Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-7
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) Prepare an inventory of all personal property owned by the county and the location and condition of such property and shall maintain a perpetual inventory of such property;

(c) List all buildings and real estate owned by the county and keep a perpetual list of such real estate;

(d) Be responsible for carrying out the responsibilities of the board of supervisors in regard to janitorial services and maintenance of buildings and property owned by the county except such as may be specifically assigned by the board of supervisors to some other person or office, or may be the responsibility of some other office under law;

(e) Exercise supervision over the purchase clerk and inventory control clerk of the county, and the boards or other divisions of county government 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 or to serve as purchase clerk or inventory control clerk;

(f) Assist the board in the preparation of the budget and preparation of the tax levy;

(g) Have authority to 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;

(h) Have general supervision over the county sanitary land fills and refuse collection procedures;

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

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

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

(l) 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;

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

(n) 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;

(o) 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;

(p) 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;

(q) 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;

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

(s) Do any and all other administrative duties that the board of supervisors could legally do 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. § 19-9-95 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-95
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-95
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and having an assessed valuation of less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the courts of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-106 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-106
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-106
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners of any cooperative service district may, pursuant to a favorable majority vote of the board of supervisors of each participating county, and for good cause shown therefor, authorize the cooperative service district to issue its revenue bonds payable from and secured by a pledge of all or any part of revenues under any contract or contracts it enters into under Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and/or from the avails of any tax imposed or appropriation made to support the district. The bonds shall not be or constitute an indebtedness of any participating county or municipality within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter limitation of indebtedness but shall be payable solely from the revenues derived by the cooperative service district under any contract or contracts it enters into under Section 19-3-101 through 19-3-115, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and/or from the avails of any tax imposed or appropriation made to support the district. Neither the full faith and credit nor taxing power of any participating county, municipality, or of the state or any political subdivision thereof, is pledged to the payment of the principal of, the interest on, or premium, if any, of the bonds. Such bonds shall be in such form and denomination as prescribed by the board of commissioners of the district. Such bonds may be serial or term; redeemable, with or without premium, or nonredeemable; registered or coupon bonds with registration privileges as to either principal and interest, principal only, or both; shall bear interest at a rate or rates to be determined pursuant to the sale of the bonds; and shall be payable at such time or times and shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty-five (25) years from their date, and at such place or places as shall be prescribed in the bond resolution authorizing their issuance; provided, however, that any bond issue to be awarded and sold to the United States of America or any agency thereof shall mature at such time or times, not to exceed thirty-five (35) years, as shall be prescribed in the ordinance authorizing their issuance. Any provisions of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds and interest coupons issued pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall possess all the qualities of negotiable instruments. The bonds and the interest coupons shall be executed in such manner and shall be substantially in the form prescribed in the authorizing resolution. In case any of the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of such bonds, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery. 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 rate specified for the same bond issue. Such bonds shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 . 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%). 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. Such bonds shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi. The bonds and interest coupons shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation under the laws of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds shall be sold at public or private sale upon such terms as the board of commissioners of the district may determine, not inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection, but no sale shall be made at a price so low as to require the payment of interest on the money received therefor at more than that allowed in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 , computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the bonds, in accordance with standard tables of bond values, excluding from such computation the amount of any premium to be paid on redemption of any bonds prior to maturity.

All bonds issued pursuant to this subsection shall be validated as provided in Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

Proceeds from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to this subsection may be invested, pending their use, in such certificates of deposit as are specified in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture securing them, and the earnings on such investments applied as provided in such resolution or trust indenture.

All bonds issued pursuant to this subsection are declared to be legal and authorized investments for banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, trustees and for the sinking fund of municipalities, villages, school districts or any other political corporation or subdivision of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds shall constitute a district indebtedness within the meaning of Section 19-3-107, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-13
Status: in_force

The county prosecuting attorney shall not represent or defend any person in any criminal prosecution in the name of the state, county or municipality of the county, nor shall he or she give any advice against the state, his or her county or in a criminal case against a municipality of his or her county, and shall not represent any person in any case against the state, his or her county, or in a criminal case arising in a municipal court of his or her county. Nothing herein shall prohibit any county prosecuting attorney from defending any person in any criminal prosecution in any county not within the county in which he or she is the county prosecuting attorney.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-29 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-29
Status: in_force

When claims against the county shall be presented to the clerk thereof, said clerk shall mark “filed” on each such claim, as of the date of presentation of same, and shall audit, number, and docket the same consecutively under the heading of each fund in the book of accounts required by Section 19-11-13 out of which the same shall be paid. The said clerk shall file the claims in like manner, and shall safely preserve the same as records of his office. Each year's records shall be kept separate and begin with a new number for each year, and thence run in regular order for that year.

In issuing any warrant under order of the board of supervisors to pay any one of said claims so numbered and kept, said clerk shall enter the number of the claim and designate the fund against which allowed in the body of the warrant so that the claim may be easily found and identified, and so that possible duplication may be avoided.

For failure to perform any duty required of him herein, said clerk shall not be entitled to the compensation now provided by law for such duty, when performed, and the board of supervisors shall be prohibited from authorizing payment of the same to said clerk, but, instead, said board shall be authorized to employ a competent person to perform any duty which such clerk has failed to perform, either in his capacity as the clerk of the board or as the county auditor, and pay to such person the compensation now provided by law for such services, as aforesaid.

Any claim filed with the clerk on or before the last working day in the month prior to the next regular meeting of the board of supervisors at which claims are considered pursuant to Section 19-13-31 shall be so docketed as to be considered by the board of supervisors at such meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-147 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-147
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-147
Status: in_force

Walthall County is bounded by beginning on the Mississippi-Louisiana State line at the southwest corner of section thirty-six, township one, north, range nine, east; and run thence north along the west boundaries of sections thirty-six, twenty-five, twenty-four, thirteen, twelve and one, in townships one, two, three and four respectively of range nine, east, to the northwest corner of section one, in township four, north, range nine, east; thence east along the township line between townships four and five, north, to the northeast corner of section five in township four, north, range eleven, east; thence south along the east boundary of said section five to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of said section; thence east along the half section line of section four, north, range eleven, east, to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of said section four; thence south along the east boundary of section four to the southeast corner of said section; thence east along the south boundary of section three in township four, north, range eleven, east to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of said section three; thence south along the half section line of section ten, township four, north, range eleven, east, to the center of said section ten; thence east along the half section lines of sections ten, eleven and twelve in township four, north, range eleven, east, to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section twelve; thence north along the east boundary of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section twelve to the northeast corner of the said southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section twelve; thence east along the south boundary of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said section twelve to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said section twelve; thence north along the half section line of said section twelve to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of said section twelve; thence east along the north boundary line of said section twelve to the northeast corner of the same, this point being on the range line between ranges eleven and twelve, east; thence south along said range line seven miles to the northwest corner of section eighteen in township three, north, range twelve, east; thence east along the north boundary line of said section eighteen in said township three, north, range twelve east one-half mile to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of said section eighteen; thence south along the half section line of sections eighteen, nineteen, thirty and thirty-one in township three, north, range twelve, east, four miles to the township line between townships two and three, north; thence east along said township line between townships two and three, one and one-half miles to the northeast corner of section five in township two, north, range twelve, east; thence south along the east boundaries of sections five, eight and seventeen in township two, north, range twelve, east, three miles to the southeast corner of said section seventeen; thence east along the north boundary line of sections twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four to the northeast corner of section twenty-four in township two, north, range twelve, east; thence south along the range line between ranges twelve and thirteen, one and one-half miles to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of section thirty in township two, north, range thirteen, east; thence east along the half section line of section thirty to the center of said section; thence south along the half section line of sections thirty and thirty-one in township two, north, range thirteen, east, one and one-half miles to the township line between townships one and two; thence east along said township line one-half mile to the northeast corner of section six, township one, north, range thirteen, east; thence south along the east boundary of said section six one mile to the northwest corner of section eight in township one, north, range thirteen, east; thence east along the north boundary of sections eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve in township one, north, range thirteen, east, five miles to the northeast corner of said section twelve; thence south along the range line between ranges thirteen and fourteen five miles, to the southeast corner of section thirty-six, township one, north, range thirteen, east, this point being on the Mississippi-Louisiana State line; thence west along said state line to the point of beginning. The county site is Tylertown.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-2 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-2
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county shall establish single member election districts in the county for the election of each of the constables at the 1987 general election and for each general election thereafter. Such districts shall be of the same number and shall have the same boundaries as districts established for justice court judges pursuant to Section 9-11-2, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-1
Status: in_force

There shall be elected for each county a surveyor who shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution and 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 not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).

