The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

| AN ACT to carry into effect section six OF an
! Act entitled IAN Act to create new cOCn-
| ty in this State to be called Lefore county,
and to change the boundary lines between
| SunfOwer, Washington and Bolivar coun-
ties" approved March 10, 1871.
| SECTION l. Beet enacted By the Legislature Of
| the State Of Mississippi, That the boards of SUI
peryisors of the counties of Bolivar Washiu 2
| ton and Sunfower be, and they are hereby
! required, WithoiIt delay, 10 appoint each a
| commissioner, who shall oonstitsjte board to
| ascertain and report to the said boards OF su-
pervIssrs respectively, the proportion of the
! debt of said counties or Bolivor and Washing
| ton existing ON the 18th day of March, 1871,
which is properly due and owing by the said
county If Sunhower, under and according to
the tenor Of IAN SCI of the Legislature of
said State, entitled An ACT IL cseate new
county in this State, to be called Lehore
county, and to change The boundary lines he
tween the counties of Sunhower, Washington
and Bolivar counties approved March 10Th,
1871, said board shall convene at 0reenville,
in the county of Washington on the first Mon
day in July next, soon thereafter as
practicable and shall ranize by the election
of n President, who shall also act as secretary,
and shall ascertain and Determine the amount
of the Indebtedness due by the counties OF
Bolivar AMI Washington on the said 10th day
of March IL the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-one; the assessed value eft the real
and personal property within the Ilml4s Of
said counties prior to the passage of SAID Act
of Ma oh Il. h, 1871 the Assessed value OF the
real nd personal property formerly belonging
to said counties, but which was by said Act,
placed within the limits OF the said county Of
Sunfower. and the proportion of the said
debts of lhe said coqn. les of Bolivar and
Washington due by said county Of SunHower,
upon the facs thus ascertaiued, ia lie ratio
which the ,otal assessed value of the real and
personal property afore aid de ermiued
bears to the asses ed value of the real and per-
sonal property. taken from the said counties
of Bolivar and Washington by the above re-
cited Act
SEC. : Bs further enacted That prior to
their adjournment, the said board shall
duee their report to writing. and sign and re-
turn the same in trplicate 20 the said board
of supervisors and thereupon the board of SUI
pervisors of said county OF Sunhower shall
execute and deliver to the said counties Of
BolisaY end Washington, the bonds of the
county Of SunhoWer fer the amount aScer-
tanned to be due, by the said board Of commits
sioners, payable in one, two, three and four
years by equal annual insta llments, and bear
ing interest at the rate of eight per centum
per annHm from tbe 18Th day of March, 1871.
and shall proceed to levy and collect tax
sufficient to meet the lnstailments OF said
debt as they respectively mature.
SEC g. Be Il further enacted That the fail
ure on the part of the said county of sun
flower to appoint commissioner as require
by dis AZ. or ,he failure of any such com
missioner anpoipted 10 attend he meeting Of
the board of coAmi gsiQnels herein provided
for shall not impede tIe aStiGp Qf The said
board. but the comm ssionels appointed az
the said couu, les of Bolivar and Washington
shall constitute a quorum for the purposes
contemplated by this Act, aud any report
made aud signed by Them and returned to The
said board OF super. iEoIs Of Bolivar. Wash |
ing on and Sunhower, shall be deemed and
held to be iual and conclusive as to the mat
tiers aforesaid.
SEC. T. Be it further enacted That this Act
take effect aRd be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, January "A, 1877.