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MS Code § 19-5-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-75. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, warehouses, syrup blending plants, creameries, farm orchard and dairy produce establishments, by certain counties

 The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, or any county in Class 8 whose population is greater than 12,000 and less than 13,000, according to the census of 1940 and whose total area is 500 square miles, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to borrow funds not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), for the purpose of purchasing lands, buildings, building material, labor, machinery and equipment necessary to provide, construct, operate and maintain cold storage plants, meat curing plants, warehouses, syrup blending plants, creameries and establishments for handling, processing, selling or trading in farm orchard, and dairy products.
MS Code § 19-5-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-77. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; lease of establishment

 The title to such property shall be taken in the name of the county and the board of supervisors may, upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by said board by order spread upon its minutes, enter into agreements to lease such establishment to any cooperative association or other agency for use for the purposes enumerated in Section 19-5-75. Such lessee may, in addition to said purposes, use said establishment in performing the other functions of such cooperative association or agency.
MS Code § 19-5-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-79. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; issuance of notes, bonds, or loan warrants

 Such board of supervisors may issue notes, bonds or loan warrants to evidence the amount borrowed for said purposes. Said notes, bonds or loan warrants shall bear such rate of interest as may be determined by the board of supervisors, not exceeding, however, six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. Said notes, bonds or loan warrants shall be in such denomination or denominations and form as may be determined by resolution or order of the board, and they shall be executed in behalf of the county by the president and clerk of said board. The interest to accrue on such notes, bonds or loan warrants on and prior to the respective maturity dates thereof shall be represented by coupons to be attached thereto and which may be executed by the facsimile signature of said officers. Said notes, bonds or loan warrants shall be made to mature over a period of not exceeding ten years, and shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest.
MS Code § 19-5-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-81. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; notice of intention to borrow; election

 Before issuing the bonds, notes or loan warrants, authorized by Section 19-5-79 the board of supervisors shall publish notice of its intention to borrow such funds and to issue loan warrants, notes or bonds, and the clerk of said board shall publish in three weekly issues of some newspaper having a general circulation in the county, a copy of such order. If, within twenty-one days after the first publication of a copy of such order, twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of the county petition the board of supervisors for an election to determine whether or not the adoption of such order should be annulled, such election shall be ordered by said board of supervisors in which the qualified electors of the county shall be eligible to participate. If at such election a majority of those voting vote in favor of the adoption of such order the same shall be valid and effective, but if a majority shall vote against such order it shall be annulled and shall be ineffective. Such election shall be held and conducted and the returns thereof made as provided by law for other county elections. If no such petition be presented within twenty-one days after the first publication of a copy of such order, the order shall be valid and effective and said board may thereupon proceed to issue said loan warrants hereunder without an election on the question of the issuance thereof.
MS Code § 19-5-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-83. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; sections as full authority

 Sections 19-5-75 through 19-5-87, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full and complete authority for the issuance of said notes, bonds or loan warrants, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions or limitations of law applicable to the issuance of bonds, loan warrants or notes by boards of supervisors shall apply to the issuance and sale of loan warrants, bonds or notes under these sections. No proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such loan warrants, bonds or notes other than those provided for and required in these sections, and all powers necessary to be exercised by the board of supervisors, in order to carry out the provisions of these sections are hereby conferred.
MS Code § 19-5-85 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-85. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; levy of taxes

 Said loan warrants, bonds or notes shall be general obligations of the county and the board of supervisors of said county shall annually levy a tax upon all taxable property therein sufficient to pay the principal of, and the interest on, such loan warrants, bonds or notes as the same mature and accrue, and the full faith, credit and resources of such county shall be and are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of same, both as to principal and interest.
MS Code § 19-5-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-87. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; validation of warrants, bonds or notes

 Said loan warrants, bonds or notes may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, of such county, be validated under Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11.
MS Code § 19-5-89 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-89. Promotion of youth activities

 The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, in which there is located a national cemetery wholly supported by federal funds, and any county having a population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) in accordance with the 1950 census, with an area of less than four hundred twenty-five (425) square miles, and an assessed valuation on the basis of the 1950-1954 assessment rolls placing it in Class 5, is authorized to appropriate and expend, in its discretion, a sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per annum, to be paid from the general fund of the county, for promoting and financing youth activities in the county, such as Little Boys Baseball, Inc., and other recreational activities for youth. This authority shall also extend to the board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Mississippi River and having an area of four hundred forty-eight (448) square miles with a population not in excess of thirty-two thousand five hundred (32,500) and a municipality therein with a population in excess of twenty-two thousand (22,000) and not more than twenty-three thousand (23,000), all in accordance with the federal census of 1950. Such authority shall also extend to any county having an assessed valuation of less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), according to the 1960 federal census, and a portion of which lies in the DeSoto National Forest and having an area of less than four hundred fifty (450) square miles, which shall be authorized, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, to appropriate and expend not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per annum on youth activities. Such authority shall also extend to any city in which there is located a Baptist-supported college founded in 1826, which shall be authorized, in the discretion of the mayor and board of aldermen, to appropriate and expend not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) per annum on youth activities within the city, such as Little League Baseball, Inc., the YMCA and other recreational activities for youth.
MS Code § 19-5-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-91. Agreements with the United States relative to navigation projects

