The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-10-17
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE
70 Parties Owning Lands in tae Liuu:-
dating 1avee District.
JOSHUA GREEN
vs. In Chau1zr,-
W II. GIBBS. ET Al.

FIRST DI>TElcT, HINDs COUNTY. Sr.rr OF
MISSISSIPPI AT JACKSON
Be IT REMEMBERED. That this cause came
on tA3s day 10 be head on motion for interlo-
cutory decree, etc. upon the bsII answer -x-
htolts and pro c0gfsSs1 entered herein and tbe
Court BENG thereof sufficiently advised by
consent Of parties, doth order. adjudye and
decree, that the defendants. Gibbs and Hen
Inlngway, Auditor and Treasurer as ex-orH5-51
LlquidaIng Lcvee Commissioners, and gro
( nae rtre Commissioners OF this Court he nd
they are hereby directed. empowered ana an
thorlzed, until the fret day of Decembe next
TO permit the former owners OF the Iaudsfr.rIiI-
ded IN the schedule eEhI bIUed with theiraDsvyer
/ 10 purchase, by way of reLeeminr Same ~,
1 the payment or all the arrearages Of Iiori -
ting Levee taxes Iue thereon. as shown nv aid
eXhlCit. ami al such tax as nav accrue there
IN hereafter in the scrip. bonds or evi.4a,...a.
I OF debt issued under the act of February 13-b
J 1851, referred 10 IA the compliments bill and
/ acts amenua DRY thereof. together with the
/ commissions OF tve per centum on the amount
/ q such taxes and two dollars and ftv cents
Tor each deed or certificate Of redeupIion Ia
/ be paid in currency.
The sand Commissioners will retain three
/ hfths OF sums collected for commissions. TO b.,
! equally divided between them. one-half there
| OF to be paid 10 each, and viii hold two-6frbs
Tor the payment OF the costs that have accrued
/ or may accrue ia this cause
| And II Is further ordered adjudged and de
! creed. that the said Auditor ana Treasurer as
| eI-oUcto LIquidatiEg Levee Commissioners.
| ana Commissioners of this Court from and
| after the said first day OF December next. and
| until the further order of this Court. be and
they are hereby authorized. directed and re-
4uIred TO sell and dispose of any OF the lands
embraced IN said schedule and exhibit, which
shall then remain uudlSp0se,. of. for such price
and sum, not less than all the LiQuidatiug Lc-
| wee lakes due and IN arrears thereon. as in
their discretion may ne TO the best interest of
the parties to thIs suit taking In payment
| thereof currency, or the bonds, scrip or evil
a a- = dol I'M FFgf.t = -
and exhibited in this cause. or which MAY
hereafter be fled and exhibited herein. to the
extent of nlnety-tye per cent. of the Durchas-
money, and i've per centum thereof in curren.
cy Of the United States, and viii exact in al.
dlIon. from The purchasers, commissions Oh
the sales at hYc per ceatum, and two dollar.
and fifty cents Tor each deed or certificate I.
be paid IN currency. They viii ma he monthly
reports to this Court, showing the lands sold
10 whom, and when sold, for what amount il
| currency, orscrlp, or bonds sold, and the nlm
| Der, date and amount OF levee londs in scril
taken up by them. They VIII cancel all suci
| bonds scrip or evidences of debt taken up b.
| them as atoresa OF the dav OF its receipf
and return the same with their reports The,
VIII proceed without delay to tabulate and ar
range lists of lands included in said scheduI
and exhibit according to the counties in whIc'
! they are situate with Ithe muuimcnts of 18th
| connected herewith, so numbered by letter o.
figure as to be readily found for inspection
ana viii deliver said muniments OF title TO tn
done. They viii take steps TO have all tn
deeds, conveying said lands to them or thei
predecessors in Office recorded in the prone
counties where the same has not been done an,
VIII pay the costs Of such registration, out &.
any moneys in their hands realized by a sal
of said lands They will give the greatest pub
licjly to this proceeding, and the scope an,
extent of this decree, by circulars and notice
in several of the leading newspapers in thi
State, and viii pay the costs Of the same on
| Of money arising from sales of lands The
viii strike from said list or schedula of al
lands which are improperly included therein
and execute TO the owners, deeds of reIeas
tn rcto on their paying Two dollars and fit
cents for the cost of said conveyance. The
may employ agents in several counties inclu
dcd in the Lcyee District. created by the san
Act OF 1867. to ascertain the value of sal
lands, and the nature of the titles thereto ant
/ TO aid in the sale of such lands as we'll as tn
taking possession thereof, and leasing tn
same, and may agree upon the compensation
to be paid said agents, out of the proceeds o
sale Of the lands disposed OF by or throug
them, not 10 exceed five per centum of tn
same, but the said compensation shall who'll
depend upon the actual sales of land, and il
no event be absolute.
/ Ordered. adjudged and decreed, this 2Stb da
of September, \. j. 1877.
L. G. PEYTON. TsEAL.1
Chancellor,
4 true copy from the minutes.
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