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MS Code § 33-11-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-11. Tax-forfeited lands near Camp Shelby to become part of military reservation

 All tracts of lands belonging to private parties which touch upon and are adjacent to or located within the area of the present military reservation comprising the permanent National Guard camp site and firing ranges in Forrest and Perry Counties, Mississippi, known as Camp Shelby, which have been or may hereafter be forfeited to the State of Mississippi for nonpayment of taxes and are owned by the state shall be held and retained by the State of Mississippi as additions to and as a part of said Camp Shelby military reservation. No tax patents shall be issued therefor to private parties unless the Camp Shelby committee, composed of the Adjutant General of the State of Mississippi, the United States property and disbursing officer of the State of Mississippi, and the senior National Guard officer from the infantry, artillery, engineers, medical corps, and quartermaster corps, shall first certify in writing to the land commissioner of the State of Mississippi that such forfeited tax lands are not needed for said military reservation or an expansion thereof, which certificate shall be made in duplicate, the original thereof to be attached to the application for any such patents and the copy attached to and be made a part of any patent issued therefor. No forfeited tax lands shall be withheld from sale or patent by the state for a period longer than six (6) months from the date of maturity of title thereof in the State of Mississippi unless the Governor shall, by proclamation prior to the expiration of such six (6) months period, set aside and dedicate such lands as part of the Camp Shelby military reservation.
MS Code § 33-11-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-13. Exchange of parcels of military reservation for lands vital to its purposes

  The Camp Shelby committee, composed of the Adjutant General of the State of Mississippi, the United States property and disbursing officer for the State of Mississippi, and the senior National Guard officer from the infantry, artillery, engineers, medical corps, and quartermaster corps, with the advice and consent of the Governor of Mississippi, are hereby authorized to negotiate and enter into trades with private parties owning lands within, or within the vicinity of, the military reservation comprising the permanent National Guard camp site in Forrest and Perry Counties, Mississippi, known as Camp Shelby, which private lands, in the opinion of the committee, are needed for said permanent camp site and firing ranges, by exchanging therefor parcels of state lands belonging to said military reservation, which parcels, in the judgment of said committee, are not needed for or as vital to said camp site and firing ranges as the parcels owned by private persons to be acquired in exchange therefor.   The committee shall make a finding that the lands to be so acquired are more vital and essential to the needs and betterment of said permanent camp site and firing ranges than parcels of state lands to be exchanged therefor, and such exchanges shall be approved by the Department of Defense. In no case shall the state lands so exchanged exceed in acreage the lands acquired in exchange therefor.   The state lands to be so exchanged shall be conveyed by deeds executed by the Governor of Mississippi, attested by the secretary of state under the great seal of the State of Mississippi, and approved by all the members of the said Camp Shelby committee.   The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall pass upon the title and the deeds to the lands to be acquired, and shall approve their legality before they are accepted by the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 33-11-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-15. Leases to United States authorized for National Guard armories

 The Adjutant General of Mississippi, in his discretion, subject to the approval of the Governor and the Attorney General, is hereby authorized and empowered to execute leases to the United States of America on lands held through deed or lease by the State of Mississippi for National Guard purposes, for the purpose of securing construction of Air National Guard armories thereon at the expense of the federal government. Likewise, the governing board of any county, municipality or school district is authorized to lease lands to the United States for such purpose, and the Adjutant General of Mississippi and said governing boards are authorized to execute such instruments as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
MS Code § 33-11-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-17. Mineral leasing of Camp Shelby site

