The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-10
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The
STATE OF MISSISSIP PI.
published BY AuTHoRITY.l

iPGBIIohkD AZ AAO1h1A
AN ACT TO divide the County of Pamela into
two Circuit and Chancery Court Districts,
and for other purposes
SEcrroS / Be il enacted By the Legislature
Of the State of Mississippi, That for the pur-
pose of holding circuit and ehancery
courts Of Panels county, the said county shall
be divided into two districts TO be called the
/ first aud second circuit and chancery court
districts Of Pamela county; and the circuit
court for tire first district shall be held at the
court no Use, in The town - Sardls, in said
county. en- the fourth Monday after the fourth
Monday OF March and September, and
tinue twelve days ana the circuit court for
the second district of said county, shall be
held at such court room. IN the town OF Bates
Vile in said county hereinafter provided
for on the SIKH Monday after the fourti.
Monday Of March and September and continue
twelve days; aud the chancery court for the
! first district OF said county shalt be held at
Sardis, on the eighth Monday after the fourth
Monday of March and September, and con-
4inue twelve days; and for tae second district
+ the chancery court shall be held at Batesville,
and in such room may be hereinafter pro-
vided for on the tenth Monday after the fourth
Monday OF March and September, and con-
tinue twelve days; and the circuit court OF
TallahatchiP county shall he held on the eighth
Monday after the fourth Monday nj March
and Ssptember, and co4tinue twelve days
and the circuit court of Grenada county shall
! be held on the tenth Monday after the fourth
Monday of March and september, and con-
tinue twelve days
SFC > Be il further enacted, That the fol-
/ lowing described lines shall be the dividing
lines of the first and second districts OF fanoia
county, viz: commencing at a point where the
TaIlahatchie river intersects the east boundary
line of said county, thence with the meander-
ings Of said river IN a southwest direction 10
a point where said river intersects the north
boundary line of section "a twenty-four,
township (Sl eight range a. seven, west, IN
said county; thence running due west from
said p0iut OF intersection on section line 10
the northeast corner OF section l9) nineteen,
township (S) eight, range go nide, west, to
the point of intersection with the western
boundary line If said county, and all of said
county lying north of said described line,
shall constitute the first district, and all that
portion of said county lying south OF said
described line shall constitute the second
SIC. 3. Be it further enacted That suits
! shall be commenced in each of said Districts
/ against defendants if each District was
I county and a change OF venue from either
/ of said Districts TO the other or from either
1 District to any county in the State, or from
any county 10 either of said Districts shall
/ he had in the same manner and in the same
/ character OF suits as now allowed by law from
one county to another, and that the JurIs-
diction of the said Courts of the said Districts
F shall be the same as if each District was
a separate county.
/ SEC 4 Be it further enacted That the Sher-
/ if OF Pamela county shall be he proper othcer
1 to execute all pI ocess now required by law to
he executed by The Sheriff, aud to return the
same to such District of said county as the
/ same may belong.
I SEc 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 and at Batesvllie, IN which
/ all books, dockets, papers and documents be-
longing to each OF the courts OF said District,
shall be kept respectively, and all the dock
cts, records. books, ect, required by law to be
kept by said Clerks of said Circuit and Chan
IN each county this = shall
be kent bV said Clerks at Sardls and Bates
Vile for each OF said districts respectively,
and the enrolment of Il judgment or decree in
the District where obtained, snail be allen on
the property liable execution of the party
against whom the same may be rendered in
any part OF the county.
SEC 8. Be it further enacted, That the laws
in relation TO The selection and liabilities of
services of jurors shall be applicable to each
District in the same manner as If each Dis
trict was a separate county, Sc Tar as the same
may apply, and no person shall be required to
serve n grand or petit juror except IN the
District in which he resides, and the grand
and petit jurors shall he selected in each Dis
trict in the same manner as II the same was
SEC. !. Be it further enacted That all
crimes and misdemeanors shall be cognizable
only in the Court of tie District of said cOun-
ty in which the offense may be committed, as
If each District were separate county
SEC. g Be it further enacted, That process,
/ executions and orders of every kind issuing
shall be executed and returned to the Court
from which it issued in the manner
process issuing from the Circuit and Chancery
Courts of this State.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, That the
Judge of the Judicial District of the State III
/ which Pamela county may be included and
the Chancellor OF the District in which said
county may be included shall hold the Circuit
and Chancery Courts provided for i'll
this act.
SEC. 10. BE further enacted, That appeals
and wits of error, etc, may be taken from ne
circuit 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, ETC.,
are taken from the Circuit and Chancery
Courts holden in the respective counties of
this State.
SEC H. Be it further enacted, That it shall
/ be the duty of the Board of Supervisors Of
! Pamela county to provide proper and neces
sary buildings rooms for the holding of the
! Circuit and Chancery Courts and the combining
/ of prisoners and criminals in the said District
number two, at Batesviile; and that the said
Board shall appropriate out OF the general
fund of the county the sum of Isl 800 seven
enteen thousand five hundred dollars for the
providing and erection of a court house and
Jail, at BatesvIlle, in District number two, and
! if there be not not a sufficient sum of the gen
! eral fund of the county on hand to provide
and erect the said court house and Jail, then it
shall be the duty of said 15oard to make pro-
vision for same by the issuing of county war
! rants, scrip, the levying OF special tax
/ upon the county Tor the pf0FUuinG ana cree
/ ton of the buildings as aforesaid, and that
| the buildings so provided and erected shall be
located Immediately upon and fronting the
/ line of the Mississippi and Tennessee Rail
/ road within the limits of the corporation of
/ the town of Batesville in District number
/ two.
! SEC T. Be it further enacted, That the
! said Board of Supervisors of said county shall
alternately held their sessions meetings at
Sardis and Batesvi1Ie, respectively. The seats
/ of Justices of the aforesaid First and Second
Districts, holding the first meeting at Sardis, |
| and their jurisdiction shall extend over the
entire county if it not divided into
separate Districts.
SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Sec |
rotary of State shall furnish the Circuit and
Chancery Clerks at Batesville, in District /
number two, with all the reports of State |
Courts,and all the laws, maps, and public docu-
ments usually FURNISHED the Circuit and Chan
Gerry Clerks Of this State.
SEC. IA. Be it further enacted, That all suits |
now pending III the First DISTRICT, except ac-
tions for the recovery of land, and actions for |
damages for trespass to lands within the First /
District against citizens who reside in the |
Second District, the venue may be changed to /
the District OF the residence provided
by law for the change ef venue from one
county to another in this State in such
SEC 10. Be it further enacted That the Cir |
cult and Chancery Courts sitting in the two
separate Districts shall have the same iurs-
diction in the respective Districts as if in two
counties.
SEC IS. Be it further enacted, That this act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved, January 81, 1850.
AN ACT to encourage the publication of
supple mental Digest of the Supreme Court
Reports of this State, and for other purpo-
SEES.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi: That the sum of
three thousand dollars is hereby appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, and that sum is hereby
lowing purposes and none other:
SEC. ?. Be it further enacted, That the
Judges of the Supreme Court of this State are