From and after January 1, 1984, such surveyor shall be a registered land surveyor as provided for in Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-99 . However, this requirement shall not apply to any person who was holding the office of county surveyor by either election or appointment on December 31, 1983.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-3 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-3
Status: in_force

(1) In case any of the real estate belonging to the county shall cease to be used for county purposes, the board of supervisors may sell, convey or lease the same on such terms as the board may elect and may, in addition, exchange the same for real estate belonging to any other political subdivision located within the county. In case of a sale on a credit, the county shall have a lien on the same for the purchase money, as against all persons, until paid and may enforce the lien as in such cases provided by law. The deed of conveyance in such cases shall be executed in the name of the county by the president of the board of supervisors, pursuant to an order of the board entered on its minutes.

(2)(a) Before any lease, deed or conveyance is executed, the board shall publish at least once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in a public newspaper of the county in which the land is located, or if no newspaper be published in said county then in a newspaper having general circulation therein, the intention to lease or sell, as the case may be, the county-owned land and to accept sealed competitive bids for the leasing or sale. The board shall thereafter accept bids for the lease or sale. The board, at its option, may reject all bids or accept the highest and best bid received in response to the advertisement, or the board may hold an auction among those who submitted bids in response to the advertisement. If the board elects to hold an auction, no bidder shall be granted any preference. The opening bid at the auction shall be the highest bid received in response to the advertisement.

(b) The board of supervisors of any county may contract for the professional services of a Mississippi-licensed real estate broker to assist in the marketing and sale or lease of the property for a reasonable commission, consistent with or lower than the market rate, for services rendered to be paid from the sale or lease proceeds.

(3)(a) During the final year of an existing lease of any real estate belonging to the county, the board shall notify the holder of the existing lease if the board intends to re-lease the property after advertising for bids or holding an auction in the same manner as provided in subsection (2) of this section. If the board receives an acceptable bid in response to the advertisement and elects not to hold an auction among those submitting bids, then the holder of the existing lease may submit a second bid in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the highest acceptable bid received if the holder of the existing lease: (i) submitted a bid in response to the advertisement; and (ii) constructed or made improvements on the leasehold premises after receiving approval of the board during the term of the existing lease.

(b) If the holder of the existing lease elects to submit a second bid, the board shall hold an auction among those who submitted bids in response to the advertisement. The opening bid at the auction shall be the second bid of the holder of the existing lease. However, no leaseholder may submit a second bid if: (i) any rent, taxes or other payment required under the lease are past due; or (ii) the holder of the lease is otherwise in default of any term or provision of the lease and such default has not been corrected or cured to the satisfaction of the board after more than thirty (30) days' notice to the leaseholder of the default.

(c) If an auction is held, the auction may be conducted at the meeting at which bids are opened or at a subsequent regular or special meeting. The board shall announce the time and place of the auction at the meeting at which bids are opened, and no further notice of the auction is required.

(4) Whenever the board of supervisors shall find and determine, by resolution duly and lawfully adopted and spread upon its minutes (a) that any county-owned property is no longer needed for county or related purposes and is not to be used in the operation of the county, (b) that the sale of the property in the manner otherwise provided by law is not necessary or desirable for the financial welfare of the county, and (c) that the use of the county property for the purpose for which it is to be sold, conveyed or leased will promote and foster the development and improvement of the community in which it is located and the civic, social, educational, cultural, moral, economic or industrial welfare thereof, the board of supervisors of such county shall be authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to sell, convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of same for any of the purposes set forth herein.

(5)(a) In addition to such authority as is otherwise granted under this section, the board of supervisors, in its discretion, may sell, lease, or otherwise convey property to any person or legal entity without public notice, without having to advertise for and accept competitive bids and without appraisal, with or without consideration, and on such terms and conditions as the parties may agree if the board of supervisors finds and determines, by resolution duly and lawfully adopted and spread upon its official minutes:

(i) That the subject property is real property acquired by the county:

1. By reason of a tax sale;

2. Because the property was abandoned or blighted; or

3. In a proceeding to satisfy a county lien against the property;

(ii) That the subject property is blighted and is located in a blighted area;

(iii) That the subject property is not needed for governmental or related purposes and is not to be used in the operation of the county;

(iv) That the sale of the property in the manner otherwise provided by law is not necessary or desirable for the financial welfare of the county; and

(v) That the use of the property for the purpose for which it is to be conveyed will promote and foster the development and improvement of the community in which it is located or the civic, social, educational, cultural, moral, economic or industrial welfare thereof; the purpose for which the property is conveyed shall be stated.

(b) All costs associated with a conveyance under this subsection shall be paid by the person or entity to whom the conveyance is made.

(c) Any deed or instrument of conveyance executed pursuant to the authority granted under this subsection shall contain a clause of reverter providing that title to the property will revert to the county if the person or entity to whom the property is conveyed does not fulfill the purpose for which the property was conveyed and satisfy all conditions imposed on the conveyance within two (2) years of the date of the conveyance.

(d) In any such deed or instrument of conveyance, the county shall retain all mineral rights that it owns, together with the right of ingress and egress to remove same.

(6) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit, restrict or to prescribe conditions with regard to the authority granted under Section 17-25-3 or Section 57-75-37 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-107 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-107
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors, if satisfied that the bids offered are materially more expensive to the taxpayers of the state than prevails in other adjoining states, may require such bids to be lowered and if the resident bidders refuse to lower such bids, the boards of supervisors may make temporary contracts with printers and stationers outside the state until such time as contracts satisfactory to the boards of supervisors can be made with resident printers and stationers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-10 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-10
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-10
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Mississippi Legislature that, when the board of a public improvement district is unable or unwilling to perform its statutory duties or exercise its statutory powers, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained shall be authorized to perform such duties or exercise such powers in the place of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-27 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-27
Status: in_force

When any fine, penalty, or judgment shall be assessed or rendered against a sheriff or his sureties, for or on account of any misconduct of a deputy, the court in which the fine, penalty, or judgment shall be rendered shall, upon motion by the sheriff or his sureties, give judgment against the deputy and his sureties, jointly and severally, for the full amount of all such fines, penalties, or judgments, and shall award execution therefor. The deputy and his sureties shall have five days' notice of such motion.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-19 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-19
Status: in_force

All serial bonds issued by a county shall mature annually, with all maturities not longer than twenty (20) years, with not less than one-fiftieth ( 1 / 50 ) of the total issue to mature each year during the first five (5) years of the life of such bonds, not less than one-twenty-fifth ( 1 / 25 ) of the total issue to mature each year during the succeeding ten-year period of the life of such bonds, and the remainder to be amortized, as to principal and interest, into approximately equal annual payments, one (1) payment to mature each year for the remaining life of such bonds. However, in cases where bonds shall be issued or dated subsequent to the date fixed for making the county tax levy in the year in which such bonds are to be issued, the first maturity date of not less than one-fiftieth ( 1 / 50 ) of the total issue, may be fixed for any period not exceeding two (2) years from the date of the bonds with the same schedule of subsequent maturities as hereinabove set forth. Such bonds shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972 . 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 canceled 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. The interest rate of any one (1) interest coupon shall not exceed the maximum interest rate allowed on such bonds.

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%), and a zero rate of interest cannot be named. The denomination, form, and place, or places, of payment of such bonds shall be fixed in the resolution or order of the board of supervisors issuing such bonds. Such bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the president of the board of supervisors, or the vice president in the absence or disability of the president, and countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the clerk thereof, with the official seal of the county affixed thereto. At least one (1) signature on each bond shall be a manual signature, as specified in the issuing resolution. The coupons may bear only the facsimile signatures of such president, or vice president and clerk. No bonds shall be issued and sold under the provisions of Sections 19-9-1 through 19-9-31 for less than par and accrued interest.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any county may issue a single-term bond payable annually which amortizes as described herein, complies with the other requirements described herein, and with a final maturity not longer than twenty (20) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-15.nr2 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-15.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-15.nr2
Status: in_force

(1) 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.

(2) The board of supervisors may make partial payments for the work done and materials used in performance of all contracts for public buildings and public works upon certification in writing to the board by the architect or engineer on the project; and on all such contracts for work done and materials used in performance of said contracts a percentage of not less than two and one-half percent (2 1 / 2 %) of each estimate thereon paid shall be retained until final acceptance of such project.

