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APPROVED, February IA, 1878.
AN ACT to provide for a duplicate copy of
Record Cook p. p. of the Records of Deeds
of Adams county, in this State.

SECTION l. Be it enacted hv the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi. That the Boa I'd OF
Supervisors of the County of Adams he, and
they are hereby, authorized if in their tiudg-
ment he work be necessary, to employ the
Chancery Clerk Of said county to make du-
plicate copy of record book z. p, of the rec
ords OF deeds of said Adams county. and to
pay for said work not exceeding ten (l0l cents
per hundred words; that said duplicate copy
when completed and certified to by said Chan
Gerry Clerk and the President of said Board
shall have all the force, virtue and effect OF
the original record, and that all certified
copies from said duplicate record book, shall
have and receive the same faith and credit as
if they had been taken directly from the orig
iual record book.
SEC. ,. Be it further enacted That said
Chancery Clerk shall if said work be or
dered by said Board of Supervisors, copy into
said duplicate record book, and file in his of
fee certified copy of this Act and that this
Act take effect and be in force from and after
IT'S passage.
APPROVED, February II, 1878.
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JOINT RESOLUTION sunnlamanto1 70

JOINT RESOLUTION supplemental to a res
olution passed at the present session of the
Legislature in relation TO the pay of the en-
pioyes of both Houses.
Resolved, by the Legislature of the State
of Mississippi, That the Doorkeeper of the
Senate receive four dollars per day for his SER
vices lit being the as the pay allowed
for the DoOrkeeper of the House,) instead OF
three dollars per day as now allowed by the
| Resolution to which this is supplemental and
the same shall relate as of the first day of this
session.
APPROVED, February Is, 1873
AN ACT to amend An Act, entitled, "An Act
to provide for the approval of the official
bonds Of county officers, and for the justifca-
ton of the suretes on the said bonds .
which became law by limitation, March
Is, 1876, so far as the same applies to the
counties Of Marion, Pearl Hancock, Harrison,
Jackson, Perry, Greene, Jones, Smith, Wayne
and Covington.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That An Act en-
titled, AN Act to provide for the approval of
official bonds of county officers, and for the
justification of the sureties the said bonds ,"
which became a law by Limitation, March IS
1876, be, and the same Is hereby, amended so
far as the same applies to the Counties of Ma
rion, Pearl, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson,
Perry, Greene Jones, Smith, Wayne and Cow
ington, so that the sureties all official bonds
OF officers in said counties shall be deemed
sufficient, and shall be approved by the proper
officers, if such officers shall be satisfied from
the afidavits of the sureties Endorsed on said
bonds that they, or any of said sureties, are
worth in the aggregate one-half the amount of
said bonds in freehold estate or lease-hold of
term of not less than twenty years. or in
both, as the case may be. and the other half
in personal property, held on their own right
over and above all exemptions, legal liabiii-
ties, and the amount for which they are sure
| ty. on all other boads Of officers whose terms
have expired, and ~ hose BOMBS have been put
in suit.
SIC. 2 Be it further enacted, That the sure
ties on oil official bonds In said counties may
justify before any Justice Of the Peace, or
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APPROVED, February II, 1878.
AN ACT to legalize the bonds of certain
County officers of Kemper County.

AN ACT to leg4lize the bonds of certain
County officers of Kemper County.
WHEREAS, Certain officers of the County of
KempEr, were on the sixth of November, A.
D., 1877, duly elected and,
WHEREAS, Said officers executed their bonds
and the sureties justified before Justice OF
the Peace, or ex-oticio Justice of the Peace !;
and,
WHEREAS, The Chancery Clerk certifes I'M
der seal of his Office that said bonds are sutl-
Client and that if the said sureties had have
been qualified before him, he would have
approved id bonds.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature
OF the State Of Mississippi, That the bonds of
VIM. Neville, I. e. Perrin, s. f. Jackson, H.
B. Richardson, Assessor, Justice of the Peace,
ana Constable, be, and the same are legalized
in force and binding if they had been ap-
proved. And the sureties qualified before the
proper officers as provided for in Acts of 1876,
sections one and two, pages Gig and nine
SEC. 2 Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
shall not be so construed as to prevent the
Board of Supervisors to require additional
sureties or new bonds of said officers.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted. That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED February Is, 1878.
