The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-01
VOLUME XIV.
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
[pUBLIsHED BY AUTHoRITY.l

published BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACF 10 repeal an act entitled ian act in
relation to the Circnit Court in the County
: Carroll, approved APRIL 10. 1878, and
IAN act supplemental 10 ami amend tory
the same, approved, March 28 1874, and 10
provide for recording deeds, deeds Of trust.
ete. in the Second Circuil aud Chancery
Court District OF said cOun y. aud for other
purposes.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Legislature
Of the State of Missi-s -sippi. That an act
entitled .sa act in relation to the Circuit
Court in the County of Carroll approved
ip il 10 1873 AMI an act entitled .an aeI sup
pie mental u and ameBdatory of an act in re-
iatlou to the Circuit Court of the County Of
Carroll approved March 2S, 1871 be aud the
same are hereby repealed and the foli oy5 %
enacted in lieu thereof, 10 wit That for he
! .urpose holding two Circuit and Chance ry
! Courts of Carroll COUNT, the said county stall
be divided into fw1 districts 10 be called az
First and : cend Circuit aud Chahc=ty Court
[ DIstric of C1rFOlI c0un V; aud tue Circuit
1 ourt or the FlrsI District shall be held at
| he Court House in the Town of Caro- hoH
| ~ sad county, on the evening of The fourth
! Monday of April aud N0Yemb' an continue
twelv'. daFs; and the Circu Court for the
Second District OF said county shaii be held
At the Court House in the town Of Val len, in
| said county. as hereinafter provided for on
he second Monday of May and Deeelnbt r.
aud continue twelve days; aBd the Chancery
C0nrt for ths First District of said county
shall be he d al the contt Hou II the tawn
OF Carroll on, in said county. On the first Mon
dty Of April and Noyemb-r and continue six
days; and for the Second Distriet o. said
.oaHty tie Chaneery Court shall be held AT
the Court House in the town ol Va.deD, as
1 hereinafter provided for, on the seeond Mon
/ lay Of April and November and continue six
/ lays.
SEC Be il further enacted That the Sec
nnd ID str ct .foresaid shall he C imposed of all
that portion or Carroll county lying easI aud
south OF line commencing at he sou Invest
corner Of Mantgomery county. thence wesr OF
/ he section line to the range linz between
( ranges toHF aud iYe. thence south on said
! range line to the southeast corner of section
twenty tour, township eighteen, range four
east, thence west on section line the
/ range line, between ranges three aud
| our, thence south on said range line
/ to township line between township
seventeen and eighteen; thence west on town
/ ship line TO the Lehore county line; thence
.OuIh Oh the county line to the Holmes county
! inc; the remainder of the county north and
west of this line shall constitute the first dis
trict
SEC. 3. Be it further ENACTED, That suits
shall be commenced in each of said districts
Agqinst defendants, as il each district was a
separate county, and change of venue from
either OF said districts to the other. or from
either district to any county in the State, or
RON any county TO either of said dis, ricts,
shall be had in the same manner and in the
same character of suits now allowed by
law from one county TO another, that the juris
dictiou of the said courts of the sail DISTRICTS
shall be the same as y each district was sep
craze county.
SEC l. Be it further enacted, That the
Sheriff of Carroll county shall be the proper
officer to execute all process now required by
law 10 be executed by the Sheriff and 10 re
turn the same to eh district of said county
n the same may belong.
SEC. 5 Be il further enacted, That the
Clerks of the Circuit and Chancery Courts of
said county shall be the CLERKS of each dis
irct as afO esaid, and SHALL keep an Office
both at CarTollten and Walden, in which ali
Ifapks, docke s. papers and documents belong
q to each of the courts OF sal district shall
b kept respectively, and all the doekefs,
Lrs lids books e;c., required by law to be
d by said clerks of said Circuit and Chan
n Courts IN sach county in this State, shall
" kept by said clerks at Carr0lton and Val
len for each of said districts respectively, |
and the enrolment of a judgne or decree IN
he district when obtained, shall be lien on
the property liable to execution of the party
against whom the same mOy be rendered in !
any part Of the county.