(3) On any contract as described in this section, except for a contract for building or repairing a bridge or doing any work on a public road, of which the total amount is Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) or greater, ten percent (10%) shall be retained until the work is at least fifty percent (50%) complete, on schedule and satisfactory in the architect's and/or engineer's opinion. At such time fifty percent (50%) of that retainage shall be returned to the prime contractor for distribution to the appropriate subcontractors and suppliers who are on schedule and performing satisfactorily, in the opinion of the prime contractor. Thereafter, a five percent (5%) retainage shall be withheld.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-15
Status: in_force

A commissioner of an authority shall receive no compensation for his services, but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. The certificates of the appointment and reappointment of commissioners shall be filed with the authority.

The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof. A majority of the commissioners of an authority shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the business of the authority and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of not less than a majority of the commissioners present.

There shall be elected a chairman and vice chairman from among the commissioners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-356 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-356
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-356
Status: in_force

(1) After any telecommunicator has received his or her initial minimum standard of training and has been issued the “Certification of Minimum Standards,” such telecommunicator shall complete forty-eight (48) hours of continuing education courses every three (3) years. The continuing education courses, required pursuant to this subsection, must be approved by the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training.

(2) The Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training shall reimburse each agency for the expense incurred by telecommunicators who attend approved continuing education courses as required by this section.

(3) For purposes of this section, “ telecommunicator ” means any person engaged in or employed as a telecommunications operator by any public safety, fire or emergency medical agency whose primary responsibility is the receipt or processing of calls for emergency services provided by public safety, fire or emergency medical agencies or the dispatching of emergency services provided by public safety, fire or emergency medical agencies and who receives or disseminates information relative to emergency assistance by telephone or radio.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-11
Status: in_force

Upon the appointment and qualification of the commissioners first appointed to a regional railroad authority, they shall submit to the Secretary of State a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 19-29-9 by the counties included in the regional authority. Upon receipt thereof, the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of incorporation to the regional railroad authority.

When a regional railroad authority is increased or decreased pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of Section 19-29-9 , it shall forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant thereto and, upon receipt thereof, the Secretary of State shall issue an amended certificate of incorporation in accordance therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-23 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 19-17-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 19-25-53 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 19-25-79 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-79
Status: in_force

The sheriff of any county shall receive and keep any prisoner committed by a justice of the peace according to the order of commitment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-9
Status: in_force

If any constable or other officer fail to execute and return, according to law, any execution to him directed by any justice of the peace, on or before the return day thereof, the plaintiff in execution may recover the amount thereof, with interest and costs and five per centum damages thereon, by motion before the justice to whom the execution was returnable, against the officer and his sureties. When any constable, or such other officer, or his sureties, shall have paid the amount of money and damages recovered, the original judgment shall be vested in the person so paying. The justice, on motion, may fine the officer not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for failing to return such execution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-5
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county where the county prosecuting attorney's office has been abolished may by its own motion entered upon the minutes, make an order to re-establish the said office of county prosecuting attorney in said county. Said order shall be published in a newspaper published in said county and having a general circulation therein, and if there is no such newspaper in said county, the said order shall be posted in three public places of said county, and one of the said places shall be the courthouse, for three consecutive weeks next preceding, and if within that time twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of the county shall petition against re-creation of said office, then the said office shall not be re-created, unless an election shall have been ordered in the manner provided for in Section 19-23-3 , and a majority of the qualified voters in said election vote to re-create said office. The said board shall not re-create said office unless two years after the same has been abolished shall have passed. Should there be no petition against the re-creation of said office, the board of supervisors shall re-create said office of county prosecuting attorney.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-309 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-309
Status: in_force

(1) The digits “911” shall be the primary emergency telephone number, but the involved agencies may maintain a separate secondary backup number and shall maintain a separate number for nonemergency telephone calls.

(2) The use of the digits “911” shall become the standard telephone number for public access to the various emergency services within the State of Mississippi by the year 1995. The implementation of this service shall be effected in all counties not currently operating a “911” system according to the following guidelines:

(a) Those counties not currently in the process of installing “911”, or currently using “911” emergency telephone service, which have a population greater than fifteen thousand (15,000) residents shall, when so authorized by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting on the proposal in an election held for that purpose, take the steps necessary to implement Enhanced 911 within such county using the guidelines for implementation set forth in Section 19-5-301 et seq. ;

(b) Those counties not currently in the process of installing “911”, or currently using “911” emergency telephone service, which have a population less than fifteen thousand (15,000) residents shall, when so authorized by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting on the proposal in an election held for that purpose, install either “Basic 911” or “Enhanced 911” using the guidelines for implementation set forth in Section 19-5-301 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-23 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / 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. § 19-13-43 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 19-5-195 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 19-9-109 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-109
Status: in_force

In order to fund such expenditures as may arise pursuant to the authority granted by Section 19-5-97 to boards of supervisors of any county to purchase, operate, and maintain fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment, such boards of supervisors are empowered to levy an annual ad valorem tax not to exceed one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) of one mill in such supervisors districts as participate in the provisions of Section 19-5-97 . However, such tax shall not be levied upon any of the taxable property of the county or districts thereof lying in a municipality which furnishes fire protection within its corporate limits. No part of such additional levy shall be reimbursable under Sections 27-33-1 through 27-33-65, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-85 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-85
Status: in_force

The sheriff of Harrison County shall be the proper officer to execute all process required by law to be executed by the sheriff and to return the same to such district of said county as the same may belong. He shall keep an office at Gulfport therein, and an office at Biloxi therein, and in each of said offices he shall keep all books, records, and documents required by law to be kept by sheriffs in every county in the state, the same as if said two districts were separate counties. In making sales of land under execution or otherwise in the discharge of any of his official duties, such lands as lie in the first district, he shall sell at the door of the courthouse in Gulfport and in making like sales of land lying in the second district he shall sell the same at the door of the courthouse at Biloxi. Sales of personalty made by the sheriff under like authority shall be made in such places in each district, as if each were a separate county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-5
Status: in_force

No county shall hereafter issue bonds secured by a pledge of its full faith and credit for the purposes authorized by law in an amount which, when added to the then outstanding bonds of such county, shall exceed either (a) fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed value of the taxable property within such county according to the last completed assessment for taxation, or (b) fifteen percent (15%) of the assessment upon which taxes were levied for its fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, whichever is greater.

However, any county in the state which shall have experienced washed-out or collapsed bridges on the public roads of the county for any cause or reason may hereafter issue bonds for bridge purposes as now authorized by law in an amount which, when added to the then outstanding general obligation bonds of such county, shall not exceed either (a) twenty percent (20%) of the assessed value of the taxable property within such county according to the last completed assessment for taxation or (b) fifteen percent (15%) of the assessment upon which taxes were levied for its fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, whichever is greater.

Provided further, in computing such indebtedness, there may be deducted all bonds or other evidences of indebtedness heretofore or hereafter issued, for the construction of hospitals, ports or other capital improvements which are payable primarily from the net revenue to be generated from such hospital, port or other capital improvement, which revenue shall be pledged to the retirement of such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, together with the full faith and credit of the county. However, in no case shall any county contract any indebtedness payable, in whole or in part, from proceeds of ad valorem taxes which, when added to all of the outstanding general obligation indebtedness, both bonded and floating, shall exceed either (a) twenty percent (20%) of the assessed value of all taxable property within such county according to the last completed assessment for taxation, or (b) fifteen percent (15%) of the assessment upon which taxes were levied for its fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, whichever is greater. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to contract obligations in any form heretofore or hereafter incurred by any county which are subject to annual appropriations therefor, or to bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by any county for school purposes, or to bonds issued by any county under the provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51 , or to any indebtedness incurred under Section 55-23-8 , or to bonds issued under Section 57-75-37 or to any other indebtedness incurred under Section 57-75-37(4) , 57-75-37(5) , 57-75-37(6) , 57-75-37(7) or Section 57-31-35 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-19 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-19
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors in each county in the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to pay a reasonable sum not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month to the county prosecuting attorney for secretarial services actually rendered to said county prosecuting attorney in the discharge of the official duties of his office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-27 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-27
Status: in_force

It is hereby determined that the creation of the district and the carrying out of its public functions and corporate purposes is, in all respects, a public and governmental purpose for the benefit of the people of the state and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, prosperity and security, that such functions and purposes are public purposes and that the district will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this chapter. All obligations authorized to be issued by the district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, together with interest thereof, income therefrom, and gain upon the sale thereof shall be exempt from all state and local taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-31 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-31
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, now or hereafter having two (2) judicial districts and an assessed valuation of property for ad valorem taxation in excess of Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), according to the last completed assessment for taxation, and of any Class 3 county bordering on the Mississippi River and the State of Louisiana wherein U. S. Highway 61 and Mississippi Highway 24 intersect, is authorized to employ, in its discretion, an office clerk to maintain an office for said board of supervisors.

