ing officer to attend battalion musters. by this act, which shall be considered sufficient notice before any court-martial held for trial of delinquents at such battalion and company musters. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That in addition to Command the duties prescribed in section the first, of article the of regiment eleventh of the above recited act, it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of each regiment, to attend all battalion musters within his regiment, and review the same. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That in addition to Major the duties now prescribed by law for the major-general, it general to attend regi- shall be their duty to attend all regimental musters, and review the same in their respective divisions, and do and perform all other acts incident to the office of majorgeneral. mental musters. of office. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That any officer who Penalty for shall refuse or neglect to take the oath of office, and have neglecting to take oath the same endorsed on his commission, as prescribed by law, for the space of two months after he shall receive the same, shall be fined in any sum not less than ten, nor more than twenty-five dollars, at the discretion of the court-martial that shall try any such delinquent officer. Company courts martial. Repealing clause. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That instead of three there shall hereafter be held not less than four company courts-martial in each and every year, and all reasonable excuses rendered by any delinquent or delinquents at any such courts-martial shall be admitted and received at the discretion of the court, and under oath of the party making the same. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That so much of the provisions of the first section of the twenty-second article of the above recited act, as requires that commanding officers of the regiments, to certify to the adjutantgeneral, that the volunteer companies that may be raised in his regiment, are armed and equipped according to the rules and the laws of the corps before the officers, that may be elected, shall be commissioned, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the appointment Patrols. and duties of the patrol, shall be the same as was in force before the passage of the act, to which this is an amendment. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts Repealing of acts contravening or conflicting with the provisions of clause. this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 16, 1830. AN ACT, for the apportionment of Representatives and Senators of the state of Mississippi. tatives. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, That the following shall be the apportionment Represenof representation in the general assembly of this state, viz: For the county of Wayne, one representative, the county of Green, one representative, the county of Jones, one representative, the county of Perry, one representative, the county of Jackson, one representative, the county of Pike, two representatives, the county of Marion, one representative, the county of Hancock, one representative, the county of Lawrence, two representatives, the county of Covington, one representative, the county of Simpson, one representative, the county of Lowndes, one representative, the county of Monroe, one representative, the county of Rankin, one representative, the county of Madison, one representative, the county of Yazoo, two representatives, the county of Washington, one representative, the county of Hinds, two representatives, the county of Claiborne, two representatives, the county of Warren, one representative, the county of Copiah, two representatives, the county of Jefferson, two representatives, the county of Amite, two representatives, the county of Franklin, one representative, the county of Wilkinson, two representatives, the county of Adams, two representatives. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following Senators. shall be the apportionment of senators for the state aforesaid, viz: For the counties of Wayne, Green, Jackson, Hancock, the counties of Lawrence, Covington and Simpson, one senator. the counties of Pike and Marion, one senator, the counties of Amite and Franklin, one senator, the county of Adams, one senator, the counties of Copiah and Jefferson, one senator, the counties of Warren and Washington, one senator, the county of Hinds, one senator, the counties of Lowndes, Monroe and Rankin, one senator. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all acts, and Repealing parts of acts coming within the meaning and purview of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. clause. Approved, December 15, 1830. AN ACT, to prevent the circulation of seditious pamphlets, papers and magazines in this state, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi, in General Assembly, Penalty on convened, That from and after the passage of this act, if son for cir. any white person or persons, shall print, write, circulate culating or put forth, or cause to be printed, written, circulated or pamphlets, put forth any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet, handbill or white per seditious &c. circular in this state, containing any sentiment, doctrine, advice or inuendoes calculated to produce a disorderly, dangerous or rebellious disaffection among the coloured population of this state, or in any wise to endanger the peace of society, by exciting riots, and rebellion among said population, that any such person or persons, their aiders and abettors so offending, or in any manner or form engaged in printing, writing, circulating and publishing as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and be tried before any court of competent jurisdiction, and shall be imprisoned, for a term not more than twelve, nor less than three months, and be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, nor less than one hundred. coloured SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any slave, negro, mustizo, or free person of colour, shall knowingly, Penalty on bring, circulate or cause to be brought and circulated in person. this state, or aid or assist in any manner, or be instrumental in aiding or assisting in the circulation or bringing into this state of any such publication as described in the preceding section, the said person or persons so offending on conviction thereof, before any court, having jurisdiction of the same, shall suffer death. ed person to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no slave or free person of colour shall be employed in the setting of No colourtypes, in any printing office in this state, and that if any be employed in printowner or proprietor of a printing press, or any person, ing office. having the charge and control of a printing press in this state, shall use or employ a slave, or free person of colour in the setting of types, or shall suffer a slave or free person of colour, to be so employed in his office, such owner, or proprietor, or person, shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, for every slave or free person of colour so employed, on any day or part of a day, to be sued for and recovered by an action of debt before any justice of the peace in the beat or district wherein the offender may reside, by and in the name and to the use of any person who shall prosecute for the same. Not lawful free person keep house of SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the of this act, it shall not be lawful, for any slave or for slave or passage free person of colour to keep a house of entertainment, or of colour, to vend any goods, wares, merchandise, or spiritous liquors, to within this state, and any slave or free negro, offending entertainagainst the provisions of this section, on conviction thereof, ment. before a justice of the peace, shall be liable to and receive not less than twenty nor more than fifty lashes, for every time, he or she shall so offend, to be inflicted by the con justices of stable of the beat or district in which such offence may have been committed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the Duty of duty of each and every constable and justice of the peace, peace in this state, in their respective beats or districts, to search bles. into and prosecute every violation of this act, and in case the and consta they shall wilfully and knowingly fail or neglect to do so, they shall upon every such failure be liable to be presented or indicted, before the circuit court, and upon conviction, shall pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. Approved, December 16, 1830. AN ACT, to provide for the leasing of school lands in certain counties therein named. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi, in General Assembly Sixteenth convened, That hereafter whenever a majority of the heads section, in certain of families in any township in the counties of Madison, Jefferson, Claiborne, Monroe and Lowndes, shall deem it for ninety- expedient, and shall in writing, direct the trustees for nine years. schools in said township to lease for the term of ninety-nine counties to be leased lease. years, the sixteenth section, or other lands reserved in lieu thereof, it shall be their duty to do so on their giving thirty days notice in the nearest newspaper and at three of the most public places in said county of the time and place of leasing the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said land shall Terms of be offered for lease on a credit of one, two, three, and four years, the lessee giving bonds with approved security, payable to the trustees and their successors in office, for the use and benefit of the people of such township; but no land shall be leased when first offered, in pursuance of this act, for a less sum than five dollars per acre, and in case such land will not lease for five dollars per acre, and a majority of the heads of families shall further direct as aforesaid, the trustees shall, on the like notice being given, proceed to lease the said land on a credit as aforesaid, to the highest bidder Provided, that no land shall be leased, |