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MS Code § 21-13-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 13 - Ordinances|§ 21-13-13. Ordinance record

 The municipal clerk shall keep a record of permanent construction, to be entitled "Ordinances of the City, Town or Village of_______________ ," in which he shall enter at length, in cases where same have not already been entered, every ordinance in force, and every ordinance hereafter enacted immediately after its passage. Such ordinances shall be entered in typewriting, or in a plain and distinct handwriting, and the clerk shall append to each ordinance a note stating the date of its passage, and shall cite therein the record and page of the minutes containing the record of its passage. All ordinances which have been previously passed by any municipality which are not so entered in the ordinance record, and all ordinances hereafter passed which are not entered in the ordinance record, shall be void and of no effect. The ordinances which are to be recorded in such ordinance record are those which are in their nature laws of the municipality, and are not mere resolutions, orders or decrees of a temporary nature. It shall be the duty of the municipal clerk to keep the ordinance record indexed alphabetically.
MS Code § 21-13-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 13 - Ordinances|§ 21-13-15. Revision and publication of ordinances

 The municipality may from time to time authorize the revision and codification of the ordinances, and their publication in pamphlet or book form. When so revised, arranged, classified and codified, said book or pamphlet may be adopted by ordinance as the official code of ordinances of the municipality without compliance with the requirements pertaining to the passage of ordinances. Such official code of ordinances may be amended by section or sections in the manner provided in this chapter. The municipality may cause to be published in connection therewith the laws relating to municipalities, with such annotations of supreme court decisions thereon as may be proper, and such forms and instructions as it shall deem advisable. The whole may be preceded by a historical sketch of the municipality.
MS Code § 21-13-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 13 - Ordinances|§ 21-13-17. Clerk may furnish copy of ordinances in judicial proceedings

 Whenever in any judicial proceeding it shall be necessary to prove the existence of any municipal ordinance, a copy of such ordinance, certified to by the clerk of the municipality, or the ordinance book in which such ordinance is entered, may be introduced in evidence, and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of such ordinance and that the same was adopted and published in the manner provided by law.
MS Code § 21-13-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 13 - Ordinances|§ 21-13-19. Misdemeanors under state penal laws as criminal offenses against municipalities

 All offenses under the penal laws of this state which are misdemeanors, together with the penalty provided for violation thereof, are hereby made, without further action of the municipal authorities, criminal offenses against the municipality in whose corporate limits the offenses may have been committed to the same effect as though such offenses were made offenses against the municipality by separate ordinance in each case. However, for such misdemeanor, any penalty of incarceration is hereby limited to no more than six (6) months in jail, and any fine is hereby limited to a maximum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each such violation in any case tried without a jury. Judgments for fines, costs, forfeitures and other penalties imposed by municipal courts may be enrolled by filing a certified copy of the record with the clerk of any circuit court and execution may be had thereon as provided by law for other judgments.
MS Code § 21-13-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 13 - Ordinances|§ 21-13-21. Applicability of chapter

 The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under the code charter, a special charter, commission form, or other form of government.
MS Code § 21-15-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-1. Term of elected municipal officers

 All officers elected at the general municipal election provided for in Section 23-15-173, shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first day of July after such general election that is not on a weekend, and shall hold their offices for a term of four (4) years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
MS Code § 21-15-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-2. Municipalities prohibited from imposing additional requirements on elected officials

 No municipality, including municipalities operating under a charter city, code charter or special charter, shall impose any additional requirements on holding any municipal elective office or receiving compensation for any elective office except as may be provided by law.
MS Code § 21-15-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-3. Election of officers by governing authorities

 At the first regular meeting of the governing authorities succeeding each regular municipal election, they shall elect the officers to be elected by them and such officers shall take the oath of office.
MS Code § 21-15-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-6. Purchase of general liability insurance coverage

 Municipalities are hereby authorized, in the discretion of the governing authorities, to purchase errors and omissions insurance for municipal officials and municipal employees.
MS Code § 21-15-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-7. Mayor to give information to the governing body

 The mayor shall from time to time communicate, in writing, to the governing body such information and recommend such measures as in his opinion may lead to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort and general prosperity of the municipality.
MS Code § 21-15-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-9. Mayor to enforce laws and ordinances

 The mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws and ordinances for the government of the municipality, and he shall cause all other officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect or violation of duty.
MS Code § 21-15-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-11. Mayor to demand exhibit of accounts

 The mayor shall have power, when he deems it proper, to require any officer of the municipality to exhibit his accounts or other papers, and to make report to the governing body, in writing, touching any subject or matter he may require pertaining to his office.
MS Code § 21-15-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-13. Mayor may call in aid

 The mayor is authorized to call on every male inhabitant of the municipality over twenty-one years of age and under sixty years to aid in enforcing the laws.
MS Code § 21-15-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-15. Power of mayor to remit and vacate fines, penalties and forfeitures

