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MS Code § 35-3-26 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-26. Organization of war veterans memorial commission; officers; records; meetings; quorum; members not compensated

 Within thirty (30) days after appointment of the commissioners, an organizational meeting of the commission shall be held at the War Veterans Memorial Building at which there shall be elected a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary to serve during the terms of office of the commissioners. Minutes of the meetings of the commission shall be kept in a well-bound book and, along with all other records and papers, shall remain in the custody of the secretary of the commission. The commission shall fix a regular meeting time and place. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but less than a quorum shall have the power to adjourn the commission from time to time until a quorum shall be present. All actions taken or rules and regulations adopted by the commission shall be by resolution duly spread upon its minutes, showing yea and nay votes of each commissioner present. The signature of the chairman and secretary, pursuant to a duly adopted resolution, shall be binding upon the commission.   The members of the war veterans memorial commission shall receive neither salary, per diem nor expenses.
MS Code § 35-3-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-27. Duties of war veterans memorial commission

 The duties of the commission shall be as follows:   To recommend to the capitol commission the allocation of office space in the War Veterans Memorial Building;   To promote the observation of Armistice Day in all the public schools in the State of Mississippi by appropriate exercises;   To plan and conduct at the War Veterans Memorial Building and other appropriate places in the State of Mississippi ceremonies honoring the war dead of the State of Mississippi on Armistice Day and on other anniversary days designated by the commission;   To supervise the maintenance and preservation of Mississippi's acre in the Honor Grove of Freedom's Foundation at Valley Forge; and   To operate the Mississippi Military Museum located in the War Memorial Building.
MS Code § 35-3-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-29. Use or display of name or image of member of armed forces killed in active duty; permission of family required

 Any person or group that wishes to display on signs, goods or clothing the name or image of any member of the United States Armed Forces who was killed while on active duty shall first obtain the written consent for that display from the family of the deceased.
MS Code § 35-5-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Law."
MS Code § 35-5-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   The term "person" includes a partnership, corporation or an association.   The term "bureau" means the United States Veterans' Bureau or its successor.   The terms "estate" and "income" shall include only moneys received by the guardian from the bureau and all earnings, interest and profits derived therefrom.   The term "benefits" shall mean all moneys payable by the United States through the bureau.   The term "director" means the director of the United States Veterans' Bureau or his successor.   The term "ward" means a beneficiary of the bureau.   The term "guardian" as used herein shall mean any person acting as a fiduciary for a ward.
MS Code § 35-5-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-5. Petition for appointment of guardian

 Whenever, pursuant to any laws of the United States or regulation of the bureau, the director requires, prior to payment of benefits, that a guardian be appointed for a ward, such appointment shall be made in the manner hereinafter provided.   A petition for the appointment of a guardian may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction by or on behalf of any person who under existing law is entitled to priority of appointment. If there be no person so entitled or if the person so entitled shall neglect or refuse to file such a petition within thirty days after mailing of notice by the bureau to the last known address of such person indicating the necessity for the same, a petition for such appointment may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction by or on behalf of any responsible person residing in this state.   The petition for appointment shall set forth the name, age, place of residence of the ward, the names and places of residence of the nearest relative, if known, and the fact that such ward is entitled to receive moneys payable by or through the bureau and shall set forth the amount of moneys then due and the amount of probable future payments.   The petition shall also set forth the name and address of the person or institution, if any, having actual custody of the ward.   In the case of a mentally incompetent ward the petition shall show that such ward has been rated incompetent on examination by the bureau in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the bureau.
MS Code § 35-5-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-7. Evidence of necessity for appointment of guardian of minor

 Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of a minor ward, a certificate of the director, or his representative, setting forth the age of such minor as shown by the records of the bureau and the fact that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due the minor by the bureau, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.
MS Code § 35-5-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-9. Evidence of necessity for appointment of guardian of mental incompetent

 Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of a mentally incompetent ward, a certificate of the director, or his representative, setting forth the fact that such person has been rated incompetent by the bureau on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such bureau, and that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such person by the bureau, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.
MS Code § 35-5-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-11. Notice of petition for appointment of guardian

 Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian, under the provisions of this chapter, the court shall cause such notice to be given as provided by law.
MS Code § 35-5-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-13. Appointment of guardian; bond; sureties

 Before making an appointment under the provisions of this chapter the court shall be satisfied that the guardian whose appointment is sought is a fit and proper person to be appointed. Upon the appointment being made the guardian shall execute and file a bond to be approved by the court in an amount not less than the sum then due and estimated to become payable during the ensuing year. The said bond shall be in the form and be conditioned as required of guardians appointed under the guardianship laws of this state. The court shall have the power from time to time to require the guardian to file an additional bond.   Where a bond is tendered by a guardian with personal sureties, such sureties shall file with the court a certificate under oath which shall describe the property owned, both real and personal, and that they are each worth the sum named in the bond as the penalty thereof over and above all their debts and liabilities and exclusive of property exempt from execution.
MS Code § 35-5-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-17. Filing of annual accounts and other proceedings by guardian

