The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-03-07

! OF the treasurer Of the said county of Washing
ton any surplus funds (after payment of in
T. rest on said bonds) arising from the tax here
matter to be levied for payment of said sinking
/ fund bonds. AMI the interest thereon. it shall
be the duty OF said treasurer by advertisement
IN some newspaper printed and published in hi
sad county. for twenty days, To invite from The
! holders of said bonds bids as to the price a
! which said holders will dispose OF their bonds
and the number and amount of the bonds they
viii offer for sale, and it shall be the duty o
said treasurer on the lst day of March succeed
ing said notice, in the presence of such bidder:
as may desire to be present, and at lis office. te
open said bids, and he shall accept the bids o.
the party parties offering the highest
amount of bonds for the least sum of money
and shall take up and cancel said bonds thus
purchased to extent of surplus funds on hand
and report his action to next succeeding meet
ing Of the board of supervisors of the said
county of Washington.
SEC. 9. Be 1t further enacted, That it shall
be the duty Ct the board of supervisors of said
Washington county, at theirregular July meet
ing in the year a. d. 1871 and annually there
after, for the purpose of raising fund to pay
Off the interest of, and to purchase such a pro-
portionate amount of said funded bonds as
hereinbefore provided for, to levy and assess a
a tax upon all the taxable property of their
county, not exceeding five mills on the dollar,
on the valuation thereof and also for the
purposes of promptly paying said revenue
bonds, principal and interest, to levy a tax upon
the taxable property of said county of five mills
on the dollar.
SEC. 10. Be 1t further enacted, That in addi-
ton to the taxes provided for in the next pre-
cedng section, the board of supervisors of said
county, shall, at the time now fixed by law for
the levying of taxes, levy one general county
tax for all county purposes whatsoever, except
school purposes, and a school tax as now pro
vided by law, and that said board of supervi-
sors be prohibited from levying taxes, which,
with the taxes in the next preceding section
provided for, and the entire State tax Will ex-
coed twenty five dollars on the thousand dollars
in valuation.
SEC. II. BE 1t FURTHER enactrd, That it shall
be the duty Of the tax collector of said Wash
ingtOn county to collect the taxes levied by the
board of supervisors of said county under this
Act, at the time and in the manner provided
by law for the collection of State and county
taxes.
SEC. -. BE it further enacted. That all per
sons not avaling themselves of the benefit Of
this Act, be and they are hereby deprived of
the remedy Of mandamus to compel the board
of supervisors to levy a tax to pay off warrants
or bonds heretofore bonded, held by them.
SEC. -. Be 1t turther enacted That immedi-
ately after the passage of this Act, it shall be
the duty of the board of supervisors of said
Washington county to publish notice to all
the creditors of said county, stating that they
VIII meet on the SAID lSt day OF June, a. ID.
1877, for the purpose of funding the debt Of
said county, and issuing bonds therefor, as here
inbefore provided, and for that purpose, said
board of supervisors may remain in session at
such June meeting as long as may be necessary
for them to discharge the duties imposed upon
them by this Act.
SEC. ii. Be 1t further enacted, That the
clerk of the said board of supervisors shall be
allowed the sum of five dollars out of the county
treasury for each and every days work done
by him under this Act.
SEC. Is. Be 1t further enacted, That it shall
be optional with the board of supervisors of
said county, as to whether the Indebtedness
provided, and that for the purpose Of deter
mining whether or not said Indebtedness shall
be funded, said board of supervisors shall meet
at the court house Of the county on the 1st
Monday in April, 1877, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, and decide whether or not they
will avail themselves of this Act, and shall
cause their decision to be entered upon the
minutes Of said board, and if said board shall
decide not TO fund said Indebtedness as herein
before provided then they shall not be bound
by the provisions of this Act, and the same
shall be of no effect; but if they should decide
hat the said Indebtedness shall be funded, then
this Act shall be mandatory said board.
SEC. g. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February |, 1877.