The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-16

0lutlOn passed at the pfeSSu ut 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 Doo~keeper of the
Senate receive four dollars per day for his SER
vices Gt being the same 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, 1878.
AN ACT to amend An Act, entitled, IAN Act
to provide for the approval of the official
bonds of county officers, and for the justitica..
ton of the sureties 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, Harri son,
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, can Act to provide for the approval of
official bonds of county officers, and for the
justification Of the sureties on the said bonds,
which became law b. limitation, March IL,
1876, be, and the same is hereby, amended
far as the same applies to the Counties of Ma
riou, Pearl, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson,
Perry, Greene, Jones Smith, Wayne and Gov
ngton, so thatthe suretes on ali 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 affdavits of the sureties indOrsed on said
bonds that they, or any of said suretles, are
worth in the aggregate one-half the amount OF
said bonds in freehold estate or lease-hold OF
a 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 lablI-
ties and the amount for which they are sure
tv on all other bonds of officers whose terms
have expired, and whose bonUs have been put
in suit.
Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, That the sure
ties on all official bonds in said counties may
Justify before any justice OF the Peace, or
member of the Board OF Supervisors, in said
counties.
SEC 3 Be it further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
APPROVED, February 10, 1873.
AN ACT for the relief of Sam. C. Trest, of
Jones County.
WHEREAS, James Ailewine and Holly,
did, on Tuesday, the Dist day of April A. ID.
1874 kill Jacob He rod, a citizen of Carroll
county, in the State of Mississippi, and Were
fugitives from justice; and,
WHEREAS, Adelbert Ames, Governor of the
State Of Mississippi, made his proclamation,
offering a reward of five hundred dollars
$500 CO., for each of said fugitives, Ailewine
and Holly, upon the delivery and conviction
of said Ailewine and Holly; and,
WHEREAS, The said Sam. c. Trest did arrest
and deliver the said Ailewine and Holly to
the Sheriff of Carroll county, in the State of
Mississippi; and,
WHEREAS, Ailewinc, one Of the said murder
ers, died in jail in said County of Carroll be-
fore trial; and
WHERE s. 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. C. Trest never received the re-
ward offered by the Governor, or any other
compensation; therefore,
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Legisl ature
of the State of Miss ssippi, That the sum Of
three hundred dollars be, and the same is
hel e5y appropriated, out of any money in 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 further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
| pa sage
APPROVED, February IA, 1878.
| AN ACT to legalize 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-oficio Justice of the Peace !;
and,
WHEREAS The Chancery Clerk certifes un-
der seal of his office, that said bonds are suffi-
cient and that if the said suretes had have
been qualified before him, he would have
approved lid bonds.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
Of the State of Mississippi, That the bonds of
VIM. Neville, I. q. Perrin S. E. Jackson, Ii.
B. Richardson, Assessor, Justice of the Peace,
ana Constable, be, and the same are legalized
in force and binding as if they had been ap-
proved. And the sureties qualified before the
proper officers provided for in Acts of 1876,
sections one and two, pages eight and nine.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act
shall not be construed as to prevent the
| Board of Supervisors to require additional
sureties new bonds of said officers
| SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
APPROVED, February 15 1878
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