What officers to receive pay. Elections provided for. To take effect. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That no director shall receive any compensation for his services as such; but the president, cashier, and other subordinate officers of the corporation, shall receive such salaries as may be agreed on by the directors. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That if by any casualty any election should not take place at the time prescribed by this act, it shall not amount to a forfeiture of the rights herein granted, but the same may be held at any time thereafter, as may be prescribed by the directors. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be deemed a public act, and shall be in full force and effect, from and after the date of its final passage. Approved, May 11, 1837. Term of court defined. When writs AN ACT to extend and change the terms of the Circuit Court in the county of Hancock, and other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the terms of the circuit court in the county of Hancock shall commence on the last Monday in February and August of each and every year, and continue each term twelve judicial days, if business so long require, and no longer. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all business now pending in said court, which stands adjourned, or which returnable. shall be made returnable to the next September term, heretofore appointed, shall be adjudged and considered as if made returnable to and adjourned over to the August term hereby established, and shall in all respects take its order and have day therein, as if the same had been returnable in form, or adjourned to the said August term. Jurors to SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the clerk and sheriff of said county shall proceed forth with together at the clerk's be drawn. office therein, to draw thirty-six additional names from the list of freeholders and householders of said county, to serve as jurors for the first week of the next August term of said court, as hereby appointed (in addition to those that have or may be drawn under the existing law) who shall be summoned by the sheriff for the first week of said term, and at all times afterwards the jurors for said court shall be drawn and summoned as now provided for by law. services of SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff of said Extra county shall be allowed by court an amount, not exceeding sheriff. fifty dollars, to be paid out of the treasury of said county for extra services in summoning the jurors to the next August term of said court. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of Repeal. acts, coming within the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved, May 11, 1837. AN ACT to authorize the Board of Police of Madison county to levy a special tax and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That the board of police of Madison county Tax may may, if they deem it expedient, levy a special tax in the be levied. county of Madison, which shall not exceed one-half the amount of the state tax, to be assessed and collected on all persons and property subject to state tax, to be collected by the tax collector of said county, and to be by him paid over to the president of the board of county police of said county; which amount so collected shall be appropriated to the building and finishing the court house and jail for said county. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the tax collector of said county shall give bond and security in the penal sum Collector to of eight thousand dollars, payable to the president of the give bond. board of police of said county, and his successors in office, conditioned that he will collect and pay over the same to the president of the board of police of said county at the time they are required by law to pay over the state tax. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the assessor and collector shall receive the same per centum for assessing His fees. and collecting the especial tax that they are authorized to receive for collecting and assessing of the state tax. Certain audited. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the board of police of said county of Madison be, and they are hereby authorclaims to be ized and required to audit and examine the claim or claims of Samuel Thornhill, of said county, for extra allowance for building the court house and jail of said county, and make such extra allowance as they may deem equitable and just, to be paid out of any money in the hands of the president of the board of county police not otherwise appropriated. given. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the president of the Bond to be board of county police shall, before he receives said tax, enter into bond with good and sufficient security in the sum of eight thousand dollars, payable to the board of county police, approved by the probate judge of said county, conditioned that he make proper and faithful application of said money for the purpose herein mentioned. levied in Rankin county. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the board of police Tax to be of Rankin county be, and they are hereby authorized, to levy a special tax on all persons and property liable to taxation in said county, for the purpose of building a jail in said county, and they may require the assessor and collector to give an additional bond and security, for the faithful performance of his duty, and such tax as collected shall be applied exclusively for the purpose aforesaid, and shall be paid when collected into the Mssissippi and Alabama rail road Bank at Brandon, subject to the order of the commissioners of public buildings for said county. Approved, May 11, 1837. Corpora tion crea ted. General powers. AN ACT to incorporate the Hernando Academy, in the county of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That Rev. McMahan, Richard C. Hancock, Milton Blocker, Hamilton C. Payne, John C. Pryor, John Manning, Thomas Reed, Benjamin Cartwright, and H. Brown, and their successors in office be and the same are hereby created and constituted a body corporate, and shall have perpetual succession in the Hernando Academy, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer or demur, may purchase and hold, and convey real and personal estate, may make by-laws, rules and regulations for their own government, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, may employ all necessary agents, preceptors and teachers, may at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as convenient, elect from their own body a president, secretary and treasurer, to hold their offices for one year, may have a common seal, and may do and perform all and any thing incident to bodies corporate and politic, agreeable to the laws and usages of this state, shall hold their regular meetings of the board on the first Monday in April and October, in each and every year, but may have as many called or special meetings of said board, as they may deem needful, at the discretion of the president, reasonable notice thereof being given, may receive donations in money or land, for the use and benefit of said corporation; said trustees shall locate said institution at or within one mile of the seat of justice in De Soto county, that the board of police court may make appropriations of any surplus revenue that may have accrued to the county of De Soto, from the sale of lots in the town of Jefferson, as they may deem necessary for the erection of an edifice or building; may by appointment fill all vacancies that shall happen in their own body. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take To take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, May 11, 1837. effect. AN ACT to change the times of holding the Circuit Courts of certain counties therein named, and for other purposes. scribed. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That instead of the times now fixed by law, Term of the circuit courts shall hereafter be held in the county of court prePonola, on the first Monday of May and November, in each and every year, and continue six judicial days, if business so long require and no longer; in the county of Lafayette on the second Monday of May and November, in each and every year, and continue six judicial days, if business so long require, and no longer, Term of court prescribed. in order. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That instead of the times now fixed by law, the circuit court shall hereafter be held in the county of Tallahatchee on the second Monday of March and September, in each and every year, and continue six judicial days, if business so long require, and no longer; in the county of Yallabusha on the third Monday of March and September, in each and every year, and continue twelve judicial days, if business so long requires, and no longer. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all suits and cases, Cases taken civil or criminal, pending and undetermined, at the last term of the circuit courts of the several counties herein named, and not tried and determined at any special term which may be holden, shall stand for trial and determination, in their proper order, at the first term, provided for by this act, of the circuit court of the proper county. Writs, &c. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all writs, process, bonds, recognizances, and other proceedings which may returnable. issue, or may have been issued, taken or entered into, returnable, or requiring the appearance of any person or party to the terms of the circuit courts of the several counties herein named, as heretofore required to be held, shall have the same effect, and be held returnable to the next terms of the circuit courts of the proper county hereby directed to be holden. To take effect. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, May 11, 1837. Notes may be issued. AN ACT authorizing the Banks in this State to issue post notes, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Mississippi, That it shall be lawful for the banks heretofore chartered within this state to issue post notes, not having a less period than six months, nor a greater period than thirteen months to run to maturity, nor of a less denomination than twenty dollars. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That such post notes shall |