reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
MS Code § 19-15-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 15 - Records and Recording|§ 19-15-5. Equipment for electronic storage of documents for chancery clerks

 The board of supervisors of any county is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to purchase all the necessary equipment and supplies needed for the electronic storage of documents out of the general fund of said county. Before purchasing such equipment advertisement shall be made, as required by law for letting of bids, and the board shall purchase the equipment from the lowest and best bidder on the type machine desired to be purchased.
MS Code § 19-15-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 15 - Records and Recording|§ 19-15-7. General index of disposed chancery and probate cases; filing system for papers in such cases

 The board of supervisors of any county may, when in its opinion the interest of the county would be served thereby, have made a complete index of all chancery court causes and probate court causes which have been finally disposed of in the courts of the county. Said board may provide for the proper storage and preservation of the original papers in all cases which have been finally disposed of in the chancery court or the probate court of the county. Such general index shall be prepared by the chancery clerk, and the necessary filing system shall be installed under his direction. The board of supervisors shall be authorized to pay to the chancery clerk such reasonable compensation therefor as the board may deem proper.
MS Code § 19-15-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 15 - Records and Recording|§ 19-15-9. Rebinding of record books; transcription of deteriorating record books

 The board of supervisors shall have rebound all record books of conveyances and of last wills and testaments, of indexes thereto, and all other record books of the county that need to be rebound. Said board shall have transcribed into new record books all conveyances and other instruments of record, and indexes thereto, that need to be transcribed for preservation. The cost thereof shall be paid out of the county treasury.
MS Code § 19-15-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 15 - Records and Recording|§ 19-15-11. Record of abstracts of title

 The board of supervisors of any county may, when in its opinion the interest of the county would be subserved thereby, procure by purchase or have made, a complete abstract of titles to land in the county, and may provide all books necessary for the purpose. The costs thereof shall be paid out of the county treasury. Such abstracts, when purchased or made, shall be kept in the office of the chancery clerk of the county as a public record.
MS Code § 19-17-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-1. The clerk is county auditor

 The clerk of the board of supervisors is the county auditor, and he shall perform the duties of auditor as provided by law.
MS Code § 19-17-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-3. To keep certain ledger accounts

 The county auditor shall keep a well-bound book, in which he shall keep an account with each county office, and with the courthouse, jail, and poorhouse, and wherein he shall enter allowances for each. He shall keep accounts of allowances made for mileage and pay of the members of the board of supervisors and of jurors, and of witnesses for the state, each separately, as well as expenditures on account of each part of every public road under a separate contract or other separate link.
MS Code § 19-17-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-5. To keep depository funds ledger

 The county auditor shall keep, as a record in his office, a book to be styled "depository funds ledger" in which he shall record all receipts and disbursements of county funds, and he shall compare and reconcile said "depository funds ledger" with the depository's report of funds of the county on deposit, as shown by such report, quarterly and/or at such other times, as may be required by the board of supervisors.
MS Code § 19-17-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-7. To keep accounts of officers

 The county auditor shall keep a suitable book, in which he shall enter the accounts of all officers whose duty it is to receive or collect any money for the county, exhibiting the debits and credits, and what they represent, whether money, warrants, or bonds, and whether belonging to the general or any special fund. Such book shall be at all times subject to the inspection of any citizen of the county.
MS Code § 19-17-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-9. To issue receipt warrants

 It shall be the duty of the county auditor to issue his receipt warrant to any person desiring to pay money into the county treasury, specifying the amount and the particular account on which such payment is to be made, and the fund to which it belongs. However, a receipt warrant shall not be credited to the person making such payment, nor be charged to the county depository, until there shall be produced and filed with such auditor a duplicate receipt, signed by the depository, for the sum specified in such receipt warrant.
MS Code § 19-17-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-11. To settle with officers, and exact payment

 The county auditor shall examine, audit and settle the accounts of the collector of taxes payable into the county treasury, and of all officers receiving funds payable into such treasury, and shall require all sums due from any officer to be paid into the county depository on the day such funds are collected or on the next business day thereafter. In all cases, on issuing his receipt warrant for the payment of any money into the county treasury, he shall charge the person to whom the warrant is issued with its amount, if not before charged to such person; and on presentation to him of the duplicate receipt of the county depository, he shall charge it with such sum, and credit the person to whom the receipt warrant was issued with the sum. If any officer whose duty it is to make any payment into the county treasury shall fail to do so as prescribed by law, the county auditor or the board of supervisors shall forthwith institute suit against the officer on his official bond for such default.
MS Code § 19-17-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-13. To debit and credit tax collector with county taxes

 It shall be the duty of the clerk, as county auditor, on delivering the assessment rolls to the tax collector, to charge him with the full amount of all taxes required to be paid into the county treasury, as shown by the rolls and the law, or by the order of the board of supervisors levying county taxes, and in settling with him to charge him with any additional assessments on the rolls due the county that may have been made, and to credit him only with such payments as he shall have made, according to law, into said treasury, and with such legal allowances as shall have been made to him by the board of supervisors, or as are fixed by law.
MS Code § 19-17-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-15. To charge appropriate officer with jury taxes, fines, penalties, and forfeitures

