The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-25
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
ReDOrted Weekly by j. w. JeDkiUs
AttOrney-nt.I.RW.
ooToBER TERM. 1850.
r. +. BECK, Sheriff and Tax Collector, !
VS..
CHARLES Il, ALLEN.


r. +. BECK, Sheriff and Tax Collector,
VS..
CHARLES B. ALLEN.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: approving and signin
0iinates, The minutes Of the Board OF Supervisor
at one meeting may be approved by the Board and
signed by the President at the next succeeding
meeting
SANE: When lepy Of tdrss may be made. Under
S2i5i of the Code Of 1880, in the Board fail Il
make the county evies at the time fixed by law,
special meeting l,iay bo called lur Tat pnrpose
but the levy may he made at the next regnla
meeting.
County WARRANTS: Void ,ohen issued contrary
10 taV Warrants issued upon an order OF thu
Board made in disregard of sec of the act o.
Feb'y I, 1877, SESSION laws, p 16), requiring the
yeas aud nays to be recorded, and citation OF the
statute under which the allowance is made, are
void.
SAME: But their nvaidity cannot be made avail
able in proceeding by injunction to prohibit the
collection Of taxes to meet the payment OF tho
warrants
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; PO'CerS. The Board oil
Supervisors have no power to build public roads
with the county revenues nor to make allowance
for extra services" OF members OF the Board.
SANE Board Of Mayor and Aldermen They,
like Boards of Mayor and Alderman OF cities ana
towns, are trustees charged WIN 1he uu'y =" Pie'
serving and protecting the rights OF the people,
They can claim no compensation not fixed by law
Contracts made by their members in vacation, for
building bridges, are invalid.
SANE. But the collection of taxes to pay war
rants cannot be enjoined on the ground that the
debts for which they were issued were Illegal. The
proper mode Of relief in such cases Is TO enoih tne
County Treasurer from paying such c'a'"S, III
whieh proceeding 'ne cie'''''' " N"'""'
niaue pI,'y ue,,"u"D'' ,,o r.,o,,ror On
,,o,nn not,,o, ot tho involIitv n such claims to
withhold novment
LOCAL Acrs: Repeali,g clause ia general la,c.
Special acts having only local operation are not
presumed to be within the general words OF repeal
in general statute passed for the regulation OF the
general affairs throughout the State.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS fo.0e' 20 'eVy m.eS.
uhuer inc general anu spee'' Ni"s 'no D'a'u n''
,"o po"oi W 49,. ,,'as",,os ~ a.,o,n tho
oo,,octior of t,vos over X mills.
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peii"n1 Vo,o.u""' po,o"1 ~ u,9'oo ~
l"Juh'.ion oe'ns o,''i"''u' III "pp0"''"'
III Is insisted hrs'' .h"' VIC "no'o oou"'!
levy - ,''' p''""'o 'n''o ""' "' '"''' '"
uei Vi 'ho ho'i" vi SUPP, ''so,'
'o' ine "o"i" "i'' 7'P'. ''i' low s'''
asreeo u '"c ie'!' p"' "uJoui n'u ooioi'
1he oruer hiaA'hS IL "'S eh'e'ou vi 'n'
minutes Aiter lheir "uJouriiihchi 'ne
oierh eh'ereu .le oioei anu az ',io
ihee''hs o' 'ne no"ru' o'' 'ne hrS' mohu"!
Ill octoper' Ihe minutes were re"u Ill i'S
the ffesideht'
oecoho'y' IL Is lhS'S'eu tla' Tue 'nJuhc'
'ioh Is piopcr pee""se Vi 'he "'ios"'oh ~
the DILL not denied by the answer, that tne
warrants lor the payment oil "hich certain
leVles were made' are liiegal ana Foiu
The bill charges that said warrants were
IN mart ILLEGAL boeaIIse the allowances on
which thov WAN is,uod voro mot made !,
""i'i Vhos VIZ i''o "
accordance WIN tne PROVISIONS Oh secIIoI
3 of an Act in relation to county finances
on,,rovod Eoh,uo,v lat 1877 fSess;on LAWS
app 'ou o"i"" i''' io''' N'',''" 80 q
page l6,) requiring the yeas ana nays 10 DC
recorded on every allowance made by the
BOARD and also the citation in the order OF
..I,,,, =. :,
the particular sIatule "huer WHICH IL
made.
Thirdly. the hill alleges that the debts
90 ,,,h;an soid y,.rr.nts oro hosod arc in
OH WHICH s"'u ""'i"'''s "io ""e'u "i'' III
part, illegal and void. Some of them are
alleged to have been created by contracts
,,.oro1 int In, ,,o poor5 Cor ,vort;no, the
W '0 -.
publlc ROADS OF the county; some, ny con
tracts for building bridges, made by indi-
viduoI members of the Roard in vacation
~, - ,o,,.,;,,, H., ,,,,,
anu ''nei"' loi 'N"" 'oi wv"
berS of the Board in letting out said con-
tracts. and in examining bridges and Dub.
~.
TIC lo"us'
Pittman, Pittman " Smith for appellant.
COwan a. McCabe for appellee.
cpopcr
MI ~
W. ontertain no douht that the action
h,1 az Roord of SnnerviSorS nj the 11ctoLeT
to,. ny annroving tba minmtas emhracincs the
orJnp, mpppdo at fbn nravion. meeting and
ontoro5 Tv Tho Clar,, aftorytards n,oJe
than yali1 from That time ,The stotittn
49, 80 iS-I SiacI Jooi not ,.an,iro tho;
tho prosideiit EnS tie RoarJ sbali sion tLe
minuto. hnrora Tho nJ;ournment Ch;s
~nuId ho tho roSnIor md nronar vov m
anthent;c,tn tbe3 Int the om;ssion 10 do
III nav he ramniiod NV an annroval oi
than hy tho Rnard nj ~: n"Xt SnccoeJ;no
tarn, o;n5 tba sinninr thoraof Inv, thn p,.oS'
49,; IL, its n,.asSnan7 ~ WV
The anpprowaI and siop;nr ot tho nevt
,,aot;n% ,~ppi,id ne III. etfant 70 mol,a Tho
nn1nr SS.I;J as az that to,.,,, - ~ In or,
~ I'll ne tho noanj o,ld ~" ,aLo
~ +hot to,,', '' roJor Sa1sI Mo TnTo
az az 1oaS T,,,hi,h nat;S y; 'r - ~
III i4 ti o thn poa,.a u iO $50, a.
IL, I'll -, 80 49, III no''i,t, ,;u a.
,o t IAN " " %, .ne couty panes ; a.
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