 The Adjutant General is authorized to lease the Camp Shelby training site for oil and gas and other minerals exploration and to expend revenues therefrom in maintaining and developing the facilities.   He shall cause to be published a legal notice of the proposed lease once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in Forrest, Harrison and Hinds Counties and in not less than one (1) oil and gas periodical having general circulation in this state, with the last publication to be completed not less than ten (10) days from the date sealed bids are to be received. All bids will be accompanied by a five percent (5%) bid bond in the form of a certified or cashier's check or in the form of a bid bond of a surety company qualified to do business in this state. If the Adjutant General deems the highest and best bid acceptable, he will make his recommendations in writing to the state oil and gas board for its consideration. The board is hereby authorized to either approve or disapprove the bid or bids, which action shall become final. Any such lease executed by the Adjutant General for oil, gas and for other minerals shall contain contractual provisions which shall not be for more than seven-eighths (7/8) of such oil, gas and for other minerals, retaining to the state at least one-eighth (1/8) royalty to be paid as prescribed by the state oil and gas board. No lease shall be for a primary term in excess of six (6) years.
MS Code § 33-11-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-19. Procurement of federal funds

 The Adjutant General, subject to the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate for, accept and approve projects, proposals, contracts and agreements for the construction, reconstruction, expansion, conversion, purchase, lease, repair, rehabilitation, improvement, equipping, furnishing, maintenance and operation, in whole or in part with federal funds, of armories, camps, ranges, bases or any building, structure or facility for the organized militia.   When federal funds are made available or provided by the United States to the state either directly or by way of reimbursement in whole or in part for any monies expended by the state for the construction, demolition, reconstruction, expansion, conversion, purchase, lease, repair, rehabilitation, improvement, equipping, furnishing, maintenance and operation of any armory, camp, range, base, building, structure or facility for the organized militia, the Adjutant General of the state is hereby authorized to receive such funds in behalf of the state.
MS Code § 35-3-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-1. Donation of land by municipality or county for veterans hospital, soldiers home, etc.

 Any municipality or county in the State of Mississippi now owning or hereafter acquiring any land for public purposes may convey and grant said land to the United States of America, its successors or assigns, or to the State of Mississippi, upon and for any consideration deemed sufficient by the mayor and councilmen or aldermen of such municipality or the supervisors of a county when the purposes of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi in acquiring the land is to use same as a site for a veterans hospital or soldiers home or any other purpose connected with the care and attention of the veterans of the various wars of the United States.
MS Code § 35-3-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-3. Acquisition of land by municipality or county for veterans hospital, soldiers home, etc.; issuance of bonds or notes

 Any municipality or county in the State of Mississippi, within the confines of which or adjacent thereto, there has been built or authorized to be built by the government of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi, any veterans hospital, or veterans or soldiers home, is hereby authorized, within the discretion of the mayor and board of councilmen of such municipality or board of supervisors of a county, to appropriate from any funds on hand a sufficient amount with which to purchase lands or construct buildings and other improvements needed by the government of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi in the operation of any such hospital or soldiers or veterans home. If it be necessary for the lands needed by the United States of America or the State of Mississippi to be condemned by the United States of America or the State of Mississippi, under a declaration of taking, then any such municipality or county, in the discretion of the mayor and board of councilmen of such municipality or board of supervisors of a county, shall be authorized to pay into the register of any court in which said proceedings are pending such amount as may be designated by the United States of America or the State of Mississippi in its petition or declaration of taking, in which event said moneys shall become the property of the owners of said land after due legal process is had. Such municipality or county shall be responsible for any further or additional amounts adjudged in any such proceedings against the United States of America or the State of Mississippi, including all costs of the proceedings.   The purpose for which the above appropriation is authorized is hereby declared a public purpose, for the welfare of citizens of this state, to wit, veterans of all of the wars of the United States of America.   For the purpose of securing funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the governing authorities of such municipality, town or county are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to issue bonds or negotiable notes for the purpose of acquiring by purchase, gift or lease real estate for the purpose herein authorized. Such bonds or notes shall be issued in an amount not to exceed the limitation now or hereafter imposed by law on municipalities or towns or counties, and shall be issued in all respects including interest rate, maturities and other details as is now or may hereafter be provided by general law regulating the issuance of bonds or notes by the corporate authorities of such municipality or town, and the board of supervisors of such county.
MS Code § 35-3-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-5. Furnishing of quarters for veterans' organizations; issuance of bonds or notes

