The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-26


the taxes, State and county, assessed in his
county the preceding year. conditioned that he
will well, truly and faithfully, collect all the
taxes assessed, and will promptly pay into the
the State and county treasures, all money col
lected by him, and to which said treasures shall
be respectively entitled; and that he will In all
things truly and faithfully execute and perform
all the duties of Tax Collector of his county, to
the best of his skill and ability, long as he
shall continue in office In case of the failure
of any Sheriff to qualify as Tax Collector, within
the same time allowed for taking the oath of
office and giving bond Sheriff, he shall there
by vacate the office of Sheriff, and the vacancy
shall be filled according to law.
Sec. 2. BE 1t further enacted, That the sure
ties on all the official bonds of Sheriffs, and
Sheriffs as Tax Collectors Circuit Clerks, AS
SCISSORS, Treasurers, Coroners and Rangers,
County Superntendents of Education, all JUS
tees of the Peace, and all other county and
district officers required by law to give bond,
shall take and subscribe oath before the
Chancery Clerk OF the county, for if there be no
Chancery Clerk, before the Clerk of the Circuit
Court, in and for which said bonds are to be
made, and at the office of said Clerk, in the
following form and to the following effect
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Personally came before me, the undersigned
Clerk of the Chancery Corr Circuit Court in
and for the county and State aforesaid -@,
surety on the within bond, who, being by me
first duly sworn, deposes and says he is worth
the sum of -- dollars in freehold estate, or
in leasehold estate, of term not less than
twenty years, or In both, the may be-
held and owned in his right, and situated
in said county of (here insert the name of the
county in and for which said bond is to be
made), and over and above all just debts legal
liabilities, and the amount of his suretvship on
any other official bonds, and over an above all
q ual aya nd Said rs Cban
on said bond, and shall be certified under the
hand and official seal of said Clerk and the
amounts for which the several sureties shall
justify shall aggregate the penalty of the bond:
Proyjded, That in all cases where the officers of
Circuit Clerk and Chancery Clerk of any county
in this State are authorized to be and are filled
by the same person, the sureties of such Clerks
shall take and subscribe said oath before the
President of the Board of Supervisors who shall
be authorized to approve said bond
Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That if anv
surety on any official bond shall swear falsely
as to any OF the particulars contained in the
oath prescribed in section of this act. such
surety shall be deemed guilty of perjury and
shall be punishable therefor in the manner pro-
vided by law for the punishment of the crime
of perjury.
Sec. 4. Be 1t further enacted, That the Off
c1al bond of all the officers named in the second
section of this Act shall be approved by the
Chancery Clerk, Cor if there be no Chancery
Clerk, then by the Clerk of the Circuit C0urtl
and by the President of the Board of Superyi
sors of the county; and if any Chancervs or
Circuit Clerk, or President of any Board of Su-
pervlsors, shall approve any official bond know.
ing or having good reason to believe that said
bond is not good and sufficient for the amount
thereof, such Chancery Clerk Circuit Clerk or
President of the Board of Supervisors, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor. and shall he
punished accOrdin Civ .f ~
SEC. 5. BE 1t further enacted, That the bonds
of all Chancery Clerks shall be approved nv
the President of the Board of Supervisors If
the county, and the sureties thereon shall ms
THY In the same manner and form asprescribed
Tor the other county officers named in the sec
ond section of this Act, the oaths of the suretes
to be taken before the Clerk of the Circuit
Court and at his office and to be certified NV
him under his hand and official seal. and #
there be no Circuit Clerk, such oath shall he
taken before and certified by the President of
the Board of Supervisors Proyided That when
the office of Chancery and Circuit Clerk shall
De held oy one and the same person, that. the
suretles on the bond of such Chancerv and Cir
cult Clerk shall justify as prescribed in the SOC
ond section of this Act, the oath of the sureties
to be taken before the President of the Roard
of Supervisors, and approved by him, and 70 no
certified by him under his hand, and to be fle5
IN the office OF said Chancery and Circuit Clerk.
SEC. 6. Be 1t further enacted. That tba
Board of Supervisors of the respective con,tiaO
+ In this State SHALL at any time when if shall
appear that the official bond of any county off.
seeris not good and sufficient, require such officer
to give new bond; and if any officer shall fail
to give new bond as required by the order Of
said Board, within thirty days from and after
saen ORDER SAD ofcer shall thereby forfeit his
offlce, and an election shall be held to fiji the
vacancy thereby created; Proyided, That shonId
the bond of any officer become Insufficient
by reason of the removal of the residence
OF any one or more of the sureties thereon )
permanently out of the State, or the insol- 4