Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-5
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(iii) Signals, including signals and interlockers;

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

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

(i) “Rail service” means both freight and passenger railroad service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-41 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-41
Status: in_force

If any sheriff or other officer properly authorized to act for him, shall fail to return any execution to him directed, on the return day thereof, the plaintiff in execution shall be entitled to recover judgment against the sheriff or other officer, and his sureties, for the amount of the execution and all costs, with lawful interest thereon until the same shall be paid, and with five percent (5%) on the full amount of the judgment as damages, to be recovered by motion before the court to which the execution is returnable, on five days' notice first being given thereof. However, after the sheriff or other officer, or the sureties, shall have paid the amount of money and damages recovered, then the original judgment and execution shall be vested in the officer or his sureties paying the recovery and damages, for his or their benefit, and execution may issue on the original judgment, in the name of the plaintiff, for the use and benefit and at the cost and charges of the officer or his sureties in whom the judgment may be so vested. Nothing herein contained shall affect any other remedy against officers for failing to return executions, and the remedy given by this section shall apply in favor of county treasuries, clerks, and other officers and witnesses, for the recovery of all jury taxes, fees, and costs, with interest and damages thereon, in the same manner as to plaintiffs in execution. In any proceeding against a sheriff or other officer for failing to return any process, proof that the process was put in the post office, duly addressed to him, and that the postage was paid thereon, shall be prima facie evidence of the receipt thereof by the officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-3.nr2 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-3.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-4-3.nr2
Status: in_force

The person appointed as county administrator under Section 19-4-1 shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board of supervisors and may be removed from such position by a majority vote of the board. The compensation of the county administrator shall be fixed by the board of supervisors and may be paid from the county general fund or from any funds which may be available to defray the financial administration expenses of county government. Any chancery clerk who agrees to also serve as county administrator may be paid, in addition to such compensation as he is otherwise entitled to receive by law, such additional compensation as the board deems him to be entitled commensurate with the additional duties he performs as county administrator. The board shall provide travel and transportation expense and other office expenses as are needed in the performance of the duties of the office of county administrator. Said travel and transportation expense shall be paid on itemized vouchers in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-7
Status: in_force

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

(2) Any county and a municipality within a county may create a railroad authority under this section by resolution adopted by the respective governing authorities. The authority shall be governed by five (5) commissioners. The board of supervisors shall appoint two (2) persons as commissioners of the authority. The governing authorities of the municipality shall appoint two (2) persons as commissioners of the authority. One (1) commissioner shall be appointed by the municipality and the county on a rotating basis with the municipality making the first appointment. The terms of the commissioners shall be the same as those provided in subsection (1) with the term designation to be determined by the majority vote of the governing authorities of the municipality and of the county. The municipality and the county may dissolve the authority by a majority vote of both governing authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-35 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-35
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall be the executive officer of the circuit and chancery court of his county, and he shall attend all the sessions thereof with a sufficient number of deputies or bailiffs. He shall execute all orders and decrees of said courts directed to him to be executed. He shall take into his custody, and safely keep, in the jail of his county, all persons committed by order of either of said courts, or by any process issuing therefrom, or lawfully required to be held for appearance before either of them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-339 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-339
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-339
Status: in_force

In accordance with the Federal Communication Commission Order, no CMRS provider shall be required to provide wireless Enhanced 911 Service until such time as (a) the provider receives a request for such service from the administrator of a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) that is capable of receiving and utilizing the data elements associated with the service; (b) funds are available pursuant to Section 19-5-333 ; and (c) the local exchange carrier is able to support the wireless Enhanced 911 system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-359 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-359
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-359
Status: in_force

(1) Any service supplier operating within the State of Mississippi shall be required to provide access to the locally designated PSAP by dialing the three (3) digits “911” from any telephone subscriber line within such service area. Where technically available, each service supplier shall, at a county's request, provide “Enhanced 911” services. Where this capability does not technically exist, “Basic 911” shall be available as a minimum.

(2) From and after December 31, 1993, any person, corporation or entity operating a “shared tenant service” type of telephone system shall be required to provide as a minimum the location and telephone number information for each and every extension or user on such “shared tenant” system to the regulated local exchange telephone service provider where the service provider can utilize such information in the delivery of “Enhanced 911” emergency telephone service. This information shall consist of data in a format that is compatible with the service supplier's requirements in order to provide such location and telephone number information automatically in the event a call to 911 is placed from such a system. It shall be the responsibility of the operator or provider of “STS” telephone services to maintain the data pertaining to each extension operating on such system.

(3) Any CMRS providers operating within the State of Mississippi shall be required to have all trunks or service lines supplying all cellular sites and personal communications network sites contain the word “cellular” in the service supplier listing for each trunk or service line to facilitate operator identification of cellular and PCN telephone calls placed to 911.

(4) Any service suppliers engaged in the offering or operating of “Centrex” or “ESSX” telephone service within the State of Mississippi shall cause the actual location of all extensions operating in this service to be displayed at the PSAP whenever a 911 call is placed from said extension. This feature shall not be required in areas where Enhanced 911 is not in operation but shall be required should such area upgrade to Enhanced 911 service.

(5) Any local exchange telephone service suppliers offering “quick-serve” or “soft” dial tone shall provide address location information to the PSAP operating in the area where the “quick-serve” or “soft” dial tone is in operation so that the PSAP may have this address information displayed should a call to 911 be placed from such location. It shall be the responsibility of the service supplier to determine in which emergency service number area the “quick-serve” or “soft” dial tone is located.

(6) Any service suppliers operating within the State of Mississippi and providing Enhanced 911 telephone service shall have a reasonable time period, not to exceed five (5) years, to comply with data and operational standards as they are set forth by the National Emergency Number Association. This time period shall apply to data format, equipment supplied for PSAP use and for the length of time required for data updates relating to service user address information, emergency service number updates and other data updates as may be required.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-69 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-69
Status: in_force

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

However, in the case of a jail owned jointly by a county and municipality, under the provisions of Section 17-5-1, Mississippi Code of 1972 , after the appointment of a jailer, pursuant to Section 47-1-49, Mississippi Code of 1972 , responsible for all municipal prisoners lodged in said jail, neither the sheriff nor his bondsmen shall be responsible for actual maintenance or operation of said jail, insofar as municipal prisoners are concerned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-27 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 19-25-74 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 19-7-17 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-17
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such person when employed to look after and collect the rents on such land, to see that the improvements on the same are kept in good condition, and to prevent waste and depredation to such property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-21
Status: in_force

Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement authorized by Section 19-29-17 an authority may, by sale, lease or otherwise, dispose of any of its railroad property and facilities, or other property, or portion thereof or interest therein, acquired pursuant to this chapter. Such disposal by sale, lease or otherwise shall be in accordance with the laws of this state governing the disposition of other public property, except that in the case of disposal to another authority, a municipality or county or an agency of the state or federal government for use and operation as a public railroad, the sale, lease or other disposal may be effected in such manner and upon such terms as the commissioners of the authority may deem in the best interest of the railroad system in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-13
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors, in its discretion, may employ a janitor and necessary assistants for the courthouse and county buildings, their salaries to be fixed by the board and to be paid out of any funds in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-49 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-49
Status: in_force

This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / 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. § 19-29-23 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-23
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

(2) Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement authorized by Section 19-29-9 , an authority may, by contract, lease or other arrangements, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term to be agreed upon, the privilege of operating, as agent of the authority or otherwise, any railroad owned or controlled by the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-37 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-37
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of supervisors shall, during his term of office, be exempt from working on the roads, from serving in the militia, and from jury service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-35 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-35
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors after each meeting shall have an itemized statement made of allowances, to whom, for what, and the amounts; a list of all contracts providing for the expenditure of money and the terms of payment thereof; a statement of all loans from sixteenth section funds, lieu land funds, and sinking, and other trust funds, setting forth to whom made, the amount, and the kind of security approved; a statement or list of all sales of timber, of all leases upon, including all leases for oil, gas and minerals upon, sixteenth section or lieu lands situated in the county or belonging to the county, showing to whom sold or made, description of land involved, the length of the term of any such lease, and the consideration therefor; and it shall also publish a recapitulation of all expenditures according to districts and also the county as a whole, and in such recapitulation the total expenses for each item shall be listed for each district, and in the total county recapitulation the total expended from each item shall be listed and same shall be published within fifteen (15) days after adjournment in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county, and if no such newspaper is published in the county, then in a newspaper published elsewhere in the state and having a general circulation in such county. The cost of publishing the same shall be paid for out of the general fund of the county. The cost of such publication shall not exceed one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the rate now fixed by law for publishing legal notices, and in no event shall the cost of such publication exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) in any one (1) month, save, however, in counties of classes 1 and 2 the board of supervisors may expend an amount not to exceed One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) per month for the publication of said cumulative digest of its proceedings as provided for above. If there be more than one newspaper published in the county, the board of supervisors shall advertise, as provided by law, for contracts for publishing such proceedings, and shall award the contract to the lowest bidder for a period of two (2) years. If no bid be made for the price above mentioned, then the proceedings shall be posted at the courthouse door as hereinafter provided. If there be no newspaper published in such county, then such proceedings shall be posted at the front courthouse door.

If any member of a board of supervisors or the chancery clerk shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section, he shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for such failure, refusal or neglect for each offense and, in addition thereto, shall be liable to a penalty of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), recoverable on his official bond by suit filed by any county or district attorney or any interested citizen, upon his official bond.

This shall not be construed to repeal Section 19-3-33 , and where the verbatim proceedings are published as therein provided, this section shall not apply, it being intended hereby to provide a method of publishing the proceedings of the board of supervisors in addition to that now provided for by Section 19-3-33 . Where publication is made under Section 19-3-33 , this section shall not be construed so as to require any other and additional publication, or notice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-25 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-25
Status: in_force

All claims filed for allowance by a board of supervisors which are based upon a sale or sales of any personal property shall be sufficiently itemized to show in detail the kind, quantity and price of the articles sold. Claims covering the sale of lumber shall be itemized so as to show in detail the grade or grades thereof, the amount of each different size of lumber covered by said invoice or statement, together with the total number of feet of each different grade and size, and the price per thousand feet at which it is sold, stated separately for each different grade and size. Each itemized invoice or statement so filed shall be accompanied by either (1) a receipt, in like detail, properly dated, and signed by a public officer, agent or employee authorized to accept delivery of such property, or, (2) a bill of lading or shipping receipt issued by a common carrier making delivery of such property, the rules of which carrier require a receipt to be given by the consignee on delivery, or (3) an affidavit of the seller, his agent or employee, showing how, where, when, and to whom delivery of such property was made. Where an affidavit is filed as proof of delivery, if delivery was by mail, the affidavit must have attached thereto a post office registry or insurance receipt, and if delivery was made by car, truck, or other public or private conveyance or means, the affidavit must state the name and address of the party actually making the delivery, and the make and license number of any car or truck used therein, as well as the other matters above required. The person so mailing or making actual delivery of such property shall, for the purpose of making such affidavit only, be considered an agent or employee of the seller. It is expressly provided, however, that no claim not first filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors shall be allowed until the seller has filed such claim in accordance with the requirements of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-21-103 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-21-103
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning with the 1987 general election and thereafter, each candidate for the elected office of coroner shall, as a minimum, possess a high school graduation diploma or its equivalent, be twenty-one (21) years of age or older, and be a qualified elector of the county in which elected.