  The governing authorities of any municipality, town or county in the state may, in its discretion, rent, lease, purchase or construct a building or buildings to house the units of the various congressionally chartered veteran's organizations and the auxiliaries of such organizations, and the records of such organizations and their auxiliaries, and may, where necessary, acquire land by purchase, lease or otherwise for the purpose of constructing such building or buildings.   The expenses authorized by subsection (1) of this section may be paid by such municipality, town or county out of any available funds.   For the purpose of securing funds to carry out subsection (1) of this section, the governing authorities of such municipality, town or county are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to issue bonds or negotiable notes for the purpose of acquiring by purchase, gift or lease real estate for the purposes herein authorized, and also for owning, erecting, building, establishing, and maintaining such buildings herein authorized, and to remodel or repair any such building. Such bonds or notes shall be issued in an amount not to exceed the limitation now or hereafter imposed by law on municipalities or counties or towns, and shall be issued in all respects including interest rate, maturities and other details as is now or may hereafter be provided by general law regulating the issuance of bond or notes by the corporate authorities of such municipality or town, and the board of supervisors of such county.
MS Code § 35-3-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-7. Performance of functions of notaries public by post service officers

 Each of the several post service officers of the nationally chartered veteran organizations in the State of Mississippi shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and to take acknowledgments anywhere in the State of Mississippi under the official seal of office of any such post, and to perform all other duties required of notaries public in connection with matters affecting the veterans of all wars, their heirs and dependents, in claims against the United States government, but for no other purpose. There shall be no charge for the performance of this service. No bond shall be required and the commission shall be issued by the secretary of state and the governor without charge.   Such post service officers shall affix the official seal of their respective posts to each document where the same is required by law, and to each certificate and other official paper executed by them where necessary or proper. All documents authenticated with said seal and signed by any such post service officer shall be recognized as properly attested to in the same manner as if authenticated by notaries public or others authorized by law to take acknowledgments. All copies of papers certified to by any such post service officer and authenticated by said seal shall be accepted in all matters equally in like manner as the original. The official seal of each post shall contain therein the name of the nationally chartered veteran organization. The name and number of the post and the commission of each post service officer shall be approved by the board of supervisors in the county where he resides, and enrolled upon the minutes of said board of supervisors before said post service officer shall be qualified to act.   Any post service officer who shall abuse the privilege granted by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed thirty days, or be both so fined and imprisoned. In addition thereto he shall be removed from office.
MS Code § 35-3-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-9. Furnishing of free copies of birth and death certificates

 When requested by the veterans administration, state veterans affairs board, any holder of a power of attorney from a veteran or his claimant, or any recognized veteran service officer, the bureau of vital statistics of the State of Mississippi shall furnish to such organizations or officers, without charge, copies of birth and death certificates when the same are needed to establish claims for dependency, disability or survivors' benefits for any veterans who are legal residents of the State of Mississippi, or their claimants.
MS Code § 35-3-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-11. Furnishing of free copies of records of chancery and circuit courts

 When requested by the veterans administration, state veteran affairs board, any holder of a power of attorney from a veteran or his claimant, or any recognized veterans service officer, the chancery clerks and circuit clerks of all counties of the State of Mississippi shall, upon application by such organizations or officers, furnish, without charge, certified copies of marriage licenses, divorce decrees, adoption decrees, and any and all other records when the same are needed to establish claims for dependency, disability or survivors' benefits for any veterans who are legal residents of the State of Mississippi, or their claimants.
MS Code § 35-3-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-13. Recordation without cost of honorable discharges and service certificates

