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An Act to aid in repairing and perfecting the Levee of the Mississippi River in the counties of DeSoto, Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Washington and Issaquena. 1858 33 (1858)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0334 and id is 1 raw text is: ,L AWS 00 THlE STATE OF MISSISSIPPL. CHAPTER 1. AN ACT to aid In repairing and perfeetlh the Leven of the Misissippi River in the Counties of DeSoto, imica, Coallozna, Boliviu, Washington and Issaquena. Smc. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Tam State of Mississippi, That there be, and is hereby faisele levied and assessed a uniform tax of ten cents an acre, per annum, on each and every acre of land in this. State lying east of the Mississippi River, and north of the southern lineof Issaquena coun- ty, west of the Yazoo and Tallahatchie Rivers, to. the confluence of Tallahatchie and Cold Water Rivers, thence north and west of little Tallahatchie to the mouth of Melvers creek, in the county of Panola, thence north with the base of the hills skirting the bottom in the coiinties of Panola, Tu- nica, anid DeSoto, to Horne Lake ;' thence west, meandering with said lake, and the pass of the same, to the Mississippi river, except lands held by the State in trust, o otherwise, and school lands- now exempt from taxation; which tax shall be continued for the period of five .years, and shall be payable annually, on or before the first day of April in each and every year, from the first pf April, 1859, to the first of April 1863, inclusive ; Pr ovided, That this act shall not be construed so as to embrace any of the Chickasaw School lands,. L-4

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