The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-01-09
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upon the commerce Of the gulf coast. At one time
orders the Secretary of the Treasury all ship
from the prohibited. except under per
mission granted by parties named in the despatch of the
Secretary The matter is of most serious Importance
and commend it to the early attention of the Legislature
STATE BOARD or HEALTH
In compliance with the Act Legislature of Feb
ruary 1877, entitled An Act to create State Board
Health for the protection of life and health and to
prevent the spread of disease in the State of Mississippi
and for other purposes | appointed, the goth OF
March, the following named physicians Sanitary Com
missioners for the State at large: W. Dancy, of Holly
Springs; W. M. Compton, of Jackson and d. s. Phares,
of Woodville and on the h of April upon the
daton of the State Medical Associations appointed the
following named physicians Sanitary Commissioners
for the Congressional Districts, owit For the 1st Dis
rct, M Taylor, of Corinth and A G. Smythe, of Bald
for the I'd District T. D. Isom, of Oxford and John
Wright, of Sardis for the Sd District T. w Hughes of
Grenada and S. " D. HILL of Macon for the 4th District,
G. B. Galloway of Canton and p. j. Mccormick of Yazoo
City for the 9Th District Robert Kell of Jackson and
u A Rice, OF Brandon; for the 9th District u Whar-
ton of Port Gibson, and P Whitehead, of Vicksburg
The Commissioners met in Jackson the 7h of April
and organized the State Board of Health" The first
Annual Report of the State Board, which herewith
transmit to you, very credable to those who parci
pated in its production. The gratitude of the people
should always be extended those who labor for the
public good and especially when that labor performed
gratuitously
eged that by the proper enforcement of sanitary
rules and regulations many diseases preventable
All efforts calculated to effect object desirable
should be encouraged and osered Sanitary legislation
State Governments and is matter of pride that the
physicians OF State side by side with the
most progressive of their profession.
It's urged that additional legislation is necessary to
enable the Board to extend the sphere of its usefulness
and to accomplish all those results hoped for byit
in the Report, to your careful consideration.
PEARL COUNTY
Pearl County created by the Act of February 81
1872 (Acts 1872 page 11O) According to the election
has less
in 1875, 140 voes in 1876, 1913 votes: and in 1871 100
votes The entire population cannot exceed 1000 or
200 AS originally formed it is doubtful if the county
contained 400 square miles In 1876 the Legislature in
creased its area by attaching to it all that portion of
Marion county, lying and being south of the 3st degree
of latitude and making the LIST parallel line the boundary
between the two counties ACTS 1876, page 276 The
State tax realty in Pearl county, for 1875 $40 IS
and on personally, $441 55. In 1875 the of 1915 80
paid into the State Treasury, and in 1876 $3.50 co.
The total valuation of realty in 1876 $32116 and
of personally, $99435 The Act of 1872 made it the
duty OF the Board of Supervisors to "proceed at
erect suitable buildings for court house and JAIL AL
though five years elapsed The county was
aed step has been taken to build either
house jail The public Offices not remuneratve
There is much crime in Pearl county, and strong and
unmistakabe tendency to laWessness Last spring. just
prior to the term of the Circuit Court the church, in
which the court to be held destroyed by fire. and
with it all the indictments and papers apperaining to all
the COURTS and all the public records reports
This was manestly the work of an incendiary of in
6epdiaries-
It is impossible to execute the criminal law without
court house and Jail, and without public officers who
will make arrests and assist otherwise in bringing guilty
to justice. The absence of any of appliances
for the enforcement of the criminal law in Pearl county,
and the consequent failure to enforce it. have, doubtless
embodened the awess to believe that they will never
be punished and that they may violate the law with i'm
punity There indictments for elonies pending
and there certainly strong necessity for bringing the
cuprts to justice, in order protect the good citizens
not only of the county ITSELF but also of the adjacent
counties, by inspiring some respect for law, and some
terror in the minds of evildoers But, things
stand, there little hope of executing the criminal law
in that county.
1t is wholly improbable that suitable public buildings
will be erected in the county. The county is too
poor pay for such buildings and to bear the other
penses incident to the execution of the criminal law
have felt it to be my duty to call your attention to the
state of affairs in Pearl county. do it with the hope
that you will take steps to obvate and correct the
great evils and public inconvenience that resulted
from the Act of 872 The Legislature surely possesses
sufficient constitutional power in the premises. 1t is
certainly to be deeply depored that any portion of the
territory of the State should be in the condition in which
Pearl county is represented to be- And is equally
tain that a remedy must exist
ASSIGNMENT ATTORNEYS.