(2) The minimum education requirements of subsection (1) of this section and subsection (1) of Section 41-61-57 shall not apply to any coroner holding office on July 1, 1986, who is reelected in the 1987 general election and thereafter, as long as such coroner maintains continuous active service as county medical examiner or county medical examiner investigator. However, all other portions of subsection (1) of Section 41-61-57 shall apply to such coroners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-171 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-171
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-171
Status: in_force

The revenue from ad valorem taxes for school district purposes that are levied upon liquefied natural gas terminals or improvements thereto constructed after July 1, 2007, crude oil refineries constructed after July 1, 2007, and expansions or improvements to existing crude oil refineries constructed after July 1, 2007, shall be distributed to all public school districts in the county in which the facilities are located in the proportion that the net enrollment of each school district bears to the total net enrollment of all school districts in the county. The county or municipal tax collector, as the case may be, shall pay such tax collections, except for taxes collected for the payment of the principal of and interest on school bonds or notes and except for taxes collected to defray collection costs, into the appropriate school depository and report to the school board of the appropriate school district at the same time and in the same manner as the tax collector makes his or her payments and reports of other taxes collected by him or her.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-2-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-2-5
Status: in_force

(1) In the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 1988, an election on the question of operation of the county on a countywide system of road administration shall be held in each county of the state. The ballot in such election shall have printed thereon the question “Do you want to require the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration?” followed thereafter, on separate lines, with the word “YES” and the word “NO” and with appropriate boxes adjacent thereto in which the voters may indicate their preference.

(2) The results of the elections held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 1988 concerning the question of operation of the county on a countywide system of road administration as set out in subsection (1) of this section shall be forwarded by each county circuit clerk to the Secretary of State, within fifteen (15) days of such election. The Secretary of State shall certify these election results after subsection (1) of this section has been precleared under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.

(3) If a majority of the qualified electors participating in the election under subsection (1) or (2) of this section vote in favor of requiring the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration, the county shall not be exempt from and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 19-2-3 and all other provisions of law requiring counties to operate under the countywide system of road administration beginning October 1, 1989. If, on the other hand, a majority of the qualified electors participating in the election vote against requiring the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration, the county shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3 and all other provisions of law requiring counties to operate under the countywide system of road administration beginning October 1, 1989, and the board of supervisors of that county may construct and maintain the county roads and bridges on a road district or beat system in accordance with any applicable provisions of general law or may, in its discretion and at any time, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, require the county to operate on the countywide system of road administration in accordance with Section 19-2-3 .

(4) If in any election held in a county under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section a majority of the qualified electors participating in the election vote against requiring the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration, then an election on such question may again be held at the November general election in 1990 or at a regularly scheduled November general election in any year thereafter, in any such county in which the board of supervisors has not adopted a resolution as provided in subsection (3) of this section and put into operation the countywide system of road administration in accordance with Section 19-2-3 , upon a petition filed with the board of supervisors and signed by at least fifteen percent (15%) or one thousand five hundred (1,500) of the qualified electors of that county, whichever is the lesser, asking for an election to determine whether to require the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration. Upon such petition being filed the board of supervisors shall order an election to be held on the question at the next November general election more than sixty (60) days from the filing of the petition. Nothing in this section shall authorize or permit the calling or holding of any such election in a county more often than once every two (2) years. The question to be presented to the electors at such election shall be in the same manner and form as provided in subsection (1) of this section. If a majority of the qualified electors participating in any such election vote in favor of requiring the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration, then beginning October 1 of the next year following such election, the county shall not be exempt from and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 19-2-3 and all other provisions of law requiring counties to operate under the countywide system of road administration. If, on the other hand, a majority of the qualified electors participating in any such election vote against requiring the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration, the county shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3 and all other provisions of law requiring counties to operate under the countywide system of road administration, and the board of supervisors of that county may construct and maintain the county roads and bridges on a road district basis, a beat system or any other system authorized by any applicable provisions of general law, or may, in its discretion and at any time, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, require the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration in accordance with Section 19-2-3 .

(5) Once a county begins to operate under the countywide system of road administration in accordance with Section 19-2-3 , whether as a result of an election held under this section or as a result of a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors as provided in subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section, then an election on such question may again be held in any such county at the November general election in 1992 or at a regularly scheduled November general election in any year thereafter at which members of the boards of supervisors and state officials are elected, upon a petition filed with the board of supervisors and signed by at least fifteen percent (15%) or one thousand five hundred (1,500) of the qualified electors of that county, whichever is the lesser, asking for an election to determine whether to require the county to continue to operate under the countywide system of road administration. The question to be presented to the electors at such election shall be in the same manner and form as provided in subsection (1) of this section. If a majority of the qualified electors participating in any such election vote in favor of requiring the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration, then the county shall not be exempt from and shall continue to be subject to the provisions of Section 19-2-3 and all other provisions of law requiring counties to operate under the countywide system of road administration. If, on the other hand, a majority of the qualified electors participating in any such election vote against requiring the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration, then beginning October 1 of the next year following such election, the county shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3 and all other provisions of law requiring counties to operate under the countywide system of road administration, and the board of supervisors of that county may construct and maintain the county roads and bridges on a road district basis, a beat system or any other system authorized by any applicable provisions of general law, or may, in its discretion and at any time, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, require the county to operate under the countywide system of road administration in accordance with Section 19-2-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-39 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 25-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-39
Status: in_force

If the sheriff finds that resistance will be made against the execution of any process, he shall forthwith go in his proper person, taking the power of the county if necessary, and execute the same. He shall certify to the court the names of the persons making resistance, their aiders, assistants, favorers, and procurers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 19-13-49 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-49
Status: in_force

Any owner of livestock making claim under Section 19-5-13 for damages for the death or injury of such livestock occasioned through the process of dipping or as a result of such dipping for the eradication of cattle tick, shall first make proof of the amount of his loss or damage to the board of supervisors. When conclusive proof has been made or submitted to the board and there is no evidence of contributory negligence on the part of the owner and the board is satisfied that the said owner has suffered such loss, then the board of supervisors shall pay to such owner out of the general county funds, such amount as will compensate him for his loss or damage. If the board of supervisors shall refuse to pay such claims, or any part of them, the owner shall have the right of action against the county where such damage occurred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-7
Status: in_force

The county surveyor may appoint deputies by writing, who shall take the oath of office and give bond as required of the surveyor, and who shall thereupon be authorized to perform all the duties of the surveyor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-29 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 31-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-29
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be limited obligations of the district payable solely from the sources pledged for the payment thereof. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face substantially to the effect that neither the full faith and credit of the state nor the full faith and credit of any governmental unit of the state are pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. Except as provided in a contribution agreement, the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly, indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any governmental unit of the state to levy any taxes or to make any appropriation for their payment arising out of contracts authorized under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-19 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-19
Status: in_force

In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by this chapter, an authority shall proceed in the manner provided by Chapter 27 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and as elsewhere provided by law. For the purpose of making surveys and examinations relative to eminent domain proceedings, it shall be lawful for the authority to enter upon the land, doing no damage. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or other law, an authority may take possession of any property to be acquired by eminent domain proceedings at any time after the commencement of such proceedings. The authority shall not be precluded from abandoning such proceedings at any time prior to final order and decree of the court having jurisdiction of such proceedings. The authority shall be liable to the owner of the property for any damage done to the property during possession thereof by the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-13
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the clerk, as county auditor, on delivering the assessment rolls to the tax collector, to charge him with the full amount of all taxes required to be paid into the county treasury, as shown by the rolls and the law, or by the order of the board of supervisors levying county taxes, and in settling with him to charge him with any additional assessments on the rolls due the county that may have been made, and to credit him only with such payments as he shall have made, according to law, into said treasury, and with such legal allowances as shall have been made to him by the board of supervisors, or as are fixed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-167 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-167
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-167
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the powers of each district shall be vested in and exercised by a board of commissioners consisting of five (5) members to be appointed by the board of supervisors. Upon their initial appointment, one (1) of the commissioners shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year; one (1) for a term of two (2) years; one (1) for a term of three (3) years; one (1) for a term of four (4) years; and one (1) for a term of five (5) years; thereafter, each commissioner shall be appointed and shall hold office for a term of five (5) years. Any vacancy occurring on a board of commissioners shall be filled by the board of supervisors at any regular meeting of the board of supervisors, and the board of supervisors shall have the authority to fill all unexpired terms of any commissioner or commissioners. Notwithstanding the appointive authority herein granted to the board of supervisors, its legal and actual responsibilities, authority and function, subsequent to the creation of any district, shall be specifically limited to the appointive function and responsibilities outlined in Sections 19-5-179 , 19-5-189 and 19-5-191 , except that with fire protection districts, the board of supervisors shall have authority for dissolving, redefining and reconfiguring of such districts as may be appropriate to ensure the most appropriate and efficient fire protection coverage for the county's citizens. The operation, management, abolition or dissolution of such district, and all other matters in connection therewith, shall be vested solely and only in the board of commissioners to the specific exclusion of the board of supervisors, and the abolition, dissolution or termination of any district shall be accomplished only by unanimous resolution of the board of commissioners, except that with fire protection districts, the board of supervisors shall have authority for the dissolving, redefining and reconfiguring of such districts when determined appropriate. However, if any area within the boundaries of a fire protection district created under Section 19-5-151 et seq. , is annexed by a municipality, a reduction of the boundaries of the district to exclude such annexed area may be accomplished by the adoption of a resolution by a majority vote of the board of commissioners of that fire protection district. The county board of supervisors which has a fire protection district created under Section 19-5-151 et seq. , may dissolve, redefine and reconfigure such district and, under Section 19-5-215 et seq. , may create a fire protection grading district consisting of the same boundaries as the previously existing fire protection district or having amended boundaries as determined appropriate by the board of supervisors. Petition and election requirements of Sections 19-5-217 through 19-5-227 shall not apply where the board of supervisors dissolves a fire protection district and creates a fire protection grading district under this section. Except as otherwise provided herein, such board of supervisors or commissioners shall have no power, jurisdiction or authority to abolish, dissolve or terminate any district while the district has any outstanding indebtedness of any kind or character, unless arrangements are made for the assumption of any outstanding indebtedness by the subsequent district or by the county. If a fire protection district is dissolved in accordance with this subsection, the board of supervisors may continue to levy the same millage as was being levied within the boundaries of the previous fire protection district before its dissolution provided that a fire protection grading district is created, in accordance with Section 19-5-215 et seq.