 The mayor shall have the power to remit fines and forfeitures, and to vacate and annul penalties of all kinds, for offenses against the ordinances of the municipality, by and with the consent of the governing body. However, a fine, forfeiture or penalty shall not be remitted, vacated or annulled unless the reasons therefor be entered on the minutes by the clerk, together with and as a part of the order so doing.
MS Code § 21-15-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-17. Municipal clerk; duty to keep minute record and municipal seal

 It shall be the duty of the clerk of every municipality within the State of Mississippi to keep a record of permanent construction to be labeled "Municipal Minutes, City (or Town or Village, as the case may be) of_______________ ," in which he shall record the proceedings and all orders and judgments of the governing authority of said municipality, and to keep the same fully indexed alphabetically, so that all entries on said minutes can be easily found. Said clerk shall likewise record in said minute record all ordinances in full, or in lieu thereof, the title of all ordinances. In either case, however, the ordinances in full shall be recorded in the ordinance record provided for in Section 21-13-13, to be kept by said clerk.   In the event only the titles of ordinances are recorded in the minute record, it shall be necessary that the ordinance in full, after the recordation in the ordinance record, be read, verified and subscribed to by the mayor and clerk at the next regular meeting of the governing authority of the municipality.   All official actions of the governing authorities of a municipality shall be evidenced only by official entries duly recorded on such minute record.   The clerk shall be the custodian of the municipal seal, and each municipality shall adopt and provide a seal.
MS Code § 21-15-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-19. Municipal clerk; duties as to dockets records

 In addition to the claims docket provided for in Section 21-39-7 the clerk shall keep a record of permanent construction to be styled "Municipal Docket," upon which he shall enter each subject, other than claims and accounts, to be acted upon by the governing authorities at the next meeting. After each meeting he shall make up such docket for the next regular meeting, and he shall examine the statutes of the state and the ordinances of the municipality to ascertain the subjects required or proper to be acted upon at the following meeting, and shall docket all such matters. He shall keep all such other records as may be provided for by ordinance, and shall file in his office and preserve all records pertaining to the business of the municipality.
MS Code § 21-15-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-21. Municipal clerk to serve as auditor

 The clerk shall be the auditor of the municipality. He shall keep a record, in which he shall enter and preserve accounts of each particular fund, and the accounts of each municipal officer. The treasurer or depository shall not receive money from any source until the same has been reported to the clerk and audited and a receipt warrant issued therefor. All fines and forfeitures shall be reported by the officer collecting the same immediately after such collection, and be paid into the treasury. The record of the auditor shall be subject to inspection by the taxpayers of the municipality at any time during business hours.
MS Code § 21-15-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-23. Deputy clerk; oath of office; surety bond

 Every city in the State of Mississippi, whether operating under a code charter, a special charter, or commission form of government, acting through its governing authorities, is hereby authorized and empowered, by resolution or ordinance duly adopted, to appoint one or more deputy city clerks, each of whom shall have all of the power and authority that is vested in the city clerk of such city. Such governing authorities shall have the right to pay such salary to such deputy city clerk, or clerks, as may be fixed in the resolution or ordinance appointing such deputy city clerk, but not exceeding the salary paid to the city clerk.   Every deputy city clerk so appointed shall serve at the will and pleasure of said governing authorities and may be removed at any time at the pleasure of such municipal governing authorities, and upon such removal all salaries or fees of such deputy city clerk shall thereupon cease.   Every deputy city clerk, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe the same oath required of the city clerk. The appointment of said deputy city clerk, with the certificate of the oath, shall be filed and preserved in the office of the clerk of the governing authorities of such city. Such deputy city clerk shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in an amount to be determined by the governing authority (which shall be not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)).
MS Code § 21-15-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-25. Municipal attorney; appointment and compensation

 The governing authorities may annually appoint an attorney-at-law for the municipality, prescribe his duties and fix his compensation, and/or they may employ counsel to represent the interest of the municipality, should the occasion require. For services and duties which the regular city attorney is not required to perform as a result of his employment as such, and which are not covered by the regular compensation paid him, such municipal attorney may be employed and compensated additionally. In cases where an attorney, whether same be the regular municipal attorney or another, shall be employed in the matter of issuing or refunding of bonds and the drafting of all orders and resolutions in connection therewith, the governing authorities shall have the power to pay reasonable compensation to such attorney, but in no instance shall such compensation so paid exceed one per cent (1%) of the bonds issued or refunded; however, where the regular contract of employment and compensation paid to the municipal attorney covers and includes services in connection with the issuing or refunding of bonds, then such regular municipal attorney shall not be paid additional compensation for such services.   Should the services and duties required of a regular municipal attorney at any time during his term of office become greater than that anticipated by the governing authorities at the time of his appointment, the governing authorities, by unanimous vote, and on proper finding, may increase the compensation of such attorney for the remaining portion of his term in such amount as the governing board may find and adjudge to be fair and reasonable to compensate said attorney for his excessive and unanticipated services and duties.
MS Code § 21-15-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-27. Employment of firm of attorneys

