Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-92 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-92
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-92
Status: in_force

(1) Any county in the State of Mississippi is authorized to construct a dam or low-water control structure on any lake or natural body of water with an outlet or evidence of the flow or occurrence of water, including a lake or body of water located partially within the county and partially without the county or partially in another state adjacent or contiguous to the State of Mississippi. The county is authorized to use available funds from any source, including county ad valorem taxes, any available monies in the general fund of the county, funds from the issuance of bonds, donations, gifts or through interagency agreements or interlocal cooperation for such funding, for the purpose of carrying out and accomplishing the following functions and activities:

(a) Construction of a dam or low-water control structure on such lake or body of water at such location as the county may deem most advantageous whether within or without the boundaries of the county or whether within or without the boundaries of the State of Mississippi, in whole or in part.

(b) Requesting and obtaining necessary assistance and input from, and coordinating the activities of, any state or federal agency or landowners for the purposes of carrying out and implementing necessary planning, permitting and funding requirements as well as all necessary and proper actions and agreements required of the county for the construction of such a dam or low-water control structure.

(c) Issuance of general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) and management of the proceeds from such bond issue in accordance with the terms and provisions of Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-31 , and subject to the power and authority conferred upon boards of supervisors for the borrowing of money and for the pledging of the full faith and credit of the county.

(2) Any county in the State of Mississippi is authorized to make application to and contract with the United States or any agency or department thereof to sponsor a project or projects for the environmental restoration of such a lake or body of water, including participation as a local sponsor with the United States Army Corps of Engineers in evaluating and constructing water resources projects designed to enhance and restore water quality and habitat value in such lake or body of water, including:

(a) Coordinating activities and assistance of federal, state and local agencies and landowners for the purpose of carrying out and implementing necessary planning, permitting and funding requirements for construction and operation of such projects.

(b) Authorization to enter into project cooperation agreements with the United States Department of Army and to serve as nonfederal sponsors for such projects.

(c) Authorization to expend county funds, apply for, accept as a gift or receive through interagency agreement or interlocal cooperation, technical assistance, in-kind assistance, and acquisition of real estate or leasehold interest as may be necessary and appropriate for such project.

(d) Authorization to acquire in the name of the county through direct purchase or eminent domain procedures and to make available to the United States Department of Army all lands, easements, and rights-of-way required for the construction, implementation, operation and maintenance of such project, including, but not limited to, those required for utility relocations, borrow materials and dredged or excavated material disposal.

(e) Operation, maintenance, repair, replacement and rehabilitation of project features following the completion of such construction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-9
Status: in_force

The county administrator shall take the official oath of office and shall give bond to the board of supervisors, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to three percent (3%) of the sum of all the state and county taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the county for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office for such administrator; however, such bond shall not exceed the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). The bond premiums shall be paid from the county general fund or other available funds of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-81 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-81
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all sheriffs as jailors to receive and safely keep, until discharged by due course of law, all prisoners arrested or committed under legal process from the officers of the courts of the United States, if the officer or person delivering such prisoner shall secure to the sheriff as jailor the amount of subsistence, bedding, fuel, clothing, medicine and medical fees allowed by law in such cases. No sheriff as jailor shall receive or keep any such prisoner where the receiving or keeping of such prisoner would tax the capacity of the jail in his county to the extent that there would not be sufficient room in said jail to safely keep and care for state and county prisoners in his custody or where the receiving or keeping of said prisoner would render such jail unduly unsanitary or dangerous to the health of the prisoners confined therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-21
Status: in_force

The county attorney of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and having two (2) judicial districts may appoint an assistant county attorney from the judicial district in which the county attorney does not reside, to serve for a term commensurate with the county attorney; the assistant county attorney shall receive the same salary, mileage expense account and secretarial assistance as provided by law for the county attorney and shall have the same duties and powers as the county attorney, subject to the direction of the county attorney.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-11
Status: in_force

(1) The county prosecuting attorney shall appear and represent the state in all investigations for felony before the various justice court judges in his county. He shall also appear before justice court judges and prosecute all cases against persons charged with offenses therein. The county prosecuting attorney shall be the prosecuting attorney for the county court and shall prosecute all state criminal cases therein, and he shall represent the state in criminal cases appealed from the county court to the circuit court.

(2) The county prosecuting attorney may assist the district attorney in all criminal cases and in all civil cases where the services of the district attorney are required in which the state, his county or any municipality of his county is interested.

(3) The county prosecuting attorney may present any matter to the grand jury of his county.

(4) The county prosecuting attorney shall have full responsibility for all misdemeanors, youth court proceedings, and all other cases not specifically granted to the district attorney. Provided, however, that in any municipality having a municipal youth court, the municipal prosecutor shall have responsibility for youth court matters in that court.

Where any statute of this state confers a jurisdiction, responsibility, duty, privilege or power upon a county attorney or county prosecuting attorney, either solely, jointly or alternatively with a district attorney, such county prosecuting attorney shall be responsible for the prosecution, handling, appearance, disposition or other duty conferred by such statute. Any such provision shall not be construed to bestow such responsibility, jurisdiction or power upon the district attorney where there is no elected county prosecuting attorney, and any such matter shall be handled pursuant to subsection (8) of this section.

(5) In any case handled by the county prosecuting attorney pursuant to this section which subsequently results in charges being modified in such a manner that the case would be within the jurisdiction of the district attorney pursuant to Section 25-31-11 , the responsibility for prosecution shall be transferred to the district attorney. The county prosecuting attorney shall report to the district attorney the disposition of all affidavits, crimes, occurrences or arrests handled by him wherein any person is charged with a crime for which a conviction may result in imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.

(6) The validity of any judgment or sentence shall not be affected by the division of jurisdiction under this section, and no judgment or sentence may be reversed or modified upon the basis that the case was not processed according to subsection (5) of this section.

(7) A county prosecuting attorney may be designated by the district attorney to appear on behalf of the district attorney pursuant to an agreement relating to appearances in certain courts or proceedings in the county of the county prosecuting attorney. Such agreement shall be filed with the circuit court clerk of any county where such agreement shall be operative. Such agreement shall be binding upon the district attorney and county prosecuting attorney or municipal prosecuting attorney until dissolved by either of them in writing upon five (5) days' notice.

(8) In the event that there is no elected county prosecuting attorney serving in a county, the prosecution of such cases shall be handled by a county attorney employed by the board of supervisors of such county pursuant to Section 19-3-49 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-23 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-23
Status: in_force

(1) In connection with the operation of railroad properties and facilities owned or controlled by an authority, the authority may enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements with any persons:

(a) Granting the privilege of using or improving the railroad properties and facilities or any portion or facility thereof or space therein for railroad purposes;

(b) Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services or facilities at railroad properties and facilities; and

(c) Making available services to be furnished by the authority or its agents at the railroad properties and facilities.

In each case the authority may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and which shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the authority.

(2) Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement authorized by Section 19-29-9 , an authority may, by contract, lease or other arrangements, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term to be agreed upon, the privilege of operating, as agent of the authority or otherwise, any railroad owned or controlled by the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-11
Status: in_force

(1) The board, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall employ and fix the compensation of a district manager. The district manager shall have charge and supervision of the works of the district and shall be responsible for (a) preserving and maintaining any improvement or facility constructed or erected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, (b) maintaining and operating the equipment owned by the district, and (c) for performing such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. The district manager may hire or otherwise employ and terminate the employment of such other persons including, without limitation, professional, supervisory and clerical employees, as may be necessary as authorized by the board. The compensation and other conditions of employment of the officers and employees of the district shall be as provided by the board. The district manager, a board member or district employee may be a stockholder, officer or employee of a landowner.

(2) The board, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall designate a person who is a resident of the state as treasurer of the district, who shall have charge of the funds of the district. Such funds shall be disbursed only upon the order or pursuant to the resolution of the board or municipality by warrant or check countersigned by the treasurer and by such other person as may be authorized by the board. The board or municipality may give the treasurer such other or additional powers and duties as the board may deem appropriate and may fix his or her compensation. The board or municipality may require the treasurer to give a bond in such amount on such terms, and with such sureties as may be deemed satisfactory to the board to secure the performance by the treasurer of his or her powers and duties. The financial records of the district shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant at least once a year.

(3) The board or municipality may select as a depository for its funds any qualified public depository as provided for under Sections 27-105-301 through 27-105-371 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-19 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-19
Status: in_force

Every sheriff shall have power to appoint one or more deputies to assist him in carrying out the duties of his office, every such appointment to be in writing, to remove them at pleasure, and to fix their compensation, subject to the budget for the sheriff's office approved by the county board of supervisors. Such deputies shall have authority to do all the acts and duties enjoined upon their principals. Every deputy sheriff, except such as may be appointed to do a particular act only, before he enters on the duties of office, shall take and subscribe an oath faithfully to execute the office of deputy sheriff, according to the best of his skill and judgment. The appointment, with the certificate of the oath, shall be filed and preserved in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors. All sheriffs shall be liable for the acts of their deputies, and for money collected by them. The circuit court, after a notice and a hearing, shall have power to remove such deputies and also bailiffs, upon a showing that the public interest will be served thereby. Each deputy sheriff shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age, a qualified elector of the State of Mississippi, and shall not have been convicted of a felony. Prior to appointing any person a deputy sheriff, the sheriff shall determine that the proposed appointee is of good moral character and is capable of fairly and impartially enforcing the law of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-41 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-41
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county shall provide printed warrants, with proper blanks, bound in book form, with a sufficient blank margin, to be used in drawing money out of the county treasury, and such warrants, so printed and bound, as may be needed to draw money out of the school fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-3 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-3
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the surveyor faithfully to execute all orders of survey directed to him by any court, and to make all surveys of land within his county, at the request of the owners or proprietors thereof, and to do whatsoever in the surveying, resurveying, measuring, and dividing of land that may be required of him by any person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-41 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-41
Status: in_force

The district, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall provide by ordinance with respect to nonpayment, delinquency charges and discontinuance of service for water and sewer services provided by the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-35 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-35
Status: in_force

The county surveyor shall annually adjust any instrument used by him in making surveys after checking said instrument with the line of the true meridian established under Section 19-27-33 , or with the line of the true meridian established within said county by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or a division designated by the survey, or with the line of the true meridian established by the Mississippi State Highway Department in the district in which the property to be surveyed is located. A surveyor shall not be allowed to certify or testify to the correctness of a survey thereafter made unless the instrument used in making it had been corrected and adjusted within twelve months next before the survey.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-11
Status: in_force

(1) The board, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall employ and fix the compensation of a district manager. The district manager shall have charge and supervision of the works of the district and shall be responsible for (a) preserving and maintaining any improvement or facility constructed or erected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, (b) maintaining and operating the equipment owned by the district, and (c) for performing such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. The district manager may hire or otherwise employ and terminate the employment of such other persons including, without limitation, professional, supervisory and clerical employees, as may be necessary as authorized by the board. The compensation and other conditions of employment of the officers and employees of the district shall be as provided by the board. The district manager, a board member or district employee may be a stockholder, officer or employee of a landowner.

(2) The board, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall designate a person who is a resident of the state as treasurer of the district, who shall have charge of the funds of the district. Such funds shall be disbursed only upon the order or pursuant to the resolution of the board or municipality by warrant or check countersigned by the treasurer and by such other person as may be authorized by the board. The board or municipality may give the treasurer such other or additional powers and duties as the board may deem appropriate and may fix his or her compensation. The board or municipality may require the treasurer to give a bond in such amount on such terms, and with such sureties as may be deemed satisfactory to the board to secure the performance by the treasurer of his or her powers and duties. The financial records of the district shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant at least once a year.

(3) The board or municipality may select as a depository for its funds any qualified public depository as provided for under Sections 27-105-301 through 27-105-371 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-35 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-35
Status: in_force

The county surveyor shall annually adjust any instrument used by him in making surveys after checking said instrument with the line of the true meridian established under Section 19-27-33 , or with the line of the true meridian established within said county by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or a division designated by the survey, or with the line of the true meridian established by the Mississippi State Highway Department in the district in which the property to be surveyed is located. A surveyor shall not be allowed to certify or testify to the correctness of a survey thereafter made unless the instrument used in making it had been corrected and adjusted within twelve months next before the survey.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-77 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-77
Status: in_force

When a prisoner in custody for contempt of court shall be unable to support himself, the sheriff shall be allowed the same compensation for the support of such person as is allowed for keeping other prisoners, to be paid in the same way out of the county treasury. Such person shall not be detained in prison for such fees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-1
Status: in_force

The clerk of the board of supervisors is the county auditor, and he shall perform the duties of auditor as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-15
Status: in_force

Motor vehicles purchased or leased by the county for the sheriff's office shall be clearly marked on both sides with the words “SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.” The use of large auto door decals shall constitute compliance with this section. Each such motor vehicle shall be marked on the sides or trunk top with the name of the county in clear letters of no less than four (4) inches in height. However, in instances where such identifying marks will hinder official investigations, the board of supervisors may authorize the sheriff's department to use a specified number of unmarked vehicles. The approval of the board shall be entered on its minutes and shall contain the manufacturer's serial number and the reason why the vehicle or vehicles should be exempt from provisions of this section. In addition, the manufacturer's serial number of all county-owned sheriff's department vehicles not subject to the exemption shall be included in such resolution or order of approval, and a certified copy thereof shall be furnished the State Department of Audit. Any vehicle found to be in violation of this paragraph shall be reported immediately to the sheriff and the board of supervisors, and fifteen (15) days shall be given for compliance; and if not complied with, such vehicles shall be impounded by the State Auditor until properly marked or exempted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-1
Status: in_force

(1) In accordance with the provisions of Section 19-19-2 , there shall be a competent number of constables in each county of the state.

