The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-23

jail for not less than ten nor NOR,
than thirty days, and said person s,
committed shall serve said sentenc,
for the prescribed thine, and shall no
be liberated from such sentence b,
payment for the time required to b
served by said sentence, unless sucl
person give bond. with sufficient
security to be approved by said jus
tice or mayor, or police Justice in any
sun, not less than two hundred ant
one dollars for the future industry
and good conduct of such person, fol
one year from the date Of the giving
of such bond. Said bond shall be
made payable to tile State Of Missis.
sippi, and may be sued upon, in case
Of breach in the name Of the state and
in the circuit court, and such suit
shall be triable at the first term OF
the circuit court after the breach &C.
ours, provided the sureties on such
bond are summoned five days before
court meets. And such suit shall be
conducted by the district attorney for
the state, in the circuit court, and by
| the attorney general in the suprsme
court. Whenever any bond so taken
shall be forfeited by the misconduct
of said vagrant, there shall be no re-
covery on same less than the face val.
ne Of the bond, unless the vagrant
shall be delivered up to the circuit
court for further trial, as hereinafter
provided for, In which event the court
may, in it, discretion, limit tha
amount Of recovery on the bond to the
cost Of suit and penalty Of fifty
dollars.
Section 5. Whenever any va
grant shall forfeit his bond as provid.
ed for in the last section, by any mis-.
conduct amounting to breach Of the
bond and the court in which the bond
is to be sued upon shall have judicial
~ 20 determined, such vagrant may
be re-arrested Immediately, and placed
on trial before the justice Of the peace
or mayor, or police justice before
whom the original proceedings were
had, or may be Immediately indicted
by the grand jury and placed on trial
in the circuit court as vagrant, and
on conviction for second offense,
shall be committed to Jail for not less
than ninety days, nor more than six
months, and shall serve said sentence
for the prescribed time, and shall not
be liberated from such sentence by
payment for the time required to be
served by said sentence.
Section 6. All bonds 80 taken shall
be returned to the circuit court, and
shall be docketed on the criminal
docket of the circuit court, by the
clerk thereof, and shall be brought
forward from term to term until the
expiration of the time for which same
il given and there shall be no exemp.
tion allowed against liability on such
bonds. And is hereby made the duty
of the district attorney and the circuit
judge to give diligent attention to all
such bonds, and to place same in suit
whenever it shall appear that the said
bond has been forfeited and it is made
the duty of the justice of the peace,
or mayor or police justice to inform
the district attorney Immediately
whenever they shall discover or have
good reason to believe that said bond
shall be forfeited.
Section Z. Whenever any person
shall be convicted of q second offense
of vagrancy, no matter under which
head of this Act, he shall be com.
mitted to Jail for not less than nine
ty days, nor more than six months and
shall serve said sentence for the pres
cribed time, and shall not be liberated
from such sentence by payment of the
time required to be served by said
sentence; and in all cases where any
person shall be convicted of vagrancy,
in addition to being committed to Jail
as herein provided, such person shall
also pay costs, and shall stand com.
mitted until same is paid, and this
shall apply to all cases whether such
person shall give bond as herein pro-
vid ed or not.
Section 8. It shall be the duty of
each circuit judge to charge each
grand jury especially with reference
| to this Act.
Section 8. If any of the officers
named in section two of this Act shall
fail, refuse or neglect to perform the
duties therein required, he shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and shall be
punished by fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars, nor more than one
hundred dollars.
Section o. The circuit court shall
have concurrent jurisdiction to try all
cases arising under this Act, and to
impose the same fines, penalties and
to require the giving of bonds as re-