The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-04-18
I34i enumeration of Educnble Chill
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Extract from General Revenue Law.)


Extract from General Revenue Law.)
Sec. 161. Be It further enacted.
That the assessor shall in 1878, and
in every fourth year thereafter, emu
merate the educable children of the
county. He shall make two lists, Civ
ing the name, age, sex and color of each
child. also the election district, and il
in a city or a town, the ward in which
such child resides. He shall receive
names of such children having a living
parent or gurdian, and being in the care
Of such, only from the parent or guar
dian. Any person proposing to give
the of children not his or hel
own, shall first be required to make
oath that he or she knows all the par.
t%iculars in: reference to such children
that the assessor is required to enumer'
ate, including in the oath the fact that
such children have no parent or guar
dian, or not under the care of such. He
shall make oath to the correctness OF
the lists before the clerk of the board OF
supervisors in the following form, viz
II, A. B., tax assessor of --
coWpty, State of Mississippi, do sci
EMMY swear that the above is a true
and correct list of the educable chill
dren of ---cou county. That in
making this list, I have visited each
n~elghborhood and district in the said
county, and have used all reasonable
diligence and care to make said list
complete. That I have received the
names of children only from the parent
or guardian, or from some person who
made oath that he or she knew the
name, age, sex, color and place of resi-
denceu of such. children, and that they
had no living parent or guardian. or
we're not under the care of such.
(Signed) A. B., Tax Assessor.
Said oath together with the certif-
cate of acknowledgement by the clerk
of the board of supervisors, shall be
appended to each of said lis s. One of
said lists he shall deposit with said
clerk fer the inspection Of the board of
supervisors, county superintendent of
education, or any other citizen of the
county; the other he shall, on or before
the first day of October, forward to the
Auditor of Public accounts, to be by
him preserved as the basis of distribu-
ton of the State school fund.
SEQ. 102. Be it further enacted,
That for the enumeration herein provi-
ded for, the assessor shall receive ont of
the county school fund, upon allowance
made by the board of supervisors, two
cents for each child enumerated. But
this allowance shall not be made by the
board of supervisors until the assessor
has fully complied with the provisions
of the preceding section, and the board
shah have the right to withhold the
allowance until satisfied that a true and
correct list has been made at the time
required bv this Act.
Sac. 1O3, Be it further enacted,
That the Auditor Of Public Accounts
shall withhold one>half the assessors
fees for the assessment of property of
his county, and not issue his warrants
for the same, until he shall have re-
ceived the list of educable children res
quired by the Act to be forwarded to
him. nor shall he receive such list IN.
accompanied by the oath required of
the assessor and the certificate of &C
acknowledgement of the clerk of the
board of supervisors and for any viola
ton of the provisions of this section.
the Auditor shall be liable on his bond
for three times the amount in coptro-
versy. A false return of the number of
educable children by the assessor,
shall be perjury, and punishable as
such. 81