 The municipal authorities of any city or town, in this state, in addition to the authority now conferred upon them by Section 21-15-25, may in their discretion employ a firm of attorneys to represent them as their regular attorneys on the same terms, conditions and compensation as now provided for employment of an attorney as their regular attorney. However, there shall not be an attorney and a firm of attorneys employed at the same time as the regular attorney for such municipal authorities.
MS Code § 21-15-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-31. Compensation of building inspector

 In no case shall the building inspector retain any compensation from his collections, but the full amount of such collections shall be paid into the municipal treasury and his compensation shall thereafter be paid by allowance thereof by the governing authorities of the municipality, and the issuance of warrants, as in other cases.
MS Code § 21-15-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-33. Municipal minutes

 The minutes of every municipality must be adopted and approved by a majority of all the members of the governing body of the municipality at the next regular meeting or within thirty (30) days of the meeting thereof, whichever occurs first. Upon such approval, said minutes shall have the legal effect of being valid from and after the date of the meeting. The governing body may by ordinance designate that the minutes be approved by the mayor.   It shall not be necessary for each ordinance to be signed so long as it appears on the minutes of the municipality, which minutes shall have been signed by the mayor or a majority of the governing body of the municipality and certified by the municipal clerk.
MS Code § 21-15-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-37. Reproduction of municipal records; destruction of originals

  The governing authority of a municipality shall have the power and authority, in its discretion, to destroy or dispose of any records, documents, files or papers which are required by law to be preserved and retained, or which are necessary or desirable to be preserved or retained, after having reproductions made thereof under standards established by the Department of Archives and History and in accordance with a records control schedule approved by the Local Government Records Committee as provided in Section 25-60-1.   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 governing authority of any municipality is hereby authorized to pay all expenses incurred in reproducing such records or other documents and in making provision for the preservation, retention and storage of such reproductions from the general support fund of such municipality.   When any of the records or documents 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 or documents.   Nothing herein shall be construed to require the keeping and preservation of any records and documents which are not required by law to be kept and preserved, or which it is not desirable or necessary to keep and preserve, and such records and documents may be destroyed or disposed of in accordance with a records control schedule approved by the Local Government Records Committee as provided in Section 25-60-1.
MS Code § 21-15-38 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-38. Surety bond

 Before any person appointed to the position of municipal clerk, city manager, municipal administrator or municipal chief administrative officer enters upon the discharge of his duties, he shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in an amount to be determined by the municipal governing authority (which shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)).
MS Code § 21-15-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-39. Applicability of particular sections

 The provisions of Sections 21-15-3, 21-15-7 through 21-15-19, 21-15-23 to 21-15-31, shall be applicable to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under a code charter, special charter, or the commission form of government, except in cases of conflict between the provisions of such sections and the provisions of the special charter of a municipality, or the law governing the commission form of government, in which cases of conflict the provisions of the special charter or the statutes relative to the commission form of government shall control.   The provisions of Sections 21-15-1, 21-15-5, 21-15-33, shall apply to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under the code charter, a special charter, commission form, or other form of government.   The provisions of Section 21-15-21, shall apply to all municipalities, whether operating under code charter, special charter, or any commission form of government.
MS Code § 21-15-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 15 - Officers and Records|§ 21-15-41. Limitations period for serving in interim or hold-over capacity in certain appointed positions; objections by registered voter municipal residents to matters relating to violation of section

  No person shall serve in an interim or hold-over capacity for longer than ninety (90) days in a position that is required by law to be filled by appointment of the governing body of a municipality, or by mayoral appointment with the advice and consent of the council or aldermen. If such position is not filled within ninety (90) days after the expiration of the position's term, or within ninety (90) days after the date of appointment if an interim appointment, the hold-over service or interim appointment shall terminate and no municipal funds may thereafter be expended to compensate the person serving in the position. Further, any action or vote taken by such person after the ninety-day period shall be invalid and without effect. If a council or board of aldermen rejects, or otherwise fails to confirm, an individual submitted by the mayor for appointment, the mayor may not resubmit or reappoint the same individual for that position during the remainder of the mayor's current term in office.   It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section shall apply to all appointees serving in a hold-over or interim capacity on July 1, 2018. For such appointees, the limitation period for serving in a hold-over or interim capacity shall be no longer than ninety (90) days from July 1, 2018.   Any registered voter who resides in the municipality may file all objections to any matters relating to an alleged violation of this section in the chancery court of the county where the municipality is located. The chancery court is authorized to adjudicate and determine relief as may be proper. The court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party.
MS Code § 21-17-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 17 - General Powers|§ 21-17-3. Exercise of powers

 The powers granted to municipalities by law shall be exercised by the governing authorities of such municipalities, in the manner provided by law.
MS Code § 21-17-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 17 - General Powers|§ 21-17-7. Appropriation of funds

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to appropriate the funds thereof for the current expenses of the municipality in the manner provided by law.