(2) The board of supervisors of the incorporating county may consolidate such fire protection districts for administrative purposes. The board of supervisors shall conduct a public hearing to determine the public's interest. Following such a hearing, the board may create a consolidated commission consisting of the participating districts for administrative purposes. Such districts then shall dissolve their respective boards of commissioners, transferring all records to the consolidated board of commissioners. A consolidated board of commissioners consisting of not less than five (5) members shall be appointed with equal representation from each participating district. Any commissioners appointed to a consolidated fire protection district commission must comply with eligibility requirements as authorized in Section 19-5-171 . In the event that a consolidated fire protection district commission consists of an even number of members, the chairman elected as authorized by Section 19-5-169 shall vote only in the event of a tie. General powers and duties of commissioners and commissions and other related matters as defined in Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 shall apply to the entire area contained in the consolidating fire protection districts as described in the resolutions incorporating the fire protection districts as well as to subsequent annexations.

(3) If the creation of the district is initiated in accordance with Section 19-5-153(3) , the powers of the district shall be vested in and exercised by a board of commissioners selected in the following manner:

(a) Upon creation of the district, the board of directors of the former nonprofit, nonshare corporation shall serve as the board of commissioners of the newly created water district for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. The initial commissioners shall be subject to the requirements of Section 19-5-171 , except the requirement for executing a bond. If an initial commissioner fails to meet a requirement of Section 19-5-171 as provided in this section, the board of supervisors shall appoint a member to fill that vacancy on the board of commissioners.

(b) In the resolution creating a district initiated in accordance with Section 19-5-153(3) , the board of supervisors shall direct the existing board of directors of the rural water association to create within the district five (5) posts from which commissioners shall be elected. The board of supervisors shall designate the positions to be elected from each post as Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4 and Post 5. Post 5 shall be an at-large post composed of the entire district. Within sixty (60) days following creation of the district, the board of supervisors shall call an election. Such election shall be held and conducted by the election commissioners in accordance with the general laws governing elections. The election commissioners shall determine which of the qualified electors of the county reside within the district and only those electors shall be entitled to vote in the election. Notice of the election setting forth the time, place or places and the purpose of the election shall be published by the clerk of the board of supervisors in the manner provided in Section 19-5-155 .

The initial elected commissioners shall be elected to a term of office expiring on December 31 of the year in which the next succeeding general election for statewide officials is held. After the initial term of office, commissioners shall be elected to four-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled by the procedure set forth in Section 23-15-839 .

(4) For any water and sewer district located within the corporate limits of a municipality that was incorporated on or after January 2012, the powers of the district shall be vested in and exercised by a board of commissioners consisting of five (5) members, each to be appointed by the governing authority of such municipality, one (1) member to be appointed from each municipal ward in the city. Each commissioner shall be appointed and shall hold office for a term of five (5) years. Any vacancy occurring on the board of commissioners shall be filled by the governing authority of the municipality at any regular meeting. Appointments to fill vacancies in unexpired terms of office shall be for the remaining unexpired term of office for such position.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-39 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-39
Status: in_force

If the sheriff finds that resistance will be made against the execution of any process, he shall forthwith go in his proper person, taking the power of the county if necessary, and execute the same. He shall certify to the court the names of the persons making resistance, their aiders, assistants, favorers, and procurers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-79 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-79
Status: in_force

(1) Any person, corporation or other legal entity required to obtain a state gaming license to conduct legal gaming aboard a cruise vessel or vessel, as defined in Section 27-109-1 , as prescribed by the Mississippi Gaming Control Act shall, before applying for such license, provide the Mississippi Gaming Commission with a written notice of intent to apply for a license. The “notice of intent to apply for a gaming license” shall be on a form prescribed by the executive director of the commission and shall state the county in which the intending licensee desires to conduct legal gaming aboard a cruise vessel or vessel, as the case may be. Within ten (10) days after receipt of a notice of intent to apply for a gaming license, the commission shall require such person, corporation or legal entity to publish the notice once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the intending licensee desires to conduct legal gaming aboard a cruise vessel or vessel, as the case may be.

(2) If no petition as prescribed in subsection (3) of this section is filed with the board of supervisors of the applicable county within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication, the board of supervisors of such county shall adopt a resolution stating that no petition was timely filed and that legal gaming may henceforth be conducted aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, in such county.

(3) If a petition signed by twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the registered voters of a county in which a notice of intent to apply for a gaming license is published is filed within thirty (30) days of the date of the last publication with the circuit clerk of the applicable county, the board of supervisors of such county shall authorize the circuit clerk to hold an election on the proposition of allowing legal gaming to be conducted aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, in the county on the date upon which such an election may be conducted under subsection (7). The referendum shall be advertised, held, conducted and the result thereof canvassed in the manner provided by law for advertising, holding and canvassing county elections.

(4) At such election, all qualified electors of such county may vote. The ballots used at such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the purpose of the election and the words “FOR LEGAL GAMING ABOARD CRUISE VESSELS (OR VESSELS) IN THE COUNTY AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW,” and “AGAINST LEGAL GAMING ABOARD CRUISE VESSELS (OR VESSELS) IN THE COUNTY AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW.” The voter shall vote by placing a cross (x) or check (✓) mark opposite his choice on the proposition. If a majority of the qualified electors who vote in such election shall vote in favor of allowing legal gaming to be conducted aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, then legal gaming may henceforth be conducted aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, in the county. If less than a majority of the qualified electors who vote in such election shall vote in favor of allowing legal gaming to be conducted aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, in the county, then gaming aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, shall be prohibited in the county until such time as a subsequent election, held according to the restrictions specified in subsection (7), may authorize such legal gaming.

(5) In any county in which no petition is timely filed after a notice of intent to apply for a gaming license is published, or in which an election is held on the proposition of allowing legal gaming to be conducted aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, in the county and a majority of the qualified electors who vote in such election vote in favor of allowing legal gaming to be conducted aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, in the county, no election shall thereafter be held in that county pursuant to this section on the proposition of allowing legal gaming to be conducted aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, in that county.

(6) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or Sections 97-33-1 , 97-33-7 , 97-33-17 , 97-33-25 and 97-33-27 to the contrary, if an election is held pursuant to this section which causes the conducting of gaming aboard cruise vessels to be prohibited in any county in which one or more cruise vessels were operating out of a port in the county on August 29, 1980, the prohibition on the conducting of gaming aboard cruise vessels in that county shall not apply to the conducting of legal gaming aboard any of those cruise vessels which were still operating out of a port in that county at the time of the election.

(7) If an election has been held on the issue of allowing legal gaming to be conducted aboard cruise vessels or vessels, as the case may be, in a county, and the authority to conduct such legal gaming has been denied by the electors of such county, then a subsequent election on such issue may not be held until:

(a) The date of the next succeeding general election in which the election for President of the United States occurs; or

(b) In the case in which the authority to conduct such legal gaming has been denied by the electors of such county at elections on three (3) different occasions, whether those occasions be successive or not, the date of the next succeeding general election occurring at least eight (8) years after the last of the three (3) occasions on which the electors denied the authority to conduct such legal gaming.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 19-9-109 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 19-5-39 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-39
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county or counties coming within the provisions of Section 19-5-31 through 19-5-39 may issue and sell its full faith and credit bonds as otherwise provided by law to secure funds with which to construct and equip such Golden Age Nursing Homes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-93 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-93
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-93
Status: in_force

Marshall County is bounded by beginning on the line between the States of Mississippi and Tennessee at the center of range five, west; thence east on said state line to the line between ranges one and two, west; thence south on said line to the southwest corner of section six, township three, range one, west; thence east on section lines to the southeast corner of section four, township three, range one, west; thence due south on section lines to the southwest corner of section three, township six, range one, west; thence east to the basis meridian; thence south by said meridian to the Tallahatchie River; thence down said river, with its meanderings, to the mouth of Little Spring Creek; thence up said creek to the center of township six; thence west by section lines to the line between ranges four and five, west; thence north to the line between townships four and five; thence west to the center of range five, west; thence due north to the beginning. The county site is Holly Springs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-29 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-29
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state may, in their discretion, pay such part of the cost of labor and material for laying water mains from municipal water systems along the highways outside the corporate limits of such municipalities, not exceeding a distance of five miles, as in their discretion, may be to the public interest of their respective counties. Such expenditure on the part of a board of supervisors shall not exceed one-half of the entire total cost of labor and material for laying such water main.

However, no part of said expense is to be borne by any board of supervisors unless there is situate on the route of such proposed water main one or more county schools.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-63 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-63
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep a record, to be called the “Jail docket,” in which he shall note each warrant or mittimus by which any person shall be received into or placed in the jail of his county, entering the nature of the writ or warrant, by whom issued, the name of the prisoner, when received, the date of the arrest and commitment, for what crime or other cause the party is imprisoned, and on what authority, how long the prisoner was so imprisoned, how released or discharged, and the warrant therefor or the receipt of the officer of the penitentiary when sent there. All of said entries shall be full and complete, so as to give a perfect history of each case. The record shall be kept as a public record, and turned over to his successor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-5
Status: in_force

Each county surveyor shall record, in a suitable book to be provided by the board of supervisors and to be kept in the office of the clerk of the chancery court, all surveys made by him and his deputies, except such as are made for a temporary purpose, and surveys of roads and of city, village, or town plats. He shall record the survey of any other surveyor which shall be made in his county by order of a court. The course and distance of all lines run and the number of acres contained in each piece of land surveyed shall be entered on the diagram of any section subdivided according to the survey thereof, and shall be considered a part of the record. The record shall show, in addition, the time when, by whom, and for whom such survey was made, a description of all the witness trees or monuments marked on the survey, with their respective bearings and distances, and the variation of the magnetic from the true meridian. He shall cause a true map or plat thereof to be made, of the form and size indicated in this chapter in regard to maps or plats of cities, towns or villages, or additions thereto, so far as may be applicable. The surveys made by him and the surveys made by any other surveyors as herein referred to shall be recorded in the same manner as provided herein for the record of maps or plats of cities, towns, or villages, or additions thereto. He shall keep the record accurately indexed, referring in a suitable manner to each survey or map or plat so recorded. The lines and distances of all surveys shall be in miles, or subdivisions thereof, yards, feet and inches.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-21
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Each deputy sheriff who shall have law enforcement duties shall, at the expense of the county, attend and complete an appropriate curriculum in the field of law enforcement at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Academy within one (1) year from the date of his appointment, excluding those who have previously served as sheriff, or have had at least five (5) years' experience as a full-time law enforcement officer, or have previously successfully completed a course of training at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Academy or at the Jackson Police Academy. Any deputy sheriff exempted from attendance at the initial course as herein provided because of previous service as sheriff or having five (5) years' full-time law enforcement experience must have served as sheriff or obtained such experience within a period of ten (10) years prior to the date of his taking the oath of office. Any deputy sheriff exempted from attendance because of successful completion of a course of training at either of the aforementioned academies must have completed such course within five (5) years prior to the date of his taking the oath of office. Each deputy sheriff shall thereafter, on a periodic and continuing basis, attend additional advanced courses in law enforcement at said Academy in order that each deputy sheriff will be properly informed and trained in the modern, technical advances in the field of law enforcement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-83 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-83
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall keep those hounds bought pursuant to Section 19-5-3 , closely confined in the jail yard or in some suitable inclosure to be provided for them, and he shall not permit any person to handle or in any way to be familiar with them except himself and one other person to assist each sheriff, which person shall be designated by him and who shall assist the sheriff in taking care of said dogs and training them. The sheriff or his assistant shall at frequent intervals exercise said dogs by having someone for them to trail, to the end that their instinct may be kept active. The sheriff on receiving information of the commission of a felony in his county or the escape of prisoners in his custody, and that the person charged with the commission thereof is at large and has left the scene of the crime and is a fugitive from justice, shall convey the said dogs to the place where said felony was committed and endeavor to capture the fugitive or escaped prisoners, as the case may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-15
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the clerk, on receiving from the circuit court the list of jury taxes accrued at any term of the circuit court, and of the fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed or accrued at each term of the court, at once, as county auditor, to charge the sheriff of the county, or the person acting as such for the time, with the full amount of such jury taxes, fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and to require the sheriff, or the person acting as such, to pay the amount into the county treasury, except such as he shall show a legal excuse for not collecting and paying.

