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An Act to incorporate the town of Carthage, in Leake county. 1850 415 (1850.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0264 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. subject to work on public roads, to labor on the streets of said town, not exceeding six days in any one year, and the inhabitants of said town subject thereto, may be compelled to work on any public road that the board of police may direct, not to ex- ceed two miles from the centre of said town. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the taxes hereby authorized, may be levied, assessed and col- lected under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the President and Selectmen; and the collection of such taxes may be by warrant, returna- ble forthwith before any justice of the peace of the county, or by distress and sale of the goods and chat- tels of the person charged therewith. SEC. 10, Be it further enacted, That a majori- ty of said Selectmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and in the absence of the President, they may choose a President pro tempore. SEc. 11. And be it further enacted, That any law or laws in relation to the incorporation of said town heretofore passed, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 4, 1850. CHAPTER 25. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Carthage, in Leake county. SECrLoN 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of .Mississippi, That the town of Carthage, in Leake county, is hereby incorporated, and that the corporate limits of said town shall extend six hun- dred yards in every direction from the court house in said town. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That every free white male person living in said corporate limits be- ing a qualified voter of the -county, and having resi- ded within said corporate limits twenty days next preceding an election for town officers, shall be a qualified elector and eligible to any town office. SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff of Leake county (for the time being) is hereby au- thorized, on the first Monday of March next, and on the first of March, in each, and every subsequent :year thereafter, to hold an election, in strict confor- 415

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