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AN ACT to require all county officers, excep

AN ACT to require all county officers, except
County superintendent of Education, TO
hear the charge of the Judge to the Grand
Jury, and for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That it shall
he the duty of all county officers, except
County Superintendents of Education, to be
present al each term OF the Circuit Court of
their respective counties, and hear the charge
given by the Judge to the Grand Jury; and in
giving said charge, it shall be the duty of the
Judge to instruct the said officers touching
their duties as cOnservators of the peace.
SEC. 2 Be it further enacted, That any
ounty1 officer failin to be present to hear
the charge of the Judge to the Grand Jury
cereintoTore required shall be fined by such
Circuit Court. on motion of the District Attor-
ney, on reasonable notice thereof, not more
than fifty dollars.
SEC g. Be it further enacted That this Act
be in force from and after its passage.
APPROVED, February l6, 1878.
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member of the Board OF Supervisors, in said.
counties.
SEC g Be it further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after
APPRovED, February l5 1878.
AN ACT for the relief of Sam. c. Trest of
Jones County.
WHEREAS, Jares Ailewine and holly,
did on Tuesday, the Dist day of April, A. D.
1874, kill Jacob He rod, a citizen OF Carroll
county, in the State of Mississippi, and wer
fugitives from justice; and,
EKEAs, Adelbert Ames, Governor OF the
State of Mississippi, made mis- proclamation
offering a reward of fse hundred dollars
$500 co. for each of said fugitlves, AIieWine
and Holly, upon the delivery and conviction
Of said Ailewine and Holly; and,
WHEREAS The said Sam. &. Trest did arrest
aud deliver the said Ailewine and Holly to
the Sheriff of Carroll county, in the State OF
Mississippi; and,
WHEREAS, Allewlne one OF the SAD murder
ers, died in jail in said County of Carroll be-
fore trial; and
WHEREAS. Holly, the other murderer Of the
said Jacob Herrod received bail and forfeited
his bond by making default IN his appearance
at Court; and,
WHEREAS, In consequence of the failure of
the conviction of said Ailewine and Holly,
the said Sam. G. Trest never received the re-
ward offered by the Governor, or any other
compensation; therefore,
SECTION l. Be il enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Miss ssippi, That the sum of
three hundred dollars be, ami the same Is
hereby appropriated, out OF any money IN the the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the
Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby author
lied and required to issue his warrant on the
| Treasury in favor of Sam. c. Trest for the
same; Provided the acceptance OF said sum
shall be in full for all claim or demand for
| making such arrest, and for attendance as
| witness against said arrested parties.
SEC. 2. Be it fur'h her enacted, That this Act
ia eff nd he in
pa sage.
| APPROVED, February II, 1873.
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AN ACT o authorize the State Superinten-
dent Of Public Education to dispose of maps
OF tiis State now III his ethce.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
Of the State Of Mississippi, That the State
Superintendent of Public Education be. and
ne Is hereby. author. zed to dispose Of all the
maps OF Mississippi, now on hand in his office,
at fifty cents per map.
SEQ. 2. Be it further enacted, That il shall
he the duty OF the Stale Superintendent Of
Education to annually render account Of
an moneys thus received, and pay the same
into the State Treasury. TO be credited to the
Teachers. Fund.
SEC 3 Be il further enacted, That this Act
take effect anu be in force from and after its
passage
APPROVED, February r. 1878.
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AN ACT to provide for the appointment OF
of Superintendent of Public EDUCATION in
the Counties of Calhoun and Tunica.

AN ACT to provide for the appointment OF
of Superintendent of Public EDUCATION in
the Counties of Calhoun and Tunica.
WHEREAS, The Board of Examiners, APP
pointed by the Circuit Judges Chancellors
and Presidents of the Boards of Supervisors
for the Counties of Calhoun and Tunica, have
failed and refused to meet for the purpose OF
examining applicants for appointment to the
office of Superintendent of Public Education
for said counties; and,
WHEREAS, The Counties of Calhoun and
Tunica 'hout Superintendents OF
Public Education in consequence thereof
there ore,
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That the State
Board of Education be, and Is hereby, author
lied and empowered 10 appoint County Super
intendents of Public Education for the coun-
ties of Calhoun and Tunica without their
producing certificates of qualification, as now
provided for by the stature in such cases.
