The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-30

Section L. Be it enacted by th g
legislature Of the State of Mississippi
that the office of Cotton Tax Collector
Of the Board of Mississippi Levee
Commissioners, be and it is hereby
abolished, and said Board is author
lied and empowered to have the Cot
ton Tax collected in such manner as
it deems best, at cost not to exceed
two cents per bale in tho aggregate.
Section 2;-That the engineer, at
torneys and secretary and treas urer of
said Board, shall be requifed to
personally discharge the duties Of
their employment as provided by
Section 267 OF thes Constitution for
persons appointed to any Office or en-
ployment for profit, under the laws of
this State, and said engineer, at
torneys, and secretary and treasurer,
shall be deemed employees of said
Board, subject to be discharged for
cause at any time, and shall hold
their positions for the time for which
they are employed and no longer; and
the salary of the secretary and treas
per annum
Section 3-The Board shall re-
quire bond of the treasurer, and of
any other employee intrusted with
the collection or handling of the
funds of the Board, to be made by
such bond or indemnity company as
may be designated by the Board and
for such amount as it may fix, the
cost of making same to be paid by
the Board.
Setcoin 4:-That said Board of
Mississippi Levee Commissioner shall
hold regular meetings on the End !
Monday of January and July and the
first Monday CT October. in each year
and special meetings may be ordered
by the president in 5 days after notice !
of such meeting mailed to the mem
bers. and in case of emergency, aris-
ing from highwater danger or other
sufficient cause. meetings may be cal
led OH such notice as the occasion
will permit.
Ia the event of the death. disability
Or failure OF the president to call
meeting, the secretary Of the Board,
upon the written petition of as many
as two members, is authorized and
required to call such meeting, giving
the notice herein above provided for.
Section ) SIT shall, be unlawful
Tor any one to remove or cause to he
from the Mississippi Levee
District, any cotton grown therein,
without first paying the levee tax
thereon, and any one so removing
iuch cotton, without paying such tax,
md without the consent of the Levee
Board of said District. shall be deem
conviction thereof, shall be fined not
ess than $1,000 or more than 81 900,
II be imprisoned in the county jail OF
he county wherein the offense occErs
lot less than thirty days nor more
han one year, for each offense, aud
me half of any fine so collected shall
20 to the lnfurmer, and in addition,
he Board of Mississippi Levee Com
nissioners shall be entitled to re-
over from the person so removing
uch cotton a tax of $1,000 per bal,
IT 81 90 per hundred pounds of seo
otton on all cotton eo removed, ard
uch tax shall be a lien rpon all cot
on or other property belonging to the
,arty so removing such cotton. /
Section Cit shall be unlaw ful
or any person to take possession of 5
II make any use of, FOR any purpose.
r travel upon, or build upon, or sui
ivate or enclose in a pasture, any
evee or land condemned for levee t
without the written consent c
f the Board of Mississippi Levee y
first obtained, and q
hen such levee or lan1 condemned j
or levee purposes. can be used only
o the extent defined in such written
{ Ms ent, and any preson violating this 4