 Every guardian who shall receive on account of his ward any moneys from the bureau shall file with the court annually, in addition to such other accounts as may be required by the court, a full, true, and accurate account under oath of all moneys so received by him, of all disbursements thereof, and showing the balance thereon in his hands at the date of such account and how invested. All accounts and petitions shall be filed with the clerk in duplicate and a certified copy of each of such accounts or petitions filed with the court shall be immediately forwarded by the chancery clerk to the bureau having jurisdiction over the area in which such court is located. The clerk in the certificate shall certify that a copy of same is being mailed to the said bureau, and after same has been mailed, the clerk of the court shall enter upon the records where the case is pending a notation that a copy of said petition or account has been forwarded by mail to the said bureau. Said mailing and said certificate shall have been performed and notation made on the docket thirty days before said matter shall be taken up for hearing by the court unless said notice shall be waived by the bureau.   After hearing on all accounts or other matters it shall be the duty of the guardian to furnish certified copies of all orders entered to the state office of the bureau.
MS Code § 35-5-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-19. Filing of vouchers by financial institutions

 In any annual or final account or other proceedings under this chapter, whenever an accounting to the court is required, in the event that the account shall be presented by a bank or trust company which is subject to the supervision of the department of bank supervision of the State of Mississippi or of the comptroller of the currency of the United States, and such account, or the petition for the approval of same, shall contain a statement under oath by an officer of said bank or trust company showing that the vouchers covering the disbursements in the account presented are on file with the said bank or trust company, such bank or trust company shall not be required to file vouchers. The court, however, on its own motion, or on motion of the administrator of veterans affairs, or his duly authorized representative or attorney, may require that said vouchers be produced for examination and inspection.
MS Code § 35-5-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-21. Removal of guardian for failure to file account

 If any guardian shall fail to file any account of the moneys received by him from the bureau on account of his ward within thirty days after such account is required by either the court or the bureau, or shall fail to furnish the bureau a copy of his accounts as required by this chapter, such failure shall be grounds for removal.
MS Code § 35-5-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-23. Compensation of guardians

 In the final account the court or chancellor in vacation shall make an allowance to the guardian for his services not to exceed five percent (5%) on the value of the estate which shall be equitably prorated where the guardianship has been administered by two (2) or more guardians, except as hereinafter provided. In the event of extraordinary services rendered by such guardian the court may, upon petition and after hearing thereon, authorize additional compensation therefor payable from the estate of the ward. Notice of such petition and hearing shall be given the proper office of the bureau in the manner provided by Section 35-5-17. In annual or partial accounts the court or chancellor may allow a guardian a reasonable commission for his services based upon the amount of disbursements, or, in proper cases where the amount based on disbursements would be inadequate, on the amount received or invested, or the total value of the estate as in other cases of guardianship, but not to exceed the maximum hereinabove provided for, except that in any event the court or chancellor in vacation, in its discretion may allow a minimum commission of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per annum. The guardian may be allowed from the estate of his ward reasonable premiums paid by him to any corporate surety upon his bond. The guardian's attorney may be allowed from the estate of the ward a reasonable attorney's fee for legal services to the estate or to the ward, if the court be of the opinion that the services were proper and rendered in good faith, the amount of the fee to be in the discretion of the court.
MS Code § 35-5-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-25. Use of ward's estate

 A guardian shall not apply any portion of the estate of his ward for the support and maintenance of any person other than his ward, except upon order of the court after a hearing, notice of which has been given the proper office of the bureau in the manner provided in Section 35-5-17.
MS Code § 35-5-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-27. Discharge of guardian

 When a minor for whom a guardian has been appointed under the provisions of this chapter or other laws of this state shall have attained his or her majority, and if incompetent shall be declared competent by the bureau and the court, and when any incompetent ward, not a minor, shall be declared competent by said bureau and the court, the guardian shall, upon making a satisfactory accounting, be discharged upon a petition filed for that purpose.
MS Code § 35-5-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-29. Furnishing of free copies of public records

 Whenever a copy of any public record is required by the bureau to be used in determining the eligibility of any person to participate in the benefits made available by such bureau, the official charged with the custody of such public record shall without charge provide the applicant for such benefits or any person acting on his behalf or the representative of such bureau, with a certified copy of such record.
MS Code § 35-5-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 5 - Guardianship of Veterans|§ 35-5-33. Construction of chapter

 This chapter shall be construed liberally to secure the beneficial intents and purposes thereof and shall apply only to beneficiaries of the bureau.   This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
MS Code § 35-7-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Veterans' Home Purchase Law|§ 35-7-1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the Veterans' Home Purchase Law.
MS Code § 35-7-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Veterans' Home Purchase Law|§ 35-7-3. Declaration of public policy

 It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to aid its veterans to become rehabilitated and to become as quickly as possible self-sustaining, thereby strengthening their citizenship and expressing the gratitude of all the peoples of this state for such public services they have rendered, and to that end this chapter is passed.
MS Code § 35-7-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Veterans' Home Purchase Law|§ 35-7-5. Definitions