SEC 2 Be it further enacted, That this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
APPRovED, February 16, 1878.
AN ACT to REQUIRE the County Treasurer OF
Sumner county to set apart the Chickasaw
School Fund, received by him from the State
Treasurer for the benefit of that part of said
county lying and being within the Chieka-
saw Cession.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That the County
Treasurer of Sumner county, upon the receipt
of the distributive share of the Chickasaw
School Fund, belonging to said county, from
the State Treasurer, be, and he is hereby,
required to set the same apart for the exclu-
sive benefit of that part of said county EN-
braced in the Chickasaw Cession.
SEC. 2 Be it further enacted. That the
Board of Supers isors of said county, at their
first meeting after the passage of this Act, and
annually thereafter, at their regular meeting,
shall appoint three Commissioners, residing
in that portion of said county embraced in the
Chickasaw Cession, whose duty it shall be to
dispose of the said Chickasaw School Fund, be-
longing to that part of said county, according
to the intention of the original Act of Con-
gress making the grant or donation and the
County Treasurer of said county shall pay
out said money on the order of the said Com
missioners, and said Commissioners shall see
that the fund aforesaid is used for the exclus-
i've benefit of the educable children residing in
that part of said county embraced in said
Chickasaw Cession.
SIC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February l6. 1878.
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LAWS OF THE
STATE MISSISSIPPI
[PUBLIsHED BY AUTHORITY

AN ACT to authorize the Board OF Supervis-
ors Of the county Of Clarke TO register out
standing county warrants
SECTION l. Be II enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That An Act au-
thorizing the Boards of Supervisors 10 ascer-
tain the outstanding Indebtedness Of the sew
eral counties of this State, and for other pur-
poses approved March I'd, 1876 be- and the
same Is hereby, so extended to authorize
the Board of Supervisors of Clarke county,
State Of Mississippi, to register in the man
ner prescribed BY said Act, ali county war
rants of said county of Clarke that were omit
ted to be registered a required and provided
by said Act
Sac 2 Be 1t further enacted, That said
Board ofSupervisors, OF said county. shall, At
the first re rular meeting after this Acr goes
into effect,or soon thereafter IS pl actIcaolef
enter an order u.ou the minutes Of said Board
directing and requiring all persons now hoIQ-
in outstanding unpaid warrants against said
county, 70 bring the same forward, within
sixty days from and after the notice Of saId
order. to be registered by the Clerk Of said
Board, and it shall be the duty Of said Clerk to
register and to perform all other duties re-
qured Of him in registering county warrants
in the same manner as prescribed by said Act.
SIC B. Be IL further enacted, That all cOun-
" warrants registered or issuedds provided By
this Act, shall be paid in the order Of their
registration; Provided, That this section
shall not prevent the payment OF county taxes
in county warrants when registered as herein
provided.
SIC l. Be it further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February y, 1878.
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AN ACT to change the time of holding tn
Circuit Court in the County of Monroe.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors
of Jasper coudty, State of Mississippi, q
have certain portions OF their. proceedings,
and'also the County Treasurer's report pub
lished
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Turkish struggle has in no way altered the
previous status. The same unsettled feel
ing, as to what the future may deyelope
still exists.
No basis of an armistice Is yet reported
though the representatives OF both belliger-
ents have met; no statement Of Russia's de-
mands has yet been given to the world
while Russian troops are pressing rapidly
forward to Constantinople.
Another week may unveil the political sit
uation. Imports into Great Britain show
decided falling Off. while deliveries Of
homegrown wheat throughout the King
dom have not improved. English country
markets, with scarcely an exception are
reported dearcr and firm. Liverpool has
declined during the week on spring wheat
for prompt shipments from our ports fully
2 cents per bushel. This decline abroad
has been followed by a similar decline in
our own spring wheat markets.
A less active demand, and lower values
for superior brands Of -four, have forced
winter wheat 2 to Be lower, but n better tone
Is observable.
Export clearances for the week ending
BILE supply" in U. S. and Canada was $780,
$50 bus. Jan. II, a reduction from previous
week of 100000 bus.
