The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1878-05-04


Rsoa M.ysnviIls Lssass
Il is clear TO the mind Of every
one who has made any investiga-
ti0n iuto the territorial extent Of
Issaquena county, - Row consii-
tuted, that tho county hes mot the |
minimum number Of square miles |
required by the constitution Of the |
State, and, ~ Z consequence. the |
oct creating tho county of Sharkey, |
taking from Issaquens % large . |
part Of her territory, - to leave |
her less than The constitution re-
quiees, is nnconktitutional and
void. 8
Ii is clearly the duty ofthe Board
Of Supervisors Of Itsaquema coun-
" to proceed without delay to Of.
hcially ascertain the territorial az
tent Of the county. This can be
easily done, and at small cost, By .
survey OF the county. That done.
the question OF the coAstituti utionaii.
" Of the act creating 6harkey
county can and will bo easily ard
promptly raised, and = judicial do
cisi0n obtained.
6hArkey county has proceeded
under the void act creating the
county, to organise . county gov
ernincnt, levy and collect taxes
kc. Terms Of court arc held In
and for tho county. Persons
charged with crime are convicted
and punished, &c. All Of this 60
Ing on without the sanction Of law,
and should bs stopped a. the ear
licst practicable moment. Il
Il In the meantime citizens Of Is-
saquena county are deprived An
criminal proceedings against them
of their constitutional right 10 :
J jury taken from the body Of the
county-all the jurors being taken
FROM that part VI IssAquena lying
} west Of tho void county Of fShar-
key.
There are many and strong rea'
sons why The tax payers Of Issa'
quena should spare no effort Il
. bring about ; judicial decision ol
, the question OF tho cousiitution
, ality Of the Act ~ question, ant
thus rcstors TO the county the ter
ritory taken away from hcr BY saie
!; act. Not least among those rea
sons IL tho fact that lssaqucnl
county ~ now constituted, 10 tos
small to maintain acounty govern
b uaent, without taxing her citizen
beyond their ability 10 pay. Ou
= county taxes last year were largc
than those of any other county Il
tho State, and III spite Of the rcve
: nlIc raised, WAS wholly inadcqiai
to meet tho debts due BY the c0un
ty-and rs . consequence couut'
: script IL now going begging at
very small figure. Another reasol
: Is, that Sharkcy county is detcrnl
. ined to get out Of the levee histricl
and throw upon Issaquena, Wash
! ington and Bolivar conHties tn
9 burthcn Of the levse taxes no,
. paid BY her, aud the further burth
: en- Of keeping up the levecs for he
protection-for II Is y well know
Q fact that Sharkey county Is q
much dependent upon tho levec
= as any Of the riyor counties. Anotl
or reason Is tho wretchcd contigu
9 ration Of Issaq county as no,
Q constituted. Tho principal part I
: tho county, aud the only tax-pa,
Y ing portion, being . narrow stri
D up and down tho river. rangill
g from about five 10 twelve miles
}. width, then running ut right Al
-
= giles across the swamp to the Yazc
y river, then down the Yaxo
: through the swamps Of what form
, erly belonged to Warren aopnt!
2 Thence up again to the old soutl
crn boundary Of the county, theme
to the Mississippi river.