The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-05

| AN ACT To authorize the Board of Su
| pervisors to ascertain the outstanding
Indebtedness Of Carroll and Monroe
counties. and TO provide for the regis
tration and cancellation of warrants
in said counties, aud for other pur
| poses.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Mississippi, That
the board of supervisors of Carroll and
| Monroe counties at the first regular
meeting thereof after this act goes into
! effect, or as soon thereafter as practica.
! BILE, enter ali order on the minutes of the
board, directing and requiring all per
sons now holding outstanding unpaid
warrants against the counties, to bring
the same forward to be registered by the
clerk Of slid board, in a book TO be pro-
vided for that purpose, and it shall be
the duty of the clerk to enter the same
in such book, setting down the kind,
amount, date and number Of each war
rant. and the name of the person then
holding the same; and when so entered
he shall endorse on said warrant the
word registered aud the date thereof,
and sign the same As clerk Of said board /;
and when said board shall make such
order they shall require the clerk to give
notice of the same by advertising the
same in SOME newspaper published in
the county, if there be one, and by
posting notices in three or more public
places in each supervisors district; and
said order shall require the registration,
"a aforesaid, of warrants. to be made
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order made az aforesaid
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That
unless said warrants are brought for
ward and registered as required in the
frst section of this act, those not so reg
istered shall not be received in payment
of any county dues. and the tax collec
tor shall not receive the same in pay
ment of any tax due the county,
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That
hereafter it shall be the duty OF
the clerk of the board of super
yisors to keep a well bound book in
which he shall register all warrants
hereafter issued, setting down, in appro.
priate columns, the numbers, dates,
amount and name of payee, and the ac-
count on which it is issued, and when
any warrant entered on said book shall |
be paid or taken up, said clerk shall
enter in the appropriate column left for
that purpose In said book, the word, |
cancelled, and for each aud every fail |
lre so to do, the clerk shall forfeit the I
sum of two hundred dollars, to be Fecov- I
cred by suit, in the name of the board /
If supervisors, for the use of the county.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That
he provisions of this act shall apply to
md include all witness and jury certif-
,ates issued by the order of the court or
'ther legal authority required by law to
'e paid out of the county treasury. and
lis certificate of registration shall be
ppended to or endorsed on the face of
aid certificates before the county treas
rer shall pay the same; Provided,
othing embraced in this act shall be so ;
onstrued a. to prevent the payment of ,
aid certificates at any time after this :
egistration. as heEeiIbefore provided :
pr; and, provided further, that this act !
1all not be construed so as to conflict j
18th section 727 of the Revised Code of :
$50, in relation to the payment of :
'hool warrants according to priority By
onths, except that the warrants of )
lch month shall be paid in the numer- J
al order of their issuance; and, pro
ded further, that nothing in this act j
,ntained shall authorize the payment :
any warrants or certificates illegally :
sued. :;
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That !,
warrants of said county, issued and :,
gistered as aforesaid, shall be paid in s
e order of their registration; Provid- :,
that distinct funds shall be kept sep !. !.
ate and devoted to the proper use as :
by law; and, provided fnFth. !.
that this act shall not prevent the 3.
yment of county taxes in county war 3
1ts. when registered as aforesaid. = :.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That 5
8 act take effect and be in force from =
after its passage. - =
Approved February Is, 1884 3 3