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MS Code § 21-31-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|General Provisions|§ 21-31-21. Tenure of office and grounds for discipline

 The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or employment under the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall be only during good behavior. Any such person may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted or reduced in rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other special privileges, or any combination thereof, for any of the following reasons:   Incompetency, inefficiency, or inattention of duty; dishonesty, intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public or a fellow employee, or any other act of omission or commission tending to injure the public service.
MS Code § 21-31-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|General Provisions|§ 21-31-25. Fixing of rate of compensation

 The fixing of the rate of compensation of every employee coming under the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall remain vested in those public officials authorized by law to fix the rate of such compensation, and nothing contained in said sections shall infringe upon the power and authority of any such public officials to so fix the rate of such compensation.
MS Code § 21-31-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|General Provisions|§ 21-31-27. Political services and contributions

 No person holding any office, place, position or employment subject to civil service, is under any obligation to contribute to any political fund or to render any political service to any person or party whatsoever, and no person shall be removed, reduced in grade or salary, or otherwise prejudiced for refusing so to do. No public officer, whether elected or appointed, shall discharge, promote, demote or in any manner change the official rank, employment or compensation of any person under civil service, or promise or threaten so to do, for giving or withholding, or neglecting to make any contribution of money, or service, or any other valuable thing, for any political purpose.   If any person holding any office, place, position or employment subject to civil service, actively participates in political activity in any primary or election in a municipality where he is employed, it shall be deemed cause for removal.
MS Code § 21-31-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-51. Adoption of civil service system mandated in certain municipalities

  There is hereby created a civil service commission to administer a civil service system in every municipality described in subsection (2) of this section which has administrative and other employees employed on a monthly basis.   The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall apply to:   Any municipality, operating under a commission form of government, and having a population of more than twenty-one thousand, according to the federal census of 1950; and   Any municipality located in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, and having a population of more than fifteen thousand and less than twenty thousand, according to the federal census of 1950.
MS Code § 21-31-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-55. Election of officers and meetings of commission; secretary; board of examiners

 Immediately after the appointment of the civil service commission, the commission shall organize by electing one of its members chairman. The commission shall hold regular meetings at least once each month, and such additional meetings as may be required for the proper discharge of its duties.   The commission shall appoint a secretary and a board of examiners, which board shall consist of the fire chief, the police chief, and a third member to be named by the commission, all of whom shall serve without compensation. The secretary shall keep the records and preserve all reports made to the commission, and also a record of all examinations held under the direction of the board of examiners, and perform such other duties as the commission may prescribe. The members of the board and the secretary are subject to suspension and discharge in the same manner as the commissioners.
MS Code § 21-31-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-57. Duties of the commission

 It shall be the duty of the civil service commission to make suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 and not inconsistent with personnel rules and regulations duly adopted by the governing authorities of the municipality. Such rules and regulations shall provide in detail the manner of conducting examinations, appointments, promotions, transfers, reinstatements, demotions, suspensions and discharges, and may also provide for any other matter connected with the general subject of personnel administration, and which may be considered desirable to further carry out the general purposes of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75. It shall have the power to conduct investigations, and make reports on all matters touching the enforcement and effect of the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75, and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. The commission shall have the power to investigate all complaints which must be reduced to writing, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and conduct hearings.
MS Code § 21-31-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-59. Accommodations, supplies and clerical aid to be furnished to commission

 The duly constituted authorities of each and every city coming within the purview of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75, shall provide the commission with suitable and convenient rooms and accommodations and cause the same to be furnished, heated and lighted and supplied with all office supplies and equipment necessary to carry on the business of the commission and with such clerical assistance as may be necessary, all of which is to be commensurate with the number of persons in each such city coming within the purview of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75. The failure upon the part of the duly constituted authorities to do so, shall be considered a violation of this section and shall be punishable as such.
MS Code § 21-31-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-61. Coverage afforded by civil service system

 The provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall include all administrative and other employees on a monthly salary basis. All appointments to and promotions in said departments shall be made solely on merit, efficiency and fitness which may be ascertained by open competitive examination and impartial investigation. No person shall be reinstated in, or transferred, suspended or discharged from, any place, position or employment contrary to the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75.   All incumbents and future appointees shall be subject to civil service, except, however, those appointees now and hereafter serving as extra members, which employees shall be subject to removal for replacement by any person now or hereafter serving in the armed services; or, if temporarily employed, the commission shall have authority to so determine and replace with a new employee who shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75.   The provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall not include any new employee who has not successfully completed all requirements necessary to earn regular or permanent status as a municipal employee.
MS Code § 21-31-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-63. Qualifications of applicants seeking civil service position

 Any applicant for a position of any kind under civil service must be a citizen of the United States and an elector of the county in which he resides and must meet only such bona fide occupational residency requirements as may be determined by the civil service commission or the governing authority of the municipality.
MS Code § 21-31-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-65. Adoption and induction of incumbents into civil service