(2) The board of supervisors shall furnish each constable with at least two (2) complete uniforms and with some type of motor vehicle identification which clearly indicates that the motor vehicle is being used by a constable in his official capacity. A constable shall, at all times while on official duty, wear his uniform and, when in his vehicle, clearly display his official motor vehicle identification required to be furnished pursuant to this subsection. In addition, the board of supervisors shall provide each constable with a blue flashing light which the constable shall affix to his motor vehicle at all times while using such motor vehicle on official duty. The design of such uniforms, the design of such motor vehicle identification and the type of such flashing blue light shall be prescribed by the Board on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training in order that all constables within the state shall be similarly equipped.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-53 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-53
Status: in_force

Every sheriff, at the expiration of his term of office, or on resigning, or otherwise vacating the office, shall deliver all writs in his possession unexecuted to his successor, who shall give a receipt for the same, and shall execute and return them. The sheriff shall also deliver to his successor a certified list of the names of all persons confined in the jail, and the cause of their commitment, and a copy of said list shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court by the sheriff receiving the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-179 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-179
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-179
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of such county may, upon petition by the board of commissioners of the district, exercise the power of eminent domain on behalf of the district wherever and whenever public necessity and convenience so requires.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-37 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-37
Status: in_force

Every sheriff, by himself or his deputy, shall from time to time execute all notices, writs, and other process, both from courts of law and chancery, and all orders and decrees to him legally issued and directed within his county, and he shall make due returns thereof to the proper court. If any sheriff fail herein, he shall, for every offense, be fined by the court to which the writ or process, order or decree, is returnable, in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), on motion, five days' previous notice thereof being first given to said sheriff. The sheriff may be arrested and committed to jail until payment of the fine and cost. The sheriff and his sureties shall likewise be liable to the action of the party aggrieved by such default, for all damages sustained thereby, and also liable to all other penalties provided by law for such offenses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-25 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-25
Status: in_force

Every such map or plat shall particularly set forth and describe such portion of the government survey as is intended to be platted, and when the premises cannot be accurately described by legal subdivisions, then the boundaries thereof must be defined by metes, bounds, and courses. Such map or plat shall also specify and describe all the public grounds, except streets and alleys, by their boundaries, courses, and extent, and all streets and alleys by their courses, length, widths, names, or numbers, by writing or figures upon that portion of the map or plat intended for those uses. All the lots intended for sale may be numbered either by progressive numbers, or, if in blocks, progressively numbered in each block, and the blocks progressively numbered or lettered. Where all the lots in any block are of the same dimensions, it shall be sufficient to mark the precise length and width upon one tier thereof, but all gores, triangles, or other lots, either squares or parallelograms, shall have the length of their sides plainly defined by figures.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-19 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-19
Status: in_force

The district shall have, and the board, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, may exercise, any or all of the special powers relating to public improvements and community facilities authorized by this chapter. The district or municipality shall have the power to finance, fund, establish, acquire, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate and maintain systems, facilities, projects and basic infrastructures that are within the district, or which benefit or serve the district, for the following:

(a) Water management and control for the lands within the district and connection of some or any of such facilities with roads and bridges;

(b) Water supply, sewer and wastewater management, reclamation and reuse, or any combination thereof;

(c) Bridges or culverts that may be needed across any drain, ditch, canal, floodway, holding basin, excavation, public highway, tract, grade, fill or cut and roadways over levees and embankments;

(d) District roads equal to or exceeding the specifications of the county in which such district roads are located, including street lights and the location of underground utilities;

(e) Parks and facilities for indoor and outdoor recreational, cultural and educational uses, and other tourism related infrastructure and facilities;

(f) Fire prevention and control, including fire stations, water mains and plugs, fire trucks, and other vehicles and equipment;

(g) Security, except that the district may not exercise any police power, but may contract with the appropriate local governmental agencies for an increased level of such services within the district boundaries;

(h) Waste collection and disposal;

(i) Systems, as defined in Section 21-27-11(b) ; and

(j) Projects, as defined in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-39 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 29-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-39
Status: in_force

Any property in this state acquired by an authority for railroad purposes pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and any income derived by the authority from the ownership, operation or control thereof shall be exempt from taxation to the same extent as other property belonging to political subdivisions of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-35 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-35
Status: in_force

Forrest County is bounded as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of township five, north, of range twelve, west, of St. Stephen's meridian, then run south along the line dividing ranges eleven and twelve to the southeast corner of township one, south, of range twelve, west; then run west along the line of Stone County to the southwest corner of township one, south, of range thirteen, west; then run north along the lines of Pearl River and Lamar Counties to the southeast corner of township five, north, of range fourteen, west; then run west along the line of Lamar County to the southwest corner of said last named township; then run north along the line of Lamar County to the northwest corner of said last named township; then run east along the lines of Covington and Jones Counties to the point of beginning. The county site is Hattiesburg.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-39 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-39
Status: in_force

Any property in this state acquired by an authority for railroad purposes pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and any income derived by the authority from the ownership, operation or control thereof shall be exempt from taxation to the same extent as other property belonging to political subdivisions of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-7.nr2 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-7.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-7.nr2
Status: in_force

(1) The county administrator of each county of the State of Mississippi shall prepare and submit to the board of supervisors at its August meeting of each year a complete budget of revenues, expenses and a working cash balance estimated for the next fiscal year, which shall be based on the aggregate funds estimated to be available for the ensuing fiscal year for each fund, from which such estimated expenses will be paid, exclusive of school maintenance funds, which shall be shown separately and exclusive of the budget of the sheriff's department which shall be prepared by the sheriff. Such statement of revenues shall show every source of revenue along with the amount derived from each source. The budget, including the sheriff's budget, containing such statement of revenues and expenses shall be published at least one (1) time during August or September but not later than September 30 of the year in a newspaper published in the county, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in a newspaper having a general circulation therein.

(2) The county administrator shall not prepare a budget that reduces the county budget by more than twenty percent (20%) in the last year of the members' term of office if a majority of the members of the board are not reelected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-65 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-65
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The sheriff shall be the custodian of the books other than record books belonging to the county, and he shall keep the Mississippi Department Reports, census reports, statutes of the state, the “Mississippi Reports,” digests, and legislative journals assigned to his county in a suitable and safe bookcase in the courtroom of the courthouse. He shall keep them well bound in leather, or stiff boards with leather back and corners, to be paid for out of the county treasury on the order of the board of supervisors, and he shall preserve them in good condition.

(b) In addition to the sheriff maintaining printed books or physical books as described under paragraph (a) of this subsection, on the order of the board of supervisors, such books may also be maintained in an electronic format.

(2) The sheriff shall be fined Ten Dollars ($10.00) by the court, either circuit or chancery, as for a contempt, for each volume belonging to the county and which has passed into his custody that shall be out of the courtroom at any term of court. He shall also receive and preserve in the same way all books of every kind, maps, charts, and other like things that may be donated to the county by the state, the United States, from individuals or other sources. He shall not permit any of the books in his keeping to be carried out of the courthouse.

(3) The sheriff shall, in case of binding or rebinding of books belonging to the county, cause the statutes of the state to be labeled “Laws of Mississippi,” and the year of their enactment shall appear thereon. If the reports and digests or code are rebound, they shall be labeled as they were originally.

(4) In his settlement with the clerk of the board of supervisors for the month of December of each calendar year, the sheriff shall file with the clerk a sworn itemized statement of the volumes of the Mississippi Reports on hand in the county library on the last business day of the month, and for all volumes missing since the settlement for the previous December the clerk shall debit the sheriff in his settlement at the rate of Four Dollars ($4.00) for each of the missing volumes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-33 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 13-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-33
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for the board of supervisors to allow a greater sum for any account, claim, or demand against the county than the amount actually due thereon, dollar for dollar, according to the legal or ordinary cash compensation for such services rendered, or for salaries or fees of officers, or for materials furnished, or to issue county warrants or orders upon such accounts, claims or demands, when allowed for more than the actual amount so allowed, dollar for dollar. Any illegal allowance by such board may be inquired into by the proper tribunal, upon legal proceedings for that purpose, whenever such matter may come into question in any case.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-48 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-48
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-48
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the state is authorized, in its discretion, to pay a monthly office allowance to the attorney employed by the board in an amount not exceeding the amount authorized to be paid for secretarial services for the county prosecuting attorney under Section 19-23-19 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-75 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-75
Status: in_force

If the jail be insufficient or if there be danger of escape, lynching or rescue of any prisoner therein, or danger of an attack upon the jail by any person or persons, or if there be no jail, or if the sheriff or jailer shall have any person or persons lawfully in his custody and there be danger of the seizure, lynching, escape or rescue of any such person or persons, or if mob violence has been threatened against any such person or persons, it shall be the duty of the sheriff or jailer to summon a sufficient guard to protect and secure such prisoner, or to protect the jail, so long as the same may be necessary and no longer. The sheriff or jailer shall furnish to the circuit court of his county a certified list of all persons thus summoned, who served as such guard, together with the length of time each thus served, and he shall furnish to the court and also to the grand jury a list of all persons thus summoned who failed, neglected or refused to heed the summons of the sheriff or jailer. The circuit court upon due proof may allow to each person not more than Five Dollars ($5.00) for each day and night he may have been employed as guard, or at this rate for a greater time, to be paid out of the county treasury upon the order of the court and the issuance of a warrant therefor by the board of supervisors. This section shall not authorize the employment of permanent guards for the jail or for prisoners away from the jail, but only in an emergency. All persons summoned by the sheriff or jailer under the provisions of this section who shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey said summons shall, upon conviction, be punished as for a misdemeanor, and it shall be the duty of the circuit judge to charge the grand jury especially in this regard.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-9
Status: in_force

(1) The board of the district, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall exercise the powers granted to the district pursuant to this chapter. The board shall consist of five (5) members as otherwise provided in this section. Each member shall hold office for an initial term of six (6) years and until a successor is chosen and qualifies. The initial members of the board shall be residents of the state, and at least one (1) of the initial members shall be either a qualified voter within the district or an individual resident of the area immediately adjacent to the district. Upon appointment or election, the board members shall elect a chair who shall conduct board meetings.

(2)(a) Beginning six (6) years after the initial appointment of members, the position of each member whose term has expired shall be filled by a qualified voter of the district, elected by the qualified voters of the district. There shall be an election of members every six (6) years from the date of the ordinance establishing the district. The district manager shall determine the date and time of the election, which election must be held at least twenty (20) days before the anniversary date of the ordinance establishing the district. If a contribution agreement exists, then the governing body of the public entity that is a party to the contribution agreement may appoint one (1) of the five (5) members to the board of the district at the time of the election in lieu of electing that member.

(b) Candidates must qualify in writing by submitting a “Statement of Intent,” as prescribed in this paragraph, to the district manager thirty (30) days before the election. The district manager shall prepare a ballot of all candidates qualified to run for office twenty-eight (28) days before the election.

Statement of Intent

Candidate for (insert name of district) Public Improvement District

I, (name of candidate as it will appear on the ballot), (mailing address, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number of the candidate), certify that I am a qualified voter, as defined in Section 19-31-5, Mississippi Code of 1972 , of the (insert name of public improvement district) Public Improvement District in the State of Mississippi; and I do hereby declare my candidacy for Board of the (insert name of public improvement district) Public Improvement District at the election to be held on (insert date of election).

______________________________________________________________________________

(Signature of candidate) (Date)

Received by _______________________________________________________________________________

(Signature) (Title) (Date)

(c) Notice of the election shall be announced at a public meeting of the board at least ninety (90) days before the date of the election and shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper which is in general circulation in the area of the district, the last day of such publication to be not fewer than fourteen (14) days nor more than twenty-eight (28) days before the election. In addition, notice of the election shall be sent by United States first-class mail, not fewer than fourteen (14) days before the election, to all qualified voters at their last-known address as shown on the tax rolls. Instructions on how all qualified voters may participate in the election, along with sample proxies, shall be provided as part of the notice required by this paragraph, and the location, date and time of the election shall be included on all instructions and notices.

(d) Each qualified voter shall be entitled to cast only one (1) ballot to elect each of the board members, regardless of the number of parcels owned by that voter within the district. Parcels may not be aggregated for determining the number of ballots allowed to be cast by a qualified voter. A list of qualified voters in the form of a voter roll must be kept current by the district manager and deemed final thirty (30) days before the election.

(e) A qualified voter may vote in person or by proxy in writing. A vote cast by proxy must be submitted at or within fourteen (14) days before the election and must be submitted in the form prescribed in this section. Each proxy must be signed by the qualified voter for which the vote is cast and must contain the typed or printed name of the individual who signed the proxy and the street address, legal description of the property or the property's tax parcel identification number. The signature on a proxy need not be notarized. All votes cast by proxy must be reflected in the voter roll.

Proxy for Election

(Insert name of district) Public Improvement District

I,__________________________________________________, (name of qualified voter); (street address); __________________________________________________ (legal description); ________________________________________ (tax parcel identification number).

[NOTE: To be considered, this proxy must contain at least one (1) of either: the street address; legal description; or tax parcel identification number.]

1. Do constitute and appoint ________________________________________________________________________________ (name), attorney and agent for me, and in my name, place and stead, to vote as my proxy for the election of members of the Board of Directors of the (name of district) Public Improvement District on (insert date), at the (insert voting location/facility name with street address); OR (only choose one)

2. Do hereby cast my vote for: ______________________________________________________________________ [print or type name of person being voted for -- PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR VOTE MUST BE FOR A QUALIFIED VOTER (AS DEFINED IN MISSISSIPPI CODE SECTION 19-31-5 ) OF THE DISTRICT. A QUALIFIED VOTER MEANS ANY LANDOWNER OF THE DISTRICT WHO IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE OR AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LANDOWNER WHO IS ALSO AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE.] to be elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the (name of district) Public Improvement District for a term beginning (date of term) and ending six (6) years from that date or until a successor is chosen.

I understand that I have the right to revoke this proxy at any time before the election. I understand that I have the right to be present in person at the election.

I have executed this proxy on (insert date).

__________________________________________________

(Printed Name of Qualified Voter)

__________________________________________________

(Signature of Qualified Voter)

(f) A qualified voter may cast only one (1) vote for each of the five (5) board member positions. When a qualified voter casts a vote for the same person more than once, only one (1) of the votes cast for that person will be counted. When a qualified voter casts more votes to elect board members than he or she is entitled to cast, all votes are invalid, and the qualified voter is deemed to have voted for none of them. When a qualified voter casts fewer votes to elect board members than he or she is entitled to cast, all votes cast by the qualified voter must be counted, but no votes shall be counted more than once.

(g) If a board member dies, resigns or otherwise is prevented from serving as a board member, the board of the district shall appoint a member to fill the remainder of the board member's term. If no qualified voter is willing to serve on the board of the district, the governing body that established the district shall appoint members as necessary to fill any vacancy for the remainder of the term.

(3) Members of the board shall be known as directors and, upon entering into office, shall take an oath of office. They shall hold office for the terms for which they were elected or appointed and until their successors are chosen and qualified. If during the term of office, a vacancy occurs, the remaining members of the board shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(4) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the purposes of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action taken by the district shall be upon a vote of a majority of the members present unless general law or a rule of the district requires a greater number. If a quorum cannot be obtained in a board meeting, the governing body that established the district shall appoint members as necessary to replace any board member missing three (3) consecutive meetings.

(5) As soon as practicable after each election or appointment, the board shall organize by electing one (1) of its members as chair and by electing a secretary, who need not be a member of the board, and such other officers as the board may deem necessary.

(6) The board shall keep a permanent minute book in which shall be recorded minutes of all meetings, resolutions, ordinances, proceedings and all corporate acts.

(7) Members of the board may receive per diem compensation for services in an amount as provided under Section 25-3-69 , and shall be entitled to expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties in accordance with Section 25-3-41 . Any payments for compensation and expenses shall be paid from funds of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-17 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-17
Status: in_force

After December 31, 1992, the board of supervisors of any county in the state shall provide for the collection and disposal of garbage and the disposal of rubbish, and for that purpose is required to establish, operate and maintain a garbage and/or rubbish disposal system or systems; to acquire property, real or personal, by contract, gift or purchase, necessary or proper for the maintenance and operation of such system; to make all necessary rules and regulations for the collection and disposal of garbage and/or rubbish and, if it so desires, to establish, maintain and collect rates, fees and charges for collecting and disposing of such garbage and/or rubbish; and, in its discretion, to enter into contracts, in the manner required by law, with individuals, associations or corporations for the establishment, operation and maintenance of a garbage and rubbish disposal system or systems, and/or to enter into contracts on such terms as the board of supervisors thinks proper with any municipality, other county or region, enabling the county to use jointly with such municipality, other county or region any collection system, authorized rubbish landfill or permitted sanitary landfill operated by the municipality, other county or region. The board of supervisors shall designate by order the area to be served by the system. All persons in the county generating garbage shall utilize a garbage collection and disposal system. However, this provision shall not prohibit any person from managing solid waste generated by such person in any municipal solid waste management facility owned by the generator.