 It shall be the duty of the clerk, on receiving from the circuit court the list of jury taxes accrued at any term of the circuit court, and of the fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed or accrued at each term of the court, at once, as county auditor, to charge the sheriff of the county, or the person acting as such for the time, with the full amount of such jury taxes, fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and to require the sheriff, or the person acting as such, to pay the amount into the county treasury, except such as he shall show a legal excuse for not collecting and paying.   When a fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall be imposed by any court of which he is a clerk, he shall, as county auditor, at once charge such sum to the proper officer, and require its payment into the county treasury.
MS Code § 19-17-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-17. To examine books of officers and make proper charges; report to grand jury

 The clerk of the board of supervisors, as county auditor, is authorized and required to examine the accounts, dockets and records of clerks, sheriffs and other officers of his county, to ascertain if any money payable into the county treasury is properly chargeable to them, and he shall charge them with such money. It shall be his duty to make written report, under oath, to each regular session of the grand jury setting forth the conditions as found by said examination, and any failure to make such report shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction for same he shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
MS Code § 19-17-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-19. To report defaulting officers

 If any justice of the peace, or other officer required by law to make report or furnish a list to the clerk of the board of supervisors, or to make payment of any money accruing to the county or state and payable into the county treasury, shall fail to make such report or furnish such list, or if the county depository shall fail to bring all moneys or certificates of deposit belonging to the county treasury to the board of supervisors to be counted by the board as required by law, it shall be the duty of the clerk, as county auditor, to report such delinquent in writing, to the grand jury, and also to the district attorney, for the institution of legal proceedings for the default.
MS Code § 19-17-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 17 - County Auditors|§ 19-17-21. To credit and report on poll tax

 It shall be the duty of the county auditor to place to the credit of the public school fund of the county all sums of money paid into the county treasury arising from the state Two Dollars ($2.00) poll tax, and, on the first day of October and April of each fiscal year, he shall report to the county superintendent of public education and the auditor of public accounts the amount of such credit during the preceding six months.
MS Code § 19-19-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-1. Number to be elected

  In accordance with the provisions of Section 19-19-2, there shall be a competent number of constables in each county of the state.   The board of supervisors shall furnish each constable with at least two (2) complete uniforms and with some type of motor vehicle identification which clearly indicates that the motor vehicle is being used by a constable in his official capacity. A constable shall, at all times while on official duty, wear his uniform and, when in his vehicle, clearly display his official motor vehicle identification required to be furnished pursuant to this subsection. In addition, the board of supervisors shall provide each constable with a blue flashing light which the constable shall affix to his motor vehicle at all times while using such motor vehicle on official duty. The design of such uniforms, the design of such motor vehicle identification and the type of such flashing blue light shall be prescribed by the Board on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training in order that all constables within the state shall be similarly equipped.
MS Code § 19-19-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-2. Election from single member election districts

 The board of supervisors of each county shall establish single member election districts in the county for the election of each of the constables at the 1987 general election and for each general election thereafter. Such districts shall be of the same number and shall have the same boundaries as districts established for justice court judges pursuant to Section 9-11-2, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 19-19-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-3. Oath and bond of office

 Constables shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law and in the same manner as other county officials, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). The bond premium for each constable shall be paid from the general county fund of the respective counties. The board of supervisors of the county may at any time require such additional sum as it deems necessary.
MS Code § 19-19-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-6. Training programs for constables

 On or before January 7, 1990, the Board on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training shall submit to the Mississippi State Legislature a proposal describing the training program required by Section 19-19-5, which is specifically designed for the training of constables. The proposal shall set forth in detail the nature and scope of the curriculum and time period of training for constables, with due consideration being given to the specific duties and responsibilities of constables.
MS Code § 19-19-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-7. Constable to attend justices' court

 It shall be the duty of the constable to attend the justices' courts of his district, and to obey their lawful orders. He shall execute all judgments of said courts in any criminal case before them.
MS Code § 19-19-8 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-8. Compensation for constable serving as justice court bailiff

 A constable that serves as a bailiff in justice court for criminal cases may be paid by the county in an amount equal to the allowance paid to riding bailiffs as provided in Section 19-25-31.
MS Code § 19-19-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-9. Effect of failure to execute and return execution

 If any constable or other officer fail to execute and return, according to law, any execution to him directed by any justice of the peace, on or before the return day thereof, the plaintiff in execution may recover the amount thereof, with interest and costs and five per centum damages thereon, by motion before the justice to whom the execution was returnable, against the officer and his sureties. When any constable, or such other officer, or his sureties, shall have paid the amount of money and damages recovered, the original judgment shall be vested in the person so paying. The justice, on motion, may fine the officer not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for failing to return such execution.
MS Code § 19-19-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-11. Effect of failure to pay money on execution