The board of supervisors may compensate said office clerk in such amounts as it may deem proper, said compensation to be paid from the road funds of such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-103 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 19-13-113 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-113
Status: in_force

If it appears to the satisfaction of the board of supervisors, on any opening of bids, that there has been a combination between the bidders or that some of them are connected with a trust or combine, or that the bidding is purposely unfair, in raising the prices of some articles and lowering those of others out of proportion so that it is difficult to determine which of the bids is the lowest and best, all bids may be rejected and new bids shall be called for and requested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-3 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-3
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that:

(a) There is a need for uniform, focused and fair procedures in state law to provide a reasonable alternative for the establishment, power, operation and duration of independent districts to manage and finance basic public improvement services; and that, based upon a proper and fair determination of applicable facts, an independent district can constitute a timely, efficient, effective, responsive and economic way to deliver these basic services, thereby providing a solution to the state's planning, management and financing needs for delivery of capital infrastructure in order to service projected growth without overburdening counties and municipalities and their taxpayers.

(b) It is the legislative intent and purpose to authorize a uniform procedure by general law to establish an independent special district as an alternative method to manage and finance basic services for public improvements through the levy and collection of special assessments. It is further the legislative intent and purpose to provide by general law for the uniform operation, exercise of power and procedure for termination of any such independent district. It is further the purpose and intent of the Legislature that a district created under this chapter not have or exercise any zoning or permitting power. It is further the purpose and intent of the Legislature that no debt or obligation of a district shall constitute a burden on any local government without its consent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-45 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-45
Status: in_force

All county warrants shall be registered in a book to be provided by the board for that purpose, and the fact of registration shall be noted on the back of the warrant. The county depository shall pay warrants in the order of their registration, unless there be sufficient funds in the treasury to pay all registered warrants. This order of payment shall not however apply to jury or witness certificates, nor to warrants used in payment of taxes. A warrant not presented for payment within one year after date of its registration shall lose its priority. When warrants so used in the payment of taxes are turned over to the county depository by the tax collector in settlement the said tax collector shall make a list of said warrants so paid for taxes, showing date of registration of said warrants and showing by whom and on what dates said warrants were so paid for taxes, and said list shall have attached to it the affidavit of said tax collector that said warrants were actually received by his office in payment of taxes from the parties and on the dates as set out in said list.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-15
Status: in_force

A constable who shall fail to discharge any of the duties required of him, when no other penalty is provided for such failure, shall be liable to be fined, as for a contempt, not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) by the justice of the peace before whom the proceedings may be pending.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-23 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 29 / 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. § 19-31-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 19-25-75 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / 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. § 19-5-105 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-105
Status: in_force

(1) To determine whether property or a parcel of land located within a county is in such a state of uncleanliness as to be a menace to the public health, safety and welfare of the community, the board of supervisors of any county is authorized and empowered to conduct a hearing on its own motion, or upon the receipt of a petition requesting the board of supervisors to act signed by a majority of the residents eighteen (18) years of age or older, residing upon any street or alley, within reasonable proximity of any property alleged to be in need of cleaning, or within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of the precise location of the alleged menace situated on any parcel of land which is located in a populated area or in a housing subdivision and alleged to be in need of cleaning.

Notice shall be provided to the property owner by:

(a) United States mail two (2) weeks before the date of the hearing mailed to the address of the subject property and to the address where the ad valorem tax notice for such property is sent by the office charged with collecting ad valorem tax; and

(b) Posting notice for at least two (2) weeks before the date of a hearing on the property or parcel of land alleged to be in need of cleaning and at the county courthouse or another place in the county where such notices are posted.

The notice required by this subsection (1) shall include language that informs the property owner that an adjudication at the hearing that the property or parcel of land is in need of cleaning will authorize the board of supervisors to reenter the property or parcel of land for a period of one (1) year after the hearing without any further hearing, if notice is posted on the property or parcel of land and at the county courthouse or another place in the county where such notices are generally posted at least seven (7) days before the property or parcel of land is reentered for cleaning. A copy of the required notice mailed and posted as required by this subsection (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of the board of supervisors in conjunction with the hearing required by this subsection.

If at such hearing the board of supervisors shall in its resolution adjudicate such parcel of land in its then condition to be a menace to the public health and safety of the community, the board of supervisors may, if the owner not do so himself, proceed to have the land cleaned by cutting weeds, filling cisterns, and removing rubbish, dilapidated fences, outside toilets, dilapidated buildings and other debris, and draining cesspools and standing water. Thereafter, the board of supervisors may at its next regular meeting by resolution adjudicate the actual cost of cleaning the land and may also impose a penalty not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or fifty percent (50%) of the actual cost, whichever is more. The cost and any penalty shall become an assessment against the property. The “ cost assessed against the property ” means either the cost to the county of using its own employees to do the work or the cost to the county of any contract executed by the county to have the work done, and administrative costs and legal costs of the county.

A county may reenter the property or parcel of land to maintain cleanliness without further notice of hearing no more than six (6) times in any twelve-month period with respect to removing dilapidated buildings, dilapidated fences and outside toilets, and no more than twelve (12) times in any twenty-four-month period with respect to cutting grass and weeds and removing rubbish, personal property and other debris on the land. The expense of cleaning the property shall not exceed an aggregate amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) per year, or the fair market value of the property subsequent to cleaning, whichever is less. The board of supervisors may assess the same penalty each time the property or land is cleaned as otherwise provided in this subsection (1).

The penalty provided in this subsection (1) shall not be assessed against the State of Mississippi upon request for reimbursement under Section 29-1-145 , nor shall a county clean a parcel owned by the State of Mississippi without first giving notice.

The assessment authorized by this subsection (1) shall be a lien against the property and may be enrolled in the office of the circuit clerk of the county as other judgments are enrolled, and the tax collector of the county shall, upon order of the board of supervisors, proceed to sell the land to satisfy the lien as now provided by law for the sale of lands for delinquent taxes. Furthermore, the property owner whose land has been sold pursuant to this subsection (1) shall have the same right of redemption as now provided by law for the sale of lands for delinquent taxes. All decisions rendered under the provisions of this subsection may be appealed in the same manner as other appeals from county boards.

(2)(a) If private property or a parcel of land located within a county is a perpetual care cemetery subject to Section 41-43-1 et seq. , the board of supervisors of the county may proceed pursuant to the same provisions of subsection (1) of this section used to determine whether a property is a public health menace to instead determine if the perpetual care cemetery and all structures on the cemetery are not being properly maintained and have become detrimental to the public health and welfare. A perpetual care cemetery that is “ not being properly maintained and has become detrimental to the public health and welfare ” means a perpetual care cemetery that shows signs of neglect, including, without limitation, the unchecked growth of vegetation, repeated and unchecked acts of vandalism, unusable entrances and exits, excess rubbish or debris, or the disintegration of grave markers or boundaries. Upon notice and opportunity to be heard as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the board of supervisors of the county may adjudicate the property or parcel of land in its then condition to be not properly maintained and detrimental to the public health and welfare, and if the owner does not do so itself, may proceed to clean the property or parcel of land as provided in subsection (1) of this section. When cleaning the property or parcel of land of a perpetual care cemetery pursuant to this subsection (2), the penalty or penalties provided in subsection (1) of this section shall not be assessed against owners of the perpetual care cemeteries.

(b) The board of supervisors of a county that cleans property or parcel of land of a perpetual care cemetery pursuant to this subsection (2) may make application to the Secretary of State for an order directing the trustee of the perpetual care cemetery trust fund to release accrued interest or principal of the trust fund sufficient to reimburse the county for only the actual cleanup costs incurred by the county. The application to the Secretary of State shall include a statement by the county that all of the requirements of this section have been met.

(c) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the notice and hearing requirements of this section have been met, and that the application for an order directing the trustee to release accrued interest of the perpetual care cemetery trust fund does not threaten the ability of the trust fund to provide for the care and maintenance of the cemetery, the Secretary of State may order the trustee to release up to the total amount of accrued interest of the trust fund in an amount sufficient to reimburse the county for the actual costs of cleanup performed by the county.

(d) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the notice and hearing requirements of this section have been met, but makes a determination that the accrued interest of the perpetual care cemetery trust fund is insufficient to reimburse the county for the actual costs of cleanup performed by the county, or that an order to release accrued interest would threaten the ability of the trust fund to provide for the care and maintenance of the cemetery, the Secretary of State may consider an order directing the trustee to reimburse the county from the principal of the trust fund. If the Secretary of State determines that an order to the trustee to release principal from the trust fund will not threaten the solvency of the trust fund, the Secretary of State may order the trustee to release principal of the trust fund in an amount sufficient to reimburse the county for the actual costs of cleanup performed by the county.

