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MS Code § 33-3-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 3 - Commander in Chief, Military Department, and Governor's Staff|§ 33-3-5. Division of military staff

 The military staff of the Governor shall be divided into two kinds: the personal staff of the Governor and the military staff of the military department. The Governor may detail from the active list not more than ten National Guard officers, who, in addition to their regular duties, shall perform the duties of aides de camp on the personal staff of the Governor. In addition thereto the Governor may appoint such aides from the citizenship of this state as he shall choose, such appointees from the citizenship of the state to bear the honorary title of colonel and to have the right to wear such uniform as may be prescribed by the Governor, but who shall not by virtue of such appointment be deemed a part of the Mississippi National Guard and who shall not by virtue of such appointment participate directly or indirectly in the appropriations made by this state or by the United States for the support of the military department. The appointment of all aides shall terminate upon the expiration of the term of office of the Governor upon whose staff they may be serving.
MS Code § 33-3-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 3 - Commander in Chief, Military Department, and Governor's Staff|§ 33-3-7. Adjutant General

  The Governor shall nominate and, by and with the consent of the Senate, appoint and commission an Adjutant General, which appointment shall carry with it the rank of major general; provided, however, that if the person nominated is a retired officer who has attained a rank higher than that of major general he may, at the discretion of the Governor, retain such rank but his compensation shall not be increased above that amount hereinafter provided. The four-year term of the Adjutant General shall expire with the expiration of the appointing Governor's term of office. The Adjutant General shall be chief of staff to the Governor, subordinate only to the Governor in matters affecting the military department and militia of this state.   To be eligible for such appointment, the Adjutant General shall have attained at least the rank of colonel, shall be eligible to receive federal recognition upon his appointment, and shall have served at least seven (7) years in the Armed Forces of the United States, either in active federal service or as a member of a reserve component, with at least three (3) years of such service in the Mississippi National Guard. At least five (5) years of such service shall have been as a commissioned officer.
MS Code § 33-3-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 3 - Commander in Chief, Military Department, and Governor's Staff|§ 33-3-9. Assistant adjutants general

 The Governor, on recommendation of the Adjutant General, shall appoint at least one (1) Assistant Adjutant General for Army and at least one (1) Assistant Adjutant General for air and such other assistant adjutants general as may be authorized by rules and regulations of the National Guard Bureau of the United States of America. Each shall have the rank of Brigadier General, or higher, if authorized by the National Guard Bureau of the United States of America. Each shall remain in office during the pleasure of the Governor, and shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities granted officers of like rank in the Mississippi National Guard. Each shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for officers of the Mississippi National Guard, which oaths shall be deposited in the office of the Adjutant General. Each shall aid the Adjutant General by the performance of such duties as may be assigned him. In the case of death, absence or inability of the Adjutant General to act, the senior full-time Assistant Adjutant General shall perform the duties of the Adjutant General until the Adjutant General shall resume his duties or until a successor shall be appointed. To be qualified for appointment as Assistant Adjutant General, a person must at the time of his appointment possess the same qualifications required of the Adjutant General.
MS Code § 33-3-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 3 - Commander in Chief, Military Department, and Governor's Staff|§ 33-3-13. Seal; form and effect thereof

 The device upon the seal of the Adjutant General shall consist of the coat of arms of the State of Mississippi, and the words "Office of Adjutant General, State of Mississippi," around the margin.   The seal used in the office of the Adjutant General shall be the seal of his office and shall be delivered by him to his successor. Where deemed appropriate orders issued from his office shall be authenticated with such seal and copies, orders, records and papers in his office, duly certified and authenticated under such seal, shall be evidence in all cases in like manner as if the originals were produced.
MS Code § 33-3-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 3 - Commander in Chief, Military Department, and Governor's Staff|§ 33-3-15. Rules and regulations

 The intent of this code is to conform to all acts and regulations of the United States affecting the same subjects, and all provisions of this code shall be construed to effect this purpose. All acts of the Congress of the United States relating to the control, administration and government of the National Guard, and all rules and regulations adopted by the United States for the government of the National Guard, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the laws of this state and with the rights reserved to this state and guaranteed under the constitution of this state, shall constitute rules and regulations for the government of the militia of this state.   The Adjutant General, with the approval of the Governor, shall have the power, and it shall be his duty from time to time to issue such orders and to prescribe such rules and regulations relating to the organization of the militia or to the National Guard or to the Mississippi State Guard as may be necessary for the proper training and discipline thereof; provided that such orders, rules and regulations are not in conflict with the laws of this state. The Adjutant General, with the approval of the Governor, is expressly authorized to issue such orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary in order that the organization, training and discipline of the components of the militia of this state will at all times conform to the applicable requirements of the United States government relating thereto. Orders, rules and regulations issued hereunder shall have full force and effect as part of the military code of this state. Rules and regulations in force at the time of the passage of this code shall remain in force until new rules and regulations are approved and promulgated.
MS Code § 33-3-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 3 - Commander in Chief, Military Department, and Governor's Staff|§ 33-3-17. Awards, medals and decorations