 For the benefit of the public service and to prevent delay, injury, or interruption therein by reason of the enactment of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75, all persons holding a position as an administrative or other employee (firemen and policemen excepted) of any such municipality coming under the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75, who shall have served continuously in such positions for a period of at least the preceding six months, are hereby declared eligible for permanent appointment under civil service to the offices, positions or employments which they shall then hold, respectively, without examination or other act on their part, and not on probation, and every such person is hereby automatically adopted and inducted permanently into civil service, into such office, place, position or employment which such person then holds as completely and effectually to all intents and purposes as if said person had been permanently appointed thereto under civil service after examination and investigation.
MS Code § 21-31-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-67. Appointments and lay-offs

 The civil service commission shall keep a list of all administrative and other employees on a monthly salary basis (firemen and policemen excepted), and formulate methods of determining the relative qualifications of persons seeking employment in any such department, and give preference to those having the best qualifications. The commission shall provide that men laid off because of a curtailment of expenditures, reduction in force, and like causes, shall be the last man or men, including probationers, that have been appointed to any such position, until such reductions necessary shall have been accomplished. However, in the event said forces shall again be increased in number, those suspended shall be reinstated before any new appointments shall be made.
MS Code § 21-31-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-69. Tenure of office and grounds for discipline

 The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or employment under the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall be only during good behavior. Any such person may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted or reduced in rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other special privileges, or any combination thereof, for any of the following reasons:   Incompetency, inefficiency or inattention of duty; dishonesty, intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public or a fellow employee; or any other act of omission or commission tending to injure the public service.
MS Code § 21-31-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-73. Fixing of rate of compensation

 The fixing of the rate of compensation of every employee coming under the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall remain vested in those public officials authorized by law to fix the rate of such compensation, and nothing contained in said sections shall infringe upon the power and authority of any such public officials to so fix the rate of such compensation.
MS Code § 21-31-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 31 - Civil Service|Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities|§ 21-31-75. Political services and contributions

 No person holding any office, place, position or employment subject to civil service, is under any obligation to contribute to any political fund or to render any political service to any person or party whatsoever, and no person shall be removed, reduced in grade or salary, or otherwise prejudiced for refusing so to do. No public officer, whether elected or appointed, shall discharge, promote, demote or in any manner change the official rank, employment or compensation of any person under civil service, or promise or threaten so to do, for giving or withholding, or neglecting to make any contribution of money, or service, or any other valuable thing, for any political purpose. No such employee shall engage in any political campaign as a representative of any candidate or shall engage in pernicious activities, and any person so engaging in such activities shall be subject to dismissal or demotion.
MS Code § 21-33-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance|Article 1 - Taxation|§ 21-33-1. Date of tax liability

 All lands and other taxable property subject to assessment, held by any person within the municipality, or in added territory, on the first day of January, shall be assessed, and ad valorem taxes thereon levied and collected for the ensuing year, excepting motor vehicles as defined by the "Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Law of 1958," Sections 27-51-1 through 27-51-49, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 21-33-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance|Article 1 - Taxation|§ 21-33-3. Municipal tax forms

 The state tax commission shall annually prepare forms for the personal property assessment rolls, and each two years, or annually as required, prepare forms for the real property assessment rolls. The forms so prescribed shall be printed, ruled, and headed as to be suitable for their respective purposes and to enable the municipal officers to comply with the tax laws of this state applicable to municipalities. A sample of the forms for the real and personal assessment rolls shall be sent by mail to the mayor and to the clerk of every municipality not later than the first day of October of each year.   The forms shall be so made that the respective municipalities may require such additional information, make such additions and add such further details as permitted by Sections 21-33-1 through 21-33-85, but the general and basic arrangement of such forms shall not be changed.   The municipal authorities shall furnish their respective officers with a sufficient quantity of each of said forms, and may purchase the same or have them printed, as provided by law.   It is the purpose of this section that municipal forms relating to assessment and taxes be generally uniform throughout the state.
MS Code § 21-33-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance|Article 1 - Taxation|§ 21-33-5. Form of land assessment roll

 The governing authorities of each municipality shall prescribe by order the form of the land assessment roll, adhering to the basic form prescribed by the state tax commission which shall be similar to the form prescribed for and used by county tax assessors for the assessment of municipal lands. When a municipality has added territory, the roll used for the assessment of lands in such added territory shall be generally in the form of the roll used in the assessment of such lands by the county, and be on sheets of the same size.   The land roll shall contain space or columns for the name of the owner, for the name of the subdivision, survey or addition, for block and lot numbers and, if required, for the section, township and range. It shall contain a column to show the value of any buildings, structures or improvements, and separately a column to show the value of the lands, and the total value.   In addition to the columns above specified, the governing authorities may provide columns to show the number of the tax receipt, the amount of ad valorem taxes collected, and the amounts collected for any special improvement or improvements.   Municipalities using accounting machines equipment may adopt such forms as may be required for the use of such equipment, provided that the information required herein is substantially set forth on said forms.
MS Code § 21-33-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance|Article 1 - Taxation|§ 21-33-7. Form of personal assessment roll

