The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-05-15

council from using and occupying said lands, after
tender of payment or the amount Of said damages as
hereinafter provided fOr and Should the subsequent
verdict or verdicts of the jury exceed the amount
aseertained by the first jury, then said council shall
pay said excess, but should said subsequent verdict
or verdics be for less sum than that paid INTO the
hands of the clerk of the court aforesaid then said
excess shall be repaid said council by said clerk, aud
the said inquest shall vest in said council the right
to occupy and such lands for the purposes Of the
aforesaid drainage, on the payment of the damages
therein assessed against said council or by deposit
ing the same with the elerx of the Circuit Court of
the county in which said lands lie; provided, how
ever that SAID amount shall be retained by said clerk
until after said objections shall have been acted upon
by the Judge of the Circuit Court of the county in
which said lands lie should notice be gwen him in
writing by said council that objections to said verdict
would be filed by said council; provided, however,
that before the application for the writ provided for
in the proceeding section the said council may ten
der to the owner or owners of any such lands sum
of money by said council deemed equivalent to the
damage to be sustained, and upon refusal to accept
the sum rendered and the verdict for the same or
less sum, or proceedings had for the condemnation
of such lands the costs shall oe taxed to and paid by
the owner or owners of the land provided further,
that should objections TO the inquest of the jury be
filed by the owner or owners of said lands or by
other persons mentioned in the preceding section,
and said jury and inquest be set aside and a new
jury summoned etc, as therein provided, and yer
diet of the same amount or a less Gum be rendered
by subsequent jury, the costs of holding all in
quests except the first shall be taxed TO and paid by
the party interposing said objections; aud it shall
be the duty of the Sheriff to appoint and hold said
nquests within ten days after the receipt of the writ
of al quod damnum, and five days in addition are
allowed him for every additional jury which he may
summon under said writ and for every default there
in tue said Sheriff shall be fined by the Circuit Court
at the instance Of either party not less than twenty,
nor more than one hundred dollars and every Juror
summoned shall be fined not less than ten dollars
for non attendance. There shall be the following
fees the clerk of the Circuit Court for every writ
of ad quod damnum seventyfve cents, for receiving
and filing said inquests twenty-five cents; the Sher.
if for giving notice, seventyive cents for holding
inquests five dollars, and for summoning witnesses
twenty-five cents each jurors, each one dollar pei
diem; which fees are not allowed until the verdict il
I, returned and fled, and shall be taxed IN the bill o
, costs.
= Sec. o. Be 1t further enacted, That the Cit,
Council of said city be and is hereby authorized
empowered to lay out and repair side walks upon thu
streets of said city, and for this purpose said Cit.
= Council may assess and levy upon the propert
!, fronting and abutting upon sidewalks, proportions
amount per foot of frontage of the amount
to pay for the construction and repair of such side
. walk Notice of the amount of such assessment up
on such piece of property and the description of th
property upon which the same is made, shall be put
y shed once week, for two weeks, in some news
:, paper published in said city, and upon day to
~ fixed IN said notice, and after the expiration of tw
" weeks said City Council shall meet to hear and d,
Il termno objections to the same, and shall then hnall
III decide the assessment so made and levy the sam
20 upon the property designated, and the tax leyie
% and assessed shall be lien upon the property o
. which It is assessed, aud upon the completion
u said sidewalks or repairs. said Council shall caus
y = notice to be published for four weeks in som
;" newspaper published in said city of the amount du
upon each piece of property, and If said sum is nc
paid to the treasury of the city, within one week o
- the date of such publication, then without furtht
~ notice the Tax Collector of said city shall proceed
- sell such piece of property for the amount of sue
" tax as may be delinquent upon it, in the same maj
10 ner and at the place that Sheri's sales fC
-, taxes are conducted and in the event that no oil
- = will bid the amount due upon any particular piece
~ property the same shall be struck off to said City
VI Greenvile, in the same manner and shall be held
III it as other land sold to said city for taxes is helt
y. Provided however, that nothing in this section sha
'' be so construed as to prevent the putting down
" said sidewalks by the owner owners of lots In sal
- % city.
II Sec Sc. Be It further enacted, That the Gil
eh Council of said city be and is hereby authorized
" empowered to agree and contract for the lighting
80 the city with gas electric lights otherwise upC
oo oo such terms as it may deem proper.
-. Sec. 81. BE it further enacted, That it shall
20 unlawful for said City Council the Mayor the ce
ID thereof, to order to be issued to issue any wa
rants order on the City Treasurer for the payne
rs of money, in any other manner to contract al
or debt or pecuniary liability unless there is in Il
ne hands of the Treasurer at said time and that may
or properly applied to the payment of said warrant
- sufficient amount of money to pay the same, al
should any of the foregoing persons violate the pr
10 visions of this section, unless misnformed by Il
az Treasurer he shall be deemed guilty of felony al
"a shall be punished conviction thereof by fine
ia not less than five hundred dollars and by mpriso
od ment in the pententiary of not less than two yea
of Sec. IS. Be it further enacted, That there sh
ain be established court to be styled the Mayors cot
ler for the City of Greenyille and it shall be the du
,ay of the Marshal of said city, any constable Sh
The if of said county to execute any and all process