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

cnarter OF Sails, IN Attala county. De so
amended. that the corporate limits Of said
town be extended south to the bank Of
Long Creek. so as TO include the residence
Of w. 5. Donald within said town.
SEC. 2. BE It further eHGcted, That all
acts and parts Of acts in conflict with this
act be and the same are hereby repealed,
and that this act take effect and be i'll force
from and after its passage.
Approved. March 8, 1882.
An ACT to amend an act entitled "aa act TO incorporate the
toan Il Boeue Chitto, County Of Lincoln, STATE OF Mis-
sissippi, approved March the 18th, 1871.
SECTION J.. Be It eaacted By tie LegjsIa-
tIre Of the Stdte Of Mississippi, That sec
ton one Of an act entitled an ian act to in
corporate the town Of Bogue Chitto, county
of Lincoln, State of Mississippi approved
March the 18th, 1871, be and the same is
hereby so amended as to read as follows,
viz: The town of Bogue Chitto, in the
county Of Lincoln, is hereby incorporated
and the corporate limits of said town shall
be as follows: commencing at a pointin the
centre Of the Chicago, ST. Louis < New Or
leans Railroad track opposite the one hun
dred and nineteen mile board; thence east
-four hundred and fifty feet $50; thence
south parallel with said railroad one mile
thence west to the Brookhayen and Summit
road; thence. north along the east side Of
said road one mile thence east TO point Of
beginning.
SEC. ,. BE it further eaactcd. That the
second section Of said above recited act, be
and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: That on the first Monday
of March, A. D., 1882, or as soon thereafter
as practicable, the inhabitants of said town
who are qualified voters of the county of
Lincoln shall elect by ballot a mayor and
three selectmen and one marshal, citizens
of said town, who shall hold their Offices for
one year from the end second Monday of
March. 4 D.. 1882, and until their successors
are qualified said election first held under
this act shall be conducted under the direC-
ton of the Justice or justices of the peace
for beat one % Of said Lincoln county, who
shall give notice Of the same by posting
notices thereof in three public places in
said town, and the Justice or justices shall
issue certificates Of election to the persons
who shall be elected mayor. selectmen and
marshal, and shall return their whole pro-
ceedings certified by them to the chancery
clerk of the county OF Lincoln and the
same shall be recorded in the record of
deeds said justice or justices shall be paid
five dollars for holding said election and the
said chaucery clerk shall be allowed ten
cents per hundred words for recording the
returns of said justice or justices the same
to be paid by the treasurer Of said town
upon the warrant Of the mayor and select
men, out Of any moneys not otherwise APP
propriated; after said first election it shall
be the duty of the persons returned as
elected to meet within twenty days of SAID
election and organize; after the r~eOTganiZa-
ton Of said mayor and selectmen o. the
town of Bogue ChittO above provided, they
shall order future 0RRUat elections on the
first Monday of March. and provide by ordi-
nance for conducting the same and they
shall provide by ordinance for filling vacan-
cies that may occur in the offices Of said
town.
SEC. 3. BE IL further enacted, That the
third section of the act aforesaid hereby
amended, be and the same is hereby
amended by adding thereto at the end
thereofthe following words: And the said
bond as justice of the peace shall be given
in twenty (20) days after the said mayor
shall have been elected.
SEC. t.. BE 1t FURTHER enacted, That the
fourth section of the aforesaid act, be and
the same is hereby amended by adding
thereto at the end thereof the following
words: Said bond as constable shall be
given within twenty days after the said
marshal shall have been elected.
SEC. >. BE 1t further enacted, That the
fifth section of the aforesaid act. be and the
same is hereby amended by adding thereto
at the end thereof the following words, viz
Which oath, together with the iurat of the
officer administering the same, shall be en-
rolled on the minutes of the said mayor and
selectmen of the town of Bogue Chitto.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the
tenth section of the aforesaid act. be and
the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. Z. Be it FURTHER enacted. That the
mayor and marshal of said town shall, be-
fore entering upon the discharge of their
duties as such, each execute and deliver
bond with two good and solvent sUreties in
a penalty of five hundred dollars, payable
to the mayor and selectmen of the town of
Bogue Chitto conditioned for the faithful
discharge of their respective official duties,
and that they will well and truly paw all
damages that may result to said town or to
any person or corporation from a failure to
faithfully perform and discharge all of thei1
respective official duties said bonds shall
be approved by the chancery clerk of the
county of Lincoln, and shall be by him re-
corded in the record of bonds for county
officers at the expense Of the principal
obligor in the bond, and shall be filed and
also recorded together with the approval o!
said clerk on the minutes of said town, and
certified copies from either record shall be
admissible in evidence.
SIC. s. Belt further enacted. That it shall
be the duty of the mayor and selectmen Of
the town of Bogue Chitto, to keep a well
bound book in which they shall record
neatly and i~ntelligently all of their official
acts and proceedings, and they shall cause
to be kept a full and complete index to
their minutes, and any failure to comply
with this section shall be a misdemeanOr
and the mayor and each of the selectmer
contributing to such failure, shall be liable
to criminal prosecution, and on conviction
shall be lined not more than fifty dollars.
SEC. 9. Be 1t further enacted, That the
mayor and selectmen of the town of Bogut
Chitto shall select some discreet citizen O.
said town as town treasurer; they shall, by
ordinance, prescribe the duties of said
treasurer; and said treasurer shall execute
bond payable to the mayor and selectneI
of the town of Bogue Chitto, in the penalty
of at least five hundred dollars. conditioned
to well and safely keep, account for, and a
the expiration of his term of Office, pay Owe