SEc. g. Be il fGFther enacted, That hereafter |
il shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Cham |
Gerry Court of Carroll County TO keep in the |
office of the 2nd District Of said Court at Val
den, record books for the purpose of record |
ing deeds, deeds OF trnst, and other coaVeyan- !
ces aud contracts required by law TO be re- /
corded and all deeds of trust mortgages mar
riage contracts deeds and other eonyeyances,
Or contracts, and all other munimeuts of title |
1oeuR.epts g. or other pap.rs required or per |
mitl, by Lac 10 be filed, enrolled, or recorded, |
for properly 81 uetsd "a said second district, /
aud which, but tor this aot would be properly |
filed aud recorded in bOnks kept by said cIerK /
q his office at Carrollton, shall be filed in /
he office of said Court at Walden, are recorded |
by said cl rk "a books kept In the ot1ce at VAL
4 Hal a .Insf
rginals thereof, duly certified copies by /
said clerk from the records thereof, shall have |
he same force aud effect as by law they woHtd |
now have if recorded IN the office at GarroltoD. /
SEC. I. Be il further enacted, That any |
Iced, conveyance or contract OF any kind re-
ferred 10 in the preceding section, and whic ich,
prior to the passage of this act. may have been I
md are recorded by the clerk Aforesaid, IN |
books kept ny him at the othee at Vaiden,
shall take effect and be in force u all IntenIs /
and purposes, from and after TIE pas sage of
fhis act, as ii ecordrd in hooks keps in The /
office C4rroilten, or as if recOr led accord |
ing to The preceding se.stian OF tins act.
SEC. s. Be IL further eDaeted, 1Aat the laws |
in relation TO the select on and liabilities OF |
jurors shall be applicable to each district IN /
this same manner as ii each district was seq
crate comfy, so far as the same may apply |
md no peT,en shall be required to serve ss
yr nd or petit jHrer except in the district Ia /
which he resides, and the gran aud petit /
Jurors shall be select d in each ills riet il the /
same manaer as il the same was county
SEC g. Be ii further enacted That all crimes
and m sdemeanors shalt be cogn liable only in I
The court OF the district OF said county IN I
which the offeHse may b. committed, as If each /
district was 4 separate eeupIy.
SEC TO- Be il further enacted, Thatprocess, |
executions and orders of every kind issuing 7
from the courts of either of said districts shat
be executed sad return to the court from which /
it was issued In the game manner as process |
issuing from the 1ireuis sa9 Ghancery Courts
Of this State.
SIC. II. Be it further enacted, That tie
Judge OF the judicial district OF the State in I
which Carroll comfy may be Included, and
the Chancellor of The district in which said /
county may be included, shall hold the Cir
euit and Ghancery Courts, as provided by law,
the as il each district was a separate
county.
SEc. T. Be ii further enacted That appeals
and writs of error, etc, may be taken from the
Circuit and Chancery Courts OF either of said i
districts o the Supreme Court in the same
manner aud 10 the same extent and on the /
same appeals and writs of error, etc, are 1
taken from the Circuit aud Chancery Courts
holden in the respective counties OF this state.
SEC H. Be it further enacted, That the /
Board of Supervisors of Carroll county shall
have power aad authority ie provide proper
and necessary buildings or rooms Scr heldtng /
of the Circuit and Chancery Courts aud the /
con6ning of prisoners and to have all neees-
sary rapai-s made on the same In the
Second District, The same as in the First Dis
triet of said county, Snd their acts shall be as
legal and effective in Law ES if tha said Second 4
District constituted The whole county, aud ali
laws defining the duties Of noards of Superyis-
ors and governing the same shall apply in ali /
cases asd acts OF said Board Of Supervisors OF
Carroll county alike as to both the FIRST and
second Districts aforesaid aud public build
iags etc., thereins Provided, The cor
porate authorities of The town of Walden shall
make and deliver to the said County Of Carroll |
all tksT rights, title and interest IN the onlld-
in = and gseands now used as the Court House
Il said second DislSic', so long as the same
shall be used for such pnrpese.
Src ii Be il further enacted, fhat ths Sec
retary Of State shall furnish the Circuit and
Chaucsry Cearts Of said county, for the &c.