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MS Code § 37-113-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-13. Certificates of selection

 The superintendent of education of each county, after due notice published, shall give certificates of selection to the number of students to which the county is entitled to have admitted to the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, and this in addition to those already in the university, if any. This selection of new students shall be made by drawing, if more than the county's quota apply.   The certificate of selection shall be attested by the clerk of the board of supervisors under its seal, and shall entitle the holder to admission into the university, with all its privileges, to pursue all its industrial branches selected, and to enter the subclass or class for which he is fitted.
MS Code § 37-113-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-15. Dormitory privileges

 The privilege of rooming in the dormitories belongs to the free students, and to the due quota of students from each county in preference to all others, on the basis of the present dormitory capacity in the Mississippi State University of Agricultural and Applied Science.
MS Code § 37-113-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-17. Agricultural and forestry experimental station

 The money received by this state, under Act of Congress, entitled "An act to establish agricultural experimental stations, etc.," approved March 2, 1887, and the provisions of which were accepted by this state, by act approved January 31, 1888, and assigned to the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, shall be expended under its direction. The agricultural and forestry experimental station for this state is established at and with said university, and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning shall have full control thereof.
MS Code § 37-113-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-19. Agricultural extension services

 The State of Mississippi by its legislature assents to and accepts the provisions and requirements of an act entitled "An act to provide for the further development of agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of the act entitled ‘An act donating public lands of the several counties and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanical arts,' approved July 2, 1862, and all acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture," approved by the President on the 22nd day of May, 1928. The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, on behalf of the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, is authorized and empowered to receive the grants of money appropriated under said act and to organize and conduct agricultural extension work, which shall be carried on in connection with the said university in accordance with the terms and conditions expressed in the said act of congress.
MS Code § 37-113-20 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-20. Issuance of wireless communication device to faculty or extension service agent; statement of need and purpose of use

  For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context otherwise clearly requires:   "Wireless communication device" means any handheld, portable or mobile electronic device capable of transmitting or exchanging data in the form of multimedia, graphics, text, or voice that meets all the following criteria:   The device has a wireless communication capability and is mobile;   The device requires an upfront or periodic charge or fee to utilize the wireless communications capability; and   The wireless communication capability that requires an upfront or periodic fee is activated.    For purposes of this section, a notebook or laptop computer is not considered a wireless communication device.    "Director" means the Mississippi State University Extension Service Director, the Mississippi State University Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Director, the Mississippi State University Forestry and Wildlife Research Center Director or the Dean of the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.     The director or his designee may, at his discretion, assign or otherwise make available for usage one or more wireless communications devices to a faculty member or an agent of the Mississippi State University Extension Service under his direct or indirect supervision after the director, or his designee, signs a statement certifying the need or purpose for issuing the device. No faculty member or extension service agent to whom has been assigned a wireless communication device under this paragraph shall use the assigned device for personal use except in those cases where the personal use does not incur additional charges or fees as a result of the personal use. A detailed billing of wireless services for devices referred to in this paragraph shall be obtained on a periodic basis and reviewed by the director, or his designee, to audit usage and verify compliance with this section.   No state-appropriated funds shall be used to pay for the acquisition or use of a wireless communication device issued under this section.
MS Code § 37-113-22 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-22. Research and extension activities promoting seafood industry

 The Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station are authorized and encouraged to exercise any research and extension activities necessary to promote the Mississippi seafood industry.   It is not the intent of this section to mandate or authorize any new branch agricultural experiment stations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 37-113-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-23. Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Soil Experiment Station

  There is hereby authorized a branch experiment station, to be known as the "Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Soil Experiment Station," to be located on a suitable tract of approximately six hundred acres of land in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, the site of which is to be selected by the director of the agricultural and forestry experimental station at the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Said acreage shall be divided equally, as nearly as practicable, between the Pontotoc Ridge and Flatwoods soil types, for the purpose of experimentation with said two types of soil in forestry, pasture-improvement, horticulture, soil conservation, truck crops, forage crops, poultry, disease and insect control and general farm products. The said experiment station shall be supplied with the necessary buildings, equipment, and other facilities.   The purpose of this section is to provide for increased efficiency in agriculture research for the farmers in the Pontotoc Ridge and Flatwoods soil types, who have been denied this service for all these years. Said branch experiment station shall serve the following named counties, to-wit: The Pontotoc Ridge soil begins at the Tennessee line and traverses the counties of Alcorn, Prentiss, Union, Pontotoc, Chickasaw and Clay. The Flatwoods soil which joins the Pontotoc Ridge soil on the west, begins at the Tennessee line and traverses the counties of Tippah, Benton, Union, Pontotoc, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Webster, Clay, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston, Neshoba, Kemper and Lauderdale County or other counties applicable to these conditions.   The governing authorities of any municipality, town, or county in the state, or any person, firm or corporation may contribute or donate land, money or other property to the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning in furtherance of the purpose of this section.   The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized, upon the recommendation of the director of the agricultural and forestry experimental station at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, which recommendation is approved by and transmitted to said board by the president of said university, to establish said Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods soil experiment station, to receive and accept title to any land or money or property herein authorized or to be authorized, made available or to be made available by the state legislature, to purchase land, let contracts for the construction of necessary buildings, to equip same, and to further equip said experiment station with farm equipment and any and all other equipment, and to do all things necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
MS Code § 37-113-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-25. Retirement system for employees of the agricultural and forestry experimental station and extension service

