The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-20

forfeitures or penalties. when collected. shall
be reported by the sheriff or other officer col
lecting the same, to the clerk of the board OF
supervisors who shall issue his receipt war
rant or certificate, as provided in section 81 of
this Act, and such fund shall be paid to the
county treasurer, and receipted for in the
manner set forth in said section. The clerk
shall keep the sheriff's account separate from
his account tax -collector
Sec g. Be 1t FURTHER enacted That all
fines collected by justices Of the peace shall be
reported to the clerk of the board of supervi-
sors quarterly, the first of March. June,
September and December, and the clerk shall
open an account with each of such officers, and
the amounts reported shall be paid to the
county treasurer in the manner provided in
section 81 of this Act, and by him used as
other moneys paid into to county school fund,
but shall also place the amount to the credit OF
the State on account Of the next succeeding
distribution.
SEC. 95. BE II further enacted, That the
clerks of the several boards of supervisors
shall, on the first of June and December of
each year. report to the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts the net proceeds OF all fines collected
and paid into the county treasury, and used for
school purposes, and the Auditor in estimating
the aggregate amount of the school fund for
distribution, the several amounts reported
shall be charged to and deducted from the
amounts due the respective counties where
such fines may have been used.
SEC. SO. BE 1t FURTHER enacted, That all
moneys paid into the county treasury for the
redemption or re purchase of lands, under the
provisions of section 40 of this Act, shall be
paid on the certificate of the clerk as provided
in the preceding section, and duplicate re-
ceipt given therefor. which duplicate receipt
shall be filed with said clerk and the treasurer
charged by him with the amount.
Sec. 81. Be II further enacted, That when
ever the Auditor of Public Accounts distri-
butes any school or other fund, and issues his
warrant in favor of any county treasurer, he
shall at once notify the clerk of the board of
supervisors OF each county to which such pay
ment distribution is made, and said clerk
shall at once charge the amount to the county
treasurer on account of the fund to which it
belongs.
SEC. 90. Be 1t further enacted, That when
ever the county treasurer presents for cancel
lation any warrants, the clerk shall credit the
amount so cancelled on account Of the fund on
which such warrants were drawn.
SEC. 80. Be IL further enacted, That the
book required to be kept by the clerk of the
board of supervisors, under the provisions of
section 81 of this Act, shall be open for i'll
spectOn at all times by the tax payers uf the
county, and for keeping such book and per
forming the duties required in connection
Herewith, the chancery clerk shall be allowed
out of the county treasury one fourth of one
per cent on all sums audited and paid into
the county treasury, as directed by this Act,
mot including the amount reported on hand
by the treasurer at the beginning) Pr0aide3
That such allowance shall not be less than
fifteen nor more than fifty dollars in any
county.
SEC. 100. Be IL further enacted, That the
county treasurers shall hereafter receive as
full compensation two and one half per cent
on all funds which may come into their hands
by virtue of their office, Except what may
nave been received from their predecessors in
Office,) not exceeding $4,000 90 in any one
Year, and on all in excess Of 100000 90 they
shall receive one per cent. only.
SEC. 101. Be 1t further enocted, That the
assessor shall in 1878, and in every fourth
year thereafter, enumerate the educable
children of the county. He shall make two
lists, giving the name age, sex and color of
each child also the election district, and if in
a city or town, the ward in which such child
resides. He shall receive of chill
dren having a living parent guardian,
and being in the care of such, only from the
parent or guardian. Any person proposing to
give the names of children not his or her
own, shall first be required to make oath that
he or she knows knows all the particulars in
reference to such children that the assessor is
required to enumerate, including in the oath
the fact that such children have no parent or
guardian, not under the of such,
He shall make oath to the correctness of the
lists before the clerk Of the board of super
visOrs in the following form, viz:
81, A. B, tax assessor of --- county,
State of Mississippi do solemniy swear that
the above is a true and correct list of the
eduable children o. county. That
in making this list, | have visited each neigh
borhood and district in the said county, and
have used all reasonable diligence and care to
make said list complete That | 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 residence of such children,
and that they had living parent or guar
dian, or were not under the care CT SUCH
(Signed) A. b., Tag Assessor"
Said oath, tnnetheF with the certificate of
acknowedg ment by the clerk of the board of
supervisors, shall be appended to each of said
lists. One of said lists he shall deposit with
said clerk for the inspection of the board of
supervisors, county superintendent of educa-
ton, or any other citizen OF the county; the
other be shall, on or before the first day of
OCTOBER, forward to the Auditor of Public
Accounts, to be by him preserved as the hass
of distribution of the State school fund.
SEC. 102. Be ii further enacted, That for
the enumeration herein provided for the
assessor shall receive out of the county school
fund, upon allowance made by the board of
supervisors two cents for each child enumer-
ated 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 shall have
the night to withhold the allegiance until
satisfied that z true and correct list has been
madeat the time required by this Act.
SEC lob. Be 1t further enacted, That the
Auditor of Public Accounts shall withhold