SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That from the whole number of jurors, summoned as aforesaid, and attending Grand jury. any circuit court, there shall be drawn by lot, not less than thirteen, nor more than eighteen, who shall constitute the grand jury, for the term of the court to which they are summoned, and shall be sworn to inquire and present all treasons, murders, felonies or other misdemeanours whatever, which shall have been committed or done, within the county for which they are empannelled. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That from the whole number of grand jurors drawn as aforesaid, the court shall Court to appoint appoint a foreman, to whom the oath that is now prescribed foreman. in the 128th section of the 13th chapter of the revised code, shall be administered in the presence of the rest of the grand jurors. rors allow certain SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That in the counties. of Wilkinson, Adams, Yazoo, Claiborne, Perry, Jefferson, Tales juJackson and Amite, whenever any tales-juror or jurors ed pay in shall be summoned, who shall be required to serve on one counties. or more juries, or for a longer time than the adjournment of the court of the day for which such tales-juror or jurors may be summoned, all such tales-jurors thus serving, shall be entitled to, and receive the same compensation as is now allowed by law to the jurors of the regular venire. Writs of error and clerks of SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That writs of error and citations, now issuable by the clerk of the supreme citations court, shall hereafter be issued by the clerks of the circuit issuable by courts and courts of chancery, respectively, returnable to circuit the supreme court; and that so much of the fourth section courts and of an act, passed the 10th day of February, 1830, as chancery. authorizes the clerk of the supreme court to issue said Repealing writs and citations, be, and the same is hereby repealed. courts of clause. of circuit issue SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all process Clerks issuable out of, and returnable to the court of chancery court may in this state, may hereafter be issued by the clerks of the procircuit courts respectively, and made returnable to the able court of chancery. cess return into chancery. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all acts coming Repealing within the purview and meaning of this act, be, and the clause. same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 16, 1830. AN ACT, for the further distribution of the Laws and Journals of this state. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, That in addition to the officers already entitled by law to receive a copy of the laws of this state, and journals of the two houses of the general assembly, shall be included commissioners of roads. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts contravening the purview and meaning of this act be, and they are hereby repealed. Approved, December 13, 1830. AN ACT, to lease the sixteenth section, in township five, of range three, in the county of Rankin. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of school lands, in township five, of range three, in the county of Rankin, to lease all or any part of the sixteenth section in said township, in such parts or parcels, and at such time as they may deem proper, for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years, and appropriate the proceeds thereof to the use of schools in said township. Approved, December 16, 1830. Househol AN ACT, to amend an act, concerning Highways, Ferries and SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, That from and after the passage of this act, it ders may be may be lawful for the board of road commissioners, apappointed pointed under the act concerning highways, ferries and Jay off a bridges, passed June 29th, 1822, to which this is an amendment, in appointing a jury to lay off a new road, or roads, on jury to new road. whenever a sufficient number of freeholders for such jury cannot be obtained within the district in which the road to be reviewed is situated to appoint householders with such freeholders as they may think proper, to compose the number required by law. Clerk of com missioners issue SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the thirty-second section of the seventieth chapter in the revised code board of shall be so construed as to authorize the clerk of the board road of road commissioners, in every county in this state, to authorized issue his warrant on the county treasury of his county, for to any allowance made by said board of road commissioners, county and the treasurer of said county is hereby authorized and required to pay the same out of any money in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated. warrant on treasury. required to highest to Pearl river SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the auditor of public accounts, be, and he is hereby authorized and re- Auditor quired to lease to the highest bidder, within thirty days lease after the passage of this act, the ferry across Pearl river, at bidder the Jackson, together with five acres of land, on each side of ferry across said stream adjacent to the ferry, and belonging to the town at Jackson. site, for the term of three years, the lessee giving bond with good security to keep a ferry at the aforesaid place, subject in all respects to the control of the board of commissioners of highways, ferries and bridges of Hinds county: Provided, however, that Harry Long shall have the privilege to keep a ferry at the aforesaid place, by his entering into bond with the board of road commissioners of Hinds county, within thirty days after the passage of this act, in the same manner as owners of the soil may do, according to law. Approved, December 15, 1830. AN ACT, relative to the call of a Convention. WHEREAS, the general assembly of the state of Missis sippi have, by a resolution, passed by a constitutional majority at the present session, recommended to the electors, at the next election for members of the general assembly, advertise vote for or convention. to vote for, or against a convention, for the purpose of revising, amending or changing the constitution of the state of Mississippi: Therefore for the purpose of ascertaining the WILL and WISHES of the PEOPLE thereon: SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreSheriffs to sentatives of the state of Mississippi, in General Assembly that the convened, That it shall be the duty of the several sheriffs, polls will be open for or other officers, authorized to conduct elections in the taking the several counties within this state, to advertise in the managainst a ner and at the same time prescribed by law, preceding the next August election, for advertising elections for members of the general assembly, that the polls will be opened for the purpose of taking the sense of the people whether they desire a convention or not; and all qualified electors authorized to vote for members of congress or of the general assembly, shall be, and they are hereby authorized to write on the back or margin of their tickets, the words 'convention,' or 'no convention,' and it shall be the duty of the returning officer at the closing of the polls, and at the time of counting the votes for members of the general assembly, in the manner prescribed by law, to number the votes for, or against, the call of a convention. Clerks to separate lists for taking down SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the keep two duty of the clerks to keep two separate lists for the purpose of writing down votes; one to be headed with the word 'convention' and the other with the words 'no convention'—and it shall be the duty of the returning officers Returning of the different precincts, to make return thereof, in the same manner now prescribed by law for returning votes for members of the general assembly. votes. officer's duty. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sheriff, or other returning officer, of each and every county in this state, to make consolidated returns thereof to the secretary of state, whose duty it shall be to sum up the whole number of votes thus returned, and communicate the same to the next general assembly of this state. Approved, December 15, 1830. AN ACT, to amend the several acts relative to the Public Revenue. taxation. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, That the public revenue for this, and every suc- Rate of ceeding year, shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner, and at the same rate, as is by law prescribed, except so far as is hereafter provided, viz: there shall be assessed and collected on each white male above the age of twenty-one, and under the age of fifty years, the sum of thirty-seven and one-half cents; on each slave above the Slaves of age of five and under the age of sixty years, the sum of exempt sixty-two and one-half cents; and all slaves under the age from of five, and above the age of sixty years, shall be exempt from all taxation. certain age from taxa tion. cation of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of section one, chapter fifty-three, of the revised code, as desig- Classifinates class number one, in the classification of lands in this land. state be, and the same is hereby repealed; and, hereafter, all lands embraced in said first class, shall be assessed as class number two. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the third quality of land in class number three, shall be rated at one dollar and fifty cents per acre; and the first quality of land in class number four, shall be rated at three dollars per acre; the second quality at two dollars per acre; and the third quality at one dollar per acre. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That hereafter the fiscal year shall begin and end on the first Monday in Fiscal year. March in each and every year; and it shall be the duty of the assessors, and collectors of taxes in this state, to pay the moneys by them collected, at or before that time; and hereafter it shall not be lawful for assessors and collectors of taxes to make distress and sale of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of delinquents who shall not have made payment of the taxes due for that year, before the first day of January in each year. Assessors and collec SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the assessors and collectors of their proper counties respectively, to notice that tors to give |