The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-15


| or any judicial officer duly empowered to max,
! such orders and necessary to be served upoI
/ any person, may be executed upon said land
and In the buildings that may be erected there
on in the same way and manner as il jurisdic
ton had not been ceded as aforesaid
SEC. 2. BE it further enacted, That tht
| lands aforesaid when so acquired shall forever
| be exempt from all taxes and assessments, 50
4 long as the same shall remain the property Of
/ the Uuited STAT
SEC. g. Be il further enacted That this act
shall be in force from and after its passage.
APPROVED, February "A, 1882.
| A MEMORIAL in relation TO the re-establish-
ment of mai routes upon the 1azoe and
Sunfower Rivers.
Whereas, The mail routes upon the Yazoo
and Sunfower rivers, known as routes num-
bered 1890 and 1909, were some months ago
discontinued by order of the Postmaster Gen
eral and routes overland established in lieu
thereof and
Whereas, Owing to the nature of the country
along aud adjoining satdrivers, it is impossible
that it can be served with even the most ordi-
nary efficiency by overland routes alsne, mas
much as they can reach but few points on said
rivers which are inaccessible to AL other pi n S
or settlements along their banks except by
water; and
Whereas, BY the aforesaid river routes, every
point on the said rivers was regularly reached
of the people, and in this way greatly enlarglug
their business interes and facilities; and
Where IS, Owing to the total inundati0n of
the whole Mississ. ppi Delta now existing, and
which is likely to continue Tor weeks and
months TO come, all of said overland routes
have necessary ceas d to operate leaving the
whole Delta except along the banks Of the
Mississippi utt rly bereft of all mail facilities.
and without any means whatever of communi-
eating with the outside world and
Whereas, There is not and never has been any
thing inconsistent between the overland routes
and The river routes discontinued as aforesaid,
but owing TO the rapid increase of population
and business in that por ion of the ct tie, every
consi leration both Of expectancy aud necessity
requires hat mails should be served by both
methods so that persons residing along the
river banks shall b. as promptly and efficiently
served as those living in the interior; and
Whereas The re-establishment OF sid river
routes would be attended with tritiing tx
pense to the government: Therefore be it
Resolved by the Legislature of the State of
Mississippi, That our Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress be, and they are hereby earn
estly requested to present before the proper au-
thorities the foregoing facts and consider tions,
and to use their best efforts to procure the re-
establishment of said mail routes along the
Yazoo and SunhDwer rivers, numbered 1900
and l8099 aforesaid.
Be it further Resolved, That his Excel
leney the Governor, be and he is hereby
requested Immediately up N the passage
of this memorial, to cause to be trans
nIitted copies of the same % the Sena-
tors and Representatives of the State in Con-
gr SIS.
Adopted by the House of Representatives,
March s, 1852. W. II. H. TYSON,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
Adopted by Senate Ma eh Z, 1882.
r. 0. REYNOLDS,
President If t Senate.
Approved. ROBr LOWRY,
Governor.
AN ACT to confer certain powers on the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Vicksburg, and other Cries and towns, t.
enable them to raise fund for the Firemens
Charitable Association.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That the board of
mayor an Aldermen OF the city of Vieksburg,
are hereby empowered to assess a priv eye tax
of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per
annum on each fire insurance company trans
acting business in said city; and 1t shall not be
lawful for any such company to carry Oh the
business of fire insurance within the corporate
limits thereof without first paying such tax,
except as hereinafter provided
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That before |
the provisions of the first section of this act
shall be effective, the board OF mayor and
said city shall obtain from the |
Auditor of Public Accounts a list of all fire |
insurance companies authorized t. do business /
in this State, and shall keep registry of such /
list for the inspection of persons desiring to I
Nnow what companies have complied with the /
laws of the State. They shall also prepare and /
keep book for the registration of all policies |
IF insurance issued by companies not paying T
The State and city taxes and complying with the
general laws of the state; and snail cause all
policies reported as hereinafter provided to be
registered by the mayer or civ clerk giving
!. hstd date Of o nj of
aid insurance, the name of the insured. f
he property insured, and the amount Of
insurance thereon; for which regis
ration a fee of one dollar shall be paid by the
person holding such policy and upon the reg
stration of such policy amount equal to one
ourth of one per cent. of the amount of insur-
Ince under the policy shall be paid into the city
reasury, and be appropriated to the support
If the fire department.
SEC 3. Be II fur her enacted, That it shall be
md is hereby required of every person having
on property within the corporate
limits of said city, in companies not authorized
o do insurance business in the State and CITY,
o have their policies registered as provided in
he preceding section; and each person neglect
ng or refusing to make said Registrations and
payment shall be deemed guilty Of a INSIDE
neangr and upon conviction fined not less than
en- nor more than fifty dollars And should
loss occur under any such policy not 50 regis
cred an amount equal to oae-fourth the
mount Oh insurance snail De forfeited by the #
beneficiary under such uoIiey, which shall be
,ollected BY the city authorities and used for
he support of the depas tment
SEC. 1 Be 1t further enact ID That upon the
payment by,any company to the Firemen,s Char
table Association Of Ficksburg of one hundred E
10 lars, such company shall be exempted from
he tax Of one hundred and twenty-five doIiars
provided for in the first section of this act; and
IfteF one payment of such tx or donation no
,ompany shall be required to pay the same for
mr. year succeeding one in which the losses of
uch company are more than the net cash re-
;eipts on the business done in said CRY.
SIC 5. Be it further enacted, That this act
hail extend to all cities and towns in the State
where there Is q regularly organ zed FIRE depart
nent, but only IN the proportion as the nes
y MUM receipts Of each company in such
lthef cities aud towns bears To the net f,re