 The board of supervisors of any county through any part of which any river or other stream may run, or any part of which any river or other stream may touch or border, on which the United States of America has authorized navigation projects, including channel clearing, channel improvement, cut-offs, levees, dams, or other navigation projects, is hereby authorized and empowered, for that part of such river or stream running through any part of said county or bordering or touching said county, as aforesaid, to give satisfactory assurances to the United States of America, or any agency thereof, including the Secretary of Defense, that it will:   Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project;   Hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction of the works; and   Maintain and operate all of the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the terms of any federal law relating to navigation or to navigable streams.   Any such board of supervisors is also hereby authorized and empowered to accept the conveyance of any lands, easements and rights-of-way over and on behalf of any lands that may be benefited by the maintenance of such works, to accept assurances from landowners whose property is benefited by such navigation projects, to levy, assess and collect such taxes on said area so benefited as will be necessary, to save and hold the United States free from all damages due to the construction of the works and to exercise the right of eminent domain for the condemnation of rights-of-way and easements in like manner as is exercised by boards of supervisors for the condemnation of public road rights-of-way, and to maintain such works in said county after completion and generally to accept agreements for landowners benefited by such navigation projects to save the county harmless on account of said assurances given by the county as aforesaid to the United States of America, or any agency there of, including the Secretary of Defense.   Any such board of supervisors also is authorized to enter into any contracts or agreements with the United States, or any agency or department thereof, to sponsor a project for the environmental restoration of a lake or body of water as described in, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 19-5-92.
MS Code § 19-5-95 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-95. Aid to fire departments

  The board of supervisors of any county in this state having a population of less than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000), according to the most recent federal census, is hereby empowered and authorized to appropriate out of the county treasury annually a sum not in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) in aid of any fire department for services and protection by such fire department, and, in its discretion, to appropriate out of the county treasury annually a sum not in excess of the amount which would be produced by a levy of one-fourth (1/4) mill on all taxable property within the county in aid of municipal fire departments in the county, or in aid of fire protection districts and volunteer fire departments within the county which meet the requirements set forth in Section 83-1-39(6), but in no event shall the aggregate amount appropriated annually under this section exceed an amount equal to the amount which would be produced by a levy of one-fourth (1/4) mill on all taxable property within the county.   The board of supervisors of any county in this state having a population of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) or greater, according to the most recent federal census, is hereby empowered and authorized to appropriate out of the county treasury annually a sum not in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) in aid of any fire department for services and protection by such fire department, and, in its discretion, to appropriate out of the county treasury annually a sum not in excess of the amount which would be produced by a levy of three-quarters (3/4) mill on all taxable property within the county in aid of municipal fire departments in the county, or in aid of fire protection districts and volunteer fire departments within the county which meet the requirements set forth in Section 83-1-39(6), but in no event shall the aggregate amount appropriated annually under this section exceed an amount equal to the amount which would be produced by a levy of three-quarters (3/4) mill on all taxable property within the county.   Any appropriation that may be provided as prescribed under this section shall be additional and supplemental to any other funds provided or made available for such purposes under this section or any other section of law and shall not be construed to restrict any such other funds that may be provided to municipal fire departments in the county, fire protection districts and volunteer fire departments within the county which meet the requirements of Section 83-1-39(6).
MS Code § 19-5-97 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-97. Purchase, operation and maintenance of fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment

 The board of supervisors of any county who find that the public interest of the county, or any supervisors' district or districts within the county, will be conserved thereby, may purchase, operate, and maintain fire trucks, pumps, tanks, trailers, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire fighting equipment, and may contract with one or more towns or municipalities in the county for keeping and storing same, or any part of same, and assisting in the use and operation thereof. Such board may pay its part of the cost of such purchasing, operation and maintenance from the general fund of the county if the entire county participates in the provisions of this section, or from a special fund to be known as the "Fire Prevention Fund" if less than all five districts participate. The board is empowered to authorize the participation of either the entire county or any district or districts whose public interests will be conserved thereby.
MS Code § 19-5-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-101. Establishment of juvenile residential treatment centers