The general movement to market was
liberal during the week, though the weather
was decidedly unfavorable for shipping.
There seems to be growing belief that
the conclusion OF peace would relieve the
present uncertainty attending all CONNER
cial ventures and after the first excitement,
lead to higher range of values.
Corn-We note as available to our mar
ket an advance of 4c bushel on No. corn
since our last review. Liverpool market lc
lower
An increased movement to market is no.
ticeable for the week, consisting almost en-
tirely OF the low grades, the weather. not yet
permitting much Of the new crop to grade
No. 2. A considerable amount OF the driest
OF the new crop is being taken for export,
but the large offerings depress the market.
Export clearances for the week ending Jan.
10Th were 1,081,S40 bus, and "vlsibly sup
ply" January 18th, was 5,G63,730 bus, or
just one-half OF stocks at the same time last
year.
With improving weather. we are certain
to have Improving prices, unless cold
turn closes for time transportation on the
Oats-In this cereal there has been
Ireer movement to market and values have |
ranged a to 24c lower, with n disposition on |
the part OF sellers to make concessions.
Rye-EXpOrts have fallen of, and in |
creased deliveries have put down prices 2 to
&c during the week. General tone of the
weak
Frcights-No change reported.
New York-Wheat, Chicago spring, 81 ,26;
No. winter red, S134. Corn. yellow west
,rn, 52Hc.
Chicago-Wheat, No. spring, $1.O3 cash.
Jorn, 40c. Cattle, steers. S3.OOa3. 1917.
Hogs packing, S3.9O@4.OO.
81. Louis-Wheat, No. red, SLIP; No. Q
ipring, SlO2%. Corn, 92c for new. Cattle,
butchers steers, S3.4O@4.OO:stockers, $3.50
$3.50, Hogs S3.SOCa4OO.
Kansas City-Wheat, No. 8 cash, CSC bid;
1eb. $l.0O bid, S1,014 asked. Corn, No. 2
'O1gc bid, 3l1Sc asked. Rye, SOC bid Cattle,
butchers. steers, fair, S3.0OCaS325; stockers,
air, S2.75@3W. Hogs ,--Choice, natives,
'3,OO@3.5O; medium, S2.25@2!75.
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and hence the manifest propriety-indeed,
the absolute necessity on the part of the
administration of seeking such Information
as they may feel disposed to rely upon.
Otherwise those States would be very mad
equately represented. In the argument o
the official position the leading idea, how
ever. that the prerOgative of selection rests
exclusively with the executive department
of the government, and that no dictation
from any quarter can be tolerated, should
under no circumstances, be lost sight Of
Indeed, Congress should deem it wise to
perfect such Legislation as would relieve its
members from Importantly and remove from
the minds Of the people the impression that
practically the task Of selection is really
imposed on their immediate representatives.
Upon the present system they can hardly
decline to be mediums through which the
wishes OF constituents are made known to
the executive.
TO SUPPRESS GAMBLING.
The Treasury committee on the 22d
took up and discussed at length Senator
Plumb's bill to suppress gambling In the
army by means of an additional article of
war. 1t was made the special order for the
next meeting, with every indication that it
will be then agreed upon for favorable re-
port to the Senate.
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distinction on account of wealth. Every
man in this country should have equal pro-
lection before the law. be he poor or rich
He knew, however, that the bonds were held
by the rich.
The Senate finally passed the Mat
thews silver bill on the 25th. Mr.. Edmunds
spoke in opposition to the resolution of Mr..
Matthews, and favored the amendment Of
fered by himself. Mr., Blaine followed Mr..
Edmunds, and the question being on the
amendment Of Mr.. Edmunds to the resolu-
ton of Mr.. Matthews, to provide for the pay
ment of bonds lngold coin or its equivalent,
and that any other payment, without the
consent of the creditor, would be in viola
ton OF the public faith, and in derogation
of his rights, 1t was rejected-yeas IS, nays
A. The question then recurred on the
amendment Of Mr.. Merrill, submitted on the
18th inst, to the effect that 1t would be
detrimental to the economical interest OF
the government and the people to pay the
bonds in silver, and Mr.. Merrill spoke in
support thereof. The amendment of Mr..
