of representatives in the legislature of this state at the next Apportion biennial and all future sessions thereof, to wit: ment of representation. The county of Wayne one representative; Apportionment of representa. tion. Apportion ment of senators. The county of Neshoba one representative; SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the following shall be the apportionment of senators for the state aforesaid, to wit: The counties of Wayne, Greene and Jones one senator; The counties of Perry, Jackson, and Hancock one senator; The counties of Marion and Covington one senator; The county of Amite one senator; The county of Wilkinson one senator; The county of Adams one senator; The counties of Franklin and Jefferson one senator; The county of Claiborne one senator; The counties of Warren and Washington one senator; The county of Lawrence one senator; The county of Copiah one senator; The county of Hinds two senators; The county of Madison one senator; The counties of Simpson and Rankin one senator; The county of Yazoo one senator; The county of Holmes one senator; The county of Monroe one senator; The county of Lowndes one senator. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts coming within the meaning and purview of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 25, 1833. AN ACT, to amend the 9th section of an act entitled 'an act to organize and establish Circuit courts, and to define their powers and jurisdiction in law and equity,' approved March the 2d, 1833. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the ninth section of the above recited act be so amended as to read as follows; that the clerks of the circuit courts of the counties of Hancock, Jackson, and Greene, shall not be required to give bond for a greater amount than two thousand dollars, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after the passage thereof. Approved, December 24, 1833. AN ACT to limit the tenure of offices not otherwise provided for by law. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the tenure of all offices in this state not otherwise provided for by law, shall be limited to four years. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall go into effect from and after its passage. Approved, December 25, 1833. AN ACT to carry into effect the provisions of an act for the distribution of the 'literary fund among the several counties in this state, and for other purposes,' approved March 2d, 1833, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the boards of police of the several counties to which shares of the literary fund, (Planters' Bank stock,) are appropriated by an act entitled 'an act for the distribution of the literary fund among the several counties in this state, and for other purposes,' approved March 2d, 1833, to which this is an amendment, may, by an order made at a regular meeting of the same, from time to time, authorize some person to receive the dividends on the said shares as they become due and payable, which shall be applied to purposes of education, as directed by said act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the auditor of public accounts, from time to time to subscribe or cause to be done on the books of the Planters' Bank, the literary fund stock, and dividends on the same, in the Bank of the state of Mississippi, as soon as the same or any part thereof shall be paid off, or become due and payable, and he shall also semi-annually subscribe as stock in said bank, all other moneys which may be received in the treasury on account of the literary fund. Approved, December 25, 1833. AN ACT to fix by law the time of the meeting of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That from and after the passage of this act, the biennial sessions of the legislature shall commence on the first Mondays in January, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 25, 1833. AN ACT to repeal part of the twenty-first section of the twentyseventh chapter of the Revised Code. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That so much of the twenty-first section of the twenty-seventh chapter of the revised code of the state of Mississippi, as requires the sheriff to advertise in a newspaper the sale of personal property, except in the case of executions levied on slaves, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall not apply to the county of Adams and the county of Warren. Approved, December 9, 1833. AN ACT to extend the provisions of an act entitled 'an act to prevent the damages which may happen by the firing of woods, marshes, and prairies,' approved February 16, 1828. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the provisions of the first five sections of the above recited act shall extend to and be in force in the county of Pike. Approved, December 24, 1833. AN ACT to direct the mode of publishing the Acts of the Legislature. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the secretary of state shall hereafter so cause the acts of the legislature to be copied and delivered to the public printer, and the public printer shall so print, and bind, and publish the same, that the acts of a public and general nature shall be bound together in uninterrupted connection, and have an index attached thereto; and those acts that are of a private or local nature, shall be bound together in like manner, with a separate index attached to them: Provided, they may be all contained in the same. volume. Approved, December 18, 1833. AN ACT in relation to the Boards of County Police of the several counties of this State. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the boards of county police of the several counties in this state be, and they are hereby authorized and requested to make such an allowance to the clerks of said boards for extra services, as the said boards may in their discretion think proper to make, payable out of the county treasuries of said counties, any law or laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 25, 1833. AN ACT further to provide for the collection of the Revenue of the assessors collectors. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That it shall be the duty of the assessor Duty of and collector of taxes in each and every county in this state, and where any of the banks or branches of the same, subject to taxation may be located, to assess and collect of said bank or their branches in his county, a tax of one-fourth per cent. on the capital stock subscribed for on the books of said bank or their branches. |