 The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a system of retirement for the employees of the agricultural and forestry experimental station and extension service, out of any federal funds available under the provisions of the act of congress, approved March 4, 1940, and out of contributions made by the employees of such experimental station and extension service.   In the establishment of such special retirement system, the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning shall have full authority to make all needful rules and regulations, to carry into effect the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 37-113-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-27. Funding of agricultural research program at Delta Branch Experiment Station

 In order to provide for a more comprehensive method of improvement, promotion and development of agricultural research at the Delta Branch Experiment Station, the tax collector of each county of the State of Mississippi located in whole or in part in a levee district, shall deduct annually from all state ad valorem taxes collected by him a sum equal to the avails of a levy of one mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within such county upon which state ad valorem taxes are levied and collected, provided that such county in its discretion levies the one-fourth mill provided for in the third paragraph of this section. Said tax collector is hereby authorized and directed to pay same to Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.   Any funds so paid to said university shall be used for agricultural research at the Delta Branch Experiment Station, with primary attention being given to a cotton research program and for providing needed laboratories and other facilities and equipment for agricultural research.   The board of supervisors of any county coming within the provisions of this section shall be authorized to levy, at the time and in the manner other county tax levies are made, and such levy shall be made as a condition precedent to the operation of this section in such county, an ad valorem tax of one-fourth mill against all of the taxable property of such county. Said ad valorem tax levy shall be collected as other taxes are collected, and shall be paid into a special fund of such county and shall be paid over to the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science and shall be used at the Delta Branch Experiment Station for agricultural research, with primary attention being given to a cotton research program and for providing laboratories and other facilities and equipment for agricultural research. Such tax levy shall be in addition to all other levies now authorized by law, and no limitation or inhibition now in the statute against the levying of such a tax shall be effective against such levy. Such one-fourth mill ad valorem levies shall not be reimbursed under the Mississippi homestead exemption laws.   In the event similar diversions are already made from the avails of the state ad valorem tax levy in such a county, then this section shall be considered as supplemental thereto, and such laws authorizing such diversions shall not apply to the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 37-113-28 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-28. Leasing of hunting rights on certain land of Delta Branch Experiment Station prohibited; public permitted to hunt on such land

 Neither the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, nor any person acting on behalf thereof, shall lease or rent hunting rights on any land located in Washington County, Mississippi, under the jurisdiction, ownership or trusteeship of the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, Delta Branch at Stoneville, but shall allow the public to hunt on such lands in accordance with the rules, regulations and permits as shall be adopted by the Delta Branch Experiment Station. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall assist in the enforcement of such rules, regulations and permits as adopted by the Delta Branch Experiment Station, as well as enforcing the general hunting statutes of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-113-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-29. Camp for 4-H Club members in Panola County

 The agricultural extension service of the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, by and with the approval and consent of the president of said university and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, is hereby authorized and empowered to create, establish, equip and maintain a 4-H Club demonstration camp on a designated area on Sardis Lake in Panola County, Mississippi, on lands belonging to the federal government and leased to the agricultural extension service for such purpose.   It shall be the duty and responsibility of the agricultural extension service of said university to direct and supervise the utilization of this facility in carrying out the purposes of this section. When not in use by the agricultural extension service for the purpose herein provided, this facility may be rented to other organizations for educational and recreational use only. Any money derived from such rental shall be used by the agricultural extension service by and with the approval of the president of said university and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, for maintaining and further improving such facilities for use of the 4-H Clubs in Mississippi.   The purpose of this section is to authorize the agricultural extension service of said university, by and with the approval and consent of the president of said university and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, to establish, equip and maintain this 4-H Club demonstration camp for the purpose of teaching these Mississippi boys and girls standards of better farm and home making, the importance of and the methods of conservation of our natural resources, and the development of character and leadership and training for citizenship. To accomplish such purposes, the agricultural extension service, by and with the approval and consent of the president of said university and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, is authorized and empowered to do such things as may be necessary, and to prescribe such rules and regulations as it may deem proper to carry out and put into effect the intent and purpose of this section.
MS Code § 37-113-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-31. Camp for 4-H Club members in Madison County

