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holders and householders, "by e majori-ty of votes, mayorder and direct, that a further sum be raised, as toithemmay appea& expedient; which .further 6um
*	or sums shall be assessed, collected and ^ .	paid, as shall be directed by the said
trustees. •
Household- Sec. 5/ And be it further.enacted, That" <5rs-	all free white male- inhabitants, subject;
to taxation, who shall be’in the occu-■ 4	.	pancy of a room or rooms, separate and
‘ apart to himself, shall be deemed a ,	- householder, within the meaning of thi&
act, and shall be entitled to vote, fit the ‘ to\yn elections,	■ }'■ '	' v
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall meet,.on their Trustee to own adjournment, and have power, from make by- ° t*me *° ^P10’to make such laws and relaws,	gulalions, in writing, as to them may
appear expedient, for the well regulation andtgood government of said town;
” provided such laws and regulations be not inconsistent with the laws of. this statec they shall also have power, and . th*ey are hereby authorised, to -imppsc And impose reasorfabte -fines against^ and upon all fioes'. persons who shall offend against the*
, laws and regulations’made by the trus-' •	tees,'and all such fines to demand and
recover,before any justice of the.peace, or couft of record, having jurisdiction of such sums. ‘	*	s
^	Sec. 7. iAnd be it further enacted, That
•	Vacanwes in case of dealh, resignation or removal = prprided for. from town, of any of the trustees, "that
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thdn the'citizens shall have authority to elect such persons as they may think
•	proper, to fill the vacancy, at such>time arid place as' the balance of said trustees may appoint, by advertisement at the'court-house, and*such.other public, places, withyi said ‘townftw they may* think proper. -
THO. BARNES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. • £ ”T V D. STEWART, Ptesident oftheSenateand Lieut.Gbvevnor. Approved, 2lJ)tdayot'January,J81B. UAV1U
* t:	Governor of the State of Mississippi.
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To change the name of John JVewmatitjun* r tor.	.
Section it matted'by the Senate and House of iRfpresentatives of the State of
•	Mississippi in General Assenwly convened, That Jonn Newman, junior, son of John and M. Newmau, having petitioned thfe general aSfeembly for that purpose, and' given satisfactory reasons therefor, the said John Newman, juni6r, shall hereafter be called and known Ky thenafne
. of John Henry Kingsberry Cfewmati.
./ ♦ THO.BAHNES, Speaker of the House of Representatives;
.... D. STEWART, '
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate,.
•	Approved, 6th day of February, 1818.
DAVID HOLMES, Governor of th€ State of Mississippi.,
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