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

ties on the said Bonds
SECTION |. BE Il enacted By tie Legislature
3 0f the StQte of Mississippi, That the Sheriff Of
each county shall be Tax Collector thereof, by
virtue of his office, and shall at the time of
giving bond as Sheriff, give bond as Tax Col
lectOr, with two or more sufficient surehes to
he approved as required by this Act, in pen
atty equal to two-thirds of the full amount of
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. so 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 It further enacted, That the sure
ties on all the official bonds of Sheriffs, and
Sherihs as Tax Collectors, Circuit Clerks, AS
SCISSORS, Treasures, COrOners and Rangers,
County superintendent 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 an oath before the
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 (or) Circuit Court in
and for the county and State aforesaid ---,
surety on the within bond, who, being by me
fret dul w CUOr, danOSoC and saws he iS worth
the sum of - dollars in freehold estate, or
in leasehold estate, of term not less than
twenty years or in both, as the case may be,
held and owned in his own right, and situated
in said county of there 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 suretyship
any other official bonds, and over and above all
legal exemptions and said oath shall be indorsed
on said bond, and shall be certified under the
hand and official seal of said Clerk; and the
amounts for which the several suretes shall
justify shall aggregate the penalty Of the bond;
ProUided, 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 any
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-
yided by law for the punishment of the crime
of perjury.
SEC. 4. Be IL further enacted, That the off
Cial 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 Chancerv
Clerk, then by the Clerk Of the Circuit Court,
and by the President of the Board of Supervi-
of the county; and if any Chancery or
Circuit Clerk, or President of any Board of Su-
pervisors, 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 be
punished accordingly.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further enacted That the bonds
of all Chancery Clerks shall be approved bv
the President of the Board of Supervisors of
the county, and the sureties thereon shall JUS
tfy In the same manner and form as prescribed
for the other county officers named in the sec
ond section of this Act the oaths of the sureties
to be taken before the Clerk Of the Circuit
Court, and at his office, and to be certified bv
him under his hand and official seal and if
there be no Circuit Clerk, such oath shall be
taken before and certified by the President of
the Board OF Supervisors Prorided, That when
the office of Chancery and Circuit Clerk shall
be held by one and the same person, that the
sureties on the bond of such Chancery and Cir
cunt CLERK shall justify as prescribed in the sec
ond section of this Act, the oath of the sureties
to be taken before the President of the Board
of Supervisors, and approved by him, and to be
certified by him under his hand, and to be filed
in the office of said Chancery and Circuit Clerk.
SEC. 6. Be 1t further enacted, That the
Board of Supervisors of the respective counties
In this State shall, at any time when it shall
appear that the official bond of any county off.
teris not good and sufficient require such officer
to give new bond; and if any officer shall fail
to. give new bond required by the order of
said Board, within thirty days from and after
such ORDER said officer shall thereby forfeit his
off and an oil .l.oD r.. L.