Inspectors votes. to transmit president and vice-president of the United States; the inspectors and clerks of elections shall be appointed in the same manner, and the same rules and regulations shall be observed by the several sheriffs, inspectors, clerks, and voters, as is provided by law in electing members to the general assembly, and they shall be severally liable to the same penalties, to be recovered in the same manner. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the inspectors of the separate districts to make out a to make out fair transcript of the votes given to each candidate, and transcript of deliver those given in the separate election districts to the sheriff of their respective counties; within three days inclusive after the commencement of said election, and the sheriff of each county, shall on or before the fifth day inclusive, after the commencement of the election, transmit a Sheriff certificate of the election, shewing the number of votes taken certificate in his county, to the secretary of state, under the penalty to the secre- of two thousand dollars, to be collected by motion, in any court having cognizance of the same, ten days previous notice being given; and the secretary on the receipt of such certificate, shall carefully compare the polls, make Secretary addition of the number of votes given and returned, for the polls several counties, and shall cause the names of the three and publish of persons so elected, to be published in the Gazette of the public printer. tary of state. shall pare names persons elected. com to meet at vote. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the electors so elected, shall meet at the town of Jackson, on the first Electors Wednesday in December thereafter, and there give their Jackson and votes for president and vice-president of the United States, and make return thereof agreeably to the laws of the United States, in such case made and provided: and should it so occur, that any elector, from death or any other disabling cause, should not so attend and give his vote, then and in that case, the other electors shall appoint such other person Vacancies as they may choose, to fill such vacancy, and report forthwith, such proceeding to the secretary of state. how filled. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sheriffs and and their officers, and the clerks, shall each be allowed the Compensa- sum of two dollars per day for each day, they shall be necessarily employed in the discharge of the duties re tion. quired of them by this act, to be paid on the auditor's Auditor to issue war Secretary electors no SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of state, shall give to the electors elected as aforesaid, notice to give to in writing, to be transmitted by mail, of their being elected, tice in wriwithin two days from and after comparing the polls, and on ting. failure shall be subject to be fined two thousand dollars by any court having competent jurisdiction thereof, ten days Penalty on previous notice being given him, that a motion would be made. Approved, January 15, 1824. failure. AN ACT, to repeal an act, entitled 'an act, to divide Covington county, and form a new county out of the same.' SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, That an act, approved, January the seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, 'to divide Covington county, and form a new county out of the same, be and the same is hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Papers to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerks of the circuit and county courts of the county of Bainbridge, to return all papers, and all suits, be returned. which have been commenced, or may be commenced, before the promulgation of this act, to the respective clerks of the said county of Covington, to which they may belong. Approved, January 24, 1824. ded into two tricts. AN ACT, to amend 'an act, regulating the admission of Physician to practice medicine and surgery, in the State of Mississippi.' SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, That this state shall be divided into two mediState divi- cal districts, the western district shall be composed of the medical dis- counties of Copiah, Warren, Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams, Wilkinson, Amite and Franklin; the eastern district shall be composed of all the other counties within this state, and each board of censors, heretofore established, within the limits of each district as herein described, shall have all the powers and privileges heretofore given by law; except, that any license granted by one board, or any member thereof, shall not authorize such licentiate to practice medicine or surgery, within the limits of the district of the other board; any law, usage or custom to the contrary, notwithstanding. Repealing SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts clause. of acts, coming within the purview and meaning of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. sessions to Approved, January 21, 1824. AN ACT, to alter and amend an act, entitled an act, to change the time of the next meeting of the General Assembly, and to organize the two houses thereof, and regulating the duties of tax collectors.' SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreFuture sentatives of the State of Mississippi, in General Assembly commence convened, That the next and all future sessions of the Monday in general assembly, shall commence on the first Monday of January, in each year, until otherwise directed by law. on the first January. Time of es into the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every assessor and collector of taxes in this state, paying tax to pay the money by him or them collected, into the treasury treasury. of the state, on or before the first Monday in January, in each and every year, and hereafter, it shall not be lawful for any assessor or collector of taxes, to make distress, or sale of any goods, chattels, lands, or tenements, of delinquents who may not have made payment of the taxes due, before the first Monday of December. Fiscal year SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That hereafter, the fiscal year shall commence on the second Monday of Ja- when to nuary, and end on the day preceding the second Monday of commence. January in each and every year. Approved, January 21, 1824. AN ACT, to alter and define the boundary line, between the counties of Jackson and Hancock. line be SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi, in General Assembly Dividing convened, That the line dividing the counties of Jackson tween and Hancock, shall begin on the line of demarkation, where Jackson the township line, dividing ranges ten and eleven, strikes cock counthe same; thence south, along the said township line, to the ties. bay, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the inhabitants between the ninth and eleventh range lines, shall pay their tax to the collector of Hancock county, for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four. Approved, January 21, 1824. and Han AN ACT, to repeal the sixty-sixth section of an act, entitled 'an act, for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors.' SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, That the sixty-sixth section of an act, entitled 'an act, for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors,' be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, January 22, 1824. AN ACT, to establish a permanent seat of justice for Green county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- Commissentatives of the state of Mississippi, in General Assembly sioners appointed. convened, That Thomas Watts, Israel Baxter, Daniel Mar tin, Daniel McInnis and Peter Fairly, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to fix on a permanent seat of justice for Green county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the above named Their duty and powers. commissioners, shall on or before the first of August next, meet at the place where the circuit courts are now held, and fix upon a place for the permanent seat of justice for said county, with full power to receive by donation or otherwise, not less than eight, nor more than eighty acres, for the use of said county. Proceedings on dis of commis seat of jus tice. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the aforesaid commissioners do not agree upon a permanent seat of justice agreement for said county; that they or a majority of them, shall select sioners, a two places, in said county, for the seat of justice for the same, bout the and in that case, it shall be the duty of the aforesaid commissioners to notify the qualified electors of said county, attend at the separate election districts, on the first Monday in August next, to vote, in favour of one of those two places so designated by the commissioners, which elections shall be held by the sheriff of said county and his deputies, in the same manner as other elections are held in said county, and the place having the greatest number of votes shall be the seat of justice for said county. Commis sioners SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid commissioners or a majority of them shall let the court-house shall let the and jail of said county to the lowest bidder, by giving thirtycourt-house days notice by advertisement in three public places in said and jail to lowest bid- county, and the said commissioners shall take from the per der, &c. son or persons undertaking said buildings, a bond with approved security in double the amount of said contract, payable to the chief justice of said county and his successors in office-conditioned, that he or they will complete said buildings agreeably to contract. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts Repealing of acts, coming within the purview and meaning of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. clause. Approved, January 22, 1824. |