 All chancery clerks, of all counties of the State of Mississippi, shall record, without any cost whatsoever to any person of the Armed Forces of the United States residing in the same county as the chancery clerk, all honorable discharges and all certificates of service of any and all members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States, including the army, navy and marine, coast guard and nurses corps.   The board of supervisors of all counties shall furnish to the chancery clerk all necessary supplies and equipment for the recording of these instruments, and allow out of the general fund of the county the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) for recording the discharge certificate. All certified copies will be furnished free without cost either to the soldier, sailor, marine, coast guardsman, nurse or the county.   The chancery clerk of all counties shall keep a record of all honorable discharges and certificates of discharge in a separate record safeguarded and protected from theft, and definitely marked "Record of Discharged Members of the Armed Forces." The chancery clerk shall furnish certified copies of the discharge or discharge certificate of any veteran when so requested by the veteran, his dependents or his authorized representative; however, before furnishing any copy of the discharge or discharge certificate, the chancery clerk must verify the identity and relationship to the veteran of the person requesting the copy and must obtain and maintain on file a signed consent for the release of information from the veteran, dependent or authorized representative.
MS Code § 35-3-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-15. Acquisition of surplus federal or other property for use in training returned veterans

 The governor of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized to execute contracts with the United States of America, or any proper federal agency, for the purpose of obtaining for the State of Mississippi any and all kinds of surplus government property to be used by the various educational institutions of the State of Mississippi for the purpose of training returned veterans of the armed services under the G.I. bill of rights.   The governor of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized to accept in the name of the State of Mississippi any and all property of every kind, character and description which may be used by the proper educational institutions of the State of Mississippi for the purpose of training returned veterans of the armed services of the United States, particularly under the G.I. bill of rights as passed by the national congress.
MS Code § 35-3-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-17. Governor to designate educational institutions for education of returned veterans under G. I. bill of rights

 Whenever the governor of the State of Mississippi has received and executed necessary contracts with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, turning over to the State of Mississippi any facilities of the United States, or any agency thereof, to be used for training, developing or educating returned veterans under the G.I. bill of rights, the governor shall then designate the institution of higher learning, or public junior college, or other qualified educational institution to take charge of, control and manage the same for such purposes.   Any such institution of higher learning, or public junior college, or other qualified educational institution so designated by the governor, is hereby authorized and empowered to accept the facilities and to control, care for and manage the same.
MS Code § 35-3-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-19. Investments and loans by financial institutions

 Any bank, savings bank, trust company, insurance company, building and loan association or credit union is hereby authorized to invest its funds and monies, eligible for investment, in notes, bonds or other obligations secured by mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien on real property, title to which is fee simple or leasehold, or on personal property, in which except as to value of the property securing the lien, the priority of the lien thereon securing the obligation and the maturity thereof, and the quality of the title thereto, it is otherwise lawful for such investor to invest its funds, if the entire amount of the indebtedness is insured or guaranteed by the United States, or, if not so wholly insured or guaranteed, the difference between the entire amount of such indebtedness and that portion thereof which is insured or guaranteed by the United States does not exceed the amount permissible under the applicable law of this state, and meets the requirements thereof as to value of property and priority of lien. Any such lender except an insurance company may make an unsecured loan not exceeding $1,000.00 to an eligible veteran if at least one-half thereof is guaranteed pursuant to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended by the act of Congress approved December 28, 1945, being Chapter 588 of the first session of the 79th Congress.
MS Code § 35-3-24 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 3 - War Veterans; Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-3-24. War veterans memorial commission; membership; appointment; term of office; filling of vacancies; legislators and state personnel ineligible

 There is hereby created a war veterans memorial commission, which is hereby charged with the duty of carrying out the provisions as hereinafter set forth, and it shall be referred to in the succeeding sections hereof as the "commission." The commission shall consist of seven (7) commissioners, one (1) member each from the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, American Ex-Prisoners, of War, Veterans of World War I, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Mississippi National Guard. The commissioners shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of the state executive governing body of each respective organization entitled to a member of the commission. The initial terms of the members shall be as follows, to be designated by the governor at the time of appointment: (a) two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years each; (b) two (2) members for terms of four (4) years each; (c) two (2) members for terms of six (6) years each; and (d) the member from the American Ex-Prisoners of War for a term of four (4) years. Thereafter, each term shall be for six (6) years or until a successor in office has been appointed and qualified. In the event of any vacancy on the commission, the governor shall, within thirty (30) days, designate a successor in the same manner as the original appointment was made. No member of either branch of the legislature nor any state officer or employee shall serve on the commission.