(i) The Secretary of State may not order the trustee to release an amount of more than fifteen percent (15%) of principal of the trust fund to reimburse the county for the actual costs of cleanup performed by the county.

(ii) The provisions of this section may be utilized no more than once in a four-year period.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 19-31-41 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 19-11-3 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-3
Status: in_force

The word “clerk,” as used in this chapter, shall mean the chancery clerk acting in his official capacity as the clerk of the board of supervisors and as the county auditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-11
Status: in_force

Upon the appointment and qualification of the commissioners first appointed to a regional railroad authority, they shall submit to the Secretary of State a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 19-29-9 by the counties included in the regional authority. Upon receipt thereof, the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of incorporation to the regional railroad authority.

When a regional railroad authority is increased or decreased pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of Section 19-29-9 , it shall forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant thereto and, upon receipt thereof, the Secretary of State shall issue an amended certificate of incorporation in accordance therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-99 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-99
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-99
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 19-9-111 , the board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, in its discretion, by order duly entered on its minutes, may establish economic development districts comprising all of the county, or one or more supervisors districts of the county, or may establish such economic development districts in cooperation with one or more other counties or with municipalities or with other local and private economic development groups. The board of supervisors may do everything within its power to secure and further industrial development of the county or counties or district, to advertise the natural resources and possibilities of the same, and to maintain and support the same.

All monies collected for the support and maintenance of such economic development district, in accordance with the tax levy provided in Section 19-9-111 , shall be placed in the county treasury to the credit of the county or district economic development fund and shall be expended as other public funds are expended, and in which event the employees of such economic development district shall be employees of the county and considered as such. In addition to such funds provided by taxation, the board of supervisors of such county may accept gifts, gratuities and donations from municipalities in such districts and from any persons, firms or corporations desiring to make such donations. Such appropriation, gift or donation shall also be placed in the county treasury and be expended in the support and maintenance of such district.

At the option of such board of supervisors, or boards of supervisors if more than one (1) county is embraced in such economic development district, it may provide for the management of such economic development district by appointing not more than twenty-five (25) nor less than five (5) trustees, or if a multicounty district not more than five (5) trustees per participating county, who shall be qualified electors residing within such economic development district, to manage the affairs of such district, and in which event the funds made available by the county or counties for the support and maintenance of such economic development district may be expended by a majority vote of such trustees so appointed to manage such economic development district. Each trustee who is an officer of the economic development district shall qualify by giving bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), the premiums on all such surety bonds being paid by such economic development district. If this option is exercised and such districts operated and maintained under this paragraph, then in such event the employees of such economic development district shall not be considered as employees of the county for state retirement or any other purposes.

All funds secured and expended under the provisions of this section shall be public funds and the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Mississippi shall audit the same as other public funds are now audited.

Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the board of supervisors of a county having therein an economic development district established under this section or any other law and the governing authorities of any municipality located within the economic development district in such county may enter into a contract providing for the contribution of funds by the municipality or other local and private economic development groups to the economic development district and providing for the appointment by the municipal governing authorities or other local and private economic development groups of a number of trustees, as determined by the parties to the contract, to assist in the management of the district. In like manner, any economic or industrial development foundation or private economic development group may enter into a contract with the board of supervisors of the county or jointly with the board of supervisors of the county and municipal governing authorities providing for the contribution of funds by the economic or industrial development foundation or private economic development group to the economic development district and providing for the appointment by the officials or governing board of the foundation of a number of trustees, as determined by the parties to the contract, to assist in the management of the district.

(2) Any economic development district established under this section may, when suitable office space is not otherwise available, purchase and acquire title to real estate within the district and make any improvements thereon to provide the office space it considers necessary for efficient operation of such district. Provided, however, that no contract or agreement for the exclusive listing, sale or representation for sale of publicly owned property shall be entered into by such economic development districts with any real estate broker or brokers.

(3)(a) Any economic development district established under this section shall have the authority to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, and to own, hold, maintain, control and develop real estate situated within the county or counties comprising such district for the development, use and operation of industrial parks or other industrial development purposes. The district is further authorized and empowered to engage in works of internal improvement therefor including, but not limited to, construction or contracting for the construction of streets, roads, railroads, spur tracks, site improvements, water, sewerage, drainage, pollution control and other related facilities necessary or required for industrial development purposes or the development of industrial park complexes; to acquire, purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, equip, control, maintain, use, operate and repair other structures and facilities necessary and convenient for the planning, development, use, operation and maintenance of an industrial park or parks or for other industrial development purposes, including, but not limited to, utility installations, elevators, compressors, warehouses, buildings and air, rail and other transportation terminals and pollution control facilities.

(b) Contracts for the construction, improvement, equipping or furnishing of an industrial site and improvements thereon as authorized in this section shall be entered into upon the basis of public bidding under Section 31-7-1 et seq.

(4) For the development of such projects, the board of supervisors of any county that establishes an economic development district under this section or that establishes an economic development district in cooperation with one or more other counties, or municipalities or other local and private economic groups, may, upon receipt of a resolution duly adopted by the trustees of such district, issue, secure and manage its bonds in the manner prescribed by Sections 19-9-5 , 19-9-7 , 19-9-9 , 19-9-11 , 19-9-13 , 19-9-15 , 19-9-17 , 19-9-19 , 19-9-21 , 19-9-23 , 19-9-25 and 19-9-29 . Such bonds shall be sold in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-25 . The full faith, credit and resources of the county shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under this section. Any income derived from the sale or lease of the property authorized to be acquired under this section shall be applied in one or more of the following manners: (a) the retirement of bonds authorized to be issued under this section; (b) further improvement or development of such industrial parks or other related industrial development activities; or (c) payment into the general fund of the county to be used for any lawful purpose. Any amounts so paid into the general fund shall be included in the computation of total receipts and subject to the restrictions of Section 27-39-321 . The board of supervisors may covenant with or for the benefit of the registered owners of any bonds issued under this section with respect to the application of any or all of such income and shall, by resolution adopted before or promptly after receipt of any such income, determine, in its discretion subject only to the restrictions set forth above and any covenants made to or for the benefit of any registered owners of bonds issued under this section, the manner in which such income shall be applied.

The bonds authorized by this section and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi; however, any lessee or purchaser shall not be exempt from ad valorem taxes on industrial sites and improvements thereon unless otherwise provided by the general laws of this state, and purchases required to establish the project and financed by bond proceeds shall not be exempt from taxation in the State of Mississippi.

(5) Economic development districts established under this section are authorized and empowered:

(a) To sell, lease, trade, exchange or otherwise dispose of industrial sites or rail lines situated within industrial parks to individuals, firms or corporations, public or private, for industrial and warehouse use, as well as the Mississippi Military Department or Mississippi National Guard for military use, upon such terms and conditions, and for such considerations, with such safeguards as will best promote and protect the public interest, convenience and necessity, and to execute deeds, leases, contracts, easements and other legal instruments necessary or convenient therefor. Any industrial lease may be executed by the district upon such terms and conditions and for such monetary rental or other considerations as may be found to be in the best interest of the public, upon an order or resolution being spread upon the minutes of the district authorizing same.

(b) To sue and be sued in their own name.

(c) To fix and prescribe fees, charges and rates for the use of any water, sewerage, pollution control or other facilities constructed and operated in connection with an industrial park or parks and to collect same from persons, firms and corporations using the same for industrial, warehouse and related purposes and are further empowered to deny or terminate such services for nonpayment of said fees, charges or rates by the users of said services.

(d) To employ engineers, attorneys, accountants, consultants, licensed real estate brokers and appraisers, and such executive and administrative personnel as shall be reasonably necessary to carry out the duties and authority authorized by this section with funds available for such purposes. Such districts may also contribute money directly to the development and cost of operation of any industrial development foundation or other private economic development group in the county.

(6) Any county board of supervisors authorized to issue bonds under this section is hereby authorized, either separately or jointly with the governing authority of any municipality within the county, to acquire, enlarge, expand, renovate or improve an existing building or buildings located in the county or municipality and to issue bonds for such purpose in the manner provided by this section.

(7) Economic development districts established under the provisions of a local and private act enacted before July 1, 1997, are authorized and empowered to employ engineers, attorneys, accountants, consultants, licensed real estate brokers and appraisers, and such executive and administrative personnel as shall be reasonably necessary to carry out the duties and authority authorized by this section, or by such local and private act, with funds available for such purposes.

