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MS Code § 43-31-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-3. Purchase land and erect buildings

 The board of supervisors may purchase, in the name of the county, not more than one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land for a county home and farm; and it may erect thereon suitable buildings and make all necessary contracts for these purposes.
MS Code § 43-31-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-5. May sell or exchange the property

 The board of supervisors may, when deemed proper, sell or exchange and convey the county home property, and purchase other property for such use.
MS Code § 43-31-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-7. Rules for government of county home

 The board of supervisors shall prescribe such rules as it may deem expedient for the government and support of the county home, and may discharge any superintendent and employ another.
MS Code § 43-31-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-9. Pauper employed in labor

 The board of supervisors may cause the superintendent of the county home to employ in labor such paupers as may be able to work, in such way as it may deem proper without endangering their health or without oppressing them; and a fair amount of the profits resulting from such labor shall be kept and returned to the board of supervisors.
MS Code § 43-31-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-11. Relief until removal

 The board of supervisors, and, in case of emergency, the supervisor of the district, may provide for the temporary relief of a pauper until he can be removed to the county home.
MS Code § 43-31-12 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-12. Transferred

 Transferred by Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 1.   [Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 1, eff. from and after July 1, 1993]
MS Code § 43-31-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-13. Claims allowed

 The board of supervisors may allow, as far as be deemed right, the claims of persons, who, by authority of one of the supervisors, have temporarily taken care of, fed, clothed, administered to, or buried such paupers as were at the time proper subjects for relief, but could not at once be removed to the county home.
MS Code § 43-31-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-15. Tax for support of poor

 The board of supervisors shall annually assess and cause to be collected by the tax collector, and paid into the general fund of the county treasury, such tax as may be necessary for the support of the poor of the county.
MS Code § 43-31-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-17. Obligations not incurred except by authority of the board

 Money shall not be disbursed from the county treasury for the relief or support of paupers, except on the order of the board of supervisors; nor shall any obligations be incurred by the county, except by its authority.
MS Code § 43-31-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-19. Settlement of paupers

 To entitle any pauper to be supported by the county, he must have been a bona fide resident thereof for six (6) months prior to his application for support; and the settlement of the parent or parents shall entitle the children to a settlement.
MS Code § 43-31-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-21. Duty of each supervisor

 Whenever any member of the board of supervisors shall ascertain that there is a pauper in his district probably entitled to relief, it shall be his duty to examine into the pauper's right to support; and if he be satisfied that such pauper has a settlement in his county, and is unable to support himself, or is entitled to be supported, or provided for by the county, he shall report the facts to the board of supervisors for its action; and in case of emergency, he may give his written order to the superintendent of the county home to receive such pauper; and may cause the pauper to be removed to the county home.
MS Code § 43-31-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-23. Support of pauper for his labor

 The board of supervisors may, with the consent of the pauper, contract with any person for keeping and maintaining any pauper for the work or service which may be rendered by him in compensation for his support and maintenance; and if any pauper shall refuse to abide by the disposition made of him by the board, he shall not be entitled to relief during his refusal.
MS Code § 43-31-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-25. Certain relatives bound to support pauper; liability of deceased pauper's estate

 The father and grandfather, the mother and grandmother, and brothers and sisters, and the descendants of any pauper not able to work, as the board of supervisors shall direct, shall, at their own charge, relieve and maintain such pauper; and, in case of refusal, shall forfeit and pay the county the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per month, for each month they may so refuse, to be recovered in the name of the county; and shall be liable to any governmental entity who supplies such poor relative, if abandoned, with necessaries, not exceeding said sum per month; and if any such relative be a nonresident he may be proceeded against by attachment, as in cases of attachment against debtors.   The estate of any pauper, who before his death was being maintained by the county at a county home for paupers, shall be liable to the county in a sum equal to not more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for each month or any part of a month for which the county maintained the pauper in a county home for paupers, such sum to be recovered in the name of the county in the same manner as provided by law for the recovery of claims of general creditors against the estate of a decedent.
MS Code § 43-31-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-27. Strolling paupers removed and, if sick, relieved

 The members of the board of supervisors shall prevent the poor from strolling from one district to another; and in case any pauper shall leave the county in which he may have a settlement, and remove to another county, any member of the board of supervisors may make an order to remove the pauper back to the county from which he came, directed to any constable to execute. But if the pauper be sick or disabled so that he cannot be removed, he shall be provided for in the county in which he may be found until he can be removed; and the county in which he had a legal settlement shall pay all charges occasioned by the support of the pauper and for removal, or burial in case of death, which shall constitute a charge against the county, and may be recoverable by action before the proper court. And it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of the county to which any pauper belongs, to receive him, on his removal, and provide for him as in other cases.
MS Code § 43-31-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-29. Relief of those not entitled to a settlement; burial of strangers; indigent burial policy; board adjudication of person as pauper; board authorized to contribute funds or pay full cost of burial

