The Brookhaven leader., 1890-11-06

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SIC o57. The political year OF tne nsate
q Mississippi sns eo@ 11@S pesr on 'no
Sac. 25S. The credit Of the state shall nov
be pledged or loaned in aid OF any person,
association or corporati9n; ana tne nta.e
shall not become a stakeholder in any cor
poratiOn or association, nor assume, reueehi
| secure or pay any indebtedness or pretended
| indebtedness alleged 20 be due by the otate
Of Mississippi 70 any person assoc, Nv same ne
| as owners, holders, or assignees OF any ponu
or bonds, now generally known as Union
| Bank and planters Bank" bonds.
SIC 250. No county seat shall be removed
unless such removal be authorized by two
| thirds of the electors Of the county voting
| therefor; but when the proposed remoVai
shall be toward the centre OF tne county, IL ~
NAV be made when majority OF the electors
| participating in the election shall vote there-
SIC. eco. No new county shall be
formed unless q majority OF the qnaLl-
fed electors voting IN each part of the
county or counties proposed To pc
| dismembered and embraced in the new
county, shall separately vote therefor; nS p,
n county be changed unless at an election
held for that purpose, two-thlrds OF those
voting assent thereto. The elections pro-
yided for in this and the section next pre-
ceding shall not be held in any county
oftener than once in four years, No new
county shall contain less than four
hundred square miles; nor shall nal, any exist
SEC. col. The expenses of criminal prose-
BUTTONS, except those before justices OF the
peace, shall be borne by the county IN which
such prosecutions shall be begun; ana all
NET fines and forfeitures shall be paid into
the treasury of such county. Defendants IN
cases of conviction may be taxed with the
costs.
have power 70 provide homes or farms as
asylums for those persons who, by reason OF
age, infirmity, or misfortune, may have
claims upon the sympathy ana OF society;
laws to prevent abuses by those having care
of such persons. -.
SEC. 263. The marriage of white person
with O negro or mulatto, or person VINO shail
have one-eighth 9rmore ofnegro blood shall
be unla wful and vOid.
SEC. 264. No person shall be grand or
petit juror unless a qualified elector ana aDie
to read and write; but the want OF any such
qualification in any juror shall not vltiate
any Indictment or verdict. The Leglsla-
lature shall provide by law for, procuring
list of persons so qualified, and the drawing
therefrom of grand and petit jurors for each
term of the Circuit Court.
SEC. POS. No person who denies the exist
ence of a supreme Being shall hoida any ofilce
SEC. 266 No person holding or exercising
the rights or powers of any office OF honor or
profit, either in his own right, or as deputy,
or while otherwise acting for or in the name,
or by the authority of another, under any
foreign government, or under the govern
ment of the United States, shall hold or ex !;
ercise in any way the rights and powers OF
any office of honor or profit under the laws
or authority of this State, except notaries
commissioner of deeds and United States
commissioners.
SEC. 267. No person"e elected or appointed
to any Office or employment of profit under
the laws of this State or by virtue OF any or
dinanee or any municipality OF this State,
shall hold such office or employment with
out personally devoting his time to the per-
fDrmancp of the dutleg thereof,
SEC. 26S. All officers elected or appointed
to any Office in this State, except Judges and
members of the Legislature, shall, before
thereof take and subscribe the following
oath:
al, ---, do solemnly swear Tor
AFFIRM that | will faithfully support the
Constitution of the United States, and the
Constitution of the State of Mississippi, and
obey the laws thereof; that L am not dis
qualified from holding the Office of-.-;;
that / will faithfully discharge the duties OF
the office upon which am about to enter.
So help me God"
SEC. 269. Every devise or bequest of lands,
tenements or hereditaments, or any interest
therein, of freehold, or less than freehold,
either present or future, vested or contln-
gent, or of any money directed TO be raised
by the sale thereof, contained IN any last
will and testament or codlcll. or other tes-
tamentary writing, in favor Of any religious
or ecclesiastical corporation, sole or aggre-
gate. or any religious or ecclesiastical So
clety, or 10 any reuBlOuS denomination, OF
association Of persons, or to any person
or body polite, IN trust, either eS-
press or implied, secret or resulting
either for rhe use and benefit of such
religious corporation, society. denomi-
nation or association, or for the pur-
pose of being given or appropriated to chari-
table uses or purposes, shall be null and void,
and the heir-at-law shall take the same
property so devised or bequeathed, asthough
no testamentary disposition had been made.
Sec. 2G0. Every legacy, gift or bequest,
of money. or personal property, or OF any
interest, benefit or use therein, either direct,
implied or otherwise, contained in any last
will and testament or codlcll, in favor of
any religious or ecclesiastical corporation,
sole or aggregate, or any religious ecclesias-
teal society, or to any religious denomina-
tion or association, either for its own use or
benefit, or for the purpose of being given or
appropriated to charitable uses, shall be null
and void, and the distributes shall take
the same as though no such testamentary
disposition had been made.
Sec. 271. The Legislature may provide for
the consolidation OF existing counties, if a
majority of the qualified electors of such
counties voting at an election held for that
purpose shall vote therefor.
Sec. 272. The Legislature shall provide
by law, pensions for, INDECENT soldiers
ably served in the Confederate army or
navy in the late civil war, who are now resi-
dent in this State, and are not able to earn
support by their own labor. Pensions shall
also be allowed to the INDECENT widows of
such soldiers or sailors now dead, when from
age or disease they cannot earn support.
Pensions shall also be allowed to the wives
of such soldiers or sailors upon the death of
the husband, if disabled and sndigent, as
aforesaid. Pensions granted to widows
shall cease upon their subsequent marriage.
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