(8) The enumeration of any specific rights and powers contained in this section where followed by general powers shall not be construed in a restrictive sense, but rather in as broad and comprehensive a sense as possible to effectuate the purposes of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-99 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-99
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-99
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 19-9-111 , the board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, in its discretion, by order duly entered on its minutes, may establish economic development districts comprising all of the county, or one or more supervisors districts of the county, or may establish such economic development districts in cooperation with one or more other counties or with municipalities or with other local and private economic development groups. The board of supervisors may do everything within its power to secure and further industrial development of the county or counties or district, to advertise the natural resources and possibilities of the same, and to maintain and support the same.

All monies collected for the support and maintenance of such economic development district, in accordance with the tax levy provided in Section 19-9-111 , shall be placed in the county treasury to the credit of the county or district economic development fund and shall be expended as other public funds are expended, and in which event the employees of such economic development district shall be employees of the county and considered as such. In addition to such funds provided by taxation, the board of supervisors of such county may accept gifts, gratuities and donations from municipalities in such districts and from any persons, firms or corporations desiring to make such donations. Such appropriation, gift or donation shall also be placed in the county treasury and be expended in the support and maintenance of such district.

At the option of such board of supervisors, or boards of supervisors if more than one (1) county is embraced in such economic development district, it may provide for the management of such economic development district by appointing not more than twenty-five (25) nor less than five (5) trustees, or if a multicounty district not more than five (5) trustees per participating county, who shall be qualified electors residing within such economic development district, to manage the affairs of such district, and in which event the funds made available by the county or counties for the support and maintenance of such economic development district may be expended by a majority vote of such trustees so appointed to manage such economic development district. Each trustee who is an officer of the economic development district shall qualify by giving bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), the premiums on all such surety bonds being paid by such economic development district. If this option is exercised and such districts operated and maintained under this paragraph, then in such event the employees of such economic development district shall not be considered as employees of the county for state retirement or any other purposes.

All funds secured and expended under the provisions of this section shall be public funds and the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Mississippi shall audit the same as other public funds are now audited.

Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the board of supervisors of a county having therein an economic development district established under this section or any other law and the governing authorities of any municipality located within the economic development district in such county may enter into a contract providing for the contribution of funds by the municipality or other local and private economic development groups to the economic development district and providing for the appointment by the municipal governing authorities or other local and private economic development groups of a number of trustees, as determined by the parties to the contract, to assist in the management of the district. In like manner, any economic or industrial development foundation or private economic development group may enter into a contract with the board of supervisors of the county or jointly with the board of supervisors of the county and municipal governing authorities providing for the contribution of funds by the economic or industrial development foundation or private economic development group to the economic development district and providing for the appointment by the officials or governing board of the foundation of a number of trustees, as determined by the parties to the contract, to assist in the management of the district.

(2) Any economic development district established under this section may, when suitable office space is not otherwise available, purchase and acquire title to real estate within the district and make any improvements thereon to provide the office space it considers necessary for efficient operation of such district. Provided, however, that no contract or agreement for the exclusive listing, sale or representation for sale of publicly owned property shall be entered into by such economic development districts with any real estate broker or brokers.

(3)(a) Any economic development district established under this section shall have the authority to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, and to own, hold, maintain, control and develop real estate situated within the county or counties comprising such district for the development, use and operation of industrial parks or other industrial development purposes. The district is further authorized and empowered to engage in works of internal improvement therefor including, but not limited to, construction or contracting for the construction of streets, roads, railroads, spur tracks, site improvements, water, sewerage, drainage, pollution control and other related facilities necessary or required for industrial development purposes or the development of industrial park complexes; to acquire, purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, equip, control, maintain, use, operate and repair other structures and facilities necessary and convenient for the planning, development, use, operation and maintenance of an industrial park or parks or for other industrial development purposes, including, but not limited to, utility installations, elevators, compressors, warehouses, buildings and air, rail and other transportation terminals and pollution control facilities.

(b) Contracts for the construction, improvement, equipping or furnishing of an industrial site and improvements thereon as authorized in this section shall be entered into upon the basis of public bidding under Section 31-7-1 et seq.

(4) For the development of such projects, the board of supervisors of any county that establishes an economic development district under this section or that establishes an economic development district in cooperation with one or more other counties, or municipalities or other local and private economic groups, may, upon receipt of a resolution duly adopted by the trustees of such district, issue, secure and manage its bonds in the manner prescribed by Sections 19-9-5 , 19-9-7 , 19-9-9 , 19-9-11 , 19-9-13 , 19-9-15 , 19-9-17 , 19-9-19 , 19-9-21 , 19-9-23 , 19-9-25 and 19-9-29 . Such bonds shall be sold in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-25 . The full faith, credit and resources of the county shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under this section. Any income derived from the sale or lease of the property authorized to be acquired under this section shall be applied in one or more of the following manners: (a) the retirement of bonds authorized to be issued under this section; (b) further improvement or development of such industrial parks or other related industrial development activities; or (c) payment into the general fund of the county to be used for any lawful purpose. Any amounts so paid into the general fund shall be included in the computation of total receipts and subject to the restrictions of Section 27-39-321 . The board of supervisors may covenant with or for the benefit of the registered owners of any bonds issued under this section with respect to the application of any or all of such income and shall, by resolution adopted before or promptly after receipt of any such income, determine, in its discretion subject only to the restrictions set forth above and any covenants made to or for the benefit of any registered owners of bonds issued under this section, the manner in which such income shall be applied.

The bonds authorized by this section and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi; however, any lessee or purchaser shall not be exempt from ad valorem taxes on industrial sites and improvements thereon unless otherwise provided by the general laws of this state, and purchases required to establish the project and financed by bond proceeds shall not be exempt from taxation in the State of Mississippi.

(5) Economic development districts established under this section are authorized and empowered:

(a) To sell, lease, trade, exchange or otherwise dispose of industrial sites or rail lines situated within industrial parks to individuals, firms or corporations, public or private, for industrial and warehouse use, as well as the Mississippi Military Department or Mississippi National Guard for military use, upon such terms and conditions, and for such considerations, with such safeguards as will best promote and protect the public interest, convenience and necessity, and to execute deeds, leases, contracts, easements and other legal instruments necessary or convenient therefor. Any industrial lease may be executed by the district upon such terms and conditions and for such monetary rental or other considerations as may be found to be in the best interest of the public, upon an order or resolution being spread upon the minutes of the district authorizing same.

(b) To sue and be sued in their own name.

(c) To fix and prescribe fees, charges and rates for the use of any water, sewerage, pollution control or other facilities constructed and operated in connection with an industrial park or parks and to collect same from persons, firms and corporations using the same for industrial, warehouse and related purposes and are further empowered to deny or terminate such services for nonpayment of said fees, charges or rates by the users of said services.

(d) To employ engineers, attorneys, accountants, consultants, licensed real estate brokers and appraisers, and such executive and administrative personnel as shall be reasonably necessary to carry out the duties and authority authorized by this section with funds available for such purposes. Such districts may also contribute money directly to the development and cost of operation of any industrial development foundation or other private economic development group in the county.

(6) Any county board of supervisors authorized to issue bonds under this section is hereby authorized, either separately or jointly with the governing authority of any municipality within the county, to acquire, enlarge, expand, renovate or improve an existing building or buildings located in the county or municipality and to issue bonds for such purpose in the manner provided by this section.

(7) Economic development districts established under the provisions of a local and private act enacted before July 1, 1997, are authorized and empowered to employ engineers, attorneys, accountants, consultants, licensed real estate brokers and appraisers, and such executive and administrative personnel as shall be reasonably necessary to carry out the duties and authority authorized by this section, or by such local and private act, with funds available for such purposes.

(8) The enumeration of any specific rights and powers contained in this section where followed by general powers shall not be construed in a restrictive sense, but rather in as broad and comprehensive a sense as possible to effectuate the purposes of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-303 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-303
Status: in_force

For purposes of Sections 19-5-301 through 19-5-317 , the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Exchange access facilities ” shall mean all lines provided by the service supplier for the provision of local exchange service as defined in existing general subscriber services tariffs.

(b) “ Tariff rate ” shall mean the rate or rates billed by a service supplier as stated in the service supplier's tariffs and approved by the Public Service Commission, which represent the service supplier's recurring charges for exchange access facilities, exclusive of all taxes, fees, licenses or similar charges whatsoever.

(c) “ District ” shall mean any communications district created pursuant to Section 19-5-301 et seq. , or by local and private act of the State of Mississippi.

(d) “ Service supplier ” shall mean any person providing exchange telephone service to any service user throughout the county.

(e) “ Service user ” shall mean any person, not otherwise exempt from taxation, who is provided exchange telephone service in the county or state.