 When used in this chapter, the word or term:   "Veterans" includes:   Any person who, upon presentation of his U.S. armed services record is eligible for a certificate of eligibility for a home loan guaranty from the U.S. Veterans' Administration.   Unremarried surviving spouses of the above-described eligible persons who died as the result of service or service-connected injuries. The unremarried spouse of any eligible veteran who has not purchased a home since the veteran's death shall be eligible for the benefits of this chapter, except that the benefits of a Veterans' Administration guaranteed loan will not be available.   The spouse of any member of the armed forces serving on active duty who is listed as missing in action, or is a prisoner of war, and has been so listed for a total of more than ninety (90) days.   Any such person shall have been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable from the branch of service in which he or she served, shall have been a bona fide resident of the United States of America at the time of his or her enlistment, induction, commission or drafting, and shall have lived in this state for two (2) years immediately preceding entry to extended active duty or the filing of the purchase application, or have married a person who has been a legal resident of this state for at least two (2) consecutive years immediately preceding the marriage and application.   The veteran must obtain a certificate of eligibility for home loan guaranty from the Veterans' Administration and present both an original certificate and a record of service or original discharge (DD 214) to the board.   "Applicant" is a person meeting the criteria of "veteran" who has made written application to the board in the format prescribed by the board.   "Mortgagor" is the person described as "applicant" who has subsequently executed a deed of trust on real property to the board, and may otherwise be described as "owner" or title holder.   "Board" means the Veterans' Home Purchase Board of the State of Mississippi.   "Home" means a parcel of real estate upon which there is a single family dwelling house and such other buildings as will, in the opinion of the board, suit the needs of the purchaser and his dependents as a place of abode.
MS Code § 35-7-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Veterans' Home Purchase Law|§ 35-7-9. Limitation on costs of administration of chapter

 The cost of administering this chapter shall not exceed in any one (1) fiscal year two percent (2%) of mortgage loans in force. Administrative expenses shall include all costs for: personnel, travel, subsistence, contractual services, commodities and equipment utilized in operating the offices and facilities of the board and shall not include expenditures reimbursed to the board by applicants, veterans/owners, insurance companies and funds passing through escrow, regardless of the budget and accounting codes utilized. The amount of contracts in force for the purpose of this section shall be considered the amount in force at the end of the fiscal year in which the expenditures for administration are incurred.
MS Code § 35-7-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Veterans' Home Purchase Law|§ 35-7-11. Offices of board; staff and related expenses; assistance from county veterans service officers and others

 The board is hereby authorized to establish offices and employ an adequate staff to serve the citizens of Mississippi as it deems necessary; and the expenses of such offices shall be included within the administrative cost limitation prescribed in Section 35-7-9. The board may utilize the services of county veterans service officers and other such persons in contact with the veteran community to advise and assist the board; however, such persons assisting shall not be employees nor officially represent the board, and shall perform their services without cost to the board.
MS Code § 35-7-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Veterans' Home Purchase Law|§ 35-7-13. Duty of public officials to cooperate with board

 It is hereby made the duty of all state, county and city officials to furnish and give all required information to the board, upon request and without charge therefor.
MS Code § 35-7-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Veterans' Home Purchase Law|§ 35-7-19. Acquisition by board of leasehold interests in certain lands for resale to veterans

 In addition to and supplemental to any other authority vested in the Veterans Home Purchase Board, the board is authorized and empowered to purchase a leasehold interest in sixteenth section lands, and leasehold interests in other lands owned by the state or a department thereof, for resale of such interest in land to a qualified veteran for a home when the duration of such leasehold interest exceeds the amortization period of the board's loan by not less than fourteen (14) years or contains automatic renewal to the leaseholder and lienholders. The purchase price of the leasehold interest in the sixteenth section lands and leasehold interest in other lands owned by the state or a department thereof shall not exceed the maximum purchase price as otherwise provided by law. However, the veteran acquiring a home under the provisions of this chapter shall be given the right to advance a sum of money on the total purchase price of the leasehold interest of the home above the maximum purchase price to the board. Wherever applicable, all other provisions of statutes governing said board shall apply, and the board may prescribe and adopt needful and necessary rules and regulations to administer this section.
MS Code § 35-7-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 7 - Veterans' Home Purchase Law|§ 35-7-27. Details of contract between board and purchaser

 The contract entered into between the board and the purchaser shall provide, among other things, that the purchaser intends to maintain said farm or home as his place of residence, that the purchaser shall keep the same in good order, that the purchaser shall keep in repair all buildings, fences and other permanent improvements, situated thereon, and that the purchaser shall insure and keep insured against fire and other hazards, all buildings and other permanent improvements on said property, in an insurance company authorized to do business in Mississippi, with a loss payable clause or standard New York mortgage clause in standard form payable to the board as its interest shall appear, in such amount or amounts and in such insurance company or companies as shall be agreeable to the board.