 The governing authorities of each municipality shall prescribe by order the form of the personal assessment roll, which shall generally be in the form prescribed for and used by the counties for the assessment of personal property. Additional columns may be provided if deemed convenient and necessary.
MS Code § 21-33-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance|Article 1 - Taxation|§ 21-33-9. Manner of municipal assessment

 The assessment of all real and personal property in any municipality subject to taxation, except such property as is required by law to be assessed by the state railroad assessors, shall be made by the municipal assessor, by one (1) of the following methods:   The governing authorities of any municipality may provide that the assessor shall copy from the county assessment rolls of real and personal property, that portion of the assessment rolls which embraces property, or persons, within the municipality. The copy may be made at any time after the county assessment rolls are filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, by the county tax assessor.   The governing authorities of any municipality may provide for a separate assessment to be made each year, by its assessor, of all taxable personal property, and each year, or each two (2) years, of all taxable real property, including buildings, improvements, structures or other interests therein.   If the governing authorities provide for a separate assessment by the assessor, as provided by paragraph (b) above, the assessor shall use tax lists for both real and personal property generally the same as the tax lists prescribed for county assessors.   Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) to the contrary, the governing authorities of any municipality which is located within a county having completed a countywide reappraisal approved by the state tax commission and which has been furnished a true copy of that part of the county assessment roll containing the property located within the municipality as provided in Section 27-35-167 shall adopt such assessment roll for its assessment purposes.
MS Code § 21-33-10 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance|Article 1 - Taxation|§ 21-33-10. Corrections or revisions to county assessment roll adopted by municipality; objections to municipal roll; appeal

 The governing authority of any municipality which adopts the part of the county assessment roll containing the property located within the municipality as provided in Sections 21-33-9 and 27-35-167 shall not correct or revise such assessment roll except for the purpose of conforming the municipal assessment roll to corrections or revisions made to the county assessment roll. The governing authority of such municipality shall not meet to hear objections to the assessment roll. All objections to the municipal assessment roll shall be heard by the board of supervisors at the time and in the manner that objections to the county assessment roll are heard. The board of supervisors shall notify, in writing, the municipal governing authority and the municipal tax assessor of any corrections or revisions made by them to the part of the county assessment roll adopted as the municipal assessment roll. Any taxpayer feeling aggrieved at the action of the board of supervisors in equalizing his assessments shall have the right to appeal to the circuit court as provided in Section 27-35-119.
MS Code § 21-33-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance|Article 1 - Taxation|§ 21-33-11. Assessment of public utilities and added territory

 The municipal assessment of railroad property, and other property required by law to be assessed by the state railroad assessors, shall be made by the assessor by copying from the assessment roll of such property, filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, the assessment of all the property situated inside the municipality. Where any municipality has added territory, the assessor shall likewise copy, from the roll filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, the assessment of all the property situated within such added territory constituting, with a municipality, a separate school district. The assessment so copied shall be the legal assessment for the municipality, and the municipal separate school district, and, when certified by the clerk and placed in the hands of the municipal tax collector, shall be his warrant for the collection of municipal and separate school district ad valorem taxes.   The governing authorities of any municipality may present to the state assessors of railroads orally or in writing at any time before the assessment is made, information with respect to the property owned by any public utility, its value and the assessment of same.
MS Code § 21-33-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance|Article 1 - Taxation|§ 21-33-13. Assessment of private car companies

 The clerk, or tax collector, of every municipality shall copy from the roll or schedule filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors by the state tax commission the assessment of private car companies, and he shall determine the amount by taking the number of miles of each railroad over which the cars of any company, traveled through the respective municipalities, and the number of miles of each railroad over which the cars of any such company traveled which lies in any separate, adjacent, annexed territory constituting with a municipality a separate school district. He shall copy the assessed value per mile of each company over any railroad or railroads, operating through such municipality and separate, adjacent, annexed territory, and shall determine the assessment of each company by multiplying the valuation of each company apportioned to each mile of railroad by the number of miles of railroad over which the cars of any such company have traveled lying in such municipality or separate, adjacent, annexed territory. The assessment so determined, plus the value of any other property assessed, shall constitute the assessment of the property of the respective companies within the municipality and in the separate, adjacent, annexed territory constituting a separate school district. All such copies and assessments made as herein provided shall be placed in the hands of the municipal tax collector and be his warrant for the collection of municipal and separate school district taxes.
MS Code § 21-33-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance|Article 1 - Taxation|§ 21-33-15. Assessment of land

 The assessor shall assess all the lands in the municipality which he serves, and all the land in any separate territory outside the municipality, but in the separate school district. He shall enter the assessments on the roll and he shall commence the assessment with the lowest number of squares or blocks and lots or other subdivisions, and proceeding in numerical order with all the lots in a square or block, and all the squares in the municipality, until complete. Any lands not platted, and not divided into lots, shall be assessed according to the section, township, and range, in the same manner as required of the county tax assessor.