The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-03-31

hereby repealed. and that such part
or parts of sections $40 to 544 inclu- !
sive of the Code of 1880 as may have
been repealed by said chapter 5, acts
1884, be and the same are hereby re-
vived.
Sec, TO- BE it further enacted, That |
this act shall not apply to any one physi-
eally unable to work out his fine; and |
this act take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Approved, March s, 1888.
AN ACT to provide for the distribution
of certain funds in the treasury of |
Washington county and for other
purposes.
Whereas, There has accumulated in
the treasury of Washington county |
certain monies belonging to the school
fund of the several townships in said |
county; and
Whereas, 1t is dihcul. to ascertain
to which Of the several townships any
part of said funds belong; therefore,
Sertion /. BE II enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Mississippi,
That the board ofsupervisors of Wash
ington county shall at their first regu-
lar meeting after the passage of this
act, or as soon thereafter as practicable,
with the advice of the superintendent
of education in said county, equitably
apportion all monies now belonging to
the township school fund now in the
treasury of said county, among the
several townships thereof, special at
tention being had in said apportion-
ment to the number Of educable chill
dren in each township, and the number
Of school houses, and the annual income
to which each of such townships is
annually entitled.
Sec. 2. Be IL further enacted, That
the superintendent of education of said
county, aud the member of the board
of supervisors and member of the
board of education in each supervisors
district in said county, shall constitute
a committee for the management and
control of the township school fund of
the several supervisors districts in
said county.
Sec. 8. BE II further enacted, That
said committees are hereby authorized
: to purchase or accept any lot ofground
to be used for school purposes in their
several districts. Each conveyance of
J land shall be made to the committee in
J the respective districts in which the
: lands shall be situated, and to their
! successors in Office.
: Sec. 4. Be IL further enacted, That
the committee in each supervisors dis
trlct shall proceed to locate at least
: two schools in each Of their districts,
as early as practicable after the passage
of this act, and shall make written
report to the board of supervisors of
} said county designating tho place
} where the several schools have been
: located in their several districts, and
said reports should be entered at large
upon the minutes Of the board of su-
pervisors.
Sec. 3. BE IL further enacted, That
after the location ofthe several schools
in the several supervisors districts, II
shall be the duty of said committees to
procure plan without expense, for
suitable school houses, and to have
erected two or more suitable and con-
venient school houses in each supervi-
sors district in said county, and SAID
committees are hereby authorized to
draw their warrant on the treasurer
of said county for the cost of said
school houses, which shall be paid by
said treasurer out of the fund placed
to the credit of each township in
which such school house shall be built
provided however, that said committee
shall not contract for the erection In
any township of any school honse to
cost more than there Is to the credit of
such township.
Sec. 6. BE 1t further enacted, That
the treasurer of said county shall upon
the distribution of said funds open an
account with the several townships Of
said county and credit each town
ship with the amount of money assign
ed il by the board Of supervisors.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, That
all the funds of the several townships
as distributed by said board or that
may hereafter accrue to them. shall be
kept by the treasurer of Washington
county and shall be paid out on the
warrants of the committees of the sew
cral districts.
Sec. 8. BE It further enacted, That
hereafter it shall be unlawful for the
board of supervisors of said county to
lease any school section for longer
period than ten Q0) years. And the
annual rental of each school section
shall be expended yearly in the main
tenance of the schools, or in the build
ing or repair of school houses in the
township in which such section is situ-
ated.
Sec. 0. Be II further enacted, That
the board of supervisors of said coun-
ty shall annually on three weeks notice
by publication in one or more news
papers published in Washington coun-
| ty, of the time and place of letting,