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238 HIGH COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS.
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locate the seat of justice for the county of Hancock, and for
other purposes,” as follows :_______________________________________
“ Section 1. Be it enacted, by the legislature of the state of Mississippi, that the seat of justice for the county of Hancock, be and the same is made permanent, and located in the town of Gainesville, in said county.
" sect. 'A. Be it lurther enacted, that the citizens ol the town of Gainesville, shall erect, or cause to be erected, at the expense of the citizens of said town, commodious and suitable buildings, for the accommodation of the several courts of said county, and that said buildings shall be constructed of bricks, and erected upon a square of land donated to said county for that purpose, by Charles H. Frazier, in said town of Gainesville.
“Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, that when said buildings shall be completed, and ready for the accommodation of said courts, Asa Russ, R. G. Stevenson, Enoch McFadden, Joseph Martin, and Joseph Chandler, shall constitute a board of commissioners, to examine said buildings, and costs of constructing the same, of which amount of costs, said commissioners shall make a statement in writing to the treasurer of said county.
“ Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, that after said commissioners shall have examined and reported the same to the county treasurer, said treasurer shall, within ten days thereafter, give notice to the several officers of said county, who are compelled to keep their respective offices at the court-house of said county, to remove their books and papers forthwith to the buildings erected for the accommodation of the several courts; and that the courts thereafter shall be held in the said town of Gainesville.
“ Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, that the treasurer of said county, shall pay over to the citizens of the said town of Gainesville, or their agent or agents, one-third of the actual cost of the construction of the aforesaid buildings, in three equal instalments of one, two, and three years, out of moneys not otherwise appropriated in said treasury.
“Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, that the receipts of said agent or agents of the citizens of Gainesville, shall be a voucher for the treasurer in settlement of his accounts.