The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-06


APPROVED, February %, 1873.
AN ACT to divide the County of Pamela into
two Circuit and Chancery Court Districts
and for other purposes.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That for the pur-
pose of holding two Circuit and Chancery
Courts Of Pamela county, the said county shall
be divided into two Districts, to be called the
First and Second Circuit and Chnncery Court
| Districts of Pamela county; and the Circuit
Court for the First District shall be held at
the Court House, in the town Of Sardis, in
said county, on the fourth Monday after the
fourth Monday of March and September, and
continue twelve days. And the Circuit Court
| for the Second District of said county shall be
held at such Court room, ana al such place
hereinafter provided for, on the sixth Monday
| after the fourth Monday Of March and Sep
TENDER, and continue six days. And the
| Chancery Court for the First District Of said
| county shall be held at Sardis the eighth
| Monday after the fourth Monday of March
and September, and continue twelve days,
And for the Second District the Chancery
Court shall be held at the time and place and
| in such room may be hereinafter provided
on the tenth Monday after the fourth Monday
| Of March and September, and continued six
days
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That that
portion of Pamela county lying north Of the
| Talahatchie river and described as follows,
! shall constitute District Number One, viz:
| Commencing at point where the said river
| iutersects the east boundary line Of said coun-
| ty, thence with the meanderng Of said river
| in n southwest direction to n point whore said
| river intersects the east boundary line Of see
| ton (32) thirty-twO, township ~ eight, range
mig due norih on secfion line TO he northeast
| elrner Of section COZ twenty in the same town
ship and range, thence running due west on
| the section line to the western boundary line
of said county. The above described linea
constituting the southeast and south boundary
line of the First District. And all that por-
ton of said county lying south Of said ITALIA
hatchic river, and that portion Of said county
| lying north of said river and west and south
of the following described lines shall consti-
tute the Second District viz: Commencing at
a point where the Tallahatchie river inter
sects the east boundary line of Pamela county
thence southwest with the meanderngs OF said
river to a point where il intersects the east
boundary line of section OBJ thirty two, town
ship ~ eight, range % seven, west in said
county. Thence running due north on section
line to the northeast corner of section co
twenty, same township and range. Thence
running due west on section line to the wcs-
tern boundary line Of said county The above
described lines constituting the northwest and
north boundary line Of the Second District
SEC. 3. BE IL further enacted, That all civil
actions may be commenced in the District Of
said county in which the defendants, or any
of them, may reside except when otherwise
provided, and except actions of ejectments
and actions of trespass quarP clOresuuer
fregit, which shall be brought in the District
of the county in which the property is situa-
ted and in such cases process may be issued
to the other District or to any other county;
but if n resident of said county, sail be
improperly sued in any action not local, out
of the District of his residence, the venue
shall be changed on his application to the
District Of his residence.
SEC. 4. BE it further enacted, That the
Sheriff Of Pamela county shall be the proper
officer to execute all process now required by
law to be execued by the Sheriff, and TO re-
turn the same to such District of said county
as the same may belong.
5 c. .. Be IL further enacted, That the
Clerks Of The Circuit and Chancery Courts of
said county shall be the Clerks Of each Dis
trict as aforesaid, and shall keep an office both
at SardIs and At the place in the Second Dis
trict, as hereinafter provided, in which a
books, dockets, papers and documents belong
ing TO each of the Courts Of said Districts
shall be kept respectively, and all the dockets
records, books, &c, required by law to be
kept by said Clerks of said Circuit and
Chancery Courts in each county in this State,
shall be kept by said Clerks at Sardis and
the place in District Number Two, as herein
after provided for each Of said Districts as
aforesaid.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the laws
in relation to the selection and Liabilities of
service OF Jurors shall be applicable to each
District In the same manner if each Dis
trlct was separate county, so far rs the
same may apply, and no person shall be re-
CURED to serve as Grand or Petit Juror,
except in the Di strict in which he resides and
the Grand and Petit Jurors shall be selected in
each District in the same manner as Il the
same a county.
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, That all
crimes and misdemeanors shall be cognizable
only In the Court of the ID strict of said coun-
ty, in which the otfense may be committed
SEC. 3. BE IT further enacted, That process
executions and orders of every kind issuing
from the Courts Of either Of said Districts
shall be executed and returned to the Court !
from which it issued, in the same manner as
processes issuing from the Circuit and Chan
Gerry Courts of this State.
SEC. b. Be it further enacted That tho
Judge of. the Judicial District of the State in
which Pamela county may be included, and
the Chancellor of the District in which the
said county may be included, shall hold the |
Circuit and Chancery Courts as provided for |
In this law, and may hereinafter be provided |
SEC. I'D. BE IL further enacted, That appeals |
and writs of error may be taken from the Cir |
cult and Chancery Courts of either of said |
Districts to the Supreme Court in the Same
manner, and to the same extent, and on the |
same terms as appeals and writs of error are /
now, or may hereinafter be taken from the |
circuit and Chancery Courts holden in the /
respective counties of this State.
SEC IL. BE 1t further enacted, That il shall /
be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of Pa |
nola county to provide the proper and neees-
sary buildings or rooms for the holding of the |
Circuit and Chancery Courts and confning of |
prisoners and criminals in the said District
NUN Der Two, at the place as hereinafter to be
selected, and that the said Board shall appro-
PIRATE out of the General Fund Of the county
a sum sufficient for the providing or erection
of the buildi gs as aforesaid
SEQ II. Be il furt her enacted, That the point
OF o., location for the holding of the Circuit and
Chancery Courts of District Number Two shall !
De determined by q vote Of the registered |
voters therein, and that election shall be
ordered by the Board of Registrars of said
county, for that purpose be held on the
hrst Tuesday after the first Monday in April
1878, said election to be conducted in the same |
manner all other elections That The |
Judges and Clerks of each voting precinct
snail include one or more parties identified
with the interest of each location voted unou /
for the location of said Courts.
SEC; IL. BE it further enacted That the
-ald Board of Supervisors shall order a copy
made OF the deeds to the lands lying in Dis