 The board of supervisors of any county shall also relieve, support or employ paupers found or being in the county, though not entitled to a settlement therein, and, in case of their decease, shall decently bury them; and all expenses shall be chargeable to and recoverable from the county in which such pauper had a settlement; and the board shall decently bury all strangers dying in the county. The board shall establish an indigent burial policy which shall be spread upon the minutes of the board. The policy shall establish standards and eligibility criteria for the administration of indigent burials. The board may be able to establish the status of someone as a pauper, either before or after his death, based upon available records of recent public assistance and any other available evidence. After review of the records, the board may adjudicate a person as a pauper and shall spread upon its minutes the adjudication. The board, in its discretion, may then pay the full cost of burial or may contribute funds to assist in the cost of the burial.
MS Code § 43-31-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-31. Certain dead to be buried by corporate authorities

 The municipal authorities of every city, town, and village shall bury all strangers found dead within their limits, or found floating in any waters at a point adjoining their limits, and all expenses or charges shall be chargeable to the county; and an accurate account thereof shall be reported to the board of supervisors, who shall allow the same, and order it to be paid out of the county treasury; but the boards of supervisors may fix maximum charges for such burials.
MS Code § 43-31-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-33. Children of seven years of age or older not allowed at the county home

 It shall be unlawful for any superintendent of a county home to permit a healthy child of seven (7) years of age, or over, to remain at the county home; but all such children being there shall be reported to the board of supervisors, who shall deal with them in the same way as other poor children.
MS Code § 43-31-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-35. Bond required of commanders of vessels bringing into state certain persons who may require support and care

 If any person commanding a ship, vessel, steamboat, or other watercraft imports into this state, or brings to the shores or within the limits thereof, any infant, person with mental illness, maimed, aged or infirm person or vagrant who is likely to become chargeable on the county, on the requisition of the supervisor of the district or the mayor of any municipality, the captain, master, or commander of the ship, vessel, steamboat, or other watercraft shall enter into bond with sufficient sureties, payable to the county, conditioned to indemnify the county against all charges that may be incurred in the support and care of that person. Any captain, master, or commander failing or refusing to give the bond required shall forfeit and pay to the county the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each infant, person with mental illness, maimed, aged, or infirm person or vagrant so brought into the state, to be recovered by action.
MS Code § 43-31-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-37. Master of vessel landing alien passengers

 When any ship, vessel, or steamboat shall arrive at any port or harbor with alien passengers on board, who are to be landed or left, and who may become a charge as paupers, the master or commanding officer of the vessel shall, before such passengers, or any of them, leave the ship, vessel or steamboat, deposit with the supervisor of the district where the passengers are to be landed or left, a list of their names, and shall forthwith enter into bond, with sufficient sureties, payable to the county, in a sufficient penalty, with condition to indemnify the county from all expenses which may arise from supporting or maintaining such aliens; and in default of such bond, the captain, master, or commander may be committed by any justice of the peace, or mayor of any city, town, or village, until the bond be executed; and, moreover, the captain, master, or commander shall be liable to be indicted, and, on conviction, shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each person landed in violation of this section; but the board of supervisors, on investigation of the matter, may dispense with the bond.
MS Code § 43-31-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 31 - Poor Persons|§ 43-31-39. Distribution of federal surplus food commodities to needy

 The boards of supervisors of the several counties of Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and with the state department of public welfare and the respective county departments of public welfare in obtaining surplus food commodities to the end that these surplus food commodities may be available for distribution to needy persons under the program of surplus food commodity distribution provided by the agricultural adjustment act of August 24, 1935, as amended, the agricultural act of October 31, 1949, as amended, and all other acts of congress now or hereafter enacted authorizing the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, or any other agency of the United States government, to distribute designated available surplus food commodities free of charge, to any and all eligible needy persons in the state.   The boards of supervisors of the several counties of Mississippi are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to appropriate and set aside from any available funds, in either the pauper fund or the general fund, a sufficient amount with which they may lease, purchase or otherwise acquire storage facilities for such surplus food commodities, including storage under refrigeration, provide for the unloading, packaging, handling and distribution of said commodities and pay for such personnel or help as may be required in order to protect from waste and spoilage, to cooperate in the distribution of such commodities upon delivery to their respective counties, and may pay the rentals, salaries, and incidental expenses thereof, monthly, from their respective treasuries.
MS Code § 43-37-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 37 - Acquisition of Real Property Using Public Funds|§ 43-37-1. Title; applicability

 This chapter shall be known as the "Real Property Acquisition Policies Law."   The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to the acquisition of real property under the laws of this state for use in any project or program in which public funds are used.
MS Code § 43-37-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 37 - Acquisition of Real Property Using Public Funds|§ 43-37-2. Definitions

 The words and terms defined in Section 43-39-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall, unless the context otherwise clearly requires, also have the same meanings whenever such words and terms appear in this chapter.
MS Code § 43-37-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 37 - Acquisition of Real Property Using Public Funds|§ 43-37-5. Reimbursement of owner for expenses

