tax on dise. the rate of two and one-half per cent. on the amount of Rate of such sales as mentioned in the second section of the act to slaves sold which this is an amendment. And when any tax collector as merehanshall have sufficient cause to believe any citizen of this state to be or to have been within the year, engaged in any such vending of slaves, he shall require such citizen to deliver, on oath, a true and perfect account of all such sales of slaves made by him, her, or them, since the preceding return or collection of taxes. And if any citizen shall refuse to take the oath, or having taken the same, shall fail or refuse to make out and deliver to the tax collector the account of sales as required by this section of this act, he, she, or they so offending shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, to be recovered by action of debt, in the name of the governor of the state, in the circuit court of the proper county: Provided, however, That it shall not be lawful to require any such bond as is mentioned in this act, from any such citizen as is mentioned in this section. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the fourth section of the act to which this is an amendment, be and the same is hereby repealed. When to SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force, from and after the passage take effect. thereof. Approved, December 23, 1833. AN ACT, to authorize the revision of the Statute Laws of this state. SECTION 1. Whereas P. R. R. Pray, is elected to revise the laws of the state of Mississippi, by the legislature thereof, therefore, power of Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the revisor be and he is hereby authorized and Duty and required to revise the statute laws of this state, and pre- revisor. pare a revised code thereof, to be reported forthwith to the governor of the state, who is requested to convene the legislature, for the purpose of obtaining their action thereon; in preparing the said code, he shall be authorized to alter and amend the phraseology of the existing statutes, Code how to be prepared. revisor. and to prune, correct, and arrange, alter and amend the provisions thereof, so far as may be necessary to render the code harmonious in itself, and consistent with the provision of the revised constitution; the said revisor may incorporate new provisions whenever he may deem it expedient to do so; but in all cases of provisions, original and distinct from the existing statutes, and not necessary for the attainment of harmony and consistency, he shall enclose the same in brackets, or designate them with some mark of distinction. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said revised code shall be prepared in engrossing manuscripts, on the largest class of ruled paper, and on every other page alternately; the sheets to be stitched together in pamphlets, not exceeding a quire of paper each; the pamphlets shall be paged from the first in succession, until completed, as if constituting a single volume. Each line of the written pages shall be numbered; the laws of a general or public nature, embracing such acts of congress, and public documents as may be proper, shall be embodied separate and apart from those of a special or private nature, and have a full and complete index at the end thereof, and those of a special or private nature shall be embodied to themselves, with an index thereto. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when the revisor Compensation of shall have completed the revised code, as aforesaid, and delivered the same to the governor, he shall be entitled to receive as a compensation therefor, and in full of all expenses, the sum of three thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the auditor being certified by the governor that the duty herein assigned is performed, shall issue his warrant therefor. Duty of Approved, December 25, 1833. AN ACT, for the apportionment of Representatives and Senators of the State of Mississippi. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the following shall be the apportionment 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' |