(f) “ E911 ” shall mean Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service, which is a telephone exchange communications service whereby a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) designated by the county or local communications district may receive telephone calls dialed to the abbreviated telephone number 911. E911 Service includes lines and equipment necessary for the answering, transferring and dispatching of public emergency telephone calls originated by persons within the serving area who dial 911. Enhanced 911 Service includes the displaying of the name, address and other pertinent caller information as may be supplied by the service supplier.

(g) “ Basic 911 ” shall mean a telephone service terminated in designated Public Safety Answering Points accessible by the public through telephone calls dialed to the abbreviated telephone number 911. Basic 911 is a voice service and does not display address or telephone number information.

(h) “ Shared tenant services (STS) ” shall mean any telephone service operation supplied by a party other than a regulated local exchange telephone service supplier for which a charge is levied. Such services shall include, but not be limited to, apartment building systems, hospital systems, office building systems and other systems where dial tone is derived from connection of tariffed telephone trunks or lines connected to a private branch exchange telephone system.

(i) “ Private branch exchange (PBX) ” shall mean any telephone service operation supplied by a party other than a regulated local exchange telephone service supplier for which a charge is not levied. Such services are those where tariffed telephone trunks or lines are terminated into a central switch which is used to supply dial tone to telephones operating within that system.

(j) “ Off-premise extension ” shall mean any telephone connected to a private branch exchange or a shared tenant service which is in a different building or location from the main switching equipment and, therefore, has a different physical address.

(k) “ Centrex ” or “ ESSX ” shall mean any variety of services offered in connection with any tariffed telephone service in which switching services and other dialing features are provided by the regulated local exchange telephone service supplier.

(l) “ Commercial mobile radio service ” or “ CMRS ” shall mean commercial mobile radio service under Sections 3(27) and 332(d) of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 USCS Section 151 et seq., and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Public Law 103-66. The term includes the term “wireless” and service provided by any wireless real-time, two-way voice communication device, including radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone service, personal communication service, or the functional or competitive equivalent of a radio-telephone communications line used in cellular telephone service, a personal communication service, or a network radio access line. The term does not include service whose customers do not have ready access to 911, to a communication channel suitable only for data transmission, to a wireless roaming service or other nonlocal radio access line service, or to a private telecommunications system.

(m) “ Telecommunicator ” shall mean any person engaged in or employed as a telecommunications operator by any public safety, fire or emergency medical agency whose primary responsibility is the receipt or processing of calls for emergency services provided by public safety, fire or emergency medical agencies or the dispatching of emergency services provided by public safety, fire or emergency medical agencies and who receives or disseminates information relative to emergency assistance by telephone or radio.

(n) “ Public safety answering point (PSAP) ” shall mean any designated point of contact between the public and the emergency services such as a 911 answering point or, in the absence of 911 emergency telephone service, any other designated point of contact where emergency telephone calls are routinely answered and dispatched or transferred to another agency.

(o) “ Local exchange telephone service ” shall mean all lines provided by a service supplier as defined in existing general subscriber tariffs.

(p) “ 911 emergency communication ” means any FCC mandated 911 communication, message, signal or transmission made to a public safety answering point.

(q) “ Voice over Internet Protocol service ” means any technology that permits a voice conversation using a voice connection to a computer, whether through a microphone, a telephone or other device, which sends a digital signal over the Internet through a broadband connection to be converted back to the human voice at a distant terminal and that delivers or is required by law to deliver a call to a public safety answering point. Voice over Internet Protocol service shall also include interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service, which is service that enables real-time, two-way voice communications, requires a broadband connection from the user's location, requires Internet protocol compatible customer premises equipment, and allows users to receive calls that originate on the public service telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network.

(r) “ Voice over Internet Protocol service supplier ” means a person or entity who provides Voice over Internet Protocol service to subscribers for a fee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-77 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 19-5-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 19-27-31 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 27-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-31
Status: in_force

If the owner of any land which shall have been laid off, mapped, or platted as a city, town or village, or addition thereto, or subdivision thereof, or other platted area, whether inside or outside a municipality, shall be desirous of altering or vacating such map or plat, or any part thereof, he may, under oath, petition the chancery court for relief in the premises, setting forth the particular circumstances of the case and giving an accurate description of the property, the map or plat of which is to be vacated, or altered, and the names of the persons to be adversely affected thereby, or directly interested therein. The parties so named shall be made defendants thereto, and publication of summons shall be made one time in a newspaper published, or having a general circulation, in the county where the land is situated, and which publication shall clearly state the objects and purposes of the petition.

At any time after the expiration of five days from said publication and the service of process upon the named defendants, the cause or proceeding shall be triable, and the court in term time or the chancellor in vacation may hear the petition and all objections from any person thereto, and may decree according to the merits of the case. However, where all adversely affected or directly interested persons join in said petition, the same may be finally heard and determined by the court or chancellor at any time. If the decree vacate, in whole or in part, or alter the map or plat, it shall be recorded as a deed, and a memorandum thereof noted on the record of the map or plat.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 19-9-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-13
Status: in_force

Where an election is to be called, as provided in Section 19-9-11 , notice of such election shall be signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks, in at least one newspaper published in such county. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for such election, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date. If no newspaper is published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the same for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one days next preceding such election at three public places in such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-49 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-49
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-27 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 27-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-27
Status: in_force

Such map or plat shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county or counties where the land lies, and in the following manner. The proprietor shall cause to be made, by a competent person, on the same scale and on paper of the same size and quality as that on which the map or plat is required to be made, an exact duplicate of said map or plat, with the detailed description, and signed and acknowledged as the original is required to be. The said map or plat and the said duplicate shall be delivered to the clerk of the chancery court, who shall carefully examine the same, and, if he find that in any respect it fails to conform to the requirements of Sections 19-27-23 , 19-27-25 , he shall point out the deficiency to the person so presenting it, and return it to such person for correction. When such map or plat shall conform, or shall be made to conform, to the requirements of law, the clerk and the engineer, surveyor, or other person who made the same, shall carefully compare the duplicate with the map or plat, and, if correct, or when made correct, it shall be certified by the clerk and the engineer, surveyor, or other maker, stating therein that they have carefully compared the same with the map or plat (describing it), and that it is an exact duplicate thereof, and of the whole of such map or plat. The clerk shall then securely fasten the said duplicate in a book of the proper size for such paper, so that it shall not be folded, which book shall be securely bound and provided at the costs of the county, after the first map or plat is so presented. Such duplicate so fastened in said book shall be held and taken to be a record of the map or plat, with like effect as if the map or plat had been actually transcribed by the clerk in a book in his office. The clerk shall certify on the map or plat and note on the duplicate the time when it was recorded, and make a reference on the map to the book and page where recorded. The lines and distances of all such maps or plats shall be in yards, feet, and inches.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-3 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / 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. § 19-11-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be cited as the “County Budget Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-39 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 19-13-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-11
Status: in_force

A board of supervisors shall not empower or authorize any one or more members of such board, or other person, to let or make contract for the building or erection of public works of any description, or for working public roads, in vacation or during a recess of said board, except as provided in Title 65 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 in cases of emergency when a bridge or road has been or is about to be damaged by floods or otherwise, and in other special cases. All other contracts shall be made and approved by said board in open session, and it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to accept the lowest responsible bid for the erection or construction of all public buildings, bridges or public works, or for the execution of any other contract. Any bidder will be deemed responsible who will enter into bond, with sufficient sureties, according to law, to be approved by said board, in double the amount of the bids made by such bidder for the prompt, proper and efficient performance of his contract. All contracts made in violation of any of the provisions of law shall be void.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-74 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-74
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-74
Status: in_force

In any event, regardless of which method in respect to the feeding of prisoners is selected by the board of supervisors, the sheriff shall maintain a log, showing the name of each prisoner, the date and time of incarceration and release, to be posted by the tenth calendar day of each month for the period spanning the preceding month, which shall record the number of meals served to prisoners on each day, and shall make affidavit as to the correctness thereof and file the same monthly with the board of supervisors. Such log shall remain on file with the board of supervisors as other records of said board and shall be made available to the State Department of Audit upon request. No claims for the cost or expenses of feeding prisoners shall be approved by the board of supervisors for any month unless and until such log for that month is filed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-115 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-115
Status: in_force

When any special tax may be levied for county purposes, the board of supervisors may require the tax collector to give an additional bond for the faithful collection and payment of the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-21-109 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-21-109
Status: in_force

The duties of the county ranger, heretofore exercised by the coroner, shall be transferred to the sheriff of the county, who shall have all the duties and powers of the ranger's office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-3 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-3
Status: in_force