When a fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall be imposed by any court of which he is a clerk, he shall, as county auditor, at once charge such sum to the proper officer, and require its payment into the county treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-35 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-35
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall be the executive officer of the circuit and chancery court of his county, and he shall attend all the sessions thereof with a sufficient number of deputies or bailiffs. He shall execute all orders and decrees of said courts directed to him to be executed. He shall take into his custody, and safely keep, in the jail of his county, all persons committed by order of either of said courts, or by any process issuing therefrom, or lawfully required to be held for appearance before either of them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-17 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-17
Status: in_force

The clerk of the board of supervisors, as county auditor, is authorized and required to examine the accounts, dockets and records of clerks, sheriffs and other officers of the clerk's county, to ascertain if any money payable into the county treasury is properly chargeable to them, and the clerk shall charge them with such money.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-31 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-31
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county in the state, acting alone or in conjunction with boards of supervisors of an adjoining county or counties, shall have the power and jurisdiction necessary and proper to provide for the relief and support of the aged bona fide residents of said county or counties, of good moral character and over sixty-five years of age, and, to that end, may purchase the necessary lands for the establishment of a Golden Age Nursing Home in said county or counties, and may employ suitable persons to control and operate same and to see that such aged persons are properly treated, and may provide physicians and nurses in such cases as it may deem proper, and purchase the necessary medicines and medical supplies and pay for all of same out of the general fund of said county or counties, or out of any funds ensuing from any levy made by such board of supervisors for the support and maintenance of such institutions.

The board of supervisors of said county or counties may prescribe such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient and necessary for the operation and maintenance of said county nursing home, and may employ any person as superintendent or other employees that may be required and necessary in the operation of such institution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-41 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 19-11-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-7
Status: in_force

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

(2) The board of supervisors shall not prepare a budget that reduces the county budget by more than twenty percent (20%) in the last year of the members' term of office if a majority of the members of the board are not reelected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-41 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-41
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county shall provide printed warrants, with proper blanks, bound in book form, with a sufficient blank margin, to be used in drawing money out of the county treasury, and such warrants, so printed and bound, as may be needed to draw money out of the school fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-10 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / 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. § 19-5-57 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-57
Status: in_force

Before the board of supervisors will be authorized to take action under Sections 19-5-53 , 19-5-55 , a petition containing the names of not less than one hundred contestants in the county must be on file in the office of the chancery clerk of the county on or before the first Monday of January, in the year in which the premiums are to be offered. Publications of the premiums must be made on or before the 15th day of February in the year in which they are to be offered.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-7
Status: in_force

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

(2) Any county and a municipality within a county may create a railroad authority under this section by resolution adopted by the respective governing authorities. The authority shall be governed by five (5) commissioners. The board of supervisors shall appoint two (2) persons as commissioners of the authority. The governing authorities of the municipality shall appoint two (2) persons as commissioners of the authority. One (1) commissioner shall be appointed by the municipality and the county on a rotating basis with the municipality making the first appointment. The terms of the commissioners shall be the same as those provided in subsection (1) with the term designation to be determined by the majority vote of the governing authorities of the municipality and of the county. The municipality and the county may dissolve the authority by a majority vote of both governing authorities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-43 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-43
Status: in_force

A sheriff or other officer properly authorized to act for him shall not return an execution or attachment for not performing a decree in chancery to the office whence it issued without noting thereon how he has executed the same, unless by the express direction, in writing, of the plaintiff, his agent or attorney. If a sheriff or other officer, not having such directions, shall return such execution or attachment without noting thereon how he has executed the same, he and his sureties shall be subject to all the liabilities, fines, and penalties imposed on a sheriff for failing to return an execution, recoverable in the same manner. When any execution shall be settled, or the money due thereon received, wholly or in part, by an officer, he shall make a statement of the amount thereof on the execution, including his own fees and commissions, and return the same with the execution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-33 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / 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. § 19-31-37 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 29 / Section 31-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-37
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with the provisions of Section 31-7-1 et seq. , regarding the construction of public works or the purchase of materials or supplies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-105 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 19-13-49 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-49
Status: in_force

Any owner of livestock making claim under Section 19-5-13 for damages for the death or injury of such livestock occasioned through the process of dipping or as a result of such dipping for the eradication of cattle tick, shall first make proof of the amount of his loss or damage to the board of supervisors. When conclusive proof has been made or submitted to the board and there is no evidence of contributory negligence on the part of the owner and the board is satisfied that the said owner has suffered such loss, then the board of supervisors shall pay to such owner out of the general county funds, such amount as will compensate him for his loss or damage. If the board of supervisors shall refuse to pay such claims, or any part of them, the owner shall have the right of action against the county where such damage occurred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-21
Status: in_force

No public improvement district may purchase, sell, dedicate, donate or convey in any manner a water or wastewater utility that provides service to the public, or enter into a management contract for such facilities, until the board has held a public hearing on the purchase, sale, dedication, donation, conveyance or management contract and has made a determination that the purchase, sale or management contract is in the public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-141 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-141
Status: in_force

Tishomingo County is bounded by beginning at a point on the state line bounding on the State of Tennessee two miles east of the line between ranges eight and nine, east; thence east on said state line to the Tennessee River; thence with said line up the said river to the mouth of Bear creek, on the state boundary with the State of Alabama; thence southerly on the state boundary to the middle of township seven; thence west on section lines to the southwest corner of section fourteen, township seven, range nine, east; thence north on section lines to the southeast corner of section ten, township four, range nine, east; thence west on section lines to the southeast corner of section nine in the township last named; thence north on section lines to the northwest corner of said section ten; thence west to the southeast corner of section five, township four, range nine, east; thence north on sectional lines to the beginning. The county site is Iuka.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-8 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-8
Status: in_force

A constable that serves as a bailiff in justice court for criminal cases may be paid by the county in an amount equal to the allowance paid to riding bailiffs as provided in Section 19-25-31 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-17-9
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county auditor to issue his receipt warrant to any person desiring to pay money into the county treasury, specifying the amount and the particular account on which such payment is to be made, and the fund to which it belongs. However, a receipt warrant shall not be credited to the person making such payment, nor be charged to the county depository, until there shall be produced and filed with such auditor a duplicate receipt, signed by the depository, for the sum specified in such receipt warrant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-39 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-39
Status: in_force

(1) The district, or if necessary, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained, may prescribe, fix, establish and collect rates, fees, rentals or other charges for the facilities and services furnished by the district, within the limits of the district, including, but not limited to, recreational facilities, water management and control facilities and water and sewer systems. The district may also recover the costs of making connection with any district facility or system and provide for reasonable penalties against any user or property for any such rates, fees, rentals or other charges that are delinquent.

(2) No such rates, fees, rentals or other charges for any of the facilities or services of the district may be fixed until after a public hearing at which all the users of the proposed facility or services shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed rates, fees, rentals or other charges. Notice of such public hearing setting forth the proposed schedule of rates, fees, rentals and other charges shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in each county where the district is located once at least ten (10) days before such public hearing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-43 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-43
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors in their respective counties shall temporarily provide for the care and maintenance of any person alleged to have mental illness when the person has no means of paying that expense, pending an investigation into the mental status of the person alleged to have mental illness before the chancery clerk of the county, and provide for the care and maintenance of those persons by the sheriff of their respective counties after being adjudged as a person with mental illness by the properly constituted authority, when there is no room in one (1) of the state psychiatric hospitals or institutions for the person with mental illness. The boards shall cause all reasonable and proper allowance for that care and maintenance to be paid out of the county treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-21
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any bonds issued by a county shall be placed in the county treasury or depository, if there be one, as a special fund, and shall be used for no other purpose than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued. If the board of supervisors of such county, or any member thereof, or any other officer, shall wilfully divert or aid or assist in diverting any such fund, or any part thereof, to any purpose other than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued, then such person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years and, in addition, he shall be liable personally and on his official bond for the amount so diverted. Any member of such board of supervisors may escape the penalty provided for above by requesting and having his vote recorded in the negative on any illegal diversion of the proceeds of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-183 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-183
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-183
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(7) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-15
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the various counties of this state may, in their discretion, employ a competent person to look after the interest of the county in any lands that may be owned by such county other than sixteenth section or lieu lands, or lands acquired under foreclosure proceedings under deeds in trust securing loans of sixteenth section school funds, and to pay such person a salary of not exceeding Eighteen Hundred Dollars ($1800.00) annually for such services. Such salary will be paid out of the revenue derived from such lands, and at the end of the year during which such services are rendered. The boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, employ the county superintendent of education to perform the duties and services provided for herein, and pay such county superintendent the salary provided for herein in addition to the salary as superintendent of education.

Moreover, the boards of supervisors of said counties in this state are hereby authorized in their discretion to pay to the secretary of the superintendents of education in said counties in this state, an additional sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per annum out of the revenues derived from such lands in said counties, at the end of the year during which such services are rendered. Said sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per annum shall be in addition to the salaries now authorized by law to be paid to said secretaries of the county superintendents of education in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-31 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 31-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-31
Status: in_force

The state and all public officers, any county, municipality or other subdivision or instrumentality of the state, any political subdivision, any bank, banker, trust company, savings bank and institution, building and loan association, savings and loan association, investment company or any person carrying on a banking or investment business, any insurance company or business, insurance association and any person carrying on an insurance business, any executor, administrator, curator, trustee and other fiduciary, and any retirement system fund may legally invest any sinking funds, monies or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by the district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize such persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions and officers, or other entities public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including but not limited to sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations of the district and that any such bonds shall be authorized security for all public deposits. However, nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments or security for public deposits shall be construed as relieving any such person, firm, corporation or other entity from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-15-3 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-15-3
Status: in_force

Whenever any county records, documents, files or papers whatsoever are required by law to be preserved and retained, or which are necessary or desirable to be preserved or retained, the board of supervisors of the county shall have the power and authority, in its discretion, to destroy or dispose of any records, documents, files or papers after having reproductions made thereof as hereinafter provided and in accordance with a records control schedule approved by the Local Government Records Committee as provided in Section 25-60-1 .

