The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

interfere with the working the public roads
that lead TO and through said town. by the
overseers Of said roads appointed by the
board of supervisors of DeSoto county. in
the same manner as heretofore, and the citi-
zens Of said town liable to road duty under
the laws of the State, shall continue TO work
under said overSeers until such time as the
board of mayor and aldermen shall make
permanent arrangements to work the said
roads within the corporate limits.
SEC. Is. BE Il further enacted, That the
mayor and aldermen shall have power TO
fix and prescribe fines and penalties for the
violation Of any of the provisions of this
charter, or the ordinances, rules and regula-
tons passed under it, not exceeding fifty
dollars for any offence. orimpriSonment not
exceeding ten days, or both, the offence TO
be ascertained by trial before the mayor of
said town: and when any party shall have
been committed to custody until anv fine
and costs imposed by said mayor shall be
paid, II, after the expiration Of one day
from the date Of commencement the said fine
and cost shall not be paid, the mayor may
order the said party to be placed at work
on the streets or public works of said town
until. at the rate Of seventv-ive cents per
day for wages, the said fine and cost shall
have been l~iquidated.
SEC. IS. Be- Il fuftheT enacted. That the
mayor and aldermen shall have power to
require all persons subject to work on the
public roads, and residents Of said town to
labor upon the streets of same, not exceeding
ten days IN any one year, or may accept in
lieu of said work ten dollars from each per
son as aforesaid, and such person shall be
exempt from road duty elsewhere. and upon
any or all such persons neglecting or refus-
ing to work. or to pay one dollar per day
for each days work so required, in case such
person decline to work, may impose such
fines and penalties as may seem fit.
SEC. Il. Be It .fUrther enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the marshal to execute
all orders of the mayor in relation to carry
ing out the ordinances of said corporation,
attend the mayors court, and his duties
shall be the same as now required by law
of c0nstables of the State it shall be his
duty at all times to arrest any and all per
sons acting in violation of any of the ordi-
nances, and bring them before the mayor;
he shall be entitled to such fees as c~onstables
in such cases.
SEC. Is. BE 1t fUrther enacted. That the
said mayor, when acting as justice of the
peace, shall be entitled to such fees as are
provided by law for justices of the peace of
this State, but shall receive no further COM
pensatiOn.
SEC. 10. BE It further enacted, That no
person or persons, druggists included, shall
sell or give away any whisky, brandies,
wines, malt liquors, or other intoxicating
liquors. within the said town of EudOra, in
DeSoto county, nor within four miles of the
said town, nor shall any license be granted
to any person, or persons, to retail or SELF in
any quantities, whisky, brandies, wines,
malt liquors, or other Intoxicating liquors,
within said town, or within four miles of
the same; PrOrj2ed, that nothing in this act
shall prevent the procuring and using wine
for sacramento purposes, or the procuring
and using any liquor in dispensing hospi-
tality at private houses.
SEC. 20. Be 1t further enacted. That any
person or persons violating the provisions
of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
d~emeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
upon presentment and Indictment by any
grand jury of said county, or trial by any
justice of the peace of said county, for each
offence, shall be finedin a sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars nor less than fifty dol
lars, and be confined in the county jail not
less than thirty, nor more than sixty days
ProU5ded, that this act shall not interfere
with the sale of such liquors by any person
now holding a license to retail, until the
time such license shall have expired.
SEC. 81. Be it f0fthr eRocted. That this
act take effect and be III force from and
after its passage.
Approved. March ,. 1892.