The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-28

AN ACT to carry into effac, -.
Act emitted AN Act to create e' = IL
ty IN this State to be called TsS. nego u
and to change the boundary Ii iao sl,,
Suntiower, Washington ANA me FsGe' HI
ties, approved March Is. ISL DOll7a' i
SEoTIoN |. Be 1t enacted by II. -.
the State Of Mississippi. Thai I rp. If;;'.a
pervisors of the counties If Pe ne ooar5,
ton and Sunflower be, and tIl Inv Vac
required, without DELAY. 70 afe
commissioner, who shall ;".plolai 81
ascertain and report to the sa;d oe.s
perv1sors respectively, the nrono Dye'a' \
debt of said counties OF BOLIVIA oa SGl l
ton existing on the 18th dav of Wi Ssi.t !
which is properly due and ow;n. IIafce i
county of Sunfower, under ana ~. W a j
| the tenor of IAN Act" of tho ! aVvofdlls
said State, entitled An Act to c; lam
county in this State, to be caI Ha4 4
county, and to change the boundar-r. i y. q
tween the counties of Sunfower n. 4aa |
and Bolivar counties" approved NJ
1871, said board shall convene At '1 G-
in the county of Washington on H. O s
| day IN July next, or as soon IL
practicable, and shall organize bv ' ma.
of a President, who shall also act os ''sS
and shall ascertain and determino' NV t''ls
of the Indebtedness due by tbp o-e nv
Bolivar and Washington on the soi yJr r,
of March, in the year eighteen bnn5,3
sevent y-One; the assessed value Of 4. 4
and personal property within the l..
said counties prior to the passage rf -,
of March 18th, 1871 the assessed r.,a. 1
real and personal property formerlv hi.
to said counties, but which was Lr -.
placed within the limits of the said eoa,t
Sunfiower, and the proportion of 4.
debts of the said counties Of B,;r..
| Washington due by said county Of Sn,a
upon the facts thus ascertained, in n. |
which the total assessed value of the p,
personal property so as aforesaid iss,.
bears to the asse sed value of the rqal,,
sonal property, taken from the said ~,
of Bolivar and Washington by the aim
cited Act.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That M,
their Adjournment, the said board hi
duce their report to writing, and sigs nI
turn the same in ,riplicate to the sl3 u
of supervisors and thereupOn the bOsrj \
pervisors of said county of Sunf0Vr 4
execute and deliver to the said cou-gI
Bolivar and Washington, the bend,
county of Sunflower, for the amount i,
tanned to be due, by the said boardOi con-
sioners, payable in one, two, three sli
years by equal annual instalmenJs, and
ing interest at the rate Of eight per II
per annum from the 18th day of Man
and shall proceed to levy and collect
sufficient 10 meet the instalment: a
debt as they respectively mature
SEC. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That The /
ure on the part Of the said county
flower to appoint.a commissioner as rgd
by this Act, or the failure Of any such 1
missioner appointed, to attend the n@.lI
the board of commissioners herein pI
for shall not impede the action Of d.|
board, but the commissioners appJil1I
the said counties Of Bolivar and Wasal1
shall constitute a quorum for the pgTI
contemplated by this Act, and an! Il
made and signed by them and returned 4
said board of supervisors of Bolivar V
ington and Sunfower, shall be deene
held to be final and conclusive as to The
ters aforesaid
SEC. 4. Be 1t further enacted, That jlai
take effect and be in force from and sls
passage.
APPROVED, January a, 1877.