As a necessary incident to such county's power and authority to establish, maintain and collect such rates, fees and charges for collecting and disposing of such garbage and/or rubbish, and as a necessary incident to such county's power and authority to establish, operate and maintain a garbage and/or rubbish disposal system or systems, the board of supervisors of such county shall have the authority to initiate a civil action to recover any delinquent fees and charges for collecting and disposing of such garbage and/or rubbish, and all administrative and legal costs associated with collecting such fees and charges, in the event any person, firm or corporation, including any municipal corporation, shall fail or refuse to pay such fees and charges for collecting and disposing of garbage and/or rubbish; provided that such board of supervisors may initiate such a civil action to recover such delinquent fees and charges whether or not such county has previously entered into a contract with such individual, firm or corporation, including a municipal corporation, relating to the establishment, operation and maintenance of such garbage and/or rubbish disposal system or systems; provided, further, that in a civil action to recover such delinquent fees and charges for collecting and disposing of such garbage and/or rubbish, and all administrative and legal costs associated with collecting such fees and charges, the county shall in all respects be a proper party to such suit as plaintiff and shall have the power to sue for and recover such unpaid fees and charges and all administrative and legal costs associated with collecting such fees and charges, from any person, firm or corporation, including a municipal corporation, as may fail, refuse or default in the payment of such fees and charges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-45 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-45
Status: in_force

At least once a year an authority shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, or each county if it is a regional authority, and the Governor's office of planning and coordination, a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or other action as it deems necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-7
Status: in_force

(1) The method for the establishment of a public improvement district shall be pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the governing body of each county in which the land is located granting a petition for the establishment of a public improvement district. The petition for the establishment of a public improvement district shall be filed by the petitioner with the governing body of the county or counties. The petition shall contain:

(a) A description of the boundaries of the district;

(b) The written consent to the establishment of the district by all landowners in the district;

(c) A designation of five (5) persons to be the initial members of the board of directors, who shall serve in that office until replaced by elected members as provided in Section 19-31-9 ;

(d) The proposed name of the district;

(e) A map of the proposed district showing existing infrastructure, if any; and

(f) Based upon available data, the proposed timetable for construction of the district services and the estimated cost of constructing the proposed services.

(2) A public hearing on the petition shall be conducted by the governing body of each county of the proposed district within sixty (60) days after the petition is filed unless an extension of time is requested by the petitioners and granted by the governing body of each county. The hearing shall be held at an accessible location in each county in which the public improvement district is to be located. The petitioner shall cause a notice of the hearing to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in each county at least once a week for the four (4) successive weeks immediately prior to the hearing. Such notice shall give the time and place for the hearing, a description of the area to be included in the district, and any other relevant information which the establishing governing bodies may require. The advertisement shall be published in the official minutes of the local governing body.

(3) The governing body of each county shall consider the record of the public hearing and any other relevant factors in making its determination to grant or deny a petition for the establishment of a public improvement district.

(4) An ordinance establishing a public improvement district shall include the boundaries of the district, the names of the five (5) persons designated to be the initial members of the board of directors of the district and the name of the district.

(5) If all of the land in the area for the proposed district is within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipality, then the petition requesting establishment of a public improvement district under this chapter shall be filed by the petitioner with that particular municipality. In such event, the duties of the county with regard to the petition shall be the duties of the municipality. If any of the land area of a proposed district is within the land area of a municipality, the governing body of the county may not create the district without the approval of the municipality.

(6) The governing body of any governmental agency, county and/or municipality may enter into contribution agreements with the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-19 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-19
Status: in_force

Every sheriff shall have power to appoint one or more deputies to assist him in carrying out the duties of his office, every such appointment to be in writing, to remove them at pleasure, and to fix their compensation, subject to the budget for the sheriff's office approved by the county board of supervisors. Such deputies shall have authority to do all the acts and duties enjoined upon their principals. Every deputy sheriff, except such as may be appointed to do a particular act only, before he enters on the duties of office, shall take and subscribe an oath faithfully to execute the office of deputy sheriff, according to the best of his skill and judgment. The appointment, with the certificate of the oath, shall be filed and preserved in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors. All sheriffs shall be liable for the acts of their deputies, and for money collected by them. The circuit court, after a notice and a hearing, shall have power to remove such deputies and also bailiffs, upon a showing that the public interest will be served thereby. Each deputy sheriff shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age, a qualified elector of the State of Mississippi, and shall not have been convicted of a felony. Prior to appointing any person a deputy sheriff, the sheriff shall determine that the proposed appointee is of good moral character and is capable of fairly and impartially enforcing the law of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-9
Status: in_force

(1) The board of the district, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall exercise the powers granted to the district pursuant to this chapter. The board shall consist of five (5) members as otherwise provided in this section. Each member shall hold office for an initial term of six (6) years and until a successor is chosen and qualifies. The initial members of the board shall be residents of the state, and at least one (1) of the initial members shall be either a qualified voter within the district or an individual resident of the area immediately adjacent to the district. Upon appointment or election, the board members shall elect a chair who shall conduct board meetings.

(2)(a) Beginning six (6) years after the initial appointment of members, the position of each member whose term has expired shall be filled by a qualified voter of the district, elected by the qualified voters of the district. There shall be an election of members every six (6) years from the date of the ordinance establishing the district. The district manager shall determine the date and time of the election, which election must be held at least twenty (20) days before the anniversary date of the ordinance establishing the district. If a contribution agreement exists, then the governing body of the public entity that is a party to the contribution agreement may appoint one (1) of the five (5) members to the board of the district at the time of the election in lieu of electing that member.

(b) Candidates must qualify in writing by submitting a “Statement of Intent,” as prescribed in this paragraph, to the district manager thirty (30) days before the election. The district manager shall prepare a ballot of all candidates qualified to run for office twenty-eight (28) days before the election.

Statement of Intent

Candidate for (insert name of district) Public Improvement District

I, (name of candidate as it will appear on the ballot), (mailing address, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number of the candidate), certify that I am a qualified voter, as defined in Section 19-31-5, Mississippi Code of 1972 , of the (insert name of public improvement district) Public Improvement District in the State of Mississippi; and I do hereby declare my candidacy for Board of the (insert name of public improvement district) Public Improvement District at the election to be held on (insert date of election).

______________________________________________________________________________

(Signature of candidate) (Date)

Received by _______________________________________________________________________________

(Signature) (Title) (Date)

(c) Notice of the election shall be announced at a public meeting of the board at least ninety (90) days before the date of the election and shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper which is in general circulation in the area of the district, the last day of such publication to be not fewer than fourteen (14) days nor more than twenty-eight (28) days before the election. In addition, notice of the election shall be sent by United States first-class mail, not fewer than fourteen (14) days before the election, to all qualified voters at their last-known address as shown on the tax rolls. Instructions on how all qualified voters may participate in the election, along with sample proxies, shall be provided as part of the notice required by this paragraph, and the location, date and time of the election shall be included on all instructions and notices.

(d) Each qualified voter shall be entitled to cast only one (1) ballot to elect each of the board members, regardless of the number of parcels owned by that voter within the district. Parcels may not be aggregated for determining the number of ballots allowed to be cast by a qualified voter. A list of qualified voters in the form of a voter roll must be kept current by the district manager and deemed final thirty (30) days before the election.

(e) A qualified voter may vote in person or by proxy in writing. A vote cast by proxy must be submitted at or within fourteen (14) days before the election and must be submitted in the form prescribed in this section. Each proxy must be signed by the qualified voter for which the vote is cast and must contain the typed or printed name of the individual who signed the proxy and the street address, legal description of the property or the property's tax parcel identification number. The signature on a proxy need not be notarized. All votes cast by proxy must be reflected in the voter roll.

Proxy for Election

(Insert name of district) Public Improvement District

I,__________________________________________________, (name of qualified voter); (street address); __________________________________________________ (legal description); ________________________________________ (tax parcel identification number).

[NOTE: To be considered, this proxy must contain at least one (1) of either: the street address; legal description; or tax parcel identification number.]

1. Do constitute and appoint ________________________________________________________________________________ (name), attorney and agent for me, and in my name, place and stead, to vote as my proxy for the election of members of the Board of Directors of the (name of district) Public Improvement District on (insert date), at the (insert voting location/facility name with street address); OR (only choose one)

2. Do hereby cast my vote for: ______________________________________________________________________ [print or type name of person being voted for -- PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR VOTE MUST BE FOR A QUALIFIED VOTER (AS DEFINED IN MISSISSIPPI CODE SECTION 19-31-5 ) OF THE DISTRICT. A QUALIFIED VOTER MEANS ANY LANDOWNER OF THE DISTRICT WHO IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE OR AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LANDOWNER WHO IS ALSO AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE.] to be elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the (name of district) Public Improvement District for a term beginning (date of term) and ending six (6) years from that date or until a successor is chosen.

I understand that I have the right to revoke this proxy at any time before the election. I understand that I have the right to be present in person at the election.

I have executed this proxy on (insert date).

__________________________________________________

(Printed Name of Qualified Voter)

__________________________________________________

(Signature of Qualified Voter)

(f) A qualified voter may cast only one (1) vote for each of the five (5) board member positions. When a qualified voter casts a vote for the same person more than once, only one (1) of the votes cast for that person will be counted. When a qualified voter casts more votes to elect board members than he or she is entitled to cast, all votes are invalid, and the qualified voter is deemed to have voted for none of them. When a qualified voter casts fewer votes to elect board members than he or she is entitled to cast, all votes cast by the qualified voter must be counted, but no votes shall be counted more than once.

(g) If a board member dies, resigns or otherwise is prevented from serving as a board member, the board of the district shall appoint a member to fill the remainder of the board member's term. If no qualified voter is willing to serve on the board of the district, the governing body that established the district shall appoint members as necessary to fill any vacancy for the remainder of the term.

(3) Members of the board shall be known as directors and, upon entering into office, shall take an oath of office. They shall hold office for the terms for which they were elected or appointed and until their successors are chosen and qualified. If during the term of office, a vacancy occurs, the remaining members of the board shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(4) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the purposes of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action taken by the district shall be upon a vote of a majority of the members present unless general law or a rule of the district requires a greater number. If a quorum cannot be obtained in a board meeting, the governing body that established the district shall appoint members as necessary to replace any board member missing three (3) consecutive meetings.

(5) As soon as practicable after each election or appointment, the board shall organize by electing one (1) of its members as chair and by electing a secretary, who need not be a member of the board, and such other officers as the board may deem necessary.

(6) The board shall keep a permanent minute book in which shall be recorded minutes of all meetings, resolutions, ordinances, proceedings and all corporate acts.

(7) Members of the board may receive per diem compensation for services in an amount as provided under Section 25-3-69 , and shall be entitled to expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties in accordance with Section 25-3-41 . Any payments for compensation and expenses shall be paid from funds of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-7
Status: in_force

Should the county prosecuting attorney's office be re-created under Section 19-23-5 , then the Governor shall appoint an attorney, whose term of office shall be until the next general election, whether the same be held for the election of congressmen, judges or other officers, when said county attorney's office shall be filled by election and whose term of office shall be until the next general election for state and county officers, or until the office is abolished as provided for in Section 19-23-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-7
Status: in_force

Should the county prosecuting attorney's office be re-created under Section 19-23-5 , then the Governor shall appoint an attorney, whose term of office shall be until the next general election, whether the same be held for the election of congressmen, judges or other officers, when said county attorney's office shall be filled by election and whose term of office shall be until the next general election for state and county officers, or until the office is abolished as provided for in Section 19-23-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-29 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-29
Status: in_force

When a deputy sheriff has served any writ whatever, he shall indorse thereon the date of the service and the proper return of his proceedings, and subscribe his own name, as well as that of his principal, thereto, as follows: “__________, sheriff, by __________, deputy sheriff”. Any deputy sheriff failing to do so, shall be fined by the court, not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), on motion, and on five days' notice to the deputy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-17 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-17
Status: in_force

When the results of the election on the question of the issuance of such bonds shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of such county and certified by them to the board of supervisors of such county, it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors to determine and adjudicate whether or not three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of the qualified electors who voted in such election voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds. Unless three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of the qualified electors who voted in such election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued. Should three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of the qualified electors who vote in such election vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then the board of supervisors of the county may issue such bonds, either in whole or in part, within two years from the date of such election or within two years after the final favorable termination of any litigation affecting the issuance of such bonds, as such board shall deem best.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-7
Status: in_force

(1) Any county in which there is located existing railroad properties and facilities or in which railroad properties and facilities previously existed, but were abandoned after February 5, 1976, may, by resolution, create a public body corporate and politic, to be known as a county railroad authority, which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon the appointment and qualifications of the first commissioners thereof. Upon the adoption of a resolution creating a county railroad authority, the board of supervisors of the county shall, pursuant to the resolution, appoint five (5) persons as commissioners of the authority. The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve the terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years respectively. Thereafter, each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments. A county shall not adopt a resolution authorized by this section without a public hearing thereon. Notice thereof shall be given at least ten (10) days prior thereto in a newspaper published in the county, or if there is no newspaper published therein, then in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.

(2) Any county and a municipality within a county may create a railroad authority under this section by resolution adopted by the respective governing authorities. The authority shall be governed by five (5) commissioners. The board of supervisors shall appoint two (2) persons as commissioners of the authority. The governing authorities of the municipality shall appoint two (2) persons as commissioners of the authority. One (1) commissioner shall be appointed by the municipality and the county on a rotating basis with the municipality making the first appointment. The terms of the commissioners shall be the same as those provided in subsection (1) with the term designation to be determined by the majority vote of the governing authorities of the municipality and of the county. The municipality and the county may dissolve the authority by a majority vote of both governing authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-5
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

(a) “Act” means the railroad authorities law.

(b) “Authority” or “railroad authority” means any of the public bodies corporate and politic created pursuant to this chapter or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto.

(c) “Bonds” means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or similar obligations issued by an authority pursuant to this chapter.

(d) “Federal government” means the United States of America or any department, division, commission or agency and instrumentality thereof, including the department of transportation and the interstate commerce commission.

(e) “Governing body” means the board of commissioners of the authority.

(f) “Person” means individuals, corporations, partnerships or foreign domestic associations.

(g) “Railroad” means a common carrier by railroad as defined in section 1(3) of Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act ( 49 U.S.C. Section 1(3) ).

(h) “Railroad properties and facilities” means any real or personal property or interest in such property which is owned, leased or otherwise controlled by a railroad or other person, including an authority, and which are used or are useful in rail transportation service, including:

(i) Track, roadbed and related structures, including rail, ties, ballast, other track materials, grading, tunnels, bridges, tressels, culverts, elevated structures, stations, office buildings used for operating purposes only, repair shops, engine houses and public improvements used or usable for rail service operation;

(ii) Communication and power transmission systems for use by railroads;

(iii) Signals, including signals and interlockers;

(iv) Terminal or yard facilities and services to express company and railroads and their shippers, including ferries, tugs, car floats and related shoreside facilities designed for the transportation of equipment by water;

(v) Shop or repair facilities or any other property used or capable of being used in rail freight transportation services or in connection with such services or for originating, terminating, improving and expediting the movement of equipment or goods.