  The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to decorate members and former members of the Mississippi National Guard and members and former members of the National Guard of the several states and members and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States, who he may deem worthy of such decoration, with such awards, medals or decorations as he may prescribe by rules and regulations promulgated by him, and the Governor is hereby authorized to promulgate suitable and reasonable rules and regulations for such purposes.   The Governor shall award posthumously the Mississippi Medal of Valor to those members of the Mississippi National Guard who gave their lives while in active service of the United States as defined in Section 33-1-1(l).   The Governor may award retroactively the Mississippi Medal of Valor to a member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States if such member has been awarded the Medal of Honor or the Purple Heart.   The design of the Mississippi Medal of Valor is as follows: A gold medal with the Great Seal of the State of Mississippi superimposed on a cross combined with crossed sabers with the words "MEDAL OF VALOR" inscribed around the seal. The medal is suspended from a ribbon of navy blue background, with two (2) wide, vertical white bands. The recipient's name and rank are engraved in the reverse side of the medal. The ribbon carries the same colors as described for the medal.
MS Code § 33-4-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund|§ 33-4-1. Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund created; money in fund under direction of Military Department; use of funds; eligibility requirements

 A special fund to be designated the "Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund" is created in the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. The fund shall consist of any money designated for deposit therein from any source, including, but not limited to, money designated for deposit therein by Section 27-7-94, and private contributions. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into the fund. Money in the fund shall be under the direction of the military department. Such funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Department of Finance and Administration, based upon recommendations made by the Adjutant General. Money in the fund shall be utilized to make grants to families that experience a financial hardship as a result of a family member who is a member of the Mississippi National Guard or is a Mississippi resident and member of the Reserves of the Armed Forces of the United States. The Adjutant General shall establish eligibility requirements for receipt of the grants and the amount of the grants by rule.
MS Code § 33-9-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-1. Expenses paid from militia appropriation

 All expenditures necessary to carry the provisions of the chapter into effect are hereby authorized to be incurred and paid out of the military fund, except where otherwise specifically provided.
MS Code § 33-9-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-3. United States property and fiscal officer; bond

 The Governor shall appoint, designate or detail, on the recommendation of the Adjutant General, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, a federally recognized field grade officer of the Mississippi National Guard who shall be designated as the United States property and fiscal officer for the state. Before entering upon the performance of his duties as property and fiscal officer he shall be required to give good and sufficient bond to the United States, as required by federal statutes, for the faithful performance of his duties and for the safekeeping and proper disposition of the federal funds and property entrusted to his care.
MS Code § 33-9-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-5. United States property and fiscal officer; general duties

 The United States property and fiscal officer for the state shall receipt and account for all funds and property belonging to the United States in possession of the National Guard and shall make returns and reports concerning such funds and property as may be required by the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force. He shall render, through the National Guard Bureau, such accounts of federal funds entrusted to him for disbursement as may be required by the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force. The secretary concerned may cause an inspection of the accounts and records of the property and fiscal officer to be made by an inspector general of his department at least once a year. The United States property and fiscal officer shall function under the direction of the Adjutant General.
MS Code § 33-9-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-7. Annual settlements for property both federal and state

 Federal Property. - The Adjutant General shall direct the USPFO to audit and effect annual settlements with responsible officers having federal property accounts. The USPFO shall cause the responsible officer to prepare and submit proper adjustment documents to cover any discrepancies discovered during such audit. When it is determined by duly appointed reviewing authority that losses were incurred due to fault or negligence of the responsible officer, he shall be held pecuniarily liable. When the responsible officer has been held pecuniarily liable, the Adjutant General shall make demand on the responsible officer for payment to the treasurer of the United States for the specified amount. The Adjutant General shall enter or cause to be entered a suit on the bond of such officer upon failure to comply with demand for payment.   State Property. - All property of a nonconsumable nature procured by the Adjutant General from state appropriated funds and like property purchased from unit maintenance funds shall be accounted for as state property. Property donated from any sources for National Guard use shall be considered state owned property. The Adjutant General shall maintain state property lists for all units and activities of the Mississippi National Guard. The Adjutant General shall cause state property accounts to be audited as he deems necessary. If the audit reflects shortages, the Adjutant General will cause an investigation to be made and take appropriate action. If such shortages are found to be due to the fault or negligence of the responsible officer, the Adjutant General shall make demand on the responsible officer for payment to the military fund of Mississippi for the specified amount. The Adjutant General shall enter or cause to be entered a suit on the bond of such officer upon failure to comply with demand for payment.
MS Code § 33-9-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-9. Prerequisites to sharing in appropriations

 No unit or activity shall participate in the annual appropriation for the maintenance of the militia unless the proper officer of such organizations shall have rendered the required training or was excused by proper authority.
MS Code § 33-9-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-11. Disbursements of military department funds

