Year: 1876




SECTION /. Be 1t enacted By the Legislature
Of the State Of NssssssiRpa, That wnen Peu PSai1
ton for the writ of nandamus IS hled, II snaii
be the duty of the clerk of the court to issue
summons in the ordinary form for the deiend-
ant named in said petition, which shat De
served and returned in the manner prescribed
bv law for the service of process IN ordinary
cases and it shall not be necessary to issue an
alternate writ of mandamus, in any case, but
the petition shall take the place and stand In
lieu of such alternate writ.


See 2. Be at further enacted, That II tne
defendant shall deny, in his answer or plea,
any material allegation in the petition, the
ccnr4 shall proceed to determine the question
as to the truth of such allegation, according 20
the rules of pleading and practice, as recog-
nized and enforced in ordinary cases at law:


SEC g. Be 1t further enacted, That tins Act
take effect and be in force from and after Its
passage


APPROVED April 5, 1876.


authorize the Boards Of f. up tounss TO
in this State, and for other purposes


SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the Legislature
of the State Of Mississippi, That the Boards
Of Supervisors of the several Counties OF this
State shall at the first regular meeting after
this Act goes into effect, as soon thereafter
as Dracticable enter an order on the minutes
of the Board directing and requiring all per-
sons now holding outstanding unpaid warrants
against the county, to bring the same forward
to be registered by the Clerk of said Board, III
a book to be provided by the Board Tor that
purpose and it shall be the duty OF the Clerk
to enter the same in such books, setting down
the kind amount, date and number OF each
warrant, and the name of the person then hold
ing the same; and when so entered, he snail
endorse on such warrant the word g Regis
tered' and the date thereof, and sign the same
as Clerk of said Board. And when said Board
shall make such order they shall require the
Clerk to give notice of the same by advertising
the same in some newspaper published IN the
county, if there be one, and by posting notices
in three or more public places In each Super
visor's District; and said order shall require
the gstration, as aforesaid, of warrants, to be
made within six months from the date of the
order made aforesaid.


Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That unless
said outstanding warrants are brought forward
and registered, as required in the first section
of this Act, those not so registered shall not be
received in payment of any County dues, and
the Tax Collector shall not receive the same in
payment of any tax due the County


SEC. 3. Be 1t further endctea That hereafter
it shall be the duty Of the Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors to keep we'll bound book in
which he shall register all warrants hereafter
issued by him. setting down, IN appropriate
columns, the numbers, date, amount and the
name of the payee, and the account on which
it is issued. And when any warrant entered on
said book shall be paid or taken up, said Clerk
shall enter in the appropriate column, left for
that purpose in said book, the word Cancelled,
and for each and every failure to do, the
Clerk shall forfeit the sum Of two hundred dol
lars to be recovered by suit, in the name of the
Board Of Supervisors, for the use of the County.


Sec. 4. Be 1t further enacted, That all
County warrants registered or issued as afore-
said, shall be paid in the order of their registra
ton Ploeided, That this section shall not pre-
vent the payment of County taxes, in County
warrants when registered as aforesaid.


APPROVED March 23d, 1876.