Whenever the board of supervisors of any county shall desire to destroy or dispose of any records, documents, files or papers, the board shall first cause the same to be reproduced under standards established by the Department of Archives and History using microfilm, microfiche, data processing, computers, magnetic tape, optical discs or other medium. If the county where records and the like are to be destroyed or disposed of does not have or own the necessary equipment to reproduce same, the board of supervisors shall be authorized and empowered to enter into a contract for the reproduction thereof, which contract may be for a period of not more than twelve (12) months from the date thereof. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder after the board of supervisors shall have advertised its intentions of awarding such contract by publication of a notice thereof once each week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published or having a general circulation in such county.

After reproduction of the records and the like shall have been made, the board of supervisors shall have the power and authority to destroy and dispose of the originals thereof after spreading upon its minutes certification that the reproductions are true and correct copies and disposal is in accordance with a records control schedule approved by the Local Government Records Committee as provided in Section 25-60-1 ; the reproductions shall thereafter be preserved, retained and stored by the board of supervisors as a record of the county, and provision shall be made for preserving, examining and using them. Any reproductions or copy of any original record or other documents shall be deemed to be the original record for all purposes and shall be admissible as evidence in all courts or administrative agencies. A facsimile, exemplification or certified copy thereof shall, for all purposes set forth herein, be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the original record.

The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized to pay all expenses incurred in reproducing records and the like and in making provision for the preservation, retention and storage of the reproductions from the general fund of the county.

When any of the records and the like of which reproductions are made under the provisions of this section are declared by law or are by their nature confidential and privileged records, then the reproduction thereof shall likewise be deemed to be confidential and privileged to the same extent as the original records and the like.

Nothing herein shall be construed to require the keeping and preservation of any records and documents which are not required by law or a records control schedule to be kept and preserved, or which it is not desirable or necessary to keep and preserve, and in all cases where records and the like are authorized by law to be destroyed or disposed of, they may be disposed of as authorized by a records control schedule approved by the Local Government Records Committee as provided in Section 25-60-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-11
Status: in_force

(1) The budget as finally determined, in addition to setting out separately each general item of expenditure for which appropriations are to be made and the fund out of which the same is to be paid, shall set out the total amount to be expended from each fund, the anticipated working cash balance in the fund at the close of the present fiscal year, the estimated amount, if any, which shall accrue to the fund from sources other than taxation for the new fiscal year, and the amount necessary to be raised for each fund by tax levy during such fiscal year, and the working cash balance which the board determines necessary for the next fiscal year. The board of supervisors, not later than September 15th, shall then, by resolution, approve and adopt the budget as finally determined, and enter the same at length and in detail in its official minutes, and in like manner the said board shall enter the budget of estimated expenses for the county department of education which shall have been prepared and presented to the board by the county superintendent of education as provided by law.

(2) The board of supervisors shall not adopt a budget that reduces the county budget by more than twenty percent (20%) in the last year of the members' term of office if a majority of the members of the board are not reelected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-7
Status: in_force

Should the county prosecuting attorney's office be re-created under Section 19-23-5 , then the Governor shall appoint an attorney, whose term of office shall be until the next general election, whether the same be held for the election of congressmen, judges or other officers, when said county attorney's office shall be filled by election and whose term of office shall be until the next general election for state and county officers, or until the office is abolished as provided for in Section 19-23-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-71 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-71
Status: in_force

(1) The sheriff shall be the jailer of his county and, in the performance of his duties as jailer, he shall employ a jailer or jailers to have charge of the prisoners in the jail. However, in any county in which there is a jointly owned jail, the jailer, pursuant to Section 47-1-49 , shall be the person appointed by the governing authorities of the municipality insofar as municipal prisoners are concerned. The sheriff shall keep in the jail thereof separate rooms by gender, and shall not permit any communication between a male and a female prisoner, unless they be married.

(2) The board of supervisors of the county shall pay the tuition, living and travel expenses incurred by a person in attending and participating in the basic and continuing education courses for county jail officers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-7
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors may have the courthouse, jail and other buildings of the county, the furniture thereof, the books of the county, and the personal property of the county, insured against loss by fire, cyclone and tornado, and other hazards. The board of supervisors may carry steam boiler, plate glass and other miscellaneous casualty insurance against loss of county property, as in the discretion of the board of supervisors may seem proper. The cost thereof shall be paid out of the county treasury.

(2) The boards of supervisors of two (2) or more counties may pool their risks under this section and may provide for the purchase of one or more policies of property insurance, or the establishment of a self-insurance fund or self-insurance reserves, or any combination thereof. The cost of participation shall be paid out of the general fund of the county. The administration and service of any such self-insurance program shall be contracted to a third party and approved by the Commissioner of Insurance.

(3) The governing board of any county, municipality, municipal separate school district, other school district or community/junior college district, and the governing board or head of any other political subdivision or entity may negotiate for, secure and pool their risks under this section and may provide for the purchase of any one or more policies of property insurance, or the establishment of a self-insurance fund or self-insurance reserves, or any combination thereof. The governing board of any political subdivision or other entity set forth in this section is authorized to expend funds from any available source for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining that property insurance. The administration and service of any such self-insurance program shall be contracted to a third party and approved by the Commissioner of Insurance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-41.1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-41.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-41.1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may contract with the Mississippi Transportation Commission to perform maintenance on the state highways and Interstate highways in that county and any rights-of-way to such highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-55 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-55
Status: in_force

All warrants, writs, orders, process, and precepts of any kind, or the attested copies thereof, by which any prisoner may be committed to or enlarged from any jail, shall be filed in their order of time, and kept by the sheriff. Upon the death, removal, resignation, or expiration of office of a sheriff, all of such warrants, writs, orders, process, or precepts, or the attested copies thereof, shall be delivered to his successor in office, on demand by him made, under the penalty of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), to be recovered of the sheriff going out of office, and his sureties, by motion before the circuit court of the county, after five days' notice thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-13 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-13
Status: in_force

The surveyor, whenever called on for that purpose by those interested, shall resurvey and re-mark and bound any tract of land in his county where the old marks are defaced or are likely to decay and perish, being governed by the original surveys, patents, or title deeds of such tracts. He shall make a certificate of all such re-markings and boundaries, and deliver the same to the owner of the land, who may have it recorded in the office of the chancery clerk of the county or counties in which the land is situated. The surveyor, whenever requested by the board of supervisors of any county, shall resurvey, re-mark and bound any county boundary line, being governed by the original governmental surveys, field notes, and patents. The notes of such resurvey and the certificate thereof shall be recorded in the office of the chancery clerk of such county, and shall be presumptive evidence of the facts connected with and pertinent to the resurvey therein contained in any case in which the venue is in question.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-23 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-23
Status: in_force

Whenever a balance shall remain of the proceeds of any bond issue after the purpose for which such bonds were issued shall have been accomplished, such balance shall forthwith be transferred to the bond and interest fund applicable to such bond issue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-23 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-9-23
Status: in_force

Whenever a balance shall remain of the proceeds of any bond issue after the purpose for which such bonds were issued shall have been accomplished, such balance shall forthwith be transferred to the bond and interest fund applicable to such bond issue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-47 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-47
Status: in_force

Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of the ordinance establishing a public improvement district under this chapter, the district shall cause to be recorded in the sectional index and the subdivisional index, if applicable, in the land records in each county in which it is located a “Notice of Establishment of the ․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ Public Improvement District.” The notice shall include the legal description of the district and a copy of the disclosure statement specified in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-9
Status: in_force

The budget of expenses, revenues and working cash balance shall be prepared in such form as may be necessary, upon forms to be prescribed by the State Auditor, as the head of the State Department of Audit, or by the director thereof appointed by the State Auditor. Such budget of expenses shall show in detail all estimates of the expenditures to be made out of the general county fund and its auxiliary funds, all estimates of expenditures to be made out of the road and bridge maintenance and construction funds, and all amounts to be paid out of the several bond and interest sinking funds for the bonded debt service in the next fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-7-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall have power to accept as a gift, or to purchase for the county, so much real estate, in fee simple, at the place where the courts may be required to sit, as may be convenient and necessary for the building and use of the courthouse and jail, and, at any convenient place in the county, property for fire protection purposes and homes and farms for the poor, the purchase money to be paid out of the county treasury, and the title to the property be made to and in the name of the county.

The board of supervisors of any county may acquire, by lease or purchase, grounds and buildings or may erect buildings on grounds owned by the county or road district, to be used by the county or road district in storing and preserving road machinery, trucks, teams or other county or road district property. The same shall be paid for out of the general fund or road district fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-97 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-97
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-97
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county who find that the public interest of the county, or any supervisors' district or districts within the county, will be conserved thereby, may purchase, operate, and maintain fire trucks, pumps, tanks, trailers, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire fighting equipment, and may contract with one or more towns or municipalities in the county for keeping and storing same, or any part of same, and assisting in the use and operation thereof. Such board may pay its part of the cost of such purchasing, operation and maintenance from the general fund of the county if the entire county participates in the provisions of this section, or from a special fund to be known as the “Fire Prevention Fund” if less than all five districts participate. The board is empowered to authorize the participation of either the entire county or any district or districts whose public interests will be conserved thereby.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-49 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-49
Status: in_force

If any sheriff fails to execute any process for the execution of which his fees have been paid in advance, and does not return with the writ the money so advanced, he shall be liable on his bond, if the process issued from the circuit or chancery court, for Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), and if from a court of a justice of the peace, for Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), which sum may be recovered on the motion of the party at whose instance the process issued, in the court from which it issued, on five days' notice to the officer and his sureties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-47 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 31-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-47
Status: in_force

Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of the ordinance establishing a public improvement district under this chapter, the district shall cause to be recorded in the sectional index and the subdivisional index, if applicable, in the land records in each county in which it is located a “Notice of Establishment of the ․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ Public Improvement District.” The notice shall include the legal description of the district and a copy of the disclosure statement specified in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-21
Status: in_force

Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement authorized by Section 19-29-17 an authority may, by sale, lease or otherwise, dispose of any of its railroad property and facilities, or other property, or portion thereof or interest therein, acquired pursuant to this chapter. Such disposal by sale, lease or otherwise shall be in accordance with the laws of this state governing the disposition of other public property, except that in the case of disposal to another authority, a municipality or county or an agency of the state or federal government for use and operation as a public railroad, the sale, lease or other disposal may be effected in such manner and upon such terms as the commissioners of the authority may deem in the best interest of the railroad system in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-47 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-47
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The board of supervisors shall have the power, in its discretion, to employ counsel by the year at an annual salary at an amount that it deems proper, not to exceed the maximum annual amount authorized by law for payment to a member of the board.