 The board of supervisors of each county shall have the power to expend monies from the county general fund to match any other funds for the purpose of establishing juvenile residential treatment centers including, but not limited to, treatment centers and half-way houses.
MS Code § 19-5-104 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|In General|§ 19-5-104. Regulation of establishments where public displays of nudity are present

  In accordance with the provisions of Section 19-3-41, providing that additional powers may be conferred upon the board of supervisors of any county, the board of supervisors of any county are hereby empowered to promulgate, adopt and enforce ordinances which are necessary and reasonable for the regulation of establishments where public displays of nudity are present.   For the purposes of this section the terms "nudity" and "public display" shall have the same meanings as those terms are defined in Section 19-5-103.   Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section shall comport with the elements of due process and shall include, but not be limited to, specificity, adequate notice, right to hearing, right to counsel, right to appeal adverse findings to a judicial authority and penalties rationally related to prohibited acts.   Boards of supervisors proposing such ordinances shall publish and post notice of such intentions not less than twenty (20) days prior to the holding of a public hearing whereat the purposes and substance of such ordinances shall be fully discussed.
MS Code § 19-5-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Local Government Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Assistance Act of 1994|§ 19-5-107. Short title; purpose

 This act [Laws, 1994, ch. 624] shall be known as the "Local Government Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Assistance Act of 1994" and is in response to concerns expressed by the Mississippi Municipal Association, the Mississippi Association of Supervisors and local governmental officials about their ability to provide solid waste management services in accordance with federal law and regulations without imposing an undue and inequitable financial burden on county and municipal residents.
MS Code § 19-5-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Local Government Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Assistance Act of 1994|§ 19-5-109. Estimation of cost of garbage collection and disposal services; means of meeting costs; effect on contracts

  Each county and municipality shall make a good faith effort to estimate the cost of garbage and rubbish collection and disposal services. These costs may be met, in amounts necessary to defray the cost of the system, by any combination of generator fees, ad valorem tax revenues as authorized under Section 19-5-21 or Section 21-19-2, or county or municipal special funds as authorized under Section 19-5-21 or 21-19-2.   Nothing in Chapter 624, Laws of 1994, shall be construed to abrogate or cancel any contract that a county or a municipality has entered into for garbage or rubbish collection or disposal. If a county or municipality entered into a contract before April 1, 1994, and the term or period of performance of that contract does not exceed five (5) years, the county or municipality may continue to levy the ad valorem tax assessment in effect before April 1, 1994, to honor the contract for the term of that contract.
MS Code § 19-5-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Water, Sewer, Garbage Disposal, and Fire Protection Districts|§ 19-5-151. Incorporation of districts authorized

  Any contiguous area situated within any county of the state, and not being situated within the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, and having no adequate water system, sewer system, garbage and waste collection and disposal system, or fire protection facilities serving such area, may become incorporated as a water district, as a sewer district, as a garbage and waste collection and disposal district, as a fire protection district, as a combined water and sewer district, as a combined water and garbage and waste collection and disposal district, as a combined water and fire protection district, or as a combined water, sewer, garbage and waste collection and disposal and fire protection district, in the manner set forth in the following sections.   If the certificated area of a nonprofit, nonshare corporation chartered under the Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act for the purpose of owning and operating rural waterworks lies in one county, the corporation may become incorporated as a water district in the manner set forth in Section 19-5-153(3). If the nonprofit, nonshare corporation's certificated area lies in more than one (1) county, the procedure in Section 19-5-164 shall be used.
MS Code § 19-5-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare|Water, Sewer, Garbage Disposal, and Fire Protection Districts|§ 19-5-155. Public hearing; resolution of intention

 Upon the filing of such petition, or upon the adoption of a resolution declaring the intent of the board of supervisors to incorporate such district, it shall then be the duty of the board of supervisors of such county to fix a time and place for a public hearing upon the question of the public convenience and necessity of the incorporation of the proposed district. The date fixed for such hearing shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition, and the date of the hearing, the place at which it shall be held, the proposed boundaries of said district, and the purpose of the hearing, shall be set forth in a notice to be signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors of such county. Such notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within such proposed district once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of such hearing. The first such publication shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date of such hearing and the last such publication shall be made not more than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of such hearing.   If, at such public hearing, the board of supervisors finds (1) that the public convenience and necessity require the creation of the district, and (2) that the creation of the district is economically sound and desirable, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution making the aforesaid findings and declaring its intention to create the district on a date to be specified in such resolution. Such resolution shall also designate the name of the proposed district, define its territorial limits which shall be fixed by said board pursuant to such hearing, and state whether or not the board of supervisors shall levy the tax authorized in section 19-5-189, Mississippi Code of 1972, and whether or not the board of supervisors proposes to assess benefited properties as outlined in section 19-5-191, Mississippi Code of 1972.