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An Act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Monticello 1821 145 (1821)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0055 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF THE 8TATE OF 1\HSSISSIPPL.4 default theriof to be subject to the penalty of five dollars for 1821 'every forty eight hours; to be sued fbr and recovered by any person who shall prosecute for the same in his own name. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That during the exist- P iblic ence of the said corporation, it shall not be lawful for any per- bridges son or persons to build, erect, or mak any bridge, or keep any and feriieb -rwithin twd public ferry across the said Pearl River, within two miles of miles, pro. the bridge erected by this corporation ; and that any bridge hibited on erected, or any public ferry kept, contrary to the above provi- said river. sion of this act, shall be considered a public nuisance, and as such may be abated: Provided, nevertheless, That this clhuse Proviso. shall not be considered to become operative until the bridge to be erected by the company hereby incorporated, shall be so far completed as to bd passable for horses and carriages. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted4 That this adt be, and is hereby declared to lie, a public act. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be Limitatidi and remain in force for and during the term of forty years from the passage thereof; and at the termination of forty years the said bridge shall revert to the corporation of the said town of Monticello, for the benefit of said town. COWLES MEAD, Speaker of the House of Representativesi JAMES PATTON, faieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate. APPROVED, NOVEMiBER 28, 1821. GEO POINDEXTER. C11AP. LVIH. An act, to amend an act, to incorposte the town of Monticello. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- lives of the State of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, Fredwhite That the free white male inhabitants in the town of Monticel. males elect lo, of twenty-one years and upwards, shall on the first Monday trustees- in January next, and in each and every year thereafter, at the and oter court-house in said town, hold an election to commence at ten o'clock and close at two of the same day, under the superin- fendence of one or more justices of the peace, and then and there to elect seven trustees, freeholders in said town, a Lajo- President rity of whom shall constitute a quorum to transact business; also to be 6h6 . town treasurer, assesser,. collector and constable, to serve sen.

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