(i) “Rail service” means both freight and passenger railroad service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-41 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-41
Status: in_force

The district, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall provide by ordinance with respect to nonpayment, delinquency charges and discontinuance of service for water and sewer services provided by the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-7
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the constable to attend the justices' courts of his district, and to obey their lawful orders. He shall execute all judgments of said courts in any criminal case before them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-22 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-22
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-22
Status: in_force

(1) Fees for garbage or rubbish collection or disposal shall be assessed jointly and severally against the generator of the garbage or rubbish and against the owner of the property furnished the service. In addition to such fees, an additional amount not to exceed up to One Dollar ($1.00) or ten percent (10%) per month, whichever is greater, on the current monthly bill may be assessed on the balance of any delinquent monthly fees. Any person who pays, as a part of a rental or lease agreement, an amount for garbage or rubbish collection or disposal services shall not be held liable upon the failure of the property owner to pay those fees.

(2)(a) Every generator assessed the fees authorized by Section 19-5-21 and the owner of the property occupied by that generator shall be jointly and severally liable for the fees.

(b) Subject to subsection (6) of this section, the fees shall be a lien upon the real property offered garbage or rubbish collection or disposal service.

(c)(i) The board of supervisors may assess the fees annually. If the fees are assessed annually, the fees for each calendar year shall be a lien upon the real property beginning on January 1 of the next immediately succeeding calendar year subject to subsection (6) of this section. The person or entity owing the fees, upon signing a form provided by the board of supervisors, may pay the fees in equal installments.

(ii) If fees are assessed on a basis other than annually, the fees shall become a lien upon the real property offered the service on the date that the fees become due and payable subject to subsection (6) of this section.

No real or personal property shall be sold to satisfy any lien imposed under this subsection (2).

(d) The county shall mail a notice of the lien, including the amount of unpaid fees and a description of the property subject to the lien, to the owner of the property.

(3) Liens created under subsection (2) may be discharged by filing with the chancery clerk a receipt or acknowledgement, signed by the designated county official or billing and collection entity, that the lien has been paid or discharged.

(4)(a) The board of supervisors may notify the tax collector of any unpaid fees assessed under Section 19-5-21 within ninety (90) days after the fees are due. Before notifying the tax collector, the board of supervisors shall provide notice of the delinquency to the person who owes the delinquent fees and shall afford an opportunity for a hearing, that complies with the due process protections the board deems necessary, consistent with the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Mississippi. The board of supervisors shall establish procedures for the manner in which notice shall be given and the contents of the notice; however, each notice shall include the amount of fees and shall prescribe the procedure required for payment of the delinquent fees. The board of supervisors may designate a disinterested individual to serve as hearing officer. The board of supervisors shall continue to update the delinquency notice to the tax collector at least once per quarter of each year.

(b) Upon receipt of a delinquency notice, the tax collector shall not issue or renew a motor vehicle road and bridge privilege license for any motor vehicle owned by a person who is delinquent in the payment of fees unless those fees in addition to any other taxes or fees assessed against the motor vehicle are paid. Payment of all delinquent garbage fees shall be deemed a condition of receiving a motor vehicle road and privilege license tag.

(c) The tax collector may forward the motor vehicle road and privilege license tag renewal notices to the designated county official or entity that is responsible for the billing and collection of the county garbage fees. The designated county official or the billing and collection entity shall identify those license tags that shall not be issued due to delinquent garbage fees. The designated county official or the billing and collection entity shall stamp a message on the license tag renewal notices that the tag will not be renewed until delinquent garbage fees are paid. The designated county official or the billing and collection entity shall return the license tag notices to the tax collector before the first of the month.

(d) Any appeal from a decision of the board of supervisors under this section regarding payment of delinquent garbage fees may be taken as provided in Section 11-51-75 .

(5) The board of supervisors may levy the garbage fees as a special assessment against the property in lieu of the lien authorized in this section. The board of supervisors shall certify to the tax collector the assessment due from the owner of the property. The tax collector shall enter the assessment upon the annual tax roll of the county and shall collect the assessment at the same time he collects the county ad valorem taxes on the property.

No real or personal property shall be sold to satisfy any assessment imposed under this subsection (5).

(6) Liens created under this statute shall be contained in the chancery clerk's office in a separate hard copy book format and/or a digital format and shall include all information necessary for the recording and indexing therein. The registry created herein shall be created on or before January 1, 2024.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-43 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-43
Status: in_force

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction, reconstruction or operation of the railroad facilities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, any county for which an authority has been created and any city, town or village located therein, may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:

(a) Lend or donate money out of the county or municipal general fund to the authority;

(b) Provide that all or a portion of the taxes or funds available or to become available to, or required by law to be used by the county for railroad purposes be transferred or paid directly to the railroad authority as such funds become available to the county;

(c) Cause water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other facilities which it is empowered to provide, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with such railroad or railroad facilities;

(d) Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements, licenses or any other rights or privileges therein to the authority;

(e) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways and walks from established streets or roads to such railroads or railroad facilities;

(f) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section and not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction, reconstruction, acquisition or operation of railroads or railroad facilities; and

(g) Enter into agreements with the authority respecting action to be taken by the county, city, town or village pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-157 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-157
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-157
Status: in_force

A certified copy of the resolution so adopted shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation within such proposed district once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date specified in such resolution as the date upon which such board intends to create such district. The first such publication shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date specified, and the last such publication shall be made not more than fourteen (14) days prior to such date.

If twenty percent (20%) or one hundred fifty (150), whichever is the lesser, of the qualified electors of such proposed district file written petition with such board of supervisors on or before the date specified aforesaid, protesting against the creation of such district, the board of supervisors shall call an election on the question of the creation of such district. Such election shall be held and conducted by the election commissioners of the county as nearly as may be in accordance with the general laws governing elections, and such election commissioners shall determine which of the qualified electors of such county reside within the proposed district, and only such qualified electors as reside within such proposed district shall be entitled to vote in such election. Notice of such election setting forth the time, place or places, and purpose of such election shall be published by the clerk of the board of supervisors, and such notice shall be published for the time and the manner provided in Section 19-5-155 for the publication of the resolution of intention. The ballots to be prepared for and used at said election shall be in substantially the following form:

“FOR CREATION OF __________ DISTRICT ( )

AGAINST CREATION OF __________ DISTRICT ( )”

and voters shall vote by placing a cross mark (x) or check mark (✓) opposite their choice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-13
Status: in_force

(1) The district shall comply with Sections 19-11-1 through 19-11-27 , the County Budget Law.

(2) At least sixty (60) days before adoption of the annual budget, the district board shall submit to the local governing authorities having jurisdiction over the area included in the district for purposes of disclosure and information only, the proposed annual budget for the ensuing fiscal year and any proposed long-term financial plan or program of the district for future operations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-43 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-43
Status: in_force

Warrants shall be drawn by the clerk, under his seal of office, in favor of the claimants, on all demands, claims and accounts allowed by the board, in the order of their allowance, against the several funds in the county depository from which such allowed claims must be paid. The board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, adopt the use of a standard check signing machine to be used in lieu of the manual signing of warrants by the clerk, under such terms and conditions as the board shall deem meet and proper for the protection of the interest of the county. No warrant shall be signed, removed from the warrant book, nor delivered by the clerk until there is sufficient money in the fund upon which it is drawn to pay the same and all prior unpaid warrants drawn upon that fund, whether delivered or not. The owner of any claim so allowed may, either before or after allowance, transfer the same by assignment, and the holder of such assignment shall be entitled to receive the warrant therefor at the proper time by presenting such assignment to the clerk at any time before delivery of such warrant to the original claimant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Railroad Authorities Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-13
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the clerk, as county auditor, on delivering the assessment rolls to the tax collector, to charge him with the full amount of all taxes required to be paid into the county treasury, as shown by the rolls and the law, or by the order of the board of supervisors levying county taxes, and in settling with him to charge him with any additional assessments on the rolls due the county that may have been made, and to credit him only with such payments as he shall have made, according to law, into said treasury, and with such legal allowances as shall have been made to him by the board of supervisors, or as are fixed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-231 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-231
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-231
Status: in_force

From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution creating any such district, such district shall be a governmental entity of the incorporating county in perpetuity under its corporate name and the supervisors, in that name, shall exercise responsibilities as required by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-163 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-163
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-163
Status: in_force

Any party having an interest in the subject matter and aggrieved or prejudiced by the findings and adjudication of the board of supervisors may appeal to the circuit court of the county in the manner provided by law for appeals from orders of the board of supervisors. However, if no such appeal be taken within a period of fifteen (15) days from and after the date of the adoption of the resolution creating any such district, the creation of such district shall be final and conclusive and shall not thereafter be subject to attack in any court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-1
Status: in_force

There shall be chosen one (1) sheriff for each county, who shall be commissioned by the Governor. The sheriff shall continue in office for the term of four (4) years and until his successor shall be qualified, unless sooner removed. Before he enters upon the duties of his office he shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution, and give bond as prescribed by Section 19-25-5 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-25 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-25
Status: in_force

All claims filed for allowance by a board of supervisors which are based upon a sale or sales of any personal property shall be sufficiently itemized to show in detail the kind, quantity and price of the articles sold. Claims covering the sale of lumber shall be itemized so as to show in detail the grade or grades thereof, the amount of each different size of lumber covered by said invoice or statement, together with the total number of feet of each different grade and size, and the price per thousand feet at which it is sold, stated separately for each different grade and size. Each itemized invoice or statement so filed shall be accompanied by either (1) a receipt, in like detail, properly dated, and signed by a public officer, agent or employee authorized to accept delivery of such property, or, (2) a bill of lading or shipping receipt issued by a common carrier making delivery of such property, the rules of which carrier require a receipt to be given by the consignee on delivery, or (3) an affidavit of the seller, his agent or employee, showing how, where, when, and to whom delivery of such property was made. Where an affidavit is filed as proof of delivery, if delivery was by mail, the affidavit must have attached thereto a post office registry or insurance receipt, and if delivery was made by car, truck, or other public or private conveyance or means, the affidavit must state the name and address of the party actually making the delivery, and the make and license number of any car or truck used therein, as well as the other matters above required. The person so mailing or making actual delivery of such property shall, for the purpose of making such affidavit only, be considered an agent or employee of the seller. It is expressly provided, however, that no claim not first filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors shall be allowed until the seller has filed such claim in accordance with the requirements of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-5
Status: in_force

The sheriffs of the several counties shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law and in the same manner as other county officials, in a penalty equal to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), the premium for which shall be paid by the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-107 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-107
Status: in_force

In any Class 5 county having an area between five hundred eighty (580) and six hundred fifteen (615) square miles and having a population between twenty-one thousand, six hundred eighty-one (21,681) and twenty-two thousand, six hundred eighty-one (22,681) according to the 1950 decennial census, and traversed by U.S. Highway No. 80 and in which is located a state park or junior college, and in any Class 6 county having an area between five hundred seventy-five (575) and six hundred seventy-five (675) square miles and having a population between twenty-one thousand (21,000) and twenty-two thousand (22,000) according to the 1950 decennial census, and traversed by the Natchez Trace, and in any Class 7 county having an area in excess of six hundred forty (640) square miles and a population between sixteen thousand (16,000) and seventeen thousand (17,000) according to the 1950 decennial census, and wherein there are located producing oil or gas wells, and in any Class 1 county in which there is located a state-supported college for women and a U.S. Air Force Base, the boards of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund which shall be used for the industrial and economic development programs of said counties through donations to industrial development corporations, and to maintain and support the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-175 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-175
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-175
Status: in_force

Districts created under the provisions of Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 shall have the powers enumerated in the resolution of the board of supervisors creating such districts but shall be limited to the conducting and operating of a water supply system, a sewer system, a garbage and waste collection and disposal system, a fire protection system, a combined water and fire protection system, a combined water and sewer system, a combined water and garbage and waste collection and disposal system, or a combined water, sewer, garbage and waste collection and disposal and fire protection system; and to carry out such purpose or purposes, such districts shall have the power and authority to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, better, extend, consolidate, maintain and operate such system or systems, and to contract with any municipality, person, firm or corporation for such services and for a supply and distribution of water, for collection, transportation, treatment and/or disposal of sewage and for services required incident to the operation and maintenance of such systems. As long as any such district continues to furnish any of the services which it was authorized to furnish in and by the resolution by which it was created, it shall be the sole public corporation empowered to furnish such services within such district. However, if the board of commissioners of such district and the board of supervisors unanimously agree, the county may contract directly with any fire protection services provider, in which case the board of supervisors may distribute directly to the fire protection services provider any or all of the funds that otherwise would be distributed to the fire protection district.

Any district created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 shall be vested with all the powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purpose for which such district is created. No enumeration of powers herein shall be construed to impair or limit any general grant of power herein contained nor to limit any such grant to a power or powers of the same class or classes as those enumerated. Such districts are empowered to do all acts necessary, proper or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted under such sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-353 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-353
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-353
Status: in_force

(1) The initial minimum standard of training for local public safety and 911 telecommunicators shall be determined by the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training. All courses approved for minimum standards shall be taught by instructors certified by the course originator as instructors for such courses.

(2) The minimum standards may be changed at any time by the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training, but shall always include at least two (2) hours of training related to handling complaints and/or calls of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children as defined in Section 43-21-105 , communicating with such victims and requiring the local public safety and 911 telecommunicators to contact the Department of Child Protection Services when human trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation is suspected.

(3) Changes in the minimum standards may be made upon request from any bona fide public safety, emergency medical or fire organization operating within the State of Mississippi. Requests for change shall be in writing submitted to either the State Law Enforcement Training Academy; the State Fire Academy; the Mississippi Chapter of the Associated Public Safety Communications Officers, Incorporated; the Mississippi Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association; the Mississippi State Board of Health, Emergency Medical Services Division; the Mississippi Justice Information Center; the Mississippi Sheriff's Association; the Mississippi Fire Chief's Association; the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police; or Mississippians for Emergency Medical Services.

(4) The minimum standards in no way are intended to restrict or limit any additional training which any department or agency may wish to employ, or any state or federal required training, but to serve as a basis or foundation for basic training.

(5) Persons in the employment of any public safety, fire, 911 PSAP or emergency medical agency as a telecommunicator on July 1, 1993, shall have three (3) years to be certified in the minimum standards courses provided they have been employed by such agency for a period of more than one (1) year prior to July 1, 1993.

(6) Persons having been employed by any public safety, fire, 911 PSAP or emergency medical agency as a telecommunicator for less than one (1) year prior to July 1, 1993, shall be required to have completed all the requirements for minimum training standards, as set forth in Sections 19-5-351 through 19-5-361 , within one (1) year from July 1, 1993. Persons certified on or before July 1, 1993, in any course or courses chosen shall be given credit for these courses, provided the courses are still current and such persons can provide a course completion certificate.

(7) Any person hired to perform the duties of a telecommunicator in any public safety, fire, 911 PSAP or emergency medical agency after July 1, 1993, shall complete the minimum training standards as set forth in Sections 19-5-351 through 19-5-361 within twelve (12) months of their employment or within twelve (12) months from the date that the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training shall become operational.

