The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-24


and the surety or sureties signing to supply such
deficit, shall sign and seal the original bond
ca CHI adding after his name, the words: In lieu
of -, 1.-THE person in whose stead he signs J,
and the date, day, month and year when he so
signs and seals; and it shall be the duty of the
Clerk of the Chancery Court, or the officer in
whose Office the said orr ginal bond is filed and
recorded, to note on the record of the bond the
change made in the original.
Sec. T. Be 1t further enacted, That the
Sheriffs of the several counties in this State
shall give new bonds as Tax Collectors, accord
ing to the provisions of this Act, on or before
the first Monday in August. 1876 and if any
Sheriff shall fail to give new bond as Tax Col
lector, according to this Act, CT before the
first Monday in August, 1876, such Sheriff shall
thereby forfeit his office, and an election shall
be held to fill the vacancy thereby created
but this section shall not be held to give fur
Their time to any Sheriff who shall not have
given bond as Tax Collector in the manner and
within the time required by the law as it stood
previous to the passage of this Act, shall
this section apply to any case where a new bond
shall be required by the order of any Board of
Supervisors.
SEC. 8. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and after
it's passage
BY LIMITATION March IS, 1876.
ACT Reorganize Congressional of the
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted By the Legislature
Of the State Of Mississippi, That the Congress
sonal Districts shall be re-organized as follows,
to wit:
The first District shall be composed of the
counties of Tishomngo, Alcorn, Prentiss. Pom
totoc, Lee, ItaWamba Monroe, Chickasaw Col
fax, Oktibbeha and Lowndes.
The second District shall be composed of the
counties of Tippah, Union, Benton, Marshall,
Lafayette, Yaobusha, DeSoto, Tate, Pamela and
Tallahatchie
The third District shall be composed of the
counties of Lefore, Sunfower Grenada, Car
ROLL Montgomery, Calhoun, Sumner, Choctaw,
Winston, Noxubee, Kemper, Neshoba and At
tala.
The fourth District shall be composed of the
counties of Holmes, Madison, Leake. Scott
Newton Lauderdale, Smith, Jasper, Clarke,
Wayne and Jones.
The fifth District shall be composed of the
counties of Kinds, Rankin, Copiah Simpson,
Covington, Lawrence, Amite, Franklin, Pike
Lincoln, Marion, Pearl, Hancock, Perry Green
Harrison and Jackson.
The sixth District shall be composed of the
counties of Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Wash
ington, Issaquena, Yazoo, Warren, Claiborne
Jefferson, Adams and Wilkinson
Sec 2. Be It further enacted, That all Acts
and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed and that this Act shall take
effect and be in force from and after its passage
N, .,
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled Act Fund Float
ing Debt OF Bolivar County and to issue Sinking Fund
Bonds Approved April 6, 1874.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted By the ZeqisZoture
Of tie State Of Mississippi, That section of
an Act entitled an Act to fund the floating
debt of Bolivar county, approved April 9th,
1874, be and the same is hereby amended so as
to restrict the Board of Supervisors of Bolivar
county from levying tax in excess of twenty
five per cent on the State tax in any one wear.
to pay interest and principal of the bonds pro-
vided for in said section; Prouided, The Tax
Collectors in said county shall not collect for
said purpose of the taxes due and unpaid
for the fiscal year 1875 over twentv-f five ner
centum on the State tax.
Sec. ?. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after it's
passage.
This Act was returned by the Governor with
his objections thereto, and upon reconsidera
ton of the same by vote determined by yeas
and nays, two-thirds of the House of Repre-
sentatives and two-thirds of the Senate res
pectively, did agree to pass the same and it
was passed accordingly.
H. NJ. STREET,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
j. M. STONE
President of the Senate
Passed the House March 14th, 1876. on a call
of the yeas and nays, by two-thirds vote, the
Governors veto to. the contrary notwithstand-
ing. g. NJ GOVAN
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Passed the Senate, on reconsideration bv
wothirds VOTE on the call of the yeas and
nays, the Governors objections to the contrary
notwithstanding. d. 2. PORTER.
March 10th, 1876 Secretary of Senate
AN ACT of Appropriation the Mississippi State Pepen
tary
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the LEGISLATURE
Of the State Of Mississippi, That there be and
is hereby appropriated to the Mississippi State
Pententiary the sum of twenty-five hundred
dollars, to be paid out of any unappropriated