 Any person, agency or other entity acquiring real property for such use shall as soon as practicable after the date of payment of the purchase price or the date of deposit into court of funds to satisfy the award of compensation in a condemnation proceeding to acquire real property, whichever is the earlier, reimburse the owner, to the extent that the state deems fair and reasonable, for expenses he necessarily incurred for (a) recording fees, transfer taxes and similar expenses incidental to conveying such real property to the state; (b) penalty costs for prepayment for any preexisting recorded mortgage entered into in good faith encumbering such real property; and (c) the pro rata portion of real property taxes paid which are allocable to a period subsequent to the date of vesting title in the state, or the effective date of possession of such real property by the state, whichever is the earlier.
MS Code § 43-37-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 37 - Acquisition of Real Property Using Public Funds|§ 43-37-7. Reimbursement of fees where condemnation not completed

 Where a condemnation proceeding is instituted by the state, or a subdivision thereof, for a project which is funded in whole or in part by federal funds to acquire real property for such use and (a) the final judgment is that the real property cannot be acquired by condemnation or (b) the proceeding is abandoned, the owner of any right, title or interest in such real property shall be paid such sum as will, in the opinion of the state or the subdivision thereof, reimburse such owner for his reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees, actually incurred because of the condemnation proceedings. The award of such sums will be paid by the person, agency or other entity which sought to condemn the property.
MS Code § 43-37-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 37 - Acquisition of Real Property Using Public Funds|§ 43-37-9. Reimbursement of expenses in cases of inverse condemnation

 Where an inverse condemnation proceeding is instituted by the owner of any right, title or interest in real property because of use of his property in any program or project in which federal and/or federal-aid funds are used, the court, rendering a judgment for the plaintiff in such proceeding and awarding compensation for the taking of property, or the state's attorney effecting a settlement of any such proceeding, shall determine and award or allow to such plaintiff, as a part of such judgment or settlement, such sum as will, in the opinion of the court or the state's attorney, reimburse such plaintiff for his reasonable costs, disbursements and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees, actually incurred because of such proceeding.
MS Code § 43-37-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 37 - Acquisition of Real Property Using Public Funds|§ 43-37-11. Buildings, structures and improvements to be acquired with land

  Where any interest in real property is acquired, an equal interest in all buildings, structures, or other improvements located upon the real property so acquired and which are required to be removed from such real property or which are determined to be adversely affected by the use to which such real property will be put shall be acquired.   For the purpose of determining the just compensation to be paid for any building, structure or other improvement required to be acquired as above set forth, such building, structure or other improvement shall be deemed to be a part of the real property to be acquired notwithstanding the right or obligation of a tenant, as against the owner of any other interest in the real property, to remove such building or improvement at the expiration of his term. The fair market value which such building, structure or improvement contributes to the fair market value of the real property to be acquired, or the fair market value of such building, structure or improvement for removal from the real property, whichever is the greater, shall be paid to the tenant therefor.   Payment for such buildings, structures or improvements as set forth above shall not result in duplication of any payments otherwise authorized by state law. No such payment shall be made unless the owner of the land involved disclaims all interest in the improvements of the tenant. In consideration for any such payment, the tenant shall assign, transfer and release all his right, title and interest in and to such improvements. Nothing with regard to the above-mentioned acquisition of buildings, structures or other improvements shall be construed to deprive the tenant of any rights to reject payment and to obtain payment for such property interests in accordance with the laws of the state.
MS Code § 43-37-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 37 - Acquisition of Real Property Using Public Funds|§ 43-37-13. Payments as additives to compensation otherwise provided by law

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain any element of value or damages not in existence immediately prior to July 1, 1972, but such payments shall be considered only as additives to due compensation otherwise provided by law.
MS Code § 43-39-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-1. Title

 This chapter shall be known as the "Relocation Assistance Law."
MS Code § 43-39-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-3. Declaration of purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by state and local land acquisition programs which are publicly funded in whole or in part. The policy shall be uniform as to (a) relocation payments, (b) advisory assistance, and (c) assurance of availability of standard housing under state or local land acquisition programs which are publicly funded in whole or in part.
MS Code § 43-39-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance|§ 43-39-7. Relocation payments; moving expense and dislocation allowances; fixed payments

  If a displacing agency acquires real property for public use, it shall make fair and reasonable relocation payments to displaced persons and businesses as required by this chapter for:   Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation or other personal property;   Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property, as determined by the agency;   Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and   Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization or small business at its new site in accordance with criteria to be established by the displacing agency, but not to exceed the maximum amount of relocation payments established by applicable federal regulations.     Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (1) of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (1) of this section may receive an expense and dislocation allowance which shall be determined according to a schedule established by the displacing agency.   Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (1) of this section, who is displaced from his place of business or from his farm operation and who is eligible under criteria established by the displacing agency may also qualify for the payment authorized by this subsection. Such payment shall consist of a fixed payment in an amount to be determined by the agency, except that such payment shall not be less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than the maximum amount of relocation payments established by applicable federal regulations. A person whose sole business at the displacement dwelling is the rental of such property to others shall not qualify for a payment under this subsection.