(b) The board of supervisors shall have the power, in its discretion, to employ counsel in all civil cases in which the county is interested, including eminent domain proceedings, the examination and certification of title to property the county is acquiring and in criminal cases against a county officer for malfeasance or dereliction of duty in office, when by the criminal conduct of the officer the county may be liable to be affected pecuniarily, with the counsel to conduct the proceeding instead of the district attorney, or in conjunction with him, and to pay the counsel out of the county treasury or the road fund that may be involved reasonable compensation, or if counsel so employed is retained on an annual basis as provided in this subsection, reasonable additional compensation for his services.

(c) The board of supervisors shall have the power, in its discretion, to pay reasonable compensation to attorneys who may be employed by it in the matter of the issuance of bonds and the drafting of orders and resolutions in connection therewith. In no instance shall the attorney's fee for the services exceed the following amounts, to wit:

One percent (1%) of the first Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) of any one (1) bond issue; one-half percent ( 1 / 2 %) of the amount of the issue in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) but not more than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00); and one-fourth percent ( 1 / 4 %) of the amount of the issue in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). The limitations imposed in this paragraph shall not apply to any bond issue for which a declaration to issue the bonds has heretofore been adopted by proper resolution.

(d) This subsection shall not in anyway amend or repeal or otherwise affect subsection (2) of this section, but this subsection shall remain in full force and effect.

(2) The board of supervisors of any county, in addition to the authority conferred upon it in subsection (1) of this section, may employ, in its discretion, a firm of attorneys to represent it as its regular attorneys on the same terms, conditions and compensation as provided for employment of an attorney as its regular attorney. However, there shall not be both an attorney and a firm of attorneys employed at the same time as the regular attorney for the board.

(3) In any county having a 1980 federal census population in excess of one hundred eighteen thousand (118,000), and in which is located a major refinery for the production of petroleum products and a facility for the construction of ships for the United States Navy; in any county which is traversed by an interstate highway and having a 1980 federal census population in excess of sixty-six thousand (66,000), and in which is located a comprehensive university operated by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and a National Guard training base; in any county in which is located the State Capitol and the state's largest municipality; in any county which is traversed by Interstate Highway 55, United States Highway 51 and United States Highway 98; in any county bordering the Gulf of Mexico, having a 1980 federal census population in excess of one hundred fifty-seven thousand (157,000), and in which is located a state-owned port; and in any county which is traversed by Interstate Highway 20, United States Highway 49 and United States Highway 80, and in which is located the State Hospital and an international airport; all of which foregoing criteria the Legislature finds to be conducive to industrial development requiring the issuance of industrial revenue bonds and which counties would gain benefits by employment of counsel in the manner authorized by this subsection, the board of supervisors, as an alternative to the authority conferred upon it in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, may employ annually, in its discretion, an attorney as a full-time employee of the county, subject to the following conditions:

(a) The attorney shall maintain an office in the county courthouse or other county-owned building and shall represent the board of supervisors and all county agencies responsible to the board;

(b) The attorney shall be employed by the board of supervisors in the matter of the issuance of all bonds of the county and the drafting of resolutions in connection therewith, and shall represent the board in all state and federal courts. Attorney's fees for the services which otherwise would have been paid to an attorney under paragraph (1)(c) of this section shall be paid into the county general fund and used to defray the salary of the attorney and his necessary office expenses;

(c) During his employment by the county, the attorney shall not engage otherwise in the practice of civil or criminal law and shall not be associated with any other attorney or firm of attorneys;

(d) The board of supervisors shall have the power, in its discretion, to pay the attorney an annual salary not to exceed the maximum annual salary authorized by law to be paid to the county judge of that county; and

(e) The board of supervisors may authorize, in its discretion, the employment of special counsel to assist the counsel employed pursuant to this subsection, provided that the board shall determine and spread on its minutes that the employment of the special counsel is necessary and in the best interest of the county and setting forth the duties or responsibilities assigned to the special counsel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-6 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-19-6
Status: in_force

On or before January 7, 1990, the Board on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training shall submit to the Mississippi State Legislature a proposal describing the training program required by Section 19-19-5 , which is specifically designed for the training of constables. The proposal shall set forth in detail the nature and scope of the curriculum and time period of training for constables, with due consideration being given to the specific duties and responsibilities of constables.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 19-5-167 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-167
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-167
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the powers of each district shall be vested in and exercised by a board of commissioners consisting of five (5) members to be appointed by the board of supervisors. Upon their initial appointment, one (1) of the commissioners shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year; one (1) for a term of two (2) years; one (1) for a term of three (3) years; one (1) for a term of four (4) years; and one (1) for a term of five (5) years; thereafter, each commissioner shall be appointed and shall hold office for a term of five (5) years. Any vacancy occurring on a board of commissioners shall be filled by the board of supervisors at any regular meeting of the board of supervisors, and the board of supervisors shall have the authority to fill all unexpired terms of any commissioner or commissioners. Notwithstanding the appointive authority herein granted to the board of supervisors, its legal and actual responsibilities, authority and function, subsequent to the creation of any district, shall be specifically limited to the appointive function and responsibilities outlined in Sections 19-5-179 , 19-5-189 and 19-5-191 , except that with fire protection districts, the board of supervisors shall have authority for dissolving, redefining and reconfiguring of such districts as may be appropriate to ensure the most appropriate and efficient fire protection coverage for the county's citizens. The operation, management, abolition or dissolution of such district, and all other matters in connection therewith, shall be vested solely and only in the board of commissioners to the specific exclusion of the board of supervisors, and the abolition, dissolution or termination of any district shall be accomplished only by unanimous resolution of the board of commissioners, except that with fire protection districts, the board of supervisors shall have authority for the dissolving, redefining and reconfiguring of such districts when determined appropriate. However, if any area within the boundaries of a fire protection district created under Section 19-5-151 et seq. , is annexed by a municipality, a reduction of the boundaries of the district to exclude such annexed area may be accomplished by the adoption of a resolution by a majority vote of the board of commissioners of that fire protection district. The county board of supervisors which has a fire protection district created under Section 19-5-151 et seq. , may dissolve, redefine and reconfigure such district and, under Section 19-5-215 et seq. , may create a fire protection grading district consisting of the same boundaries as the previously existing fire protection district or having amended boundaries as determined appropriate by the board of supervisors. Petition and election requirements of Sections 19-5-217 through 19-5-227 shall not apply where the board of supervisors dissolves a fire protection district and creates a fire protection grading district under this section. Except as otherwise provided herein, such board of supervisors or commissioners shall have no power, jurisdiction or authority to abolish, dissolve or terminate any district while the district has any outstanding indebtedness of any kind or character, unless arrangements are made for the assumption of any outstanding indebtedness by the subsequent district or by the county. If a fire protection district is dissolved in accordance with this subsection, the board of supervisors may continue to levy the same millage as was being levied within the boundaries of the previous fire protection district before its dissolution provided that a fire protection grading district is created, in accordance with Section 19-5-215 et seq.

(2) The board of supervisors of the incorporating county may consolidate such fire protection districts for administrative purposes. The board of supervisors shall conduct a public hearing to determine the public's interest. Following such a hearing, the board may create a consolidated commission consisting of the participating districts for administrative purposes. Such districts then shall dissolve their respective boards of commissioners, transferring all records to the consolidated board of commissioners. A consolidated board of commissioners consisting of not less than five (5) members shall be appointed with equal representation from each participating district. Any commissioners appointed to a consolidated fire protection district commission must comply with eligibility requirements as authorized in Section 19-5-171 . In the event that a consolidated fire protection district commission consists of an even number of members, the chairman elected as authorized by Section 19-5-169 shall vote only in the event of a tie. General powers and duties of commissioners and commissions and other related matters as defined in Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 shall apply to the entire area contained in the consolidating fire protection districts as described in the resolutions incorporating the fire protection districts as well as to subsequent annexations.

(3) If the creation of the district is initiated in accordance with Section 19-5-153(3) , the powers of the district shall be vested in and exercised by a board of commissioners selected in the following manner:

(a) Upon creation of the district, the board of directors of the former nonprofit, nonshare corporation shall serve as the board of commissioners of the newly created water district for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. The initial commissioners shall be subject to the requirements of Section 19-5-171 , except the requirement for executing a bond. If an initial commissioner fails to meet a requirement of Section 19-5-171 as provided in this section, the board of supervisors shall appoint a member to fill that vacancy on the board of commissioners.

(b) In the resolution creating a district initiated in accordance with Section 19-5-153(3) , the board of supervisors shall direct the existing board of directors of the rural water association to create within the district five (5) posts from which commissioners shall be elected. The board of supervisors shall designate the positions to be elected from each post as Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4 and Post 5. Post 5 shall be an at-large post composed of the entire district. Within sixty (60) days following creation of the district, the board of supervisors shall call an election. Such election shall be held and conducted by the election commissioners in accordance with the general laws governing elections. The election commissioners shall determine which of the qualified electors of the county reside within the district and only those electors shall be entitled to vote in the election. Notice of the election setting forth the time, place or places and the purpose of the election shall be published by the clerk of the board of supervisors in the manner provided in Section 19-5-155 .

The initial elected commissioners shall be elected to a term of office expiring on December 31 of the year in which the next succeeding general election for statewide officials is held. After the initial term of office, commissioners shall be elected to four-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled by the procedure set forth in Section 23-15-839 .

(4) For any water and sewer district located within the corporate limits of a municipality that was incorporated on or after January 2012, the powers of the district shall be vested in and exercised by a board of commissioners consisting of five (5) members, each to be appointed by the governing authority of such municipality, one (1) member to be appointed from each municipal ward in the city. Each commissioner shall be appointed and shall hold office for a term of five (5) years. Any vacancy occurring on the board of commissioners shall be filled by the governing authority of the municipality at any regular meeting. Appointments to fill vacancies in unexpired terms of office shall be for the remaining unexpired term of office for such position.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-39 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-39
Status: in_force

Any member of the board of supervisors may have his vote, on any question before the board, recorded on the minutes of the board at the time of such vote, and a member who voted against any unauthorized appropriation of money shall not be liable therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-49 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / 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. § 19-3-40 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-40
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-40
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of any county shall have the power to adopt any orders, resolutions or ordinances with respect to county affairs, property and finances, for which no specific provision has been made by general law and which are not inconsistent with the Mississippi Constitution, the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any other statute or law of the State of Mississippi; and any such board shall likewise have the power to alter, modify and repeal such orders, resolutions or ordinances. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the powers granted to boards of supervisors in this section are complete without the existence of or reference to any specific authority granted in any other statute or law of the State of Mississippi.

Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, such orders, resolutions or ordinances shall apply countywide unless the governing authorities of any municipality situated within a county adopt any order, resolution or ordinance governing the same general subject matter. In such case the municipal order, resolution or ordinance shall govern within the corporate limits of the municipality.

