Legal Document from Joshua W. Bowing; December 29, 1875

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Legal Document from Joshua W. Bowing; December 29, 1875

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People

Axelson, C.Bourne, Joshua W.Crosby, Peter Davenport, G. W.Lewis, W. B.Short, Joseph W.Speed, Oscar Walton, G. W.

Events

Political Office--Resignation Political elections Political elections--Mississippi Voting

Organizations

Courts and Judicial Systems Courts and Judicial Systems--Chancery Courts Courts and Judicial Systems--Circuit Courts Mississippi--Judicial Districts Mississippi--Judicial Districts. 1st District Mississippi--Judicial Districts. 4th District Mississippi--Judicial Districts. 5th District

Occupations

Clerks Judges Judges. Justices of the Peace Law Enforcement Law Enforcement--Constables Law Enforcement--Sheriffs Tax Collectors

Places

Mississippi--Warren County. Vicksburg

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At a Special meeting of the Board of Super-visors of Warren County Mississippi, held at the Court House thereof in the City of Vicksburg, Tuesday December 29^th 1875 pursuant to Notice Given

Present

Hon G W Walton Pres^t
C. Axelson member
W B Lewis ^,,
Oscar Speed ^,,

G W Davenport clerk

Among other proceedings had and determined by said Board was the following Order, to wit:

It is Ordered by the Board of Supervisors of Warren County in said State, that the several orders hereto-fore made by said Board, to wit, on the 9^th and 10^th days of the present month requiring a Special Election to be held in said County at the several prescints and vo-ting places thereof, on the 31^st day of this present month for the Election of a Sheriff and Tax Collector and a Clerk of the Cir-cuit Court for said County, and also for Jus-tices of the Peace for Districts number one and number four and for two constables in District number Five, be, and said

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several orders are hereby set aside and held for naught And it further appearing to the satis-faction of said Board of Supervisors, that Joseph W Short claims to be in possession of said Office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, and exercising the duties thereof under Color of title to the same, And that Peter Crosby in like manner claims to be legally in possession of said Office of Sheriff and Tax Collector, and has not re-signed, nor intended to resign the same but that his alleged resignation was signed under duress and through fear and against his free will:

It is further ordered that all orders hereto-fore made made by said Board reciting or re-cognizing ^any vacancy^ in either of said offices of Sheriff and Tax Collector and Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County be and the same is hereby cancelled set aside and held for naught

And it is further ordered that a Cer-tified copy of this order ^be^ served upon the sever-al Registrars of this County

State of Mississippi
County of Warren

I Joshua W Bourne Clerk of the Chancery Court of said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains a true and correct copy of an order of the Board of Super-

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-visors of said County made the 29^th day of December A D 1875, as the same appears of record in my said office, on pages 332 & 333 in Minute Book of said Board

[seal] BOARD OF SUPERVISORS * WARREN COUNTY, MISS. * [/seal]

Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 21^st day of March A. D. 1876

Joshua W. Bourne
clk of the B^d of Supervisors
Warren County

Bd of Supervisors
Warren County Miss

Extract from proceedings Dec. 29, 1874.

Order setting aside Election of Dec 31, 1875