(8) Professional certificates remain the property of the board, and the board reserves the right to either reprimand the holder of a certificate, suspend a certificate upon conditions imposed by the board, or cancel and recall any certificate when:

(a) The certificate was issued by administrative error;

(b) The certificate was obtained through misrepresentation or fraud;

(c) The holder has been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude;

(d) The holder has been convicted of a felony; or

(e) Other due cause as determined by the board.

When the board believes there is a reasonable basis for either the reprimand, suspension, cancellation of, or recalling the certification of a telecommunicator, notice and opportunity for a hearing shall be provided. Any telecommunicator aggrieved by the findings and order of the board may file an appeal with the chancery court of the county in which such person is employed from the final order of the board. Any telecommunicator whose certification has been cancelled pursuant to Sections 19-5-351 through 19-5-361 may reapply for certification but not sooner than two (2) years after the date on which the order of the board canceling such certification became final.

(9) Any state agency, political subdivision or “for-profit” ambulance, security or fire service company that employs a person as a telecommunicator who does not meet the requirements of Sections 19-5-351 through 19-5-361 , or that employs a person whose certificate has been suspended or revoked under provisions of Sections 19-5-351 through 19-5-361 , is prohibited from paying the salary of such person, and any person violating this subsection shall be personally liable for making such payment.

(10) These minimum standards and time limitations shall in no way conflict with other state and federal training as may be required to comply with established laws or regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-101 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-101
Status: in_force

The term stationery, as applied to purchases for the counties of the state, includes everything properly so called, and the boards of supervisors shall provide for everything in contracts for stationery as herein defined that can be conveniently so purchased.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-25 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 27-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-25
Status: in_force

Every such map or plat shall particularly set forth and describe such portion of the government survey as is intended to be platted, and when the premises cannot be accurately described by legal subdivisions, then the boundaries thereof must be defined by metes, bounds, and courses. Such map or plat shall also specify and describe all the public grounds, except streets and alleys, by their boundaries, courses, and extent, and all streets and alleys by their courses, length, widths, names, or numbers, by writing or figures upon that portion of the map or plat intended for those uses. All the lots intended for sale may be numbered either by progressive numbers, or, if in blocks, progressively numbered in each block, and the blocks progressively numbered or lettered. Where all the lots in any block are of the same dimensions, it shall be sufficient to mark the precise length and width upon one tier thereof, but all gores, triangles, or other lots, either squares or parallelograms, shall have the length of their sides plainly defined by figures.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-3 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-3
Status: in_force

The county auditor shall keep a well-bound book, in which he shall keep an account with each county office, and with the courthouse, jail, and poorhouse, and wherein he shall enter allowances for each. He shall keep accounts of allowances made for mileage and pay of the members of the board of supervisors and of jurors, and of witnesses for the state, each separately, as well as expenditures on account of each part of every public road under a separate contract or other separate link.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-7.nr2 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-7.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-7.nr2
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may delegate and assign to the county administrator the duties and responsibilities enumerated below, in whole or in part, and such other duties and responsibilities as said board may determine, not contrary to the laws of the State of Mississippi or the Constitution thereof and not assigned by law to other officers:

(a) Employ an office clerk and such other technical and secretarial assistance for the board as may be needed, maintain an office for the board and prepare a budget for his office subject to approval of the board;

(b) Be responsible for carrying out the policies adopted by the board of supervisors;

(c) Exercise supervision over the boards or other divisions of county government, except for the sheriff's department, financed in whole or in part through taxes levied on county property and purchases shall be made from vendors whose bids have been accepted by the board of supervisors under the provisions of law;

(d) Prepare the budget for consideration by the board of supervisors and assist the board of supervisors in the preparation of the tax levy; however, the sheriff, any governing authority, as defined in Section 31-7-1 , funded in whole or in part by the board of supervisors and any board or commission funded in whole or in part by the board of supervisors shall be responsible for preparing their respective budgets for consideration by the board of supervisors;

(e) Make inquiry of any person or group using county funds appropriated by the board of supervisors as to the use or proper use of such funds and shall report to the board of supervisors as to such findings;

(f) Have general supervision over the county sanitary landfills and refuse collection procedures;

(g) Have general supervision over county-owned parks, playgrounds and recreation areas;

(h) Have general supervision over any and all zoning and building code ordinances adopted by the board of supervisors and shall administer such ordinances;

(i) Have general supervision over any and all airports owned by the county;

(j) Be the liaison officer to work with the various divisions of county government and agencies to see that county-owned property is properly managed, maintained, repaired, improved, kept or stored;

(k) See that all orders, resolutions and regulations of the board of supervisors are faithfully executed;

(l) Make reports to the board from time to time concerning the affairs of the county and keep the board fully advised as to the financial condition of the county and future financial needs;

(m) Keep the board of supervisors informed as to federal and state laws and regulations which affect the board of supervisors and the county, shall advise the board as to the possible availability of federal or state grants and assistance for which the county may be eligible, shall assist in the preparation and submission of plans and project specifications necessary to acquire such assistance, and shall be the administrating officer of county grants from state and federal sources;

(n) Be charged with the responsibility of securing insurance coverage on such county property as the board shall decide should be insured and of securing any other insurance required or authorized by law. He shall work out a plan of insurance for the county which will ensure minimum premiums;

(o) Receive inquiries and complaints from citizens of the county as to the operation of county government, investigate such inquiries and complaints, and shall report his finding to the board and the individual supervisor of the district from which such inquiry or complaint arises;

(p) Meet regularly with the board of supervisors and have full privileges of discussion but no vote;

(q) Perform any and all other administrative duties that the board of supervisors could legally perform themselves and that they can legally delegate without violating the laws of the state nor impinging upon the duties set out by law for other officers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-51 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-51
Status: in_force

When the amount of the sale of property under execution or attachment shall exceed the debt, damages, interest, and costs for which the execution issued, the sheriff or other officer properly authorized to act for him shall pay the surplus to the debtor or other person entitled to receive the same. If the sheriff or other officer fails or refuses to pay such surplus when required, to the person entitled thereto, he and his sureties shall be liable to the like penalty and judgment in favor of the person entitled to the surplus, as is authorized by law in favor of the plaintiff, against the sheriff and his sureties for not paying over money levied on an execution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-335 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-335
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-335
Status: in_force

(1) Each CMRS provider shall act as a collection agent for the CMRS Fund and shall, as part of the provider's normal monthly billing process, collect the CMRS service charges levied upon CMRS connections pursuant to Section 19-5-333(2)(a) from each CMRS connection to whom the billing provider provides CMRS service and shall, not later than thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar month in which such CMRS service charges are collected, remit to the board the net CMRS service charges so collected after deducting the fee authorized by subsection (2) of this section. Each billing provider shall list the CMRS service charge as a separate entry on each bill which includes a CMRS service charge.

(2) Each CMRS provider shall be entitled to deduct and retain from the CMRS service charges collected by such provider during each calendar month an amount not to exceed one percent (1%) of the gross aggregate amount of such CMRS service charges so collected as reimbursement for the costs incurred by such provider in collecting, handling and processing such CMRS service charges.

(3) The board shall be entitled to retain from the CMRS service charges collected during each calendar month an amount not to exceed two percent (2%) of the money allocated to the CMRS Fund as reimbursement for the costs incurred by the board in administering Sections 19-5-331 through 19-5-341 including, but not limited to, retaining and paying the independent, third-party auditor to review and disburse the cost recovery funds and to prepare the reports contemplated by Sections 19-5-331 through 19-5-341 .

(4) Each CMRS provider shall register with the CMRS Board and shall provide the following information upon registration:

(a) The company name of the provider;

(b) The marketing name of the provider;

(c) The publicly traded name of the provider;

(d) The physical address of the company headquarters and of the main office located in the State of Mississippi; and

(e) The names and addresses of the providers' board of directors/owners.

Each CMRS provider shall notify the board of any change in the information prescribed in paragraphs (a) through (e). The board may suspend the disbursement of cost recovery funds to, and may impose an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) on any provider which fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-103 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-103
Status: in_force

(1) In accordance with the provisions of Section 19-3-41 , providing that additional powers may be conferred upon the boards of supervisors, the board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and having two (2) judicial districts and the board of supervisors of any county adjacent to any county of this or any adjoining state wherein is located a city having a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the latest federal census, are hereby empowered to promulgate, adopt and enforce ordinances which are necessary and reasonable for the protection of public health and the maintenance of order in relation to the advertisement, the offering of services and the dispensation for compensation of personal services in establishments known as massage parlors and to promulgate, adopt and enforce ordinances which are necessary and reasonable for the protection of public health and the maintenance of order in relation to public displays of nudity.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the term “ massage parlor ” shall mean any premises where a person manipulates, rubs, caresses, touches, massages, kneads, palpates or otherwise physically contacts the body or part or area of the body of another person. The term “ massage parlor ” shall not include gymnasia or other premises wherein persons engage in bona fide athletic or conditioning activities, duly licensed barbershop, beauty parlor, chiropractic clinic or other premises of a person practicing a vocation or profession regulated and licensed by the state.

For the purposes of this section, the term “ nudity ” means uncovered, or less than opaquely covered, postpubertal human genitals, pubic areas, the postpubertal human female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola, or the covered human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state. For purposes of this definition, a female breast is considered uncovered if the nipple only or the nipple and areola only are uncovered, however, the term “ nudity ” does not include a woman's breast-feeding of her child whether or not the breast or any part of it is exposed as any element of breast-feeding.

For the purposes of this section, the term “ public display ” means the exposing, exhibiting, revealing, or in any fashion displaying the nude human body or any representation thereof in any location in such a manner that it may be readily seen by the public by normal unaided vision and the term also means any play, motion picture, dance, show or other presentation, whether pictured, animated or live, performed before an audience and which in whole or in part depicts or reveals nudity or sexual conduct.

(3) Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section shall comport with the elements of due process and shall include but not be limited to specificity, adequate notice, right to hearing, right to counsel, right to appeal adverse findings to a judicial authority and penalties rationally related to prohibited acts.

(4) Boards of supervisors proposing such ordinances shall publish and post notice of such intentions not less than twenty (20) days prior to the holding of a public hearing whereat the purposes and substance of such ordinances shall be fully discussed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-11
Status: in_force

If a new courthouse or jail shall be required in any county, or if the courthouse or jail shall need remodeling, enlarging, or repairing, the board of supervisors shall determine the material, the dimensions, and the plan thereof, and may make the necessary contracts for the erection, remodeling, enlarging, or repairing thereof, and for furnishing the materials. The board may appoint one or more commissioners to superintend the work as it progresses, which commissioner or commissioners shall take care that the proper materials are furnished, and that the work is faithfully performed according to contract, and who, for his or their services, shall receive a reasonable compensation.

The board of supervisors of any county having two judicial districts, and in which State Highways 18 and 15 intersect, is further authorized to issue negotiable bonds of either of the judicial districts of such county for the purpose of erecting, equipping, repairing, reconstructing, remodeling, and enlarging the courthouse in and for the judicial district for which such bonds are issued. All such bonds shall be issued in like manner and subject to the same limitations and provisions as are set forth by law with reference to the issuance of county-wide bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-11
Status: in_force

(1) The board, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall employ and fix the compensation of a district manager. The district manager shall have charge and supervision of the works of the district and shall be responsible for (a) preserving and maintaining any improvement or facility constructed or erected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, (b) maintaining and operating the equipment owned by the district, and (c) for performing such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. The district manager may hire or otherwise employ and terminate the employment of such other persons including, without limitation, professional, supervisory and clerical employees, as may be necessary as authorized by the board. The compensation and other conditions of employment of the officers and employees of the district shall be as provided by the board. The district manager, a board member or district employee may be a stockholder, officer or employee of a landowner.

(2) The board, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, shall designate a person who is a resident of the state as treasurer of the district, who shall have charge of the funds of the district. Such funds shall be disbursed only upon the order or pursuant to the resolution of the board or municipality by warrant or check countersigned by the treasurer and by such other person as may be authorized by the board. The board or municipality may give the treasurer such other or additional powers and duties as the board may deem appropriate and may fix his or her compensation. The board or municipality may require the treasurer to give a bond in such amount on such terms, and with such sureties as may be deemed satisfactory to the board to secure the performance by the treasurer of his or her powers and duties. The financial records of the district shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant at least once a year.

(3) The board or municipality may select as a depository for its funds any qualified public depository as provided for under Sections 27-105-301 through 27-105-371 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall never make a payment to any contractor for building or repairing a bridge, or for doing any work on a public road, public building or other public work, where the contract price exceeds Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) but is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), without first having the same inspected and accepted by a committee, and having the certificate of the committee, under oath filed and entered on the minutes of the board. Such committee shall be appointed by the board of supervisors for that purpose and shall consist of at least two (2) members of the board of other districts than the one in which the work is done. The board shall not be bound by the acceptance of the committee, and shall never pay for the work in such cases until the specifications therefor are complied with and the work completed. In all cases of public work let by the board of supervisors where the contract price exceeds One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the board may contract so as to provide for making partial payments to the contractor therefor as the work progresses. In no case shall the retained amount of such partial payments be less than two and one-half percent (2 1 / 2 %) nor more than ten percent (10%) of the value of the work done and material used in the performance of the contracts, such value to be estimated by some competent person employed by the board to superintend such work, and not until the superintendent shall furnish to the board such estimate, in writing, on his oath as to the correctness of such estimate, which estimate, with the oath annexed thereto, shall be filed with and recorded in the minutes of the board; provided, however, the amount retained by the prime contractor from each payment due the subcontractor shall not exceed the percentage withheld by the board of supervisors from the prime contractors. Before such person employed by the board shall enter upon the discharge of the duty of supervising such work, and before he shall furnish any estimate as to the value of the work done, he shall enter into bond in such penalty as may be fixed by the board, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as superintendent of such work, which bond shall be filed and preserved by the board, and shall be liable to suit thereon in the name of the county, for any misfeasance or malfeasance on the part of such superintendent touching the performance of his duties. The board shall not be bound by the estimate of such superintendent, nor shall the making of any partial payments on any public work, as above provided, be construed as an acceptance of the work and materials so inspected by such superintendent. The board shall not make the final payment on any such works or building without first having the same inspected as a whole and accepted by a committee of the board, as hereinbefore provided, and until the specifications are complied with and the work completed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-17 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-17
Status: in_force

(1) The district shall have, and the board may exercise, the power:

(a) To sue and be sued in the name of the district.

(b) To adopt and use a seal and authorize the use of a facsimile thereof.

(c) To acquire, by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, and to dispose of, real and personal property.

(d) To dedicate, donate or convey in any manner, real and personal property under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, to:

(i) Nonprofit entities that have been issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the Public Service Commission; or

(ii) Governmental entities.

(e) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.

(f) To contract for the services of consultants to perform planning, engineering, financial, legal, or other appropriate services of a professional nature.

(g) To borrow money and accept gifts; to apply for and use grants or loans of money or other property from the United States, the state, a unit of local government or any person or any organization for any district purposes and enter into agreements required in connection therewith; and to hold, use and dispose of such monies or property for any district purposes in accordance with the terms of the gift, grant, loan or agreement relating thereto.

(h) To adopt bylaws prescribing the powers, duties and functions of the officers of the district, the conduct of the business of the district and the maintenance of records.

(i) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may designate within a county in which the district is located, which office must be reasonably accessible to the landowners. Meetings shall be held at such office or such other location as may be designated by the board.

(j) To hold, control and acquire by donation, or purchase or dispose of, any public servitudes or dedications to public use and to make use of such servitudes or dedications for any of the purposes authorized by this chapter.

(k) To lease as lessor or lessee to or from any person, firm, corporation, association, or body public or private, any projects of the type that the district is authorized to undertake and facilities or property of any nature for the use of the district to carry out any of the purposes authorized by this chapter.

(l) To borrow money and issue bonds, certificates, warrants, notes or other evidence of indebtedness as provided in this chapter; to levy such special assessments as may be authorized; and to charge, collect and enforce fees and other user charges.

(m) To acquire property within the boundaries of the district for public use through condemnation, exercised pursuant to Sections 11-27-1 through 11-27-51 , subject to the approval of the governing body of the county and/or the municipality that enacted the ordinance establishing the district.

(n) To raise, by user charges or fees authorized by resolution of the board, amounts of money which are necessary for the conduct of the district activities and services; to finance projects and to pledge user charges and fees for the payment of any bond or other indebtedness of the district; and to enforce the receipt and collection of user charges and fees in the manner prescribed by resolution not inconsistent with law.

(o) To cooperate, contract, or enter into contribution agreements with other governmental agencies, including the governing bodies of counties and/or municipalities, as may be necessary, convenient, incidental or proper in connection with any of the powers, duties or purposes authorized by this chapter.

(p) To determine, order, levy, impose, collect and enforce special assessments pursuant to this chapter.

(q) To enter into interlocal cooperative agreements pursuant to Sections 17-13-1 through 17-13-17 .

(r) To covenant with the holders of assessment bonds or other obligations that it will diligently and faithfully enforce and collect all the special assessments, charges and fees, and interest and penalties thereon.

(s) To exercise all of the powers necessary and proper in connection with any of the powers, duties or purposes authorized by this chapter.

(2) In the event that the board is unable or unwilling to perform its duties or exercise its powers under this chapter, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained shall be authorized to exercise all of the powers enumerated in subsection (1)(a) through (s) of this section in addition to all of the powers necessary and proper in connection with any of the powers, duties or purposes authorized by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-77 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-77
Status: in_force

(1) There are hereby established programs of professional education for county purchase clerks, receiving clerks and inventory control clerks. The programs shall be offered at least every four (4) years at the beginning of terms of office for county elected officials and at other times when the State Auditor has been notified by a board of supervisors that a vacancy in the position of purchase clerk, receiving clerk or inventory control clerk has been filled with an uncertified appointee. The curriculum for each program shall be designed by the State Auditor. Program administration, coordination, delivery and attendance verification shall be conducted by the Community Development Department of the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service. The professional education programs offered at the beginning of terms of office shall be scheduled in each planning and development district; provided, however, the Community Development Department may schedule a program in one geographical area encompassing several planning and development districts rather than scheduling separate programs in each planning and development district within that geographical area. Participants who successfully complete a program shall be certified by the State Auditor and shall display the certificate awarded in a prominent public place within their offices.

Any participant who travels outside the county of his employment to attend a professional education program shall receive as reimbursement of the expense of such travel the same mileage and actual and necessary expenses for food, lodging and travel as allowed state officers and employees pursuant to Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972; however mileage shall not be allowed when travel is by motor vehicle owned by the county.

All or any part of the expense of a professional education program may be defrayed by the imposition of fees in a reasonable amount established by the State Auditor. Any fees imposed to defray expenses of a professional education program shall be paid by the county for participants.

(2) There is hereby established a program of professional education for members of county boards of supervisors. The program shall be offered at the beginning of each term of office for members of the boards of supervisors and may be offered more frequently at the discretion of the Committee on Supervisor Education. The curriculum of the program shall be designed by the Committee on Supervisor Education, which shall be composed of the following members:

(a) Two (2) members from the State Department of Audit designated by the State Auditor.

(b) Two (2) members from the Mississippi Association of Supervisors designated by the executive director of the association.

(c) One (1) member from the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service designated by the director of the service.

(d) One (1) member from the Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University designated by the director of the institute.

(e) One (1) member from the Judicial College of the University of Mississippi designated by the director of the judicial college.

(f) One (1) member from the Public Policy and Administration Program at Jackson State University designated by the Chairman of the Department of Political Science.

Program administration, coordination, delivery and attendance verification shall be conducted by the Community Development Department of the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service in cooperation with the Mississippi Association of Supervisors. All or any part of the expense of the supervisor education program may be defrayed by the imposition of fees established by the Committee on Supervisor Education.

The primary resources for the supervisor education program shall be the State Department of Audit, the State Attorney General, the Judicial College of the University of Mississippi, the Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University, the Public Policy and Administration Program at Jackson State University, the Mississippi Research and Development Center or its successor, and any other federal, state, local or university entities having expertise in specific topical areas.

Any fees imposed to defray expenses of the supervisor education program shall be paid by the county for members of the board of supervisors of such county enrolled in the program; and, additionally, when any supervisor travels outside of his county to attend a school, seminar or workshop approved by the Committee on Supervisor Education, he shall receive as reimbursement of expenses of such travel the same mileage and actual and necessary expenses for food, lodging and travel by public carrier or private motor vehicles as is allowed state officers and employees pursuant to the provisions of Section 25-3-41 ; however, mileage shall not be authorized when such travel is done by a motor vehicle owned by the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-35 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 27-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-35
Status: in_force

The county surveyor shall annually adjust any instrument used by him in making surveys after checking said instrument with the line of the true meridian established under Section 19-27-33 , or with the line of the true meridian established within said county by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or a division designated by the survey, or with the line of the true meridian established by the Mississippi State Highway Department in the district in which the property to be surveyed is located. A surveyor shall not be allowed to certify or testify to the correctness of a survey thereafter made unless the instrument used in making it had been corrected and adjusted within twelve months next before the survey.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 31-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-21
Status: in_force

No public improvement district may purchase, sell, dedicate, donate or convey in any manner a water or wastewater utility that provides service to the public, or enter into a management contract for such facilities, until the board has held a public hearing on the purchase, sale, dedication, donation, conveyance or management contract and has made a determination that the purchase, sale or management contract is in the public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-1
Status: in_force

At least annually, and as often as it may think proper, the board of supervisors, or a competent person authorized by the board of supervisors, shall examine into the state and condition of the jail, in regard to its safety, sufficiency and accommodation of the prisoners, and from time to time take such legal measures as may best tend to secure the prisoners against escape, sickness and infection, and have the jail cleansed. If it shall appear from such examination that the sheriff has neglected his duty in the manner of keeping the jail, or keeping and furnishing the prisoners, the board shall fine him, as for a contempt, in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

The board of supervisors shall not authorize the sheriff or any member of his department to make the inspections required by this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-69 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-69
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall have charge of the courthouse and jail of his county, of the premises belonging thereto, and of the prisoners in said jail. He shall preserve the said premises and prisoners from mob violence, from any injuries or attacks by mobs or otherwise, and from trespasses and intruders. He shall keep the courthouse, jail, and premises belonging thereto, in a clean and comfortable condition, and it shall be his duty to prosecute all persons who are guilty of injuring or defacing same. If, after a hearing by the Governor, held in accordance with due process of law, it shall be ascertained that the sheriff has wilfully failed, neglected or refused to preserve the courthouse, or the jail, or any prisoners lawfully in his custody from injuries by mob violence, then the Governor shall have the power and it shall be his duty to remove such sheriff from office.

However, in the case of a jail owned jointly by a county and municipality, under the provisions of Section 17-5-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 , after the appointment of a jailer, pursuant to Section 47-1-49, Mississippi Code of 1972 , responsible for all municipal prisoners lodged in said jail, neither the sheriff nor his bondsmen shall be responsible for actual maintenance or operation of said jail, insofar as municipal prisoners are concerned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-41 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-41
Status: in_force

(1) The boards of supervisors shall have within their respective counties full jurisdiction over roads, ferries and bridges, except as otherwise provided by Section 170 of the Constitution , and all other matters of county police. They shall have jurisdiction over the subject of paupers. They shall have power to levy such taxes as may be necessary to meet the demands of their respective counties, upon such persons and property as are subject to state taxes for the time being, not exceeding the limits that may be prescribed by law. They shall cause to be erected and kept in good repair, in their respective counties, a good and convenient courthouse and a jail. A courthouse shall be erected and kept in good repair in each judicial district and a jail may be erected in each judicial district. They may close a jail in either judicial district, at their discretion, where one (1) jail will suffice. They shall have the power, in their discretion, to prohibit or regulate the sale and use of firecrackers, roman candles, torpedoes, skyrockets, and any and all explosives commonly known and referred to as fireworks, outside the confines of municipalities. They shall have and exercise such further powers as are or shall be conferred upon them by law. They shall have authority to negotiate with and contract with licensed real estate brokers for the purpose of advertising and showing and procuring prospective purchasers for county-owned real property offered for sale in accordance with the provisions of Section 19-7-3 .

(2) The board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may contract with a private attorney or private collection agent or agency to collect any type of delinquent payment owed to the county including, but not limited to, past-due fees, fines and assessments, delinquent ad valorem taxes on personal property and delinquent ad valorem taxes on mobile homes that are entered as personal property on the mobile home rolls, collection fees associated with the disposal or collection of garbage, rubbish and solid waste, or with the district attorney of the circuit court district in which the county is located to collect any delinquent fees, fines and other assessments. Any such contract may provide for payment contingent upon successful collection efforts or payment based upon a percentage of the delinquent amount collected; however, the entire amount of all delinquent payments collected shall be remitted to the county and shall not be reduced by any collection costs or fees. There shall be due to the county from any person whose delinquent payment is collected pursuant to a contract executed under this subsection an amount, in addition to the delinquent payment, of not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the delinquent payment for collections made within this state and not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the delinquent payment for collections made outside of this state. However, in the case of delinquent fees owed to the county for garbage or rubbish collection or disposal, only the amount of the delinquent fees, which may include an additional amount not to exceed up to One Dollar ($1.00) or ten percent (10%) per month, whichever is greater, on the current monthly bill on the balance of delinquent monthly fees as prescribed under Sections 19-5-21 and 19-5-22 , may be collected and no amount in addition to such delinquent fees may be collected if the board of supervisors of the county has notified the county tax collector under Section 19-5-22 for the purpose of prohibiting the issuance of a motor vehicle road and bridge privilege license tag to the person delinquent in the payment of such fees. Any private attorney or private collection agent or agency contracting with the county under the provisions of this subsection shall give bond or other surety payable to the county in such amount as the board of supervisors deems sufficient. Any private attorney with whom the county contracts under the provisions of this subsection must be a member in good standing of The Mississippi Bar. Any private collection agent or agency with whom the county contracts under the provisions of this subsection must meet all licensing requirements for doing business in the State of Mississippi. Neither the county nor any officer or employee of the county shall be liable, civilly or criminally, for any wrongful or unlawful act or omission of any person or business with whom the county has contracted under the provisions of this subsection. The Mississippi Department of Audit shall establish rules and regulations for use by counties in contracting with persons or businesses under the provisions of this subsection.

(3) In addition to the authority granted under subsection (2) of this section, the board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may contract with one or more of the constables of the county to collect delinquent criminal fines imposed in the justice court of the county. Any such contract shall provide for payment contingent upon successful collection efforts, and the amount paid to a constable may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount which the constable collects. The entire amount of all delinquent criminal fines collected under such a contract shall be remitted by the constable to the clerk of the justice court for deposit into the county general fund as provided under Section 9-11-19 . Any payments made to a constable pursuant to a contract executed under the provisions of this section may be paid only after presentation to and approval by the board of supervisors of the county.

(4) If a county uses its own employees to collect any type of delinquent payment owed to the county, then from and after July 1, 1999, the county may charge an additional fee for collection of the delinquent payment provided the payment has been delinquent for ninety (90) days. The collection fee may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the delinquent payment if the collection is made within this state and may not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the delinquent payment if the collection is made outside this state. In conducting collection of delinquent payments, the county may utilize credit cards or electronic fund transfers. The county may pay any service fees for the use of such methods of collection from the collection fee, but not from the delinquent payment.

(5) In addition to such authority as is otherwise granted under this section, the board of supervisors of any county may expend funds necessary to maintain and repair, and to purchase liability insurance, tags and decals for, any personal property acquired under the Federal Excess Personal Property Program and the Firefighter Property Program that is used by the local volunteer fire department.

(6) The board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may expend funds to provide for training and education of newly elected or appointed county officials before the beginning of the term of office or employment of such officials. Any expenses incurred for such purposes may be allowed only upon prior approval of the board of supervisors. Any payments or reimbursements made under the provisions of this subsection may be paid only after presentation to and approval by the board of supervisors.

(7) The board of supervisors of any county may expend funds to purchase, maintain and repair equipment for the electronic filing and storage of filings, files, instruments, documents and records using microfilm, microfiche, data processing, magnetic tape, optical discs, computers or other electronic process which correctly and legibly stores and reproduces or which forms a medium for storage, copying or reproducing documents, files and records for use by one (1), all or any combination of county offices, employees and officials, whether appointed or elected.

(8) In addition to the authority granted in this section, the board of supervisors of any county may expend funds as provided in Section 29-3-23(2) .

(9) The board of supervisors of any county may perform and exercise any duty, responsibility or function, may enter into agreements and contracts, may provide and deliver any services or assistance, and may receive, expend and administer any grants, gifts, matching funds, loans or other monies, in accordance with and as may be authorized by any federal law, rule or regulation creating, establishing or providing for any program, activity or service. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed as authorizing any county, the board of supervisors of any county or any member of a board of supervisors to perform any function or activity that is specifically prohibited under the laws of this state or as granting any authority in addition to or in conflict with the provisions of any federal law, rule or regulation.

(10) The board of supervisors of any county may provide funds from any available source to assist in defraying the actual expenses to maintain an office as provided in Section 9-1-36 . The authority provided in this subsection shall apply to any office regardless of ownership of such office or who may be making any lease payments for such office.

(11) The board of supervisors of any county may reimburse the cost of an insured's deductible for an automobile insurance coverage claim if the claim has been paid for damages to the insured's property arising from the negligence of a duly authorized officer, agent, servant, attorney or employee of the county in the performance of his or her official duties, and the officer, agent, servant, attorney or employee owning or operating the motor vehicle is protected by immunity under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, Section 11-46-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-11
Status: in_force

In the event there is outstanding a warrant for the arrest of the sheriff of the county issued by any justice of the peace, mayor, or any police justice in said county whereby the said sheriff has been charged by affidavit duly made before said justice of the peace, mayor, or police justice in said county for any misdemeanor or felony, any constable of the county, or any marshal or police officer of any municipality located in said county, may execute said warrant and arrest the said sheriff. In his failure to make bond in the amount as fixed by the justice of the peace, mayor or police justice where said affidavit was made, the officer making the arrest may confine said sheriff in a county jail adjoining the county of his residence, or in any other county jail in the state, and on the date of trial shall deliver him up to the court for trial. Said officer making the arrest shall be the jailer of said county during the confinement of the said sheriff in jail and/or while his cause on said criminal charge is pending for trial, provided the sheriff was jailer and living in the jail at the time of his arrest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-183 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-183
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-183
Status: in_force

(1) The board of commissioners of any district created pursuant to Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 may issue bonds of such district by resolution spread upon the minutes of such board. Bonds may be issued from time to time without an election being held upon the question of their issuance unless the board of commissioners of the district is presented with a petition for an election upon the question of issuance signed by twenty percent (20%) or one hundred fifty (150), whichever is the lesser, of the qualified electors residing within the district. The resolution authorizing any issue of bonds other than the initial issue shall be published in a manner similar to the publication of the resolution, as outlined in Section 19-5-157 . If an election is required, it shall be held in substantial accord with the election outlined in Section 19-5-157 . The cost of this election shall be borne by the district.

(2) All bonds shall be lithographed or engraved and printed in two (2) or more colors to prevent counterfeiting. They shall be in denominations of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and may be registered as issued, and shall be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward. Each such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued, the total amount authorized to be issued, the interest on the bond, that it is payable to bearer and that the interest to accrue thereon is evidenced by proper coupons attached thereto.

(3) Such bonds shall contain such covenants and provisions; shall be executed; shall be in such form, format, type, denomination or denominations; shall be payable as to principal and interest, at such place or places; and shall mature at such time or times, all as shall be determined by such board of commissioners and set forth in the resolution pursuant to which such bonds shall be issued. The date of maturity of such bonds shall not exceed forty (40) years from the date of the bond, except that on special improvement pollution abatement bonds, special improvement water bonds, or special improvement water and sewer bonds the date of maturity shall not exceed twenty-five (25) years from their date.

(4) All bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates not to exceed a greater net interest cost to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103 , no bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid; all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually, or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bonds may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year. No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and supplemental coupons, cancelled coupons and zero interest coupons will not be permitted; no interest coupon shall vary more than twenty-five percent (25%) in interest rate from any other interest coupon in the same bond issue; and the interest rate on any one (1) interest coupon shall not exceed that allowed in Section 75-17-103 .

(5) Such bonds shall be signed by the chairman and secretary-treasurer of the commission with the seal of the commission affixed thereto; however, the coupons may bear only the facsimile signatures of such chairman and secretary-treasurer.

(6) Any provisions of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds and interest coupons issued pursuant to the authority of Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 shall be securities within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code , being Sections 75-8-101 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(7) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-15
Status: in_force

Such election shall be held, as far as is practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in counties. At such election, all qualified electors of such county may vote, and the ballots used at such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the words “FOR THE BOND ISSUE” and “AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE,” and the voter shall vote by placing a cross (X) or check mark (✓) opposite his choice on the proposition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-35 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-35
Status: in_force

If any person shall claim and receive from the board of supervisors of a county any fee or compensation not authorized by law, or if a member of such board shall knowingly vote for the payment of any such unauthorized claim, or any appropriation not authorized by law, he shall be subject to indictment, and, on conviction, be fined not exceeding double the amount of such unlawful charge, or may be imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months, or be subject to both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-18 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-18
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-18
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of a county railroad authority or regional railroad authority, as the case may be, may file a petition with the board of supervisors of any county included in the railroad authority, specifying for each such county, the rate of the ad valorem tax, not to exceed two (2) mills, to be levied by such county on the taxable property therein, for acquisition and maintenance of railroad properties and facilities, and to defray operating expenses of the railroad authority and any other expenses authorized to be incurred by the railroad authority. Prior to levying the tax specified by the railroad authority, the board of supervisors of each such county shall publish notice of its intention to levy same. The notice shall be published once each week for three (3) weeks in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county, but not less than twenty-one (21) days, nor more than sixty (60) days, intervening between the time of the first notice and the meeting at which said board proposes to levy the tax. If, within the time of giving notice, twenty percent (20%) or one thousand five hundred (1,500) of the qualified electors of the county, whichever is less, shall file a written protest against the levy of the tax, then the tax shall not be levied unless authorized by three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of the qualified electors of such county, voting at an election to be called and held for that purpose. If the tax levy fails to be authorized at an election held in a county included in the regional authority, then such tax levy shall not be made in any of the counties included in such regional authority.

(2) The avails of the ad valorem tax levied under authority of this section shall be paid by the county board of supervisors to the governing body of the railroad authority to be used as herein authorized.

(3) For any fiscal year after the initial levy of the tax, the board of supervisors levying same shall levy such tax at a millage rate which will produce an amount of revenue which approximates, but does not exceed, the amount of revenue produced from the levy for the preceding fiscal year. The county board of supervisors shall not increase the millage rate for the purposes authorized herein unless notice thereof is published and an election held, if required, in the manner set forth in subsection (1) of this section.

(4) Each railroad authority shall be subject to examination by the State Auditor.

(5) The tax levy authorized in this section shall not be included in the ten percent (10%) limitation on increases under Sections 27-39-320 or 27-39-321 .

(6) The tax levy authorized in this section shall not be reimbursable under the provisions of the Homestead Exemption Law.

(7) A railroad authority created under Section 19-29-7(2) must receive the approval of the governing authorities of the municipality and the county creating such authority before levying any tax under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-17 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-17
Status: in_force

The clerk of the board of supervisors, as county auditor, is authorized and required to examine the accounts, dockets and records of clerks, sheriffs and other officers of the clerk's county, to ascertain if any money payable into the county treasury is properly chargeable to them, and the clerk shall charge them with such money.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-33 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-33
Status: in_force

Bonds authorized by resolution of the authority may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103 , be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as such resolution, its trust indenture or mortgage may provide. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid; all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity; all interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.

No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted; the lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue.

Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in multiples of one-eighth of one percent ( 1 / 8 of 1%) or in multiples of one-tenth of one percent ( 1 / 10 of 1%). The denomination, form and place or places of payment of such bonds shall be fixed in the resolution or ordinance of the governing authorities issuing such bonds. Such bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the chairman and secretary of such authority, with the seal of the authority affixed thereto. At least one (1) signature on each bond shall be a manual signature, as specified in the resolution. The coupons may bear only the facsimile signatures of such chairman and secretary. No bonds shall be issued and sold under the provisions of this chapter for less than par and accrued interest.

The bonds may be sold at not less than par at public sale held after notice published once at least five (5) days prior to such sale in a newspaper having a general circulation in the area of operation and in a financial newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, or in the City of New York, New York. Such bonds may be sold at not less than par to the federal government at private sale without any public advertisement.

In case any of the commissioners or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such commissioners or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such commissioners or officers had remained in office until such delivery. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable.

The determination of the authority, in the resolution authorizing the bonds, as to the classification of the railroad properties and facilities for which such bonds are authorized and as to the maximum period of usefulness shall be conclusive in any action or proceeding involving the validity of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-41 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-41
Status: in_force

All real property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against an authority be for a charge or lien upon its real property; however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of an authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees or revenues.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-151 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-151
Status: in_force

The in-lieu payments made to the State Tax Commission pursuant to Section 27-35-309(3)(b) , excluding payments made in excess of Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000.00) which are required to be paid into the General Fund of the state, shall be distributed by the State Tax Commission as follows:

(a) For fiscal year 1987, fifty percent (50%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located;

(b) For fiscal year 1988, forty-five percent (45%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located;

(c) For fiscal year 1989, forty percent (40%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located;

(d) For fiscal year 1990, thirty-five (35%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located;

(e) For fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, thirty percent (30%) of such payment shall be paid to the situs county wherein such nuclear generating plant is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-37 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 31-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-37
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with the provisions of Section 31-7-1 et seq. , regarding the construction of public works or the purchase of materials or supplies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-23 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-23
Status: in_force

(1) The district may issue and sell from time to time bonds, notes, negotiable notes, tax anticipation notes, bond anticipation notes, other fund anticipation notes, renewal notes, refunding bonds, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness, certificates of participation, debentures, warrants, commercial paper or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness to provide funds for and to fulfill and achieve its public purpose or corporate purposes, as set forth in this chapter, including, but not limited to, the payment of all or a portion of the costs of a project, to provide amounts necessary for any corporate purposes, including incidental expenses in connection with the issuance of the obligations, the payment of principal and interest on the obligations of the district, the establishment of reserves to secure such obligations, and all other purposes and expenditures of the district incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its public functions or corporate purposes, and any credit enhancement for such obligations.

(2) Before the issuance of any bonds as authorized under this chapter, the district shall hold a public hearing on the advisability of the indebtedness. Notice of the hearing must be published twice in a newspaper having general circulation in each county where the district is located. The final publication of notice must be at least ten (10) days before the public hearing. The district shall give, by United States first-class mail, written notice of the public hearing to all qualified voters in the district. The notice must be addressed to “Property Owner” and mailed by United States first-class mail to the current address of the owner, as reflected on tax rolls of property located in the district.

(3)(a) If a district proposes to enter into a contribution agreement with a public entity for any bond issue, the public entity shall hold a public hearing on the advisability of the contribution agreement for any bonds the district proposes to enter.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published twice in a newspaper having general circulation in each county where the public entity is located. The final publication of notice must be at least ten (10) days before the public hearing.

(c) The notice must state the following:

(i) Time and place of the hearing;

(ii) General nature of the proposed improvement;

(iii) Estimated cost of the improvement;

(iv) Boundaries of the public improvement district;

(v) Proposed method of assessment;

(vi) Proposed amount and term of indebtedness;

(vii) Name of the public entity entering into the contribution agreement; and

(viii) Proposed amount of contribution by the public entity.

(d) The hearing may be adjourned from time to time until the governing body of the public entity makes findings by resolution as to the following:

(i) Advisability of the improvement;

(ii) Nature of the improvement;

(iii) Estimated cost of the improvement;

(iv) Boundaries of the public improvement district;

(v) Method of assessment;

(vi) Market value of real property within the district determined in accordance with paragraph (c) of this subsection; and

(vii) Terms of the contribution agreement.

(e) As provided in subsection (3)(d)(vi) of this section, the governing body of the public entity shall obtain an appraisal in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, with special consideration given to the Income Approach to Value using a discounted cash flow analysis of the entire commercial, residential or industrial subdivision. The appraisal must satisfy all parties to the contribution agreement that the value of the property in the district will be sufficient to ensure payment of any obligation to which a public entity is subject.

(4) Except as may otherwise be provided by the district, all obligations issued by the district shall be negotiable instruments and payable solely from the levy of any special assessment by the district or from any other sources whatsoever that may be available to the district but shall not be secured by the full faith and credit of the state or the county or municipality that created the district.

(5) Obligations shall be authorized, issued and sold by a resolution or resolutions of the district adopted as provided in this chapter. Such bonds or obligations may be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, including variable, adjustable, or zero interest rates, be payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be sold at such price or prices, at public or private negotiated sale, after advertisement as is provided for in Section 17-21-53(2) for and in connection with any public sale, be in such form, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption and be entitled to such priorities on the income, revenue and receipts of, or available to, the district as may be provided by the district in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance and sale of the bonds or obligations of the district.

(6) The obligations of the district shall be signed by such directors or officers of the district by either manual or facsimile signatures as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the district, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the district or a facsimile thereof.

(7) Any obligations of the district may be validly issued, sold and delivered notwithstanding that one or more of the directors or officers of the district signing such obligations or whose facsimile signature or signatures may be on the obligations shall have ceased to be such director or officer of the district at the time such obligations shall actually have been delivered.

(8) Obligations of the district may be sold in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the district to be most beneficial, and the district may pay all expenses, premiums, fees or commissions that it deems necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof, subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(9) The district may authorize the establishment of a fund or funds for the creation of a debt service reserve, a renewal and replacement reserve or such other funds or reserves as the district may approve with respect to the financing and operation of any project and as may be authorized by any bond resolution, trust agreement, indenture of trust or similar instrument or agreement pursuant to the provisions of which the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the district may be authorized.

(10) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, but subject to any agreement with bondholders or noteholders, monies of the district not required for immediate use, including proceeds from the sale of any bonds, notes or other obligations, may be invested in the following:

(a) Obligations of any municipality, the State of Mississippi or the United States of America;

(b) Obligations of which the principal and interest are guaranteed by the State of Mississippi or the United States of America;

(c) Obligations of any corporation wholly owned by the United States of America;

(d) Obligations of any corporation sponsored by the United States of America which are, or may become, eligible as collateral for advances to member banks as determined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

(e) Obligations of insurance firms or other corporations whose investments are rated “A” or better by recognized rating companies;

(f) Certificates of deposit or time deposits of qualified depositories of the State of Mississippi as approved by the State Depository Commission, secured in such manner, if any, as the commission determines appropriate;

(g) Contracts for the purchase and sale of obligations of the type described in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subsection;

(h) Repurchase agreements secured by obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subsection; and

(i) Money market funds, the assets of which are required to be invested in obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this subsection.

(11) Any cost, obligation or expense incurred for any of the purposes specified in this chapter shall be a part of the project costs and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of the proceeds of bonds or other obligations issued by the district.

(12) Neither the directors of the board nor any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable for the bonds or be subject to any personal liability by reason of the issuance thereof. No earnings or assets of the district shall accrue to the benefit of any private persons. However, the limitation of liability provided for in this subsection shall not apply to any gross negligence or criminal negligence on the part of any director or person executing the bonds.

(13) The district may avail itself of the provisions of Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11 .

(14) This chapter constitutes full and complete authority for the issuance of bonds and the exercise of the powers of the district provided herein. No procedures or proceedings, publications, notices, consents, approvals, orders, acts or things by the board or any board, officers, commission, department, agency or instrumentality of the district, other than those required by this chapter, shall be required to perform anything under this chapter, except that the issuance or sale of bonds pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall comply with the general law requirements applicable to the issuance or sale of bonds by the district. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the district to utilize bond proceeds to fund the ongoing operations of the district.

(15) Before incurring any debt as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the district may, but shall not be required to, secure an agreement from one or more developers obligating such developer or developers:

(a) To effect the completion of all or any portion of a project at no cost to the district;

(b) To pay all or any portion of the real property taxes due on the project in a timely manner; and

(c) To maintain and operate all or any portion of the buildings or other facilities or improvements of the project in such a manner as to preserve property values.

No breach of any such agreement shall impose any pecuniary liability upon a district or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers.

Additionally, the district may enter into an agreement with the developer under which the developer may construct all or any part of the project with private funds in advance of issuance of bonds and may be reimbursed by the district for actual costs incurred by the developer upon issuance and delivery of bonds and receipt of the proceeds, conditioned upon dedication of the project by the developer to the district, a governmental agency, a county or a municipality to assure public use and access. This condition shall not apply to the privately owned portion of a project for which the Mississippi Development Authority has issued a certificate of convenience and necessity pursuant to the Regional Economic Development Act.

As used in this section, the term “ developer ” means any entity or natural person which enters into an agreement with a district whereby the developer agrees to construct, operate and maintain or procure the construction, operation and maintenance of a project or projects, or portions thereof, upon land within the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-59 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-59
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep a record, to be called the “Mesne Process Docket,” in which he shall note each writ, other than an execution, received by him for service, specifying the names of the parties, the court from which issued, the date of its reception, how executed, and when and how returned. The record shall be kept as a public record, and turned over to his successor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-7
Status: in_force

The county auditor shall keep a suitable book, in which he shall enter the accounts of all officers whose duty it is to receive or collect any money for the county, exhibiting the debits and credits, and what they represent, whether money, warrants, or bonds, and whether belonging to the general or any special fund. Such book shall be at all times subject to the inspection of any citizen of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-5
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

(a) “Act” means the railroad authorities law.

(b) “Authority” or “railroad authority” means any of the public bodies corporate and politic created pursuant to this chapter or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto.

(c) “Bonds” means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or similar obligations issued by an authority pursuant to this chapter.

(d) “Federal government” means the United States of America or any department, division, commission or agency and instrumentality thereof, including the department of transportation and the interstate commerce commission.

(e) “Governing body” means the board of commissioners of the authority.

(f) “Person” means individuals, corporations, partnerships or foreign domestic associations.

(g) “Railroad” means a common carrier by railroad as defined in section 1(3) of Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act ( 49 U.S.C. Section 1(3) ).

(h) “Railroad properties and facilities” means any real or personal property or interest in such property which is owned, leased or otherwise controlled by a railroad or other person, including an authority, and which are used or are useful in rail transportation service, including:

(i) Track, roadbed and related structures, including rail, ties, ballast, other track materials, grading, tunnels, bridges, tressels, culverts, elevated structures, stations, office buildings used for operating purposes only, repair shops, engine houses and public improvements used or usable for rail service operation;

(ii) Communication and power transmission systems for use by railroads;

(iii) Signals, including signals and interlockers;

(iv) Terminal or yard facilities and services to express company and railroads and their shippers, including ferries, tugs, car floats and related shoreside facilities designed for the transportation of equipment by water;

(v) Shop or repair facilities or any other property used or capable of being used in rail freight transportation services or in connection with such services or for originating, terminating, improving and expediting the movement of equipment or goods.

(i) “Rail service” means both freight and passenger railroad service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 31-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-5
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Assessable improvements ” means any public improvements and community facilities that the district is empowered to provide in accordance with this chapter.

(b) “ Assessment bonds ” means special obligations of the district that are payable solely from proceeds of the special assessments levied for an assessable project.

(c) “ Board ” or “ board of directors ” means the governing board of the district or, if such board has been abolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given to the board by this chapter have been given by law.

(d) “ Bond ” includes certificate, and the provisions that are applicable to bonds are equally applicable to certificates. The term “ bond ” includes any assessment bond, refunding bond, revenue bond and other such obligation in the nature of a bond as is provided for in this chapter.

(e) “ Public improvement district ” or “ district ” means a special district that is created pursuant to this chapter and limited to the performance of those specialized functions authorized by this chapter, the boundaries of which are contained wholly within a single county or two (2) or more contiguous counties; the governing head of which is a body created, organized and constituted and authorized to function specifically as prescribed in this chapter for the delivery of public improvement services; and the formation powers, governing body, operation, duration accountability, requirements for disclosure and termination of which are as required by general law.

(f) “ Contribution agreement ” means an agreement between a district and a public entity under which the public entity agrees to provide financial or credit support in the form of cash, pledge, guaranty or other enhancement, which agreement must be approved in accordance with Sections 17-13-1 through 17-13-17 .

(g) “ Cost ,” when used with reference to any project, includes, but is not limited to:

(i) The expenses of determining the feasibility or practicability of acquisition, construction or reconstruction.

(ii) The cost of surveys, estimates, plans and specifications.

(iii) The cost of improvements.

(iv) Engineering, fiscal and legal expenses and charges.

(v) The cost of all labor, materials, machinery and equipment.

(vi) The cost of all lands, rights, servitudes and franchises acquired.

(vii) Financing charges.

(viii) The creation of initial reserve and debt service funds.

(ix) Working capital.

(x) Interest charges incurred or estimated to be incurred on money borrowed before and during construction and acquisition and for such reasonable period of time after completion of construction or acquisition as the board may determine.

(xi) The cost of issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter, including advertisements and printing.

(xii) The cost of any election held pursuant to this chapter and all other expenses of issuance of bonds.

(xiii) The discount, if any, on the sale or exchange of bonds.

(xiv) Administrative expenses.

(xv) Such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the acquisition, construction or reconstruction of any project or to the financing thereof, or to the development of any lands within the district.

(h) “ District manager ” means the manager of the district.

(i) “ District roads ” means highways, streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, landscaping, storm drains, bridges and thoroughfares of all kinds and descriptions.

(j) “ Landowner ” means the owner of land, including real property as it appears in the official records of the county, including a trustee, a private corporation or other entity, and an owner of a condominium unit.

(k) “ Market value ” means the amount in cash, or on terms reasonably equivalent to cash, for which in all probability the property would have sold on the effective date of the appraisal, after a reasonable exposure time on the open competitive market, from a willing and reasonably knowledgeable seller to a willing and reasonably knowledgeable buyer, with neither acting under any compulsion to buy or sell, giving due consideration to all available economic uses of the property at the time of the appraisal. Market value must be determined in accordance with Section 27-35-50 and must conform to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisers Practice.

(l) “ Project ” means any development, improvement, property, utility, facility, works, enterprise or service undertaken after April 1, 2002, or established under the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following:

(i) Water management and control for the lands within the district and connection of some or any of such facilities with roads and bridges;

(ii) Water supply, sewer and wastewater management, reclamation and reuse, or any combination thereof;

(iii) Bridges or culverts that may be needed across any drain, ditch, canal, floodway, holding basin, excavation, public highway, tract, grade, fill or cut and roadways over levees and embankments;

(iv) District roads equal to or exceeding the specifications of the county in which the district roads are located, including street lights and the location of underground utilities;

(v) Parks and facilities for indoor and outdoor recreational, cultural and educational uses, and other tourism related infrastructure and facilities;

(vi) Fire prevention and control, including fire stations, water mains and plugs, fire trucks, and other vehicles and equipment;

(vii) Security, except that the district may not exercise any police power but may contract with the appropriate local governmental agencies for an increased level of such services within the district boundaries;

(viii) Waste collection and disposal;

(ix) Acquisition, construction, repair, renovation, demolition or removal of:

1. Buildings and site improvements (including fixtures);

2. Potable and nonpotable water supply systems;

3. Sewage and waste disposal systems;

4. Storm water drainage and other drainage systems;

5. Airport facilities;

6. Rail lines and rail spurs;

7. Port facilities;

8. Highways, streets and other roadways;

9. Fire suppression and prevention systems;

10. Utility distribution systems, including, but not limited to, water, electricity, natural gas, telephone and other information and telecommunications facilities, whether by wire, fiber or wireless means; however, electrical, natural gas, telephone and telecommunication systems may be constructed, repaired or renovated only for the purpose of completing the project and connecting to existing utility systems. This provision may not be construed to prevent a city, county or natural gas district from supplying utility service that it is authorized to supply in the service area that it is authorized to serve; and

11. Business, industrial and technology parks and the acquisition of land and acquisition or construction of improvements to land connected with any of the preceding purposes;

(x) County purposes authorized by or defined in Sections 17-5-3 and 19-9-1 , except Section 19-9-1(f) ; and

(xi) Municipal purposes authorized by or defined in Sections 17-5-3 , 17-17-301 through 17-17-349 , 21-27-23 and 21-33-301 .

(m) “ Public entity ” means any governmental agency, county or municipality, which enters into a contribution agreement with a district in accordance with this chapter.

(n) “ Qualified voter ” means any landowner within the district who is at least eighteen (18) years of age, or the landowner's authorized representative who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. If the landowner of a parcel consists of more than one (1) person or is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or any association or legal entity organized to conduct business, the majority interest of the landowners of the parcel shall select one (1) person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age to serve as the “qualified voter” for the group.

(o) “ Revenue bonds ” means obligations of the district that are payable from revenues derived from sources other than ad valorem taxes on real or personal property and that do not pledge the property, credit or general tax revenue of the district.

(p) “ Sewer system ” means any plant, system, facility or property, and additions, extensions and improvements thereto, useful or necessary in connection with the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage.

(q) “ Water management and control facilities ” means any lakes, canals, ditches, reservoirs, dams, levees, floodways, pumping stations or any other works, structures or facilities for the conservation, control, development, utilization and disposal of water, and any purposes incidental thereto.

(r) “ Water system ” means any plant system, facility or property, and additions, extensions, and improvements thereto, useful or necessary in connection with the development of sources, treatment or purification and distribution of water.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-21
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county auditor to place to the credit of the public school fund of the county all sums of money paid into the county treasury arising from the state Two Dollars ($2.00) poll tax, and, on the first day of October and April of each fiscal year, he shall report to the county superintendent of public education and the auditor of public accounts the amount of such credit during the preceding six months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-195 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-195
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-195
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 19-5-177(1)(e) , the board of commissioners of the district issuing bonds pursuant to Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 shall prescribe and collect reasonable rates, fees, tolls or charges for the services, facilities and commodities of its system or systems; shall prescribe penalties for the nonpayment thereof; and shall revise such rates, fees, tolls or charges from time to time whenever necessary to ensure the economic operation of such system or systems. The rates, fees, tolls or charges prescribed shall be, as nearly as possible, such as will always produce revenue at least sufficient to: (a) provide for all expenses of operation and maintenance of the system or systems, including reserves therefor, (b) pay when due all bonds and interest thereon for the payment of which such revenues are or shall have been pledged, charged or otherwise encumbered, including reserves therefor, and (c) provide funds for reasonable expansions, extensions and improvements of service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-13
Status: in_force

If any constable or other officer make a false return on any execution or other process issued by a justice of the peace, such officer shall forfeit and pay the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), to be recovered against such officer and his sureties by motion before the justice by whom such process was issued, for the use of the party injured by said false return.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-9
Status: in_force

The county prosecuting attorney shall possess all the qualifications of other county officers, and in addition thereto shall be a regular licensed and practicing lawyer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-21
Status: in_force

The minimum number of deputies having law enforcement duties for each sheriff shall be based upon the total population of his county according to the latest federal decennial census in the following categories:

(a) in counties with a total population of more than fifty thousand (50,000), the sheriff shall regularly employ a minimum of five (5) deputies having law enforcement duties;

(b) in counties with a total population of more than thirty-five thousand (35,000), and not more than fifty thousand (50,000), the sheriff shall regularly employ a minimum of four (4) deputies having law enforcement duties;

(c) in counties with a total population of more than twenty-five thousand (25,000), and not more than thirty-five thousand (35,000), the sheriff shall regularly employ a minimum of three (3) deputies having law enforcement duties;

(d) in counties with a total population of more than fifteen thousand (15,000), and not more than twenty-five thousand (25,000), the sheriff shall regularly employ a minimum of two (2) deputies having law enforcement duties;

(e) in all other counties, the sheriff shall regularly employ a minimum of one (1) deputy sheriff having law enforcement duties.

In those counties comprised of two (2) judicial districts having a total population of thirty-five thousand (35,000) or more, there shall be not less than two (2) deputies in the judicial district in which the sheriff does not reside, one (1) of whom shall be the chief deputy in charge of the office, all of whom shall be subject to the direction of the sheriff. In those counties comprised of two (2) judicial districts having a total population of less than thirty-five thousand (35,000), there shall be at least one (1) deputy in the judicial district in which the sheriff does not reside who shall be subject to the direction of the sheriff.

Each deputy sheriff who shall have law enforcement duties shall, at the expense of the county, attend and complete an appropriate curriculum in the field of law enforcement at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Academy within one (1) year from the date of his appointment, excluding those who have previously served as sheriff, or have had at least five (5) years' experience as a full-time law enforcement officer, or have previously successfully completed a course of training at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Academy or at the Jackson Police Academy. Any deputy sheriff exempted from attendance at the initial course as herein provided because of previous service as sheriff or having five (5) years' full-time law enforcement experience must have served as sheriff or obtained such experience within a period of ten (10) years prior to the date of his taking the oath of office. Any deputy sheriff exempted from attendance because of successful completion of a course of training at either of the aforementioned academies must have completed such course within five (5) years prior to the date of his taking the oath of office. Each deputy sheriff shall thereafter, on a periodic and continuing basis, attend additional advanced courses in law enforcement at said Academy in order that each deputy sheriff will be properly informed and trained in the modern, technical advances in the field of law enforcement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Railroad Authorities Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-63 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-63
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep a record, to be called the “Jail docket,” in which he shall note each warrant or mittimus by which any person shall be received into or placed in the jail of his county, entering the nature of the writ or warrant, by whom issued, the name of the prisoner, when received, the date of the arrest and commitment, for what crime or other cause the party is imprisoned, and on what authority, how long the prisoner was so imprisoned, how released or discharged, and the warrant therefor or the receipt of the officer of the penitentiary when sent there. All of said entries shall be full and complete, so as to give a perfect history of each case. The record shall be kept as a public record, and turned over to his successor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-25 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-25
Status: in_force

An authority is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government and use of any railroad properties and facilities owned by it or under its control. No rule, regulation, order or standard prescribed by the commission shall be inconsistent with, or contrary to, this chapter, or any act of the Congress of the United States or any regulation promulgated or standard established pursuant thereto. The authority shall keep on file at the principal office of the authority for public inspection a copy of all its rules and regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-37 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-37
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with the provisions of Section 31-7-1 et seq. , regarding the construction of public works or the purchase of materials or supplies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-7.nr2 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-7.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-7.nr2
Status: in_force

(1) The county administrator of each county of the State of Mississippi shall prepare and submit to the board of supervisors at its August meeting of each year a complete budget of revenues, expenses and a working cash balance estimated for the next fiscal year, which shall be based on the aggregate funds estimated to be available for the ensuing fiscal year for each fund, from which such estimated expenses will be paid, exclusive of school maintenance funds, which shall be shown separately and exclusive of the budget of the sheriff's department which shall be prepared by the sheriff. Such statement of revenues shall show every source of revenue along with the amount derived from each source. The budget, including the sheriff's budget, containing such statement of revenues and expenses shall be published at least one (1) time during August or September but not later than September 30 of the year in a newspaper published in the county, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in a newspaper having a general circulation therein.

(2) The county administrator shall not prepare a budget that reduces the county budget by more than twenty percent (20%) in the last year of the members' term of office if a majority of the members of the board are not reelected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-47 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-47
Status: in_force

If a sheriff or other officer properly authorized to act for him, make a false return on any process whatever, he shall, for every such offense, be liable to pay the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to the plaintiff named in the process, such sum being recoverable against the officer and his sureties, or the officer alone, by motion before the court to which the process is returnable, after five days' notice of such motion to the officer and his sureties. If the returns alleged to be false do not appear on the face of the record to be so, the court shall, at the request of either party, impanel a jury to ascertain whether the return be false or not, on an issue joined under the direction of the court. If the jury find that the return is false, judgment shall be entered for the said sum against the officer and his sureties, with costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-25 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-25
Status: in_force

An authority is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government and use of any railroad properties and facilities owned by it or under its control. No rule, regulation, order or standard prescribed by the commission shall be inconsistent with, or contrary to, this chapter, or any act of the Congress of the United States or any regulation promulgated or standard established pursuant thereto. The authority shall keep on file at the principal office of the authority for public inspection a copy of all its rules and regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-197 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-197
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-197
Status: in_force

The property and revenue of such district shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation. Bonds issued pursuant to Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, except inheritance, transfer and estate taxes, and it may be so stated on the face of said bonds.