The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-01

ton for collecting the levee tax. Such set
Elements By tax collectors for the levee
taxes, collected as aforesaid, shall be had
and made with the same checks. balances.
receipt warrants and duplicates thereof as
now obtain by law in the settlements
oy said collectors with said State Treasur-
or for State taxes.
SEC 10. Be it further enacted, That IL
any person shall enjoin the collection of
my levee tax provided for in this act. and
shall fail TO perpetuate. By decree of court,
said injunction, the court in dissolving The
injunction shall, in addition to costs,
award as damages that the party so en-
joining shall pay double the amount of
tax enioined. And the court shall award
IN execution for the same in favor of the
president Of said Board of Levee Commits
sioners for the use of the levee fund.
SEQ. 20. Be it further enacted, That if it
shall appear To said Board of Levee Com
missioners that the proceeds of said tax lev
led and assessed as aforesaid by this act
will exceed the amount necessary to pay off
and discharge the bonds with interest, that
may be issued under this act, and also all
other Indebtedness and liabilities that may
be incurred by said board under the provis-
ions of this act, then said board may ratea-
bly, reduce, or suspend in part the collec-
| ton of said tax. but a sufficient amount
| thereof shall be regularly collected, to pay
/ off all such bonds, interest and liabilities,
and such reduction or suspension shall in
no wise prejudice the rights of the holder
| of any such bond, or any other creditor of
said board; should any one hold an overdue
bond or coupon, it shall be his right. 1.-THE
holder of such bond or other creditor) to
insist on and enforce the collection of the
whole of the tax herein levied if necessary
to the payment and discharge of the bonds,
coupons or other liabilities of said board;
and the said Board of Ieyee Commission.
ers may expend any portion of the taxes
collected under this act directly in cash, in
rebuilding the levees and in maintaining
said levees after they have been rebuilt;
Provided, The same is not needed to pay
the principal or interest on any bonds is
sued under this act.
SEC. Fl. Be it further enacted, That il
shall be lawful for said board at any time
after the expiration of FIVE years from date
of said bonds to be issued under this act to
call in and pay off the same or any part
thereof in the following manner; whenever
said board shall be in condition to pay of
any of said bonds, and shall deem it prop
er so to do, it shall cause notice to be
published in some newspaper published in
the city of jackson, State of Mississippi,
designating by their number and amount
the bonds called in and the day on which
they are to be presente to the treasurer
of said board at his Office for payment,
which said notice shall be published for
three consecutive weeks, prior to the day
designated therein for payment of sad
bonds, and the bonds called in shall be
those lowest in number then outstanding;
and it shall be the duty of the holder or
holders of said bond or bonds designated
in said notice to present them on the day
designated for payment, and it shall be the
duty of the treasurer of said board on said
designated day, to pay off and discharge
the bond or bonds so presented, paying off
the principal thereof and the interest &C.
crued up to that day in full and to
take up and cancel the bond or
bonds so paid off with all matured and
unmatured coupons of interest belonging
to the same, and to enter upon his register
of bonds the minute of his proceedings in
regard to payment of said bond or bonds,
stating therein to whom such payment was
made, and all interest shall cease to accrue
upon any of said bonds designated in the
notice hereinbefore prescribed and called in
thereby from the date III winch they are
required to be presented for payment, and
all coupons for interest maturing after such
date shall be and become void except to SO
much thereof as may have accrued up to
the date at which said bonds are required
to be presented for payment.
Sec % Be it further enacted That it
shall be unlawful for any member or Off
Ger of said Board of Levee Commissioners
to have or own any interest or share, either
directly or indirectly, in any contract made
or let by said board for the construction or
repair of any levee, or in any contract
whatever for supplies or materials used for
levee purposes, or for any officer or mem
Der of said board to receive directly or in
directly for his own use and benefit any
portion or share of the money or other
thing paid for the construction or repair of
such levees, or for any member or officer of
said board or any tax collector to speculate
in any way, directly or indirectly in any
bonds issued under this act, or in any other
liability of said board, and any officer or
member of said board or any tax collector
violating any of the provisions of this sec
ton, shall be deemed guilty of INSIDE
meanor and punished on conviction by
removal from Office and by fine of not
less than one thousand dollars, nor more
than five thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment in the county jail not less than six
months, nor more than twelve months.
SEC. %. Be it further enacted, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to use the
levees in the aforesaid district as a road
way by riding thereon or driving any We
hicle thereon, and any person violating
this provision shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction fined not
less than ten dollars for each offense. If
any person shall wilfully cut, injure or de-
stroy said leyee, or procure the same to be
done, the person so offending shall be gull
ty of felony, and on conviction shall be
punished by imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary not less than three nor more than ten
years.
SEC. "a. Be it further enacted, That the
Board of Levee Commissioners shall have
power to appoint suitable persons in each
county to inspect and police the levees in
their respective counties 1t shall be
the duty of the persons so appointed, to
report at such tunes as the board may re-
quire the condition of the levees under
their charge, to supervise and police such
portions of the levee as the board NAV
commit to them, to make daily examina-
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