(2) In any county where U.S. Interstate 20 and U.S. Highway 49 intersect, having a population of greater than one hundred forty-one thousand (141,000) but less than one hundred fifty-one thousand (151,000) according to the 2010 federal decennial census, the board of supervisors may adopt orders, resolutions and ordinances under subsection (1) of this section for a clearly defined geographic area. The order, resolution or ordinance shall describe the affected geographic area by zoning district, section lines or other discernable boundaries. The order, resolution or ordinance also shall state specific findings to support its purpose and need within the geographic area.

(3) This section shall not authorize the board of supervisors of a county to (a) levy taxes other than those authorized by statute or increase the levy of any authorized tax beyond statutorily established limits, (b) issue bonds of any kind, (c) change the requirements, practices or procedures for county elections or establish any new elective office, (d) use any public funds, equipment, supplies or materials for any private purpose, (e) regulate common carrier railroads, (f) grant any donation, or (g) without prior legislative approval, regulate, directly or indirectly, the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential property in which the county does not have a property interest; unless such actions are specifically authorized by another statute or law of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-5
Status: in_force

Each county of the State of Mississippi shall operate on a fiscal year basis, beginning October first and ending September thirtieth of each year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-17 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-17
Status: in_force

In all cases where a survey of land may be necessary to the proper designation of parcels, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 111 of the Constitution , it shall be caused to be made by the person whose duty it is to make the sale, and the proper cost thereof shall be allowed in the bill of cost.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-10 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-10
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-10
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of any county is authorized to enter into one or more development agreements with the developer or developers of a master planned community in order to authorize, in addition to any other matters to which the board of supervisors may lawfully obligate the county, the master planned community, through a community self-governing entity created by the owners of the property, to administer, manage and enforce the land use restrictions and covenants, land use regulations, subdivision regulations, building codes and regulations, and any other limitations and restrictions on land and buildings provided in the master plan for the master planned community, in lieu of the real estate and property owners within the master planned community being subject to the county ordinances and regulations pertaining to buildings, subdivisions, zoning, the county's comprehensive plan, and any other county ordinances and regulations pertaining thereto. Prior to entering into any such development agreement, the board of supervisors shall review the master plan for the master planned community and find that the provisions of the master plan providing for regulations, restrictions, covenants and limitations pertaining to building, subdivisions, zoning and comprehensive planning shall be comparable to, or greater than, similar provisions in the ordinances and regulations of the county. The term of such a development agreement may be not more than thirty (30) years or the number of years allowed in the county's subdivision ordinance for terms of subdivision covenants, whichever is greater. The development agreement shall have attached to it a boundary survey made by a registered land surveyor, and upon approval of the development agreement by the board of supervisors, the boundary survey shall be recorded in the land records of the chancery clerk of the county. The recorded boundary survey shall serve as the description of the property within the master planned community which shall not be subject to the county's zoning map, and the county's zoning map shall simply recognize the territory described in such boundary survey as a “master planned community.” Whenever there may be a conflict between the county ordinances and regulations pertaining to buildings, subdivisions, zoning, the county's comprehensive plan, and any other county ordinances and regulations pertaining thereto, and the provisions of such a development agreement, including the provisions of the master plan providing for regulations, restrictions, covenants and limitations pertaining to buildings, subdivisions, zoning and comprehensive planning, the provisions of the development agreement shall prevail if the provisions of the development agreement are comparable to or greater than similar provisions of county ordinances and regulations.

(2) As used in this section, the term “ master planned community ” means a development by one or more developers of real estate consisting of residential, commercial, educational, health care, open space and recreational components that is developed pursuant to a long range, multi-phase master plan providing comprehensive land use planning and staged implementation and development and the master plan must include the following minimum provisions:

(a) The real estate described in the master plan must consist of not less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) acres. The master plan may require that not less than fifty percent (50%) of the total dwelling units planned for such acreage must be:

(i) Dwelling units within a certified retirement community certified by the Mississippi Development Authority; or

(ii) Dwelling units where at least one (1) occupant:

1. Is sixty-two (62) years of age; or

2. Receives pension income reported on his or her most recent federal income tax return filed prior to occupancy; or

3. Declares himself to be retired.

(b) The real estate described in the master plan must be subjected to a set of land use restrictions imposed by deed restriction or restrictive covenants recorded by the developer in the land records of the chancery clerk of the county as land is developed and sold in phases to users. Such restrictions shall include design guidelines and standards that provide for:

(i) Internal community self-governance by the owners of the property;

(ii) The establishment of one or more legal persons endowed with the powers, rights and duties to administer, manage, own and maintain common areas, establish community activities and enforce the land use restrictions on the common areas and private property; and

(iii) The establishment of assessments and lien rights to fund amenities, services and maintenance of common areas.

(c) The real estate described in the master plan must be within the territorial boundaries of one or more public utility districts established by the county for the provision of water and sewer facilities and water and sewer services.

(3) The master plan for a master planned community shall be subject to modification from time to time by the original owner or owners of the real estate described in the initial master plan, its affiliates, successors or assigns to meet changing economic and market conditions; provided, however, any such modifications in the master plan which materially change the regulations, restrictions, covenants and limitations pertaining to buildings, subdivisions and land use regulations approved in the development agreement, or which significantly change the overall plan concept, shall be subject to, and shall not take effect until, approved by the board of supervisors of the county.

(4) As used in this section, the term “ dwelling unit ” means single-family residences, apartments or other units within a multi-family residence, or a room or apartment in a nursing home or congregate-care facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-17 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 29 / Section 31-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-17
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(ii) Governmental entities.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) In the event that the board is unable or unwilling to perform its duties or exercise its powers under this chapter, the governing authorities of the municipality in which the district is contained shall be authorized to exercise all of the powers enumerated in subsection (1)(a) through (s) of this section in addition to all of the powers necessary and proper in connection with any of the powers, duties or purposes authorized by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-21 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-21
Status: in_force

Whenever any city, town, or village, or addition thereto, shall be laid out, the proprietor thereof shall cause a true map or plat thereof to be made by a civil engineer, surveyor, or other competent person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-31 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-31
Status: in_force

(1) At each regular meeting of the board, the claims docket shall be called and all claims then on file, not previously rejected or allowed, shall be passed upon in the order in which they are entered upon the docket. All claims found by the board to be illegal, and which cannot be made legal by amendment, shall be rejected or disallowed. All other claims shall be audited, and all those found proper upon due proof shall be allowed in the order in which they appear on the docket, whether or not there shall then be sufficient money in the several funds on which warrants must be drawn for their payment. Those claims as to which a continuance is requested by the claimant, and those found to be defective but which might be perfected by amendment shall be continued. When any claim is allowed by the board, it shall see that the claims docket correctly specifies the name of the claimant, the number of the claim, the amount allowed, and on what account. The president, or the vice president in the absence or disability of the president, of the board of supervisors shall check the claims docket at the close of each day's business and shall verify the correctness of all docket entries made during the day. He shall sign his name at the end of the docket entries covering the day's business, but it shall not be necessary that he sign the claims docket under each claim allowed or otherwise disposed of. The board shall enter an order on its minutes approving the demands and accounts allowed, but it shall only be necessary to refer to such demands and accounts by the numbers as they appear on the claims docket.

If the board shall reject any such claim in whole or in part, or refuse, when requested at a proper time, to pass finally thereon, the claimant may appeal to the circuit court, or may bring suit against the county on such claim. In either case, if the claimant recovers judgment and notifies the clerk of the board of supervisors, and if no appeal be taken to the Supreme Court, the board shall allow the same, and a warrant shall be issued therefor.

If the terms of the invoice provide a discount for payment in less than forty-five (45) days, boards of supervisors shall preferentially process it and use all diligence to obtain the savings by compliance with the invoice terms, if it would be cost effective.

In processing claims of vendors the board of supervisors shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 31-7-301 , 31-7-305 , 31-7-309 , 31-7-311 and 31-7-313 .

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, the chancery clerk may be authorized by an order of the board of supervisors entered upon its minutes, to issue pay certificates against the legal and proper fund for the salaries of officials and employees of the county or any department, office or official thereof without prior approval by the board of supervisors as required by this section for other claims, provided the amount of the salary has been previously entered upon the minutes by an order of the board of supervisors, or by inclusion in the current fiscal year budget and provided the payment thereof is otherwise in conformity with law and is the proper amount of a salaried employee and for hourly employees for the number of hours worked at the hourly rate approved on the minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-5 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-5
Status: in_force

Each county surveyor shall record, in a suitable book to be provided by the board of supervisors and to be kept in the office of the clerk of the chancery court, all surveys made by him and his deputies, except such as are made for a temporary purpose, and surveys of roads and of city, village, or town plats. He shall record the survey of any other surveyor which shall be made in his county by order of a court. The course and distance of all lines run and the number of acres contained in each piece of land surveyed shall be entered on the diagram of any section subdivided according to the survey thereof, and shall be considered a part of the record. The record shall show, in addition, the time when, by whom, and for whom such survey was made, a description of all the witness trees or monuments marked on the survey, with their respective bearings and distances, and the variation of the magnetic from the true meridian. He shall cause a true map or plat thereof to be made, of the form and size indicated in this chapter in regard to maps or plats of cities, towns or villages, or additions thereto, so far as may be applicable. The surveys made by him and the surveys made by any other surveyors as herein referred to shall be recorded in the same manner as provided herein for the record of maps or plats of cities, towns, or villages, or additions thereto. He shall keep the record accurately indexed, referring in a suitable manner to each survey or map or plat so recorded. The lines and distances of all surveys shall be in miles, or subdivisions thereof, yards, feet and inches.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 19-13-115 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-115
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall require the successful bidder to execute a bond with sufficient surety or sureties to be approved by it in a sufficient penalty conditioned for the faithful performance of the contract and the prompt delivery, free of all charges for freight and otherwise, at the price specified. The bond of the contractor taken by the board of supervisors shall be filed with the clerk of the board; and such bond shall be subject to the provisions of law applicable to the bonds of county officers. The board may accept the undertaking of an approved guaranty company as surety, with or without other sureties, on such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-31 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 29-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-31
Status: in_force

The issuance of bonds by an authority shall be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of such authority. Every such resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of all the members of such governing body.

A resolution in compliance with this section shall include any covenants with the bondholders deemed necessary by the commissioners to make such bonds secure and marketable, including, but without limitation, covenants regarding the application of the bond proceeds; the pledging, application and securing of the revenues of the authority, including tolls, fees, rents, charges or any other revenues derived from the operation of the railroad and related uses of the property, the creation and maintenance of reserves; the investment of funds; the issuance of additional bonds; the maintenance of minimum fees, charges and rentals; the operation and maintenance of its railroad properties and facilities, insurance and insurance proceeds; accounts and audits; the sale of railroad properties and facilities; remedies of bondholders; the vesting in a trustee or trustees such powers and rights as may be necessary to secure the bonds and the revenues and funds from which they are payable; the terms and conditions upon which bondholders may exercise their rights and remedies; the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds; the definition, consequences and remedies of an event of default; the amendment of such resolution; and the appointment of a receiver in the event of a default.

