Jones v. Melchior

Citations

• 71 Miss. 115

Syllabus

<p>1. Repeal. Code 1892, §§ 2, 3, 8. Local revenue act. Bolivar county.</p> <p>The act of February 8, 1890 (Laws, p. 124), entitled “An act to pay off and fund the outstanding debt of Bolivar county, and provide a revenue therefor, and for other purposes,” was not revised, consolidated and reenacted in the code of 1892, nor are its provisions repugnant to any contained in said code, and, being a purely local law, it was not repealed thereby. Code 1892, ?? 2, 3, 8.</p> <p>2. Same. County warrants. How paid,. Bolivar county. Code 1892, ? 318.</p> <p>Accordingly, under § 318, code 1892, which provides that boards of supervisors may order registration of county warrants and their payment according to date of issuance, the absence of such an order is not authority for the sheriff of Bolivar county to receive for taxes, or its treasurer to pay, unregistered'warrants for 1892, this being forbidden by said act of 1890, which makes such registration compulsory.</p>