Merrill was rejected. Yeas IA, nays II.
The question then required on the amend
ment of Mr. Chaffee, submitted Dec. 18th,
which after an explanation by Mr.. Chafree,
was withdrawn. A motion Of Mr.. Edmunds
to indefinitely postpone was rejected. The
question being on the passage Of the reso-
luton as submitted by Mr.. Matthews. on
the 9th of Dec. last, 1t was agreed to. Yeas
43; nays, 22
In the House on the Oath the day was
mostly occupied in consideration of the
standard bill. On the 25th Mr.. Tucker mov-
ed to set aside private business for the pur-
pose of going into the committee of the
whole for the consideration of the bill cx-
tending time of the withdrawal of distilled
spirits now in bonds until July. 1878. Yeas
and nays being ordered resulted, yeas NO.
nays l04, and the House, therefore resolved
itself into the committee OF the whole and
Mr.. Tucker proceeded to explain the bill.
He said that there was great agitation
throughout the country on the question of
the reduction OF tax on whisky. The ques-
ton was, should the House. during that
hSllttilOl' odNC lluLl anu rum
the golden geese who were to-day laying
golden eggs for the government. He thought
the bill was very good one. 1t had been
drawn up by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, who had agreed that some action
should by taken by Congress. Mr.. Burchard
also supported the bill, though he declared
he was opposed to the reduction of tax on
whisky; he did not believe that the govern
ment could afford it; he did not believe the
House would vote for bill which would
reduce the tax on whisky and increase the |
tax on teas and coffee. Representative
Marsh introduced bill providing that on
and after January 1st, 1879, for all postal |
purposes, Is grams shall be substituted for
half an ounce, and so on in proportions that |
the Postmaster General shall furnish all
the post offices postal balances deuominat- |
ed in grams OF the metric system, and that
On and after January 1st 1880, the metric
system of weights and measures as legal
lied in the revised statutes shall be obliga-
tory
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A Spring that Flows Only in Drought.

The Portsmouth IN. H. Chronicle of
the 10Th inst says On the farm of
Mr.. Daniel Cook, which is in one cor
ner of Kittery, Me-, close up to the York
and Eliot boundary lines, is an intermit-
tent spring which is not only most &C.
centric natural curiosity but very great
convenience to its owner. Its existence
was unknown to Mr.. Cook (or any one
else in the neighborhood( until one of
the parched summers of five or six years
ago, at which time all the springs swamp
holes, &C., in the cattle pastures dried
up, and the animals had to be driven
quite distance twice day to get water.
One evening, on turning the cattle out
of the pasture in which they had been
feeding during the day into the one in
which the intermittent spring is situa-
ted, ON their way to water the thirsty
creatures utterly disguised the boy who
had them in charge by deserting the
path and running to a distant part Of
the pasture, in spite of the boys vigor-
GUS language and stones. Following
them up, the boy was astonished to find
them drinking heartily at spring which
was discharging goodly amount Of wa
ter, but which he had never heard of
before. This lasted until the advent of
wet weather in Autumn, when it disap-
peared, and did not again show itself
until the following Summer which was
also dry one, Since then it has been
watched by the farmer, not so much on
account Of its odd performances as be-
cause of its usefulness: and he has
found that whenever a drought becomes
so severe that all the other springs in
the vicinity fail, this one commences
business, and keeps it up until rain
enough falls to start the other springs
at work, when it Immediately knocks
off.
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THE MARKETS.

We are indebted to Messrs. Powers,
Lynde Il Co.. Of Kansas City, for the follow
ing reliable review Of the grain trade:
Wheat-There are no Indications of i'm
provement in either foreign or home mar
kets. The opening of the English Parlia-
ment on the 18th, which was looked fo--
ward to as being likely TO determine tho
position England would take respecting the
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joined by II private watchman. and later by
officer Kunkel of the regular patrol, The
Burglars were armed with navy revolvers
and opened fire as they retreated up Dayton
street, and shot Kunkel, killing him almost
instantly. The murderer escaped.
Foul Suspicious.
DIR. Fitzporter, of st. Louis, has been
arrested on charge of causing woman's
death by abortion. DR.. F. is one Of the most
prominent physicians in st. Louis, and the
charge created great excitement.