Upon final enactment, each such resolution shall be published in full.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-11-7
Status: in_force

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

(2) The board of supervisors shall not prepare a budget that reduces the county budget by more than twenty percent (20%) in the last year of the members' term of office if a majority of the members of the board are not reelected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-49 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 19-27-1 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 19-5-91 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-91
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county through any part of which any river or other stream may run, or any part of which any river or other stream may touch or border, on which the United States of America has authorized navigation projects, including channel clearing, channel improvement, cut-offs, levees, dams, or other navigation projects, is hereby authorized and empowered, for that part of such river or stream running through any part of said county or bordering or touching said county, as aforesaid, to give satisfactory assurances to the United States of America, or any agency thereof, including the Secretary of Defense, that it will:

(a) Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project;

(b) Hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction of the works; and

(c) Maintain and operate all of the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the terms of any federal law relating to navigation or to navigable streams.

Any such board of supervisors is also hereby authorized and empowered to accept the conveyance of any lands, easements and rights-of-way over and on behalf of any lands that may be benefited by the maintenance of such works, to accept assurances from landowners whose property is benefited by such navigation projects, to levy, assess and collect such taxes on said area so benefited as will be necessary, to save and hold the United States free from all damages due to the construction of the works and to exercise the right of eminent domain for the condemnation of rights-of-way and easements in like manner as is exercised by boards of supervisors for the condemnation of public road rights-of-way, and to maintain such works in said county after completion and generally to accept agreements for landowners benefited by such navigation projects to save the county harmless on account of said assurances given by the county as aforesaid to the United States of America, or any agency thereof, including the Secretary of Defense.

Any such board of supervisors also is authorized to enter into any contracts or agreements with the United States, or any agency or department thereof, to sponsor a project for the environmental restoration of a lake or body of water as described in, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 19-5-92 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-19 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-19
Status: in_force

Whenever a survey may be required of any land in which the county surveyor may be interested, or whenever from any cause there shall be no surveyor deputy to be found, or able to act, the survey may be made by the surveyor of any other convenient county, and a court may in any case so order, or the survey may be made by such person of skill as the parties interested may agree upon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-31 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-31
Status: in_force

The issuance of bonds by an authority shall be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of such authority. Every such resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of all the members of such governing body.

A resolution in compliance with this section shall include any covenants with the bondholders deemed necessary by the commissioners to make such bonds secure and marketable, including, but without limitation, covenants regarding the application of the bond proceeds; the pledging, application and securing of the revenues of the authority, including tolls, fees, rents, charges or any other revenues derived from the operation of the railroad and related uses of the property, the creation and maintenance of reserves; the investment of funds; the issuance of additional bonds; the maintenance of minimum fees, charges and rentals; the operation and maintenance of its railroad properties and facilities, insurance and insurance proceeds; accounts and audits; the sale of railroad properties and facilities; remedies of bondholders; the vesting in a trustee or trustees such powers and rights as may be necessary to secure the bonds and the revenues and funds from which they are payable; the terms and conditions upon which bondholders may exercise their rights and remedies; the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds; the definition, consequences and remedies of an event of default; the amendment of such resolution; and the appointment of a receiver in the event of a default.

Upon final enactment, each such resolution shall be published in full.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-77 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 25-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-77
Status: in_force

When a prisoner in custody for contempt of court shall be unable to support himself, the sheriff shall be allowed the same compensation for the support of such person as is allowed for keeping other prisoners, to be paid in the same way out of the county treasury. Such person shall not be detained in prison for such fees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-9
Status: in_force

(1) Two (2) or more counties in which there are located railroad properties and facilities of a railroad, or in which such properties and facilities previously existed, but were abandoned after February 5, 1976, may, by resolution of each, create a public body, corporate and politic, to be known as a regional railroad authority which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon the issuance by the Secretary of State of a certificate of incorporation. The board of supervisors of each county joining in such regional authority shall, pursuant to the resolution organizing such authority, appoint five (5) residents of the county as commissioners of the authority and, as soon thereafter as practicable, the governing authorities of any municipality in such county, through which such railroads run, shall appoint a commissioner of the authority.

If the regional authority consists of an even number of commissioners, an additional commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor from within the geographic boundaries of the regional authority.

(2) A regional railroad authority may be increased from time to time to serve one or more additional counties if each additional county and each of the counties then included in the regional authority and the commissioners of the regional authority, respectively, adopt a resolution consenting thereto. If a county railroad authority for any county seeking to be included in the regional authority is then in existence, the commissioners of the county authority shall consent to the inclusion of the county in the regional authority, and if the county authority has any bonds outstanding, unless fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the holders of the bonds consent, in writing, to the inclusion of the county in the regional authority, no such inclusion shall be effected. Upon the inclusion of any county in the regional authority, all rights, contracts, obligations and property, real and personal, of the county authority shall be in the name of and vest in the regional authority.

(3) A regional railroad authority may be decreased if each of the counties then included in the regional authority and the commissioners of the regional authority consent to the decrease and make provision for the retention or disposition of its assets and liabilities; however, if the regional authority has any bonds outstanding, no decrease shall be effected unless seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the holders of the bonds consent thereto in writing.

(4) A county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by this section without a public hearing thereon. Notice thereof shall be given at least ten (10) days prior thereto in a newspaper published in the county, or if there is no newspaper published therein, then in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.

(5) All commissioners of a regional railroad authority appointed by municipalities shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years each. Commissioners who are initially appointed by a board of supervisors shall be designated to serve terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years, respectively; thereafter, each such term shall be five (5) years. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments.

(6) A regional railroad authority, in its discretion, by resolution duly adopted and entered upon its minutes, may appoint an executive committee from among its membership. The executive committee shall consist of such number and shall be appointed in such manner so as to fairly represent the counties and municipalities served by the regional authority. The members of the executive committee shall serve for such terms as designated by the regional authority and may be removed from the committee before expiration of their terms in accordance with such procedure as the regional authority may adopt. The executive committee, when so appointed, may be authorized by the regional authority to exercise such powers and perform such duties, with or without the prior approval of the regional authority, as the regional authority deems appropriate; however, the executive committee may not exercise any power or perform any duty that is inconsistent with or in excess of the powers and duties authorized to be performed under the provisions of this chapter by the commissioners of the regional authority.

(7) A regional railroad authority may accept counties, municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state outside the jurisdiction of the regional authority to become associate members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-45 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 19-29-37 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 29-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-37
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for the state, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, public bodies, commercial banks, savings and loan associations and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state.

All bonds and appurtenant coupons issued pursuant to this chapter shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-47 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 19-31-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-31-11
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) The board or municipality may select as a depository for its funds any qualified public depository as provided for under Sections 27-105-301 through 27-105-371 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-111 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-111
Status: in_force

All bids and contracts for stationery, blank books, office supplies and other things must be specific in stating the kinds or brands and qualities of all articles, as far as practicable; the weight per ream and material of all paper; the price per quire and the weight per ream of books and record books, with the style of binding and size of each kind of book duly classified; and, other things being equal, the several boards shall give the preference to those bids which are most specific as to the price and quality of the various articles. In case bids are in all respects equal between resident and nonresident bidders, the board of supervisors shall give preference to citizens of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-33 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-33
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

The determination of the authority, in the resolution authorizing the bonds, as to the classification of the railroad properties and facilities for which such bonds are authorized and as to the maximum period of usefulness shall be conclusive in any action or proceeding involving the validity of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-25 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-25
Status: in_force

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

The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to purchase the necessary and suitable equipment required to install a complete radio base station, including mobile units to be installed in cars and motor boats, after having legally advertised for same as required by law, and to maintain the same and to make such necessary repairs and to purchase replacements and parts so as to keep the same in good order as may be necessary for the efficient operation of said station. The said radio station shall be operated by the sheriffs of said counties for law enforcement purposes. All of the expenses of said station may be borne by any available funds of said counties, including its general fund. However the board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to purchase new or used two-way shortwave equipment without first advertising for same as required by law, provided the total cost of said two-way shortwave equipment shall not exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

Any county may cooperate with one or more counties in purchasing and maintaining the radio base station herein authorized, and in such event, the cost may be prorated among them by contract.

Any county may cooperate with any municipality located in said county in purchasing and maintaining the radio base station herein authorized, and in such event, the cost may be prorated between said county and municipality by contract. Said county and municipality may employ such dispatcher or dispatchers as in their opinion may be necessary to operate such radio base station.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-77 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-77
Status: in_force

When a prisoner in custody for contempt of court shall be unable to support himself, the sheriff shall be allowed the same compensation for the support of such person as is allowed for keeping other prisoners, to be paid in the same way out of the county treasury. Such person shall not be detained in prison for such fees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-87 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-87
Status: in_force

The sheriff of any county in which the federal government owns land is hereby authorized, with the approval of the board of supervisors, to receive funds from the corps of engineers of the United States Army for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to providing law enforcement on federally owned land. Such funds shall be kept in a separate account and may be expended by the sheriff, with the approval of the board of supervisors, for equipment, supplies, materials and deputies' salaries as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-15-7 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-15-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may, when in its opinion the interest of the county would be served thereby, have made a complete index of all chancery court causes and probate court causes which have been finally disposed of in the courts of the county. Said board may provide for the proper storage and preservation of the original papers in all cases which have been finally disposed of in the chancery court or the probate court of the county. Such general index shall be prepared by the chancery clerk, and the necessary filing system shall be installed under his direction. The board of supervisors shall be authorized to pay to the chancery clerk such reasonable compensation therefor as the board may deem proper.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-9 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-9
Status: in_force

The surveyor shall administer an oath or affirmation to the chain-carriers to faithfully and diligently perform their duties without fear, favor, affection or partiality. The surveyor shall write the name of each of the chain-carriers on his plat, or on the certificate of survey, and he is authorized to administer all oaths which may be necessary in the prosecution or completion of any survey.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-21-101 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-21-101
Status: in_force

Sections 19-21-101 through 19-21-109 shall be known and cited as the “Mississippi Coroner Reorganization Act of 1986.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-15 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-15
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the surveyor, in all resurveys and re-markings, to perpetuate the original corners he may work from by noting new bearing trees, and otherwise, as may be convenient and useful. They shall also perpetuate the principal corners made by themselves in the same way.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-25 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-29-25
Status: in_force

An authority is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government and use of any railroad properties and facilities owned by it or under its control. No rule, regulation, order or standard prescribed by the commission shall be inconsistent with, or contrary to, this chapter, or any act of the Congress of the United States or any regulation promulgated or standard established pursuant thereto. The authority shall keep on file at the principal office of the authority for public inspection a copy of all its rules and regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-47 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 13-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-47
Status: in_force

The county depository shall not receive a jury or witness certificate nor a school warrant from any clerk, sheriff, or any county officer in settlement unless the officer make oath that he received the same in payment of taxes due the county, or that he paid the holder the full sum of its face value, without discount or abatement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-107 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 19-5-11 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-11
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may, in their discretion, pay to the owner compensation not exceeding the value of any farcied or glandered stock killed heretofore by the sheriff under the provisions of law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-27 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / 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. § 19-27-25 — MS Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 27-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-27-25
Status: in_force

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