Constables shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution and 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 not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). The bond premium for each constable shall be paid from the general county fund of the respective counties. The board of supervisors of the county may at any time require such additional sum as it deems necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-19 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 19-25-19 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 19-5-177 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-177
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-177
Status: in_force

(1) Any district created under Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 , acting by and through the board of commissioners of such district as its governing authority, shall have the following, among other, powers:

(a) To sue and be sued;

(b) To acquire by purchase, gift, devise and lease or any other mode of acquisition, other than by eminent domain, hold and dispose of real and personal property of every kind within or without the district;

(c) To make and enter into contracts, conveyances, mortgages, deeds of trust, bonds, leases or contracts for financial advisory services;

(d) To incur debts, to borrow money, to issue negotiable bonds, and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;

(e) To fix, maintain, collect and revise rates and charges for services rendered by or through the facilities of such district, which rates and charges shall not be subject to review or regulation by the Mississippi Public Service Commission except in those instances where a city operating similar services would be subject to regulation and review; however, the district may furnish services, including connection to the facilities of the district, free of charge to the county or any agency or department of the county and to volunteer fire departments located within the service area of the district. The district shall obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Mississippi Public Service Commission for operating of water and/or sewer systems. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, if the board of supervisors of a county has levied a special tax for a fire protection district as authorized under Section 19-5-189(2) and such district has volunteer firefighters, then the fire protection district shall not fix, maintain or collect rates and charges for services rendered;

(f) To pledge all or any part of its revenues to the payment of its obligations;

(g) To make such covenants in connection with the issuance of bonds or to secure the payment of bonds that a private business corporation can make under the general laws of the state;

(h) To use any right-of-way, public right-of-way, easement, or other similar property or property rights necessary or convenient in connection with the acquisition, improvement, operation or maintenance of the facilities of such district held by the state or any political subdivision thereof; however, the governing body of such political subdivision shall consent to such use;

(i) To enter into agreements with state and federal agencies for loans, grants, grants-in-aid, and other forms of assistance including, but not limited to, participation in the sale and purchase of bonds;

(j) To acquire by purchase any existing works and facilities providing services for which it was created, and any lands, rights, easements, franchises and other property, real and personal necessary to the completion and operation of such system upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, and if necessary as part of the purchase price to assume the payment of outstanding notes, bonds or other obligations upon such system;

(k) To extend its services to areas beyond but within one (1) mile of the boundaries of such district; however, no such extension shall be made to areas already occupied by another corporate agency rendering the same service so long as such corporate agency desires to continue to serve such areas. Areas outside of the district desiring to be served which are beyond the one (1) mile limit must be brought into the district by annexation proceedings;

(l) To be deemed to have the same status as counties and municipalities with respect to payment of sales taxes on purchases made by such districts;

(m) To borrow funds for interim financing subject to receipt of funds as outlined in Section 19-5-181 ;

(n) To provide group life insurance coverage for all or specified groups of employees of the district and group hospitalization benefits for those employees and their dependents, and to pay the total cost of these benefits. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “employees” does not include any person who is a commissioner of a district created under Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 , and such commissioners are not eligible to receive any insurance coverage or benefits made available to district employees under this paragraph.

(2) Any district which is incorporated under Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 to provide sewer services may install or provide for the installation of sewage holding tanks at residential properties within the district, if funding for municipal or community sewers has been awarded to the district. The district shall maintain or provide for the maintenance of the sewage holding tank systems. The district may assess and collect from each resident using a sewage holding tank a fee covering the costs of providing the services authorized under this section. When municipal or community sewers are available and ready for use, residences with sewage holding tanks shall be connected to the sewer system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-47 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-47
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable with respect to any county in which an existing port commission is authorized to purchase and operate or lease railroad facilities pursuant to Section 59-7-453, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-117 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-117
Status: in_force

All accounts and bills for the purchase of stationery, records, blank books, office supplies, and other things herein authorized by the board of supervisors shall be approved and allowed as other claims against said counties are required to be, and warrants issued for the payment out of the county treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-18 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / 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. § 19-25-33 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-33
Status: in_force

In all civil cases, where there is a jury, and in criminal case capital, the judge of the county court or circuit court, as the case may be, may, in his discretion, dispense with the appointment of bailiffs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 19-5-73 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-73
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county may expend monies from the general fund, not exceeding the amount that would be generated from the levy of a one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) mill ad valorem tax upon all taxable property in the county, for the purpose of providing funds to be expended to establish, maintain and operate farmers' markets and facilities that are certified by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and operating within the county to assist in the disposal and sale of farm and other food products in the interest of farmers, consumers and the general public.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-105 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-105
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund in cooperating with the Mississippi State Experiment Station and the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America in having made soil survey maps and land classifications and reports thereof.

The funds set aside for said purpose shall be appropriated by the board of supervisors upon the presentation and allowance of itemized bills therefor, as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-37 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 19-29-49 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-49
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-30 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-30
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-30
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to render any assistance deemed necessary in order to defray the cost of the relocation of a water line operated within the county by a local water association when such relocation is required for the development of a public road or other county improvement. Such assistance may be rendered by the board upon a finding that such would be in the best interest of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-73 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-73
Status: in_force

(1) In respect to the feeding of prisoners by the sheriff's office, the board of supervisors is authorized to choose one (1) of the following methods:

(a) It shall only contract with a local caterer or restaurant owner to bring in food for the prisoners, and the contract shall be awarded after taking bids as provided by law for other county contracts.

(b) The sheriff shall purchase, in the name of the county, all necessary food and related supplies to be used for feeding prisoners only in the county jail. All purchases of such food and supplies shall be invoiced to the county and placed on the claims docket of the board of supervisors for disposition in the same manner as all other claims against the county. All wages and other compensation for services rendered to the sheriff in connection with the feeding of prisoners shall be submitted to and approved by the board of supervisors as other wages or compensation paid to employees of the sheriff. The total expenditure for such purpose under this method shall not exceed Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per day per prisoner, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section. All payments and reimbursements from any source for the keeping of prisoners shall be received and paid into the general fund of the county.

(c) The board of supervisors may negotiate a contract with the board of trustees of the local public community hospital to bring in food for the prisoners.

(2) The board of supervisors may authorize the sheriff to maintain a bank account entitled “jail food allowance account” into which shall be deposited all receipts for feeding and keeping prisoners in the county jail, including payments from the board of supervisors at the rate not to exceed Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per prisoner per day and all such receipts from municipalities, the United States and any other jurisdictions required to pay the cost of feeding or keeping prisoners contained in the jail. He shall maintain a receipts journal and a disbursements journal, in a form to be prescribed by the State Department of Audit, which will provide the information necessary to determine the actual cost of feeding the prisoners, which shall not exceed Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per prisoner per day, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section. All costs and expenses for such feeding shall be paid from the jail food allowance account and supported by properly itemized invoices. Any funds accumulating in the jail food allowance account in excess of the monthly average expenditures, plus ten percent (10%) for contingencies, shall be paid into the county general fund at least once each calendar quarter.

(3) In the event that prisoners are housed in the county jail by any political subdivision of the state, the county may charge the political subdivision for housing, feeding and otherwise caring for such prisoners an amount not to exceed the payments provided under state law for the keeping in the county jail of persons committed, sentenced or otherwise placed under the custody of the Department of Corrections. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect payments by the Department of Corrections set by state law for the keeping in the county jail of persons committed, sentenced or otherwise placed under the custody of the Department of Corrections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-7
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) Prepare an inventory of all personal property owned by the county and the location and condition of such property and shall maintain a perpetual inventory of such property;

(c) List all buildings and real estate owned by the county and keep a perpetual list of such real estate;

(d) Be responsible for carrying out the responsibilities of the board of supervisors in regard to janitorial services and maintenance of buildings and property owned by the county except such as may be specifically assigned by the board of supervisors to some other person or office, or may be the responsibility of some other office under law;

(e) Exercise supervision over the purchase clerk and inventory control clerk of the county, and the boards or other divisions of county government 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 or to serve as purchase clerk or inventory control clerk;

(f) Assist the board in the preparation of the budget and preparation of the tax levy;

(g) Have authority to 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;

(h) Have general supervision over the county sanitary land fills and refuse collection procedures;

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

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

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

(l) 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;

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

(n) 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;

(o) 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;

(p) 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;

(q) 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;

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

(s) Do any and all other administrative duties that the board of supervisors could legally do 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. § 19-31-35 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-35
Status: in_force

Any lien in favor of the district arising under this chapter may be enforced by the district in a court of competent jurisdiction as provided by law.