The Brookhaven leader., 1890-04-10


pleted so rs to entitle the clerk to his
fees therefor, as hereinafterp rovided,
before the expiration of the year 1890.
The - said books shall be labeled
Lincoln county, record of deeds book
the book or books procured by
the chancery clerk of Amite county
shall be designated as book "a A AZ,
book sEB b By, book &C c C", and so
on down the alphabet using triple
letters; the book or books from Copiab
shall be designated as book ''E L E',
book "F F Fn, and so on down the
alphabet using triple letters; those
from Franklin as book 90 j j." book
book ak X K", and so on down the
alphabet, using triple letters, and
those from Lawrence as book IN N
M, book"0 o OF, and so on down the
alphabet using triple letters; and
which books when completed, whether
before or after the end of the year
1890, shall at once on completion be
deposited by the respective aforesaid
chancery clerks with the clerk of Lin
coin county, and they shall thereupon
become part and parcel of the record
of deeds of said Lincoln county, and
shall thenceforward be so received,
and the instrument transcribed there
IN shall be treated as properly record
cd at the date which the clerk shall
note at the foot of each as the day of
its original record, and said note by
the clerk at the foot of each deed shall
be prima facia evidence of the fact
noted. The said clerk who TRANSCRIPT
ed their record into such books, shall,
i'm the front of each book. make and
enter certificate to the effect follow
ing: "The deeds and other instru-
ments i'm this book from page --
to page -, both inclusive, were
transcribed and correctly copied by
me from the record of deeds Of
county, Mississippi, the same having
been done under and by virtue of an act
of the Legislature of this State, enti-
tied - (here copy the title of this
act) - approved the day of
- 1890; and have designated at
the foot ofseach instrument the date
of its original record and the deed
book and page from which it was ia
ken.
"Given under my hand and official
seal this -- day of = 1S9-"
which certificate the clerk shall
sign and seal, properly filling out
all blanks, and the chancery clerk of
Lincoln county shall see that such cer-
tificates are properly made, signed
and sealed, before he shall receive the
said books. Should there be left in
any of such book blank and unused
pages the chancery clerk of Lincoln
county may use the same for the reg
istry and record of deeds which MAY
be thereafter filed for record in this
office.
Sec. 6. That the said clerks who
copy from their records into said books
shall also make and file with the said
books a separate index to each of
them, and the chancery clerk of Lin
coin county shall upon the receipt of
such books, and each of them, careful
ly index each deed or other instru-
ment appearing therein in the gener-
al index of deeds, both direct and re-
verse, of his said county; and he shall
also carefully examine each and every
deed recorded in his Office, no matter
when recorded, and see that it correct
1y indexed, direct and reverse, in the
said general index of deeds, and if nee
essary index the same.
Sec. Z. That a record of deed con-
veying land now in Lincoln county,
made in the county where the land
lay before Lincoln was created, shall
not constitute constructive notice as
to lands in Lincoln county after De-
cember 31st, 1891, unless the same shall
by that time be made of record In Lin
coin county.
Sec. 8. That the board of supervi-
sOrs of Lincoln county shall pay the
assessor of the county two and one
half cents for each deed he shall de-
post with the chancery clerk for rec
ord, or re-recOrd, under this Act;
and the said board shall pay the chan
Gerry clerk of Lincoln county twenty
cents for recording and indexing each
of the said deeds so deposited with
him by the assessor; and the said
board of supervisors of Lincoln coun-
ty shall pay the chancery clerks of the
counties from which Lincoln was
formed, reasonable compensation for
the services required of them Under
this act and in addition shall pay them
the actual costs of the deed books
which they are required to and shall
procure under this act.
Sec. 8. That the board of supervi-
sOrs of Lincoln county are required to
procure from the United States land
Office a "bOOk of original entries,
showing who entered from the United
States Government, and the date
thereof, each piece of land, and all
the land in the said county, and to
procure the same to be properly certi-
fed; provided the same shall not cost
exceeding s.; and the same when
SO received and filed in the chancery
clerks Office of said county shall,
when material and pertinent, I've adj
missable in evidence in all courts and
the chancery clerk of said county may
make certified copies thereof, or of
any part of it, and the same shall be
received and treated as other certified
copies of the records of this office are
received and treated.
Sec. 10. That it shall be the duty
of the auditor of public accounts to
make from the records of his Office in
a well bound book a list of all lands
in said county of Lincoln which has
at any time been owned or claimed by
the State under and by virtue of any
sale or forfeiture for taxes; said list
shall show whether the land was sold
for taxes, for the taxes of what year