The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-02-09


State, be and the same is hereby created and
established, and that until the additional JUS
tice of the peace and one constable herein
provided for shall be elected and qualified
at the next general election, the same shall
be filed by appointment by the Governor
of this State.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, That this
act take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved February Z, 1884.
AN ACT prohibiting the sale or giving
away of Intoxicating liquors in the town
of Como in the county of Pamela and
within four miles of the corporate limits
of said town..
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
turs of the State of Mississippi, That the
giving away or selling of wine, brandy,
whisky, beer, cider, or of any intoxicating
liquor whatever, or of any preparation of
the same in the form of beverage, and
especially of the preparations known as
bitters, by whatever name now or hereafter
called, in any quantity or for any purpose,
in the town Of Como, in the county of Pa
nola, and within four miles of the corpor-
ate limits Of said town, is hereby prohibited
and made penal; provided, the prohibition
shall not extend to the giving of such Ii
quors for the administration of the Lords
Supper, or when given by practicing ply
stefan as medicine in cases of actual sick
ness, or in dispensing private hospitality
within the domestic circle and in the fam
lily residence of the giver; but no sales of
such liquors shall take place within the pre-
scribed limits for these or any other pur-
poses.
SEQ. 2. That for each and every violation
of this law, the party offending shall, upon
conviction, be fined not less than fifty nor
more than one hundred and fifty dollars,
or imprisoned not less than ten days nor
more than six months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment at the discretion of the
court; every device or subterfuge which the
Jury in the circuit court or the court in the
inferior tribunals shall decree to have been
resorted to as an evasion of this act, shall
be punished as a direct violation of it; the
several justices of The peace of the first
court district of Pamela county, and the
mayor of the town of Como, shall, upon
affidavit of any person, have concurrent
Jurisdiction with the circuit court of said
county of all violations of the same in
said county, and trials be had in said
mayors and Justices courts, subject to APP
peals as in other criminal cases; and all
prosecutions under this act shall be COM
menced within two years and not after
wards.
SEo. 3. That this act shall not be so con-
strbed as to prohibit the sale OF such liquor
by any person or persons already having a
license to sell the same until the time for
which such license was issued shall have
expired. And that all acts and parts of
acts in conflict with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
SEQ. 4. That this act take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved, February Z, 1884.
AN ACT to provide for the maintainance
and government eff the public schools in
the city of Vicksburg.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That the
city of Vicksburg shall constitute sepa-
rate school district, and the present school
trustees in said city and their successors
shall be body corporate and polite with
perpetual succession, by the name of the
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burg, and as such may sue and be sued,
take, hold and dispose of real and personal
estate for the maintainan@, use and benefit
of the common schools of said city, receive
and enforce payment of subscription for
like purposes, and may adopt and use Q
common seal.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the
present trustees shall hold their offices as
members of said board until the expiration
of the terms for which they were elected as
trustees as aforesaid, and until their success
sors in Office are qualified; and at the next
election for city officers in said city, and
biennially thereafter, there shall be elected
by the qualified electors of each ward in
said city, two members of said Board OF
Education who must be citizens OF the ward
in which they are elected, who shall hold
their Offices for the term of two years, and
until their successors in Office are elected
and oualifed, and five members of said
board shall constitute quorum.
SIC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the
said board shall have power, and it shall be
their duty, in addition to, and inclusive OF
the duties and powers now vested IN the
school trustees;
1. To establish and support free schools
in said CITY for not less than eight months,
nor more than ten months in each year.
2. To lease, repair and improve school
houses and furnish them with the necesss'
~ fixtures, furniture, apparatus and libra
ries.
8. To erect and purchase buildings
for school houses; to buy or lease sites
Cor school houses, with the necessary
grounds; provided, it shall not be lawra
FOR said board to purchase or locate
school house site, or purchase. OF build sucf
school houses in said city, except upon
netition of two-thirds of the qualified voters
of said city. who have previously duly reg
istered in accordance with the law.
4. To establish free schools OF dineren'
grades and make regulations for the ad
mission of pupils into the same, PROVIDED
nothing herein shall be held to autnorlzt
said board to establish normal schools OF
schools of a similar or higher grade.
&. To employ teachers and fix the amount
of their salaries.
6. To prescribe the school books TO b
r.sd and the studies in the different schools
7. To prescribe bylaws and rules not In
consistent with law for their own govern
meut and for the government OF the Publi'
schools of said city.
6zc. 4. Be it frrsher eracted, That TIL
said board shall visit tie pubic schools q