The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-02-13


shall cause TO be issued a warrant on the
county Treasurer for the same
Sac g. Be l. further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after It's
passage
APPROVED, Feb uary :, 1878.
AN ACT to amend section 27S6 of the Re
vissd Code of Mississippi, IN relation 10 'he
arrest of certain persons heelng from JUS
tice.
SEcr1oN /. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi That section 21s6,
of The Revised Code of 1871, in relation to the
arrest of certain persons fleeing from Justlce,
be- and the same is hereby exPunSed, ana the
following section inserted, in lieu thereof:
Section 27S6. Any person who snail arrest
any one who has killed another and is heelng
before arrest, and shall deiIYer MN up lor
trial, shall be entitled to the sum OF one nun
dred dollars out of the Treasury of the county
in which the homicide occurred, which shall
be paid on the allowance of the Circuit Court
and the order of the Board OF Supervisors IN
the manner provided by law
SIC 2 Be II further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED February :, 1873.
JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Sena-
tors and Representatives in the Congress OF
the United States, TO use their cndeavors TO
have the Bankrupt Law repealed.
WHEREAS, The Bankrupt Law has ceased to
accomplish the ends and purposes for which
it was enacted, and, as amended, is productive
of much complicated litigation, whereby set
Elements are not facilitated, nor creditors re-
lieved of the trouble and expense of protecting
their rights; and,
wHEREAs, By its operations, great moral
and pecuniary I'M uries have been inflicted
upon the country, and trade developed
which debauches public sentiment and en-
courages frauds and,
WHEREAS, The law is prejudicial to every
legitimate and industrial interest of the coun-
try; therefore, be it,
Eesolved, By the Legislature Of the State of
Mississippi, That our Senators and Represen-
tatives in Congress are hereby requested to
use their utmost enOeavors to effect the Imme-
date and unconditional repeal OF the Bank
Be it further Resolved, That a certified
copy of these resolutions be forwarded to each
of our Senators and Representatives in the
Congress of the United States.
Adopted by the House CT representatives,
January %, 1873.
Speaker of the House.
Concurred in by the Senate, February ,,
900 wM.H. SIMS,
President of the Sena,c.
APPROVED, February :, 1878. T..
AN ACT to allow the people of Sunfower
county to locate the county site of said
county.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
months after the passage of this Act, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, the Board Of
Supervisors of SunhOwer county shall order
a n election to be holden for one day in each
precinct in the county for the purpose Of al
fording the qualified voters in said county
fair and full opportunity of voting for or
against the removal of the present county site
of said county, and in case majority of the
votes cast in said election shall be in favor of
removal, then, for the further purpose OF Sc
lecting county site as between the following
named places, to-wit: Indian Bayou p. o.,
Faisonia and Walton Place, twenty days no
tice of said election being first given, and the
same to be conducted in all respects according
to the law regulating special county elections
and the expenses of said election to be de-
frayed in of other elections. The
ballots cast in the election herein required,
shall have written or printed upon taem the
words, "for removal" against REMOVAL
and also the name of one of the three places
herein named TO be voted for as a couHty Site
and after the polls shall have closed and the
votes counted, if it be found that a ma
jority of the votes cast are in favor of removal
then the place receiving the greatest number
of votes cast, is hereby deemed and declared
to be the county site of the county of Sun
flower. The Board of Registrars shall count
the votes cast, in other elections, but they
shall report the result Immediately to the
Board of Supervisors of said county, who
shall, upon examining said count, declare and
enter upon their minutes, which place has
been selected as the county site.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the Board of Supervisors and
they are hereby required, in of the re-
moval and selection of n new county site, as
aforesaid, to Immediately select and procure
suitable lot of ground at said place for the
Court House, Jail, and Offices for Clerk, Sheriff,
ETC.. and to erect thereon, suitable county
buildings; and as soon as said buildings are
completed, the Board of Supervisors shall re-
move thereto the records and archives of the |
count ", and Il otheF persoaal property and |
furniture appertaining to the county offices; |
and until such removal, the county site shall |
remain where it is now fixed by law. And the |
Board of Supervisors, at their first regular |
meeting after said election, in case of |
shall designate a name by which said |
new county site shall be known, and enter |
the same upon their minutes.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That in case n
new county site shall be selected as aforesaid,
the Board of Supervisors shall have power to
provide for the sale or disposition of the real
estate and the county buildings situated at or
upon the present county site, in any manner
they may deem best for the interest of the
county.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all Acts
and parts of Acts, in conflict with this Act,
be, and the same are hereby repealed, and
that this Act be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February s, 1873