The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-10

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SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted BIZ the Legislature
of the Stare of MississiPpi. That hereafter the
Secretary and Treasurer, and the collector Of
the cotton tax of the board Of levee commits
sioners OF levee district No. 2, shall not receive
from any sheriff. tax collector OF any kind, dep
utElaaent, or other officer, in payment of taxes
or other dues collected for account OF said
board of levee commissioners, any bonds, GER
tiicates of Indebtedness, certificates of allow
anee. surplusage certificates, or other evidence
of debt issued by said board of levee commits
sioners. unless such officer, deputy or agent, as
the case may be, shall previously make and
subscribe an oath before some officer author
ICED to administer the same, that he, such
sheriff, tax collector, deputy or agent, received
each and all of said bonds. certificates of In
debtedness, certificates of allowance. surplusage
certificates or other evidence of debt, at their
full value indicated on the face thereok with
interest, when such evidences of debt bear in
terest, and that the same were received Tor the
taxes for which they purport 10 have been col
lected, and any false swearing herein shall be
perjury, and any such officer who shall ex-
change, Tor permit exchanged) money, legal
currency or current bank notes., by him re-
ceived or collected for such taxes dues as
aforesaid, for bonds, certificates ofindebtedness,
certificates of allowance, snrpIusage certificates,
or other evidence of debt, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof before the circuit court of the county
in which such officer resides, shall be removed
from office, and be fined in a sum not less than
($500) five hundred dollars, nor more than
($1 ,00o) one thousand and be imprisoned in
the county Jail for period of not less than six
months more than one year.
SEC 2 Be 1t further enacted, That here
after it shall be unlawful for any one to remove
out of the leyee district composed of the coun
ties of Bolivar, Washington and lssaquena, any
cotton upon which the levee tax has not been
paid; and any one so removing such cotton,
knowing the said tax has not been paid, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof by court of competent ju-
risdiction of the county from which said cotton
was so removed, shall be fined in a sum not less
than double the amount of taxes due on said
cotton so named; nor more than five hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail for
not less than six nor more than twelve
months.
SEC. 3. Be IL further enacted, That here
after it shall be unlawful for any one to use the
levee, in the district composed of the counties
of Bolivar, Washington and Issaqhcna, as a
roadway or to-remove from said levees any OBJ
stacle placed on said levees by said board of
levee commissioners, to prevent the use of said
levees as roadways; and any one hereafter so
using said 1eVee, or removing said obstacles,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and;
upon conviction thereof before any justice of
the peace III the county where such violation
occurred shall be fined in a sum not less than
ten nor mors than twenty five dollars for each
offense, or be imprisoned in the county Jail for
not more than six months for each offense, or
by both fine and imprisonment; and the said
justices of the peacdbefore whom said trials are
had are hereby authorized to issue execution,
and any other neadful process for the collection
ofsueh fine or fines together will all costs Incl
dent to said proceedings.
Sec 4. BE 1t further enacted, That this Act
be in force from and after its passage.
APPROVED, April Is, 1876