 If any constable or other officer shall collect or receive any money by virtue of an execution issued by a justice of the peace, and shall not pay the same over, on demand to the plaintiff in execution, or other person authorized to receive the same, the plaintiff, or other person authorized to receive the same, may recover the amount thereof, with interest and costs and twenty-five per centum damages, by motion before the justice of the peace against the officer and his sureties.
MS Code § 19-19-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-13. Liability for false return

 If any constable or other officer make a false return on any execution or other process issued by a justice of the peace, such officer shall forfeit and pay the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), to be recovered against such officer and his sureties by motion before the justice by whom such process was issued, for the use of the party injured by said false return.
MS Code § 19-19-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 19 - Constables|§ 19-19-15. Penalty for neglect of duty

 A constable who shall fail to discharge any of the duties required of him, when no other penalty is provided for such failure, shall be liable to be fined, as for a contempt, not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) by the justice of the peace before whom the proceedings may be pending.
MS Code § 19-23-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 23 - County Attorneys|§ 19-23-1. County prosecuting attorney

 There shall be, in the counties where such an office now exists, a county prosecuting attorney, elected in the county at each general election for state and county officers. The several counties in the state shall have the right to come from under and within the provisions of this chapter in the manner hereinafter provided.
MS Code § 19-23-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 23 - County Attorneys|§ 19-23-3. Election to establish or abolish office of county prosecuting attorney

 The board of supervisors of any county, when requested thereto by a petition signed by twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of that county asking for an election to determine whether or not the office of county prosecuting attorney shall be established or abolished, shall order an election to be held not less than sixty days from the first meeting of the board after the petition is filed, at which election the qualified electors of the county shall vote for or against the office of county prosecuting attorney. The expense of said election shall be paid out of the county treasury. It shall be the duty of the election commissioners to furnish to the managers of the election, ballots upon which shall be written the following: "For County Prosecuting Attorney's Office," "Against County Prosecuting Attorney's Office," and all laws now in force governing general elections shall apply to the special elections herein provided for. If it shall appear that a majority of the qualified electors voting on this question shall vote against the county prosecuting attorney's office, the office shall be abolished or not established, as the case may be. No election concerning the establishing or abolishing of the county prosecuting attorney's office shall be held less than two years from the date on which the office was established or abolished, as provided for in this section, and less than two years after a county attorney shall have been elected to fill the said office.
MS Code § 19-23-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 23 - County Attorneys|§ 19-23-5. Supervisors may reestablish office

 The board of supervisors of any county where the county prosecuting attorney's office has been abolished may by its own motion entered upon the minutes, make an order to reestablish the said office of county prosecuting attorney in said county. Said order shall be published in a newspaper published in said county and having a general circulation therein, and if there is no such newspaper in said county, the said order shall be posted in three public places of said county, and one of the said places shall be the courthouse, for three consecutive weeks next preceding, and if within that time twenty percent (20%)of the qualified electors of the county shall petition against re-creation of said office, then the said office shall not be re-created, unless an election shall have been ordered in the manner provided for in Section 19-23-3, and a majority of the qualified voters in said election vote to re-create said office. The said board shall not re-create said office unless two years after the same has been abolished shall have passed. Should there be no petition against the re-creation of said office, the board of supervisors shall re-create said office of county prosecuting attorney.
MS Code § 19-23-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 23 - County Attorneys|§ 19-23-7. Governor to make appointment to reestablished office

 Should the county prosecuting attorney's office be re-created under Section 19-23-5, then the Governor shall appoint an attorney, whose term of office shall be until the next general election, whether the same be held for the election of congressmen, judges or other officers, when said county attorney's office shall be filled by election and whose term of office shall be until the next general election for state and county officers, or until the office is abolished as provided for in Section 19-23-3.
MS Code § 19-23-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 23 - County Attorneys|§ 19-23-9. Qualifications

 The county prosecuting attorney shall possess all the qualifications of other county officers, and in addition thereto shall be a regular licensed and practicing lawyer.
MS Code § 19-23-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 23 - County Attorneys|§ 19-23-13. County prosecuting attorney not to defend criminal cases in county

 The county prosecuting attorney shall not represent or defend any person in any criminal prosecution in the name of the state, county or municipality of the county, nor shall he give any advice against the state, his county or in a criminal case against a municipality of his county, and shall not represent any person in any case against the state, his county, or in a criminal case arising in a municipal court of his county. Nothing herein shall prohibit any county prosecuting attorney from defending any person in any criminal prosecution in any county not within the circuit court district of such county prosecuting attorney.
MS Code § 19-23-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 23 - County Attorneys|§ 19-23-15. County prosecuting attorney may be attorney for supervisors

 The county prosecuting attorney may be employed by the supervisors as the attorney for the board of supervisors, and may be paid the additional salary otherwise provided by law for the board's attorney, in addition to the salary of the county attorney, fixed for services as county prosecuting attorney.
MS Code § 19-23-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 23 - County Attorneys|§ 19-23-17. Justice court judges to arrange dates of courts with county prosecuting attorney

 The justice court judges of the county shall confