Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-117 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-29-117
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for:

(a) Any person to use any brand or mark for branding cattle or other livestock unless the brand or mark is registered with the Department of Agriculture and Commerce;

(b) Any person to obliterate, alter or deface the brand or mark of any animals;

(c) Any livestock market to receive and sell livestock unless records of such sale are kept in accordance with the requirements of this article;

(d) Any livestock market to fail to keep a copy of the register of brands and marks furnished to them by the department in a place easily accessible to interested parties;

(e) Any livestock hide dealer to fail or refuse to keep records required by subsection (c) of Section 69-29-113 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 10-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-15
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may conduct an audit of the board to verify compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated for the efficient enforcement of this chapter.

(2) Under this section, the audited board shall provide information to the commissioner that verifies the amounts received and expended from the fees assessed and collected by the department and remitted to the board. Records maintained in the course of the normal conduct of business by the board may serve as verification.

(3) The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction on disbursements made to the board from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 10-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-15
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may conduct an audit of the board to verify compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated for the efficient enforcement of this chapter.

(2) Under this section, the audited board shall provide information to the commissioner that verifies the amounts received and expended from the fees assessed and collected by the department and remitted to the board. Records maintained in the course of the normal conduct of business by the board may serve as verification.

(3) The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction on disbursements made to the board from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-63 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-63
Status: in_force

(1) Any individual aggrieved by a final decision of the Board of Animal Health after its review of the hearing officer's recommendation shall be entitled to judicial review.

(2) An appeal from the board's decision shall be filed in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County on the record made, including a verbatim transcript of the testimony at the hearing held before the designated hearing committee of the Board of Animal Health. The appeal shall be filed within thirty (30) days after notification of the action of the board is mailed or served and the proceedings in circuit court shall be conducted as other matters coming before the court. The appeal shall be perfected upon filing notice of the appeal and by the prepayment of all costs, including the cost of preparation of the record of the proceedings by the Board of Animal Health, and the filing of a bond in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) conditioned that if the action of the board be affirmed by the circuit court, the aggrieved party shall pay the costs of the appeal and the action of the circuit court.

(3) The scope of review of the circuit court in such cases shall be limited to a review of the record made before the board or hearing committee to determine if the action of the board is unlawful for the reason that it was:

(a) Not supported by any substantial evidence;

(b) Arbitrary or capricious; or

(c) In violation of some statutory or constitutional right of the individual.

(4) No relief shall be granted based upon the court's finding of harmless error by the board in complying with the procedural requirements of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-61 . In the event that there is a finding of prejudicial error in the proceedings, the cause may be remanded for a rehearing consistent with the findings of the court.

(5) Any party aggrieved by action of the circuit court may appeal to the State Supreme Court in the manner provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-605 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-605
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-605
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “ Capable of use as human food ” means and shall apply to any catfish or part or product thereof unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to deter its use as human food, or unless it is naturally inedible by humans.

(b) “ Catfish ” means any species within the family Ictaluridae.

(c) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.

(d) “ Direct retail sale ” means the sale of catfish products individually or in small quantities directly to the consumer.

(e) “ Distributor ” means any person offering for sale, exchange or barter any catfish product destined for direct retail sale in the State of Mississippi.

(f) “ Farm-raised Catfish ” means the catfish product has been specifically produced in fresh water according to the usual and customary techniques of commercial aquaculture and includes fillets, steaks, nuggets and any other flesh from a “Farm-raised Catfish.”

(g) “ Fish ” means species of fish similar to catfish in the families of Siluridae, Clariidae and Pangasiidae.

(h) “ Food service establishment ” means a restaurant, cafeteria, lunch room, food stand, saloon, tavern, bar, lounge or other similar facility operated as an enterprise engaged in the business of selling food to the public.

(i) “ Label ” means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a catfish product is offered for direct retail sale.

(j) “ Labeling ” means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter upon a catfish product, or any of its containers or wrappers, offered for direct retail sale.

(k) “ Menu ” means any listing of food and beverage options for a diner or customer to select from regardless of its form.

(l) “ Pay pond ” means a circumscribed body of water owned by a person and operated solely for recreational fishing purposes on a commercial basis for profit.

(m) “ Person ” includes any individual, partnership, corporation and association or other legal entity.

(n) “ Processor ” means any person engaged in handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing or holding catfish products.

(o) “ Producer ” means any person engaged in the business of harvesting catfish, by any method, intended for direct retail sale.

(p) “ Product ” means any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof, except products which contain catfish only in small proportions or historically have not been, in the judgment of the commissioner, considered by consumers as products of the United States commercial catfish industry and which are exempted from definition as a catfish product by the commissioner under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that the catfish or portions thereof contained therein are not adulterated and that such products are not represented as catfish products.

(q) “ Product name ” means the name of the catfish item intended for retail sale which identifies it as to kind, class or specific use.

(r) “ Retailer ” means any person offering for sale catfish products to individual consumers and representing the last sale prior to human consumption and includes food service establishments unless otherwise stated herein.

(s) “ River or Lake Catfish ” means the catfish product has been produced in a freshwater lake, river or stream but has not been produced according to the usual and customary techniques of commercial aquaculture.

(t) “ Wholesaler ” means any person offering for sale any catfish product destined for direct retail sale in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-321 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-321
Status: in_force

Cattle, horses, jacks, jennets or mules infested with or exposed to the cattle tick (margaropus annulatus), in any county known to be partly or wholly infested with such tick, the owner or owners of which, after five days written notice from a livestock inspector, or such animals as are provided for under Section 69-15-319 , shall fail or refuse to dip such animals at a time and place designated in such notice and regularly every 14 days thereafter until released, in a vat properly charged with arsenical solution, under the supervision of a livestock inspector, said cattle, horses, jacks, jennets or mules shall be dipped, quarantined and placed in the custody of the sheriff, by the livestock inspector. Suitably fenced areas for holding such cattle while in the custody of the sheriff shall be provided by the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-55 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-55
Status: in_force

Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits of a portion of a soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this article may petition the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee asking that the described area be withdrawn from the present district, or that the district be dissolved, and consolidated with another district or segment of another district, and that the area withdraw or the composite area be designated as an individual soil and water conservation district, with all the powers and responsibilities designated to soil and water conservation districts by law. Such petition shall set forth:

(a) The proposed name of such district.

(b) That there is a need for adjustment of boundaries or reorganization of territory, to provide for a separate soil and water conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition, in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare.

(c) A description of the territory proposed to be included in the adjusted boundaries, or the territory to be withdrawn from an existing district, and the total territory to be included in the new district.

(d) A request that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries for such district; that one or more public hearings be held to determine the feasibility and propriety of such changes; and that the committee determine that such adjustments be made or such district created.

Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may consolidate all or any such petitions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-109
Status: in_force

When any livestock shall have been taken up and impounded in the enclosure to be provided by the board of supervisors, the sheriff of said county or counties shall be responsible for having the descriptions of all such livestock published in one weekly newspaper with general circulation in that part of the county where livestock was taken up. Such notice shall be in substantially the following form:

“To Whom It May Concern:

You are hereby notified that the following described livestock (giving full and accurate description of same, including marks and brands) is now impounded at (giving location where livestock is impounded) __________ and the amount due by reason of such impounding is $ __________ dollars per day. The above described livestock will, unless redeemed within five (5) days from date hereof, be offered for sale at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash.

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Date

Sheriff of __________ County, Mississippi”

Unless the impounded livestock is redeemed within five days from date of notice, the sheriff shall forthwith give notice of sale thereof which shall be held not less than five days nor more than twelve days (excluding Sundays and holidays) from the first publication of the notice of sale. Said notice of sale shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the said county (excluding Sundays and holidays) and by posting a copy of such notice at the court house door. If there be no such newspaper then by posting such copy at the court house door and at two other conspicuous places in said county.

Such notice of sale shall be in substantially the following form:

“(Name of owner, if known, otherwise ‘To Whom It May Concern’) you are hereby notified that I will offer for sale and sell at public sale to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described livestock (giving full and accurate description of each head of livestock) at __________ o'clock, __________.M. (the hour of sale to be between 11 o'clock A.M. and 2 o'clock P.M. Central Standard Time) on the ___ day of __________ at the following place: __________ (which place shall be where the livestock is impounded or at the place provided by the county commissioners for the taking up and keeping of such livestock) to satisfy a claim in the sum of __________ for fees, expenses for feeding and care and costs hereof.

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___________________________________________________________________________

Date

Sheriff of __________ County, Mississippi”

If the rightful owners shall claim the impounded animals, they may do so by paying all assessments or liens as herein provided, after signing for them on forms provided by the commissioner of public safety, such forms to include the descriptions of said animals. All receipts shall be deposited in a special fund known as the “Sheriff's Livestock Sale Fund.” If it is later determined who the rightful owners are, the sheriff may have refunded to them the selling price after all liens are paid. Any funds accrued in this account shall, on June first of each year, be transferred to the general county fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-351 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-351
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-351
Status: in_force

No bond issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 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 on the bonds; and all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity. All interest accruing on bonds shall be payable semiannually or annually, except the first interest coupon attached to any bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year. If bonds are issued in coupon form, no interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon, and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-57 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-57
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have jurisdiction over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this article and he may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 24-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-11
Status: in_force

The commissioner and State Chemist are authorized and empowered to refuse registration of a soil or plant amendment if they find the brand of soil or plant amendment violates any section of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. The commissioner and State Chemist are authorized and empowered to cancel the registration of any brand of soil or plant amendments upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasions or attempted evasions of the provisions of this chapter, or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder; provided, that no registration shall be revoked until the registrant shall have been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the commissioner and State Chemist.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-23 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-23
Status: in_force

(1) For statewide management when assessments are established by passage of a referendum, the commissioner shall have a lien for payment of the assessments, together with any penalties levied under this chapter, against all cotton grown by each cotton grower who grows cotton within the state. This lien shall be of equal dignity with liens for taxes in favor of the state and the commissioner is authorized to issue executions for the collection of the assessments and liens described in this section in like manner as executions are issued for ad valorem property taxes due the state.

(2) In addition, the commissioner shall have a special lien on cotton for payment of assessments, together with any penalties levied under this chapter, which shall be superior to any other lien provided by law, shall arise as of the time the assessments become due and payable, and shall cover all cotton grown by the cotton grower from the date the lien arises until the assessments are paid. However, any buyer of cotton shall take free of the lien if the buyer has not received written notice of the lien from the commissioner, or if he has paid for the cotton by a check in which the department is named as joint payee.

(3) A cotton grower who fails to pay when due and upon reasonable notice any assessment levied under this chapter shall be subject to a per acre penalty as established in the bureau's regulations, in addition to the assessment.

(4) Commercial cotton that is located in sites that cannot be treated adequately because of health, environmental or other concerns shall be deemed to be a public nuisance and shall be destroyed promptly. The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation and the approval of the Attorney General, may apply to the circuit court of the judicial circuit in which the public nuisance is located to have the nuisance condemned and destroyed. This injunctive relief shall be available to the commissioner notwithstanding the existence of any other legal remedy and the commissioner shall not be required to file a bond.

In those cases where commercial cotton is destroyed because of prevented treatment due to health or environmental concerns, the owner of the cotton shall be compensated for that portion of the crop that is destroyed. The per acre amount of the payments shall be based on a reasonable estimate of the value of the crop as determined by the commissioner in consultation with the corporation and the affected producer. Payments for those losses shall be funded by assessment fees paid by cotton growers and administered by the corporation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-401 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-401
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-401
Status: in_force

A committee is hereby created to consist of seven members, four of whom shall be producers of vegetables and three of whom shall be handlers of vegetables, to be nominated and appointed as herein provided, from the following described districts:

(a) District No. 1 shall be composed of Beat No. 5 of Copiah County and all of Simpson County and shall be represented by two producers and one handler.

(b) District No. 2 shall be composed of Beats No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 of Copiah County and all of the counties of Jefferson, Lincoln and Lawrence, and shall be represented by one producer and one handler.

(c) District No. 3 shall be composed of Beat No. 4 of Copiah County and all of the counties of Hinds, Rankin and Claiborne, and shall be represented by one producer and one handler.

On or before March fifteenth of each year, the committee then serving shall call meetings and select a committee as herein authorized, the members of which shall serve for a period of one year beginning April first of each year, or until their successors have been appointed. A vacancy from any cause shall be filled in the same manner. Members shall serve without compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 24-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-15
Status: in_force

(1) It is the duty of the commissioner and State Chemist, who may act through their duly authorized agents, to sample, inspect, make analyses of, and test soil or plant amendments distributed within the State of Mississippi at any time and place, and to such an extent they may deem necessary to determine whether such soil or plant amendments are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner, individually or through his agents, is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises of carriers during regular business hours in order to have access to soil or plant amendments subject to provisions of the chapter and the rules and regulations pertaining thereto, and to the records relating to their distribution.

(2) The methods of analysis and sampling shall be those adopted by the State Chemist from sources such as the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, or other sources acceptable to the State Chemist.

(3) The results of official analyses of soil or plant amendments and portions of official samples shall be distributed by the State Chemist as provided by regulation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-5
Status: in_force

The board shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To develop marketing plans and opportunities for independent farmers in Mississippi;

(b) To encourage the commercialization of new agricultural technology businesses;

(c) To initiate the development of processing facilities for Mississippi agricultural commodities;

(d) To initiate the development of Mississippi wholesale distribution businesses for agricultural inputs and products;

(e) To promote the development of institutional and specialty markets for Mississippi agriculture products;

(f) To encourage additional research for new agricultural product development;

(g) To develop a working relationship with the state offices of the United States Department of Agriculture as may be appropriate for the promotion and development of agriculture in Mississippi;

(h) To promote the rural quality of life in Mississippi through such programs as 4-H, Future Farmers of America and agricultural education;

(i) To encourage, promote and initiate the development of alternative energy strategies, applied research technologies and commercialization enterprises that focus on Mississippi natural resources, including, but not limited to, agriculture, timber and poultry products and byproducts;

(j) To file an annual report with the Governor, Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives not later than December 1 of each year, with recommendations for any legislation necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act;

(k) The board may promulgate and enforce rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act;

(l) To expend funds out of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Fund to carry out its powers and duties under the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act;

(m) The board may provide funds to public entities and private entities through loans, grants, contracts and any other manner the board determines appropriate for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-11
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner or his employees, with proper identification and during normal working hours, shall have free access to all places of business, factories, buildings, carriages, cars, stores, warehouses and other places where pesticides are offered for sale or kept for sale or distribution or use and application, and shall have authority to inspect or open any container of pesticide and to take a sample for the purpose of examination and analysis. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to take such samples and deliver them to the State Chemist for examination and analysis.

(2) It shall be the duty of the State Chemist to cause as many analyses to be made of samples delivered to him by the commissioner as may be necessary to properly carry into effect the intent of this chapter. He shall make reports of such analysis to the commissioner and to the manufacturer, firm or person responsible for placing on the market the pesticide represented by the samples.

(3) If it appears that any pesticide fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or if provisions of this chapter are violated, the commissioner may proceed with appropriate action as provided in this chapter or under the administrative hearing procedures provided in Section 69-25-51 et seq. If, in the opinion of the commissioner, it appears that the provisions of the chapter have been violated, the commissioner may refer the facts to the county attorney, district attorney or Attorney General.

(4) It shall be the duty of each county attorney, district attorney or Attorney General to whom any such violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in the appropriate court without delay.

(5) The commissioner shall, by publication in such manner as he may prescribe, give notice of all judgments entered in actions instituted under the authority of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-657 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-657
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-657
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “ Capable of use as human food ” means and shall apply to any catfish or part or product thereof unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to deter its use as human food, or unless it is naturally inedible by humans.

(b) “ Cash sale ” means a sale in which the seller does not expressly extend credit to the buyer.

(c) “ Catfish ” means any species within the family of Ictaluridae.

(d) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.

(e) “ Direct retail sale ” means the sale of catfish products directly to the consumer.

(f) “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation and association or other legal entity.

(g) “ Processor ” means any person engaged in handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing or holding catfish products.

(h) “ Producer ” means any person engaged in the business of producing catfish, by any method.

(i) “ Product ” means any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof.

(j) “ Secured party ” means a lender who has a perfected security interest pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the catfish being sold.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-5 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 31-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-5
Status: in_force

The department shall inspect or cause to be inspected at least annually every moisture-measuring device used in commerce in this state, except those belonging to the United States or the state, or any subdivision of either, except as may be requested. The department may inspect or cause to be inspected at the convenience of the department any moisture-measuring device upon a request in writing from the owner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-1 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-46-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-33 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-2-33
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the department in issuing, selling and validating bonds or notes authorized under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter, and the department is authorized to pay from the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds or notes, or from other funds available to the department, the reasonable cost of approving attorney's fees, validating, printing and cost of delivery of such bonds or notes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-15 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-8-15
Status: in_force

(1) Any collecting person, who fails to file a report or pay any assessment within the time required by the commissioner, shall remit to the council a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent (1%) for each month of delay, or fraction thereof, beginning the first month after the report was required to be filed or the assessment became due.

(2) Any collecting person who makes a false claim shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) payable to the council.

(3) Any collecting person required to pay an assessment as provided by this chapter, who refuses to allow full inspection of their records by the council, or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent the inspection of their records is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-11 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-31-11
Status: in_force

Every moisture-measuring device offered for sale, processing or storage shall be used in a location visible to the general public and the detailed procedure for operating a moisture-measuring device shall be displayed in a conspicuous place proximate to the moisture-measuring device.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-323 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-323
Status: in_force

Any expense incurred in the enforcement of Section 69-15-321 or for feed, care and handling of such animals while undergoing the process of tick eradication, and any expense incurred in handling, dipping, confining, feeding or pasturing of any animals while in the custody of the sheriff shall constitute a lien upon such animal or animals to be paid by the owner or owners of the animals before the same are released by the sheriff. Should the owner or owners of cattle, horses, jacks, jennets and mules which have been placed in the custody of the sheriff as herein provided, fail or refuse to pay said expenses after five days' notice, they shall be sold by the sheriff of the county after ten days advertising, either by notice at courthouse door and two other public places in the neighborhood of the place at which the animal was taken up, or in the newspaper published in the county having general circulation therein. The said advertisement shall state therein the time and place of sale, which place shall be where the animal is confined. The sale shall be at public auction and to the highest bidder, for cash. Out of the proceeds of the sale, the sheriff shall pay the cost of publishing the notices, costs of dipping, feeding and caring for the animals and the costs of sale which shall include $2.00 in the case of each sale, to said sheriff. The surplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the animal or animals, if he can be ascertained. If he cannot be ascertained within thirty days after such sale, then the sheriff shall pay such surplus to the county treasurer for benefit of the general fund of the county; provided, however, that if the owner of the animal or animals shall within three years after the fund is turned over to the county treasurer, as aforesaid, prove to the satisfaction of the board of supervisors of the county that he was the owner of such animals, upon the order of said board such surplus shall be refunded to the owner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-7 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-17-7
Status: in_force

Any biologics, drugs, remedies, tonics, medicine or other preparation hereinabove referred to which are licensed or which are authorized to be sold under and in accordance with the Public Health Service Act of July 1, 1944 (58 Stat. 682; 42 U.S.C. Supp.V. 201 et seq.) or under the animal virus-serum-toxin law of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 832; 21 U.S.C. 151 et seq. ) shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-341 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-341
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-341
Status: in_force

The commission is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations or methods of accounting as may be necessary or expedient to give effect to the purposes expressed in Sections 69-27-331 through 69-27-341 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-9 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 10 / Section 24-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-24-9
Status: in_force

(1) Each separately identified product shall be registered before being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the commissioner and state chemist on the form furnished or approved by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per product. Upon approval by the commissioner and State Chemist, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. All registrations expire on June 30, following registration. Each manufacturer shall submit to the commissioner and State Chemist copies of labels and advertising literature with the registration request for each soil or plant amendment.

(2) A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of soil or plant amendment which is already registered under this chapter by another person, providing the label and labeling do not differ in any respect.

(3) Before registering any soil or plant amendment, the commissioner and State Chemist may require evidence to substantiate the claims made for the soil or plant amendment and proof of the value and usefulness of the soil or plant amendment as in Section 69-24-7(3) , (4) .

(4) The commissioner and State Chemist may, by regulation, set the minimum amount of any soil or plant amending ingredients that must be present before a soil or plant amendment can be registered and sold.

(5) If the application for renewal of the soil or plant amendment registration provided for in this section is not filed prior to July 1 of any one year, a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the renewal soil or plant amendment registration shall be issued; provided, however, that such penalty shall not apply if the applicant furnishes an affidavit that he has not distributed this soil or plant amendment subsequent to the expiration of his prior registration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-213 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-213
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall have the right to issue certificates of indebtedness of the county for the purchase price of the necessary machinery for soil erosion work hereunder, or any part of such price, to be paid from the soil erosion fund of the county or part of the county for which such machinery is purchased, which certificates shall be payable in no more than three annual instalments, the first of which in the case of two instalments to be not less than one-half of the aggregate certificates issued for that purchase, and the first two of which in the case of three instalments to be for not less than one-third each of such aggregate, the first instalment in any case to be payable on the first Monday in April of the year following that in which the certificates are issued, and subsequent instalment on the first Monday in April each succeeding year. By its order purchasing such machinery the board may provide for the payment of interest at a rate of not more than six per cent (6%) per annum upon the deferred payments evidenced by said certificates, in which event said certificates shall show upon their face that fact, and shall be payable with interest accordingly; and said certificates shall also show upon their face the date when and the purpose for which issued, the principal amount of the certificate, the aggregate amount of the certificates issued for that particular purchase, the date when payable, and whether payable from the soil erosion fund of the whole county or of some named or numbered soil erosion district thereof; and all such certificates shall be signed by the president of the board, shall be countersigned by the clerk thereof, shall have the seal of the county impressed thereon, and shall be registered by the clerk when issued as is required in the case of bonds, and may be validated as such. The board shall also make appropriate provision, by budget and tax levy as in other cases, to so govern and supplement the soil erosion fund arising from performance of contracts for landowners, as to make prompt payments of all bills for labor, fuel, oil, supplies, repairs and other necessary cost and expenses incident to the operation of said machinery, the performance of said contracts, and the carrying out of the provisions hereof, and prompt payment of the certificates of indebtedness issued for the purchase of machinery, with interest, if any, as and when due. The board may also borrow money for the county in anticipation of taxes and the special assessments herein provided for, for the payment of current operating expenses of soil erosion work, as in case of other current operating expenses, the same to be paid out of the soil erosion fund, supplemented if necessary by a special tax as in other cases. Money so borrowed, as well as the certificates of indebtedness issued for the purchase of machinery, shall be a liability of the county until paid. The certificates herein provided for shall not be taken into consideration under any debt limitation statute.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-109 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-109
Status: in_force

A roundup show shall be held, in addition to the livestock and dairy shows, once each year at a time and place to be fixed by the directors mentioned in Section 69-5-101 , and under the supervision and rules and regulations promulgated by said directors. At such roundup show the owners of any livestock, who have won prizes or awards within the immediately preceding twelve months in any of the livestock or dairy shows referred to in this article may exhibit such livestock and compete for prizes or awards offered by the directors of such livestock shows or for prizes or awards offered by any person or corporation, through the directors, upon complying with the regulations governing such roundup show. The roundup shall be held in the district agreeing to pay the expense thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-51-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 1 / Section 51-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-51-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Anhydrous alcohol ” means fermentation ethyl alcohol derived from biomass, but that does not meet ASTM specifications or is not denatured and is shipped in bond for further processing.

(b) “ Biomass ” means any organic matter which is available on a renewable basis including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood and wood wastes and residues, and animal wastes.

(c) “ Ethanol ” means fermentation ethyl alcohol which is produced from biomass and, that:

(i) Meets all of the specifications in ASTM specification D 4806-88; and

(ii) Is denatured as specified in Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, parts 20 and 21 .

(d) “ Ethanol plant ” means a plant at which ethanol, anhydrous alcohol or wet alcohol is produced.

(e) “ Wet alcohol ” means agriculturally derived fermentation ethyl alcohol having a purity of at least fifty percent (50%) but less than ninety-nine percent (99%).
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-51 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-51
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 to establish an administrative hearing procedure under the Board of Animal Health to enforce the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health and the statutes and laws of the State of Mississippi pertaining to the control and eradication of tuberculosis, anthrax, hog cholera, Texas and splenic fever and the fever-carrying tick (Margaropus annulatus), cattle brucellosis, anaplasmosis, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, muscosal disease, cattle viral diarrhea, cattle scabies, sheep scabies, swine erysipelas, swine brucellosis, equine encephalomyelitis, rabies, vesicular diseases, salmonella group, newcastle disease, infectious laryngotracheitis, ornithosis-psittacosis, mycoplasma group, equine infectious anemia and any suspected new and/or foreign diseases of livestock and poultry, and all other diseases of animals in this state, currently in effect or hereafter made and promulgated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-2 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 2 / Section 10-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-10-2
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Rice Promotion Board is created, to be composed of twelve (12) members to be appointed by the Governor to serve terms of four (4) years, as hereinafter provided. All of the twelve (12) members of the board shall be producers of rice in the State of Mississippi. Within ten (10) days following March 9, 1995, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., the Mississippi Rice Council for Market Development and the Delta Council shall each submit the names of six (6) rice producers to the Governor, and he shall appoint four (4) members from the nominees of each organization to serve on the board on rotating four-year terms. The original board shall be appointed with members of each of the aforenamed organizations appointed as follows: one (1) for one (1) year, one (1) for two (2) years, one (1) for three (3) years and one (1) for four (4) years. Each year thereafter, not less than thirty (30) days before the expiration of the terms of expiring board members, the aforenamed organizations shall submit the names of four (4) nominees to the Governor and succeeding boards shall be appointed by the Governor in the same manner, giving equal representation to each organization. Vacancies which occur shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.

(2) The members of the board shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment, and shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers or specifically designated by the board. The chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer shall be bonded in an amount not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The cost of the bonds shall be paid from the funds received under the provisions of Section 69-10-1 et seq. Such bond shall be a security for any illegal act of such member of the board and recovery thereon may be had by the state for any injury by such illegal act of such member. The board may establish rules and regulations for its own government and the administration of the affairs of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-21 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 8 / Section 25-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-21
Status: in_force

Any person in this state who receives from without the state any plant or plant product, or other thing or substance as to which the requirements of section next before the last above have not been complied with, or who receives any plant or plant product, or other thing or substance, sold, given away, carried, shipped, or delivered for carriage or shipment within this state as to which the requirements of next foregoing section have not been complied with, shall immediately inform the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or an inspector thereof and isolate and hold the plant or plant product or other thing or substance unopened or unused subject to such inspection and other disposition as may be provided for by the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-25 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-25
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Plant Industry is authorized to promulgate regulations quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage, treatment, or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas. The bureau shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil. The bureau is also authorized to promulgate regulations governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. The promulgation of these regulations shall conform in all aspects to the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Sections 25-43-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , and sound principles of quarantines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-3 — MS Code / Title 69 / Chapter 3 / Section 39-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-39-3
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Agricultural liming materials” means products containing calcium and magnesium compounds that are capable of neutralizing soil acidity.

(b) “Limestone” means a material consisting essentially of calcium carbonate or a combination of calcium carbonate with magnesium carbonate capable of neutralizing soil acidity.

(c) “Calcitic limestone” means a calcareous rock composed wholly or largely of calcium carbonate.

(d) “Dolomitic limestone” means a calcareous rock composed of calcium and magnesium carbonates with a minimum elemental magnesium (Mg) content of six percent (6%).

(e) “Burnt lime” means a material made from limestone that consists essentially of calcium oxide or a combination of calcium oxide with magnesium oxide.

(f) “Hydrated lime” means a material, made from burnt lime, that consists of calcium hydroxide or a combination of calcium hydroxide with magnesium oxide and/or magnesium hydroxide.

(g) “Marl” or “chalk” means a granular or loosely consolidated earthy material composed largely of sea shell fragments and calcium carbonate.

(h) “Ground shells” means a product obtained by the grinding of shells of mollusks and that shall carry the name of mollusk origin.

(i) “Industrial by-product” means any industrial waste or by-product containing calcium or calcium and magnesium in forms that will neutralize soil acidity.

(j) “Brand” means the term, designation, trademark, product name or other specific designation under which individual agricultural liming material is offered for sale.

(k) “Fineness” means the percentage by weight of the material that will pass United States Standard sieves of specified sizes. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations relating to fineness.

(l) “Ton” means 2,000 pounds avoirdupois.

(m) “Percent” or “percentage” means by weight.

(n) “Bulk” means in nonpackaged form.

(o) “Label” or “labeling” means all written, printed or graphic matter upon or accompanying any agricultural liming material or advertisements, brochures, posters, television and radio announcements used in promoting the sale of such agricultural liming material.

(p) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi, or his agents and employees.

(q) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity or organization.

(r) “Calcium carbonate equivalent” means the acid neutralizing capacity of an agricultural liming material expressed as weight percentage of calcium carbonate.

(s) “Weight” means the weight of undried material as offered for sale.