteenth day of September; and it shall
also be unlawful to CATCH kill or inJure, or pursue
with such intent any quail, sometimes called
partridge between the first day of April and
the fifteenth day of September; and it shall
be also unlawful to catch, kill or injure or pur
sue with such intent any turtle-doye, sometimes
called mourning dove, or any starting, com
monty known as field lark, between the first
day of April and the fifteenth day of Septem
ber; and it shall be unlawful at any and all
seasons to catch, kill or injure or pulsue with
such intent, the mocking bird, cat bird, or
thrush.
SEC. 2. BE Hfurther enacted, That no per
son shall destroy or rob the nests Of any wild
bird whatever excepting crows, black birds,
blue jays, hawks, owls, and other birds Of prey.
Sec. 3. Be 1t further endct6d That it shall
be unlawful for any person to purchase, have
in his possession or expose for sale any of the
birds or game, mentioned in section of this
Act, during the season when the catching,
killing or injuring the same is prohibited.
Sec. 4. Be 1t further enacted, That it shall
be unlawful for any railroad company, express
company, other company, steamboat, or
carrier, or private individual to have in pos
session or receive for transportation or carriage,
or for any other purpose whatever, any OF the
birds or game mentioned in section one of this
Act, during the season when the catching, kill
ing, or injuring the same is hereby prohibited
Sec. 5. Be 1t further enacted, That any per
son or persons violating the provisions ofthis Act
by killing, selling or offering for sale, or having
in possession any of the birds, or game men
toned in this Act, during the season hereby |
prohibited, or any fresh venison, during the
season mentioned in section one, shall for each
of the birds and each head Of game, and each
piece of fresh Venison so killed, sold, or exposed
for sale, or had in possession, conviction
thereof forfeit and pay fine of not less than
three or more than ten dollars for each bird, |
and not less than ten, more than twenty |
dollars for each buck, deer, doe or fawn, or
piece of fresh veuison, and three dollars for
each nest of eggs destroyed aforesaid, to-
gether with costs of prosecution.
Sec g.. Be it further enacted, That any viola
ton of the provisions of this Act may be pros
ecuted before any Justice of the Peace or any
other officer or court having jurisdiction of mis-
1emeanors, and the judgment of such court shall
be enforced in like manner, as in other cases
Of misdemeanor.
SEC Z. Be 1t .fttrther enacted, That upon
collection of any judgment record for any vio-
ation of the provisions of this Act, one half of
such fine or judgment shall go to the informer
and the other half shall go to the common
school fund.
Sec s. Be 1t further eaaotsd, That it is here
by made the duty of all Sherifs, Constables,
Market Masters, members of Boards of Super
visors and police officers to arrest all persons
violating. or in the Act of violating, any of the
provisions of this Act, and take them before
Justice of the Peace or other officer havingl
Jurisdiction to hear and try complaints for the
violation of the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 8. Be 1t .further enacted, That if any l
person or persons shall take, catch or kill. or !
.ttempt to take, catch or Kill any of the birds i
,r animals mentioned in this A ct anon the +,