 The Adjutant General and the Comptroller of the Military Department are responsible for all obligations or indebtedness incurred in the name of the agency or by any employee for them when incurred by such employee acting within the scope of his or her employment. All bills, claims and demands against Military Department funds shall be certified or verified in the manner prescribed by regulations promulgated by the State Auditor and State Treasurer.   Purchase orders will be signed by the Adjutant General, comptroller or such other persons as the Adjutant General may designate in writing to the State Auditor. Requisitions for issuance of warrant will be signed by persons designated by the Adjutant General and will be approved by the Adjutant General, comptroller or such other persons as the Adjutant General may designate in writing to the State Auditor.
MS Code § 33-9-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-13. Allowances for maintenance

 Each unit shall be entitled to such maintenance fund allowances as may be provided in the annual appropriations act as apportioned by the Adjutant General under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe.
MS Code § 33-9-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-15. Transportation and subsistence of militia on active state duty

 There shall be provided by the state transportation for all officers and transportation and subsistence for all enlisted men who shall be lawfully ordered to active state duty. Necessary transportation, quartermaster's stores and subsistence for troops when ordered on duty shall be contracted for by the proper officers and paid for as other military expenses.
MS Code § 33-9-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-17. Officers to surrender property

 Every officer of the Mississippi National Guard shall immediately upon his vacating an office, turn over to his successor, or to such other officer as may be designated by the commander in chief, or other competent authority, all records, retained copies of reports, public funds, and public military property pertaining to his former office or command. Any officer who shall fail or refuse to so turn over public funds or military property or records when called upon to do so, or shall abandon the same, or who shall fail or refuse to account for the same in the proper manner prescribed by law and regulations, shall be subject to trial by court-martial and punished as the court may direct.
MS Code § 33-9-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-19. Appropriation of public property

 Any officer or enlisted man taking any government property from any military installation without the consent of his unit commander shall be considered as appropriating government property for his own use and may be tried in any court of competent jurisdiction and on conviction thereof shall suffer a fine in any sum, not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), together with the cost of such government property, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 33-9-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-21. Purchase or receiving of military property a misdemeanor

 If any person knowingly purchases or receives in pawn or pledge any military property of the state or of the United States he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one (1) year, or fined not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or to both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 33-9-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-23. Disposition of state property

 All military property of the state which after proper inspection shall be found unsuitable for use of the state shall, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, be disposed of in such a manner as the Adjutant General shall direct and the proceeds thereof paid into the Military Fund of the state.
MS Code § 33-9-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 9 - Property and Finances|§ 33-9-25. Mississippi National Guard Special Construction Project Design Fund

 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Mississippi National Guard Special Construction Project Design Fund for the purpose of receiving monies appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expense of construction design to enable the Mississippi Military Department to access federal construction funds. Unexpended amounts remaining in such special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in such special fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.
MS Code § 33-11-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-1. Acquisition of real estate

 The Adjutant General of this state may receive on behalf of the state conveyances of real property suitable for the construction of any required training facility. In accepting any such conveyance on behalf of the state, the state shall incur no liability for the purchase of such real estate unless it can be absorbed by the current appropriation for the operation of the military department. The Adjutant General is further empowered to enter into cooperative agreements with any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, of the state for the purpose of providing facilities for National Guard training purposes.
MS Code § 33-11-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-3. Custody and use of training facilities

 The Adjutant General shall be the state custodian of training facilities. No training facility shall be used for any other than a strictly military purpose without the recommendation of the officer in charge thereof and approval of the Adjutant General.
MS Code § 33-11-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-5. Maintenance of facilities

 The Adjutant General shall be responsible for the proper maintenance of training facilities and is authorized to expend funds appropriated for this purpose.
MS Code § 33-11-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-7. Leasing of training facilities

 The Adjutant General of the state is authorized and empowered to lease for and on behalf of the Mississippi National Guard, and for its use and benefit, such real property within the state as may be necessary and suitable for military installations and training facilities or other military purposes. Said leases may be made for a period of not to exceed ninety-nine (99) years. Payments under such leases may be paid out of the military fund.
MS Code § 33-11-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 11 - Training Facilities|§ 33-11-9. Indemnity clauses in leases acquired for camp site

 Whenever it shall become necessary or desirable to lease any lands to provide National Guard training facilities, the Adjutant General of Mississippi is hereby authorized and empowered to place in such leases any indemnity clauses that may be required to indemnify any owners of such lands for damages caused to such lands from training uses. Payment for any such damages shall only be made after written appraisal and estimate of such damages by representatives of the Mississippi state forestry commission. Such payment shall only be made from such funds as the Adjutant General may have available for such purposes or from such funds as may be appropriated by the legislature of the State of Mississippi for such purposes. If either the Adjutant General or the owner are dissatisfied with the amount of such damages as estimated by the state forestry commission representative, then the Adjutant General or such owner may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the land is located within thirty (30) days from the receipt of such written appraisal and estimate for trial and determination, and either the owner or Adjutant General may appeal to the state supreme court from an adverse decision in the circuit court as provided by law.