 The agricultural extension service of the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, by and with the approval and consent of the president of said university and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, is hereby authorized and empowered to create, establish, equip and maintain a 4-H Club demonstration camp for Negro 4-H Club members, located on a designated area in Madison County, Mississippi, on lands belonging to the State of Mississippi.   It shall be the duty and responsibility of the agricultural extension service of said university to direct and supervise the utilization of this facility in carrying out the purposes of this section. When not in use by the agricultural extension service for the purpose herein provided, this facility may be rented to other Negro organizations for educational and recreational use only. Any money derived from such rental shall be used by the agricultural extension service by and with the approval of the president of said university and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, for maintaining and further improving such facilities for use of the 4-H Clubs of Mississippi.   The purpose of this section is to authorize the agricultural extension service of Mississippi by and with the approval and consent of the president of said university and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, to establish, equip and maintain this 4-H Club demonstration camp for the purpose of teaching the Negro boys and girls of Mississippi standards of better farm and home making, the importance of and the methods of conservation of our natural resources, and the development of character and leadership and training for citizenship. To accomplish such purposes, the agricultural extension service, by, and with the approval and consent of the president of said university and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, is authorized and empowered to do such things as may be necessary, and to prescribe such rules and regulations as it may deem proper, to carry out and put into effect the intent and purpose of this section.
MS Code § 37-113-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-33. Foundation herds of beef cattle, sheep and hogs

 The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, breed, maintain, manage, show and sell foundation herds of beef cattle, sheep and hogs at the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. The said board is further authorized to establish necessary facilities, to employ and maintain necessary personnel, and to take any other action necessary to carry out this program.   The purpose of this program is to provide a means for the broadening, balancing, and rounding-out of courses in animal husbandry for the training of animal husbandry students in livestock breeding, feeding, fitting, showing, judging, buying and selling, and to establish and maintain a source of foundation seed stock.   Selected animals purchased, or produced, under this program may be sold only at public auctions sponsored by breed associations, after approval of the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning. The proceeds accruing from the sales of such animals, from show premium money, or from any other source, shall revert to, and be used for the maintenance of the revolving fund, when established by law, to carry out this program.   This is a remedial statute and shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose.
MS Code § 37-113-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-35. Survey of farm lands operated by state institutions; land use plan

 Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science is hereby authorized and directed, through its agricultural extension service or other appropriate divisions or services of the institution, to make a survey of all farms and farm lands operated by the various state institutions, and to prepare for each of the said institutions a five-year plan of land use based on good husbandry and the particular needs of each institution. Separate plans shall be made for each institution and shall be submitted to the governing authorities of the institution affected. The governing authorities of such institutions shall put such plan into effect as soon as may be practicable. The university shall also cause to be made a detailed report and compilation of the survey made at each institution, and the plan prepared for each, which report shall be printed and bound in book or pamphlet form and distributed as follows: ten (10) copies each to the governor and the legislative budget office, and one (1) copy to each member of the legislature, or state official or institution requesting the same.   Each year after submitting the aforesaid plan to the several institutions, the university, through its agricultural extension service or other appropriate divisions or services of the institution, shall make a semiannual inspection of each institution for which a plan was submitted, and determine what progress has been made by the institution in adopting and carrying into effect or to completion the plan prepared for it. A report of each inspection made hereunder shall be made to the governor and the legislative budget office.
MS Code § 37-113-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-39. Regulation of transportation of passengers for hire on university's campus and grounds

 No public automobile for the transportation of passengers for hire shall be operated on any of the highways or streets on the campus or grounds of the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science without a license from said university to the owner thereof. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of such license and such license shall be subject to revocation by the university authorities at any time without notice. This section shall not apply to any common carrier of passengers who has duly qualified with the Mississippi public service commission.   Any person running or operating an automobile at any time in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction thereof, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by thirty days in jail or by both before any court of competent jurisdiction.
MS Code § 37-113-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 113 - Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|In General|§ 37-113-41. J. C. Hardy Memorial Fund

 The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized to establish a fund to be known as the J. C. Hardy Memorial Fund.   The fund herein authorized shall be raised and supplemented by donations, gifts, legacies, and otherwise. Under the supervision of said board of trustees, said fund or the proceeds therefrom shall be used to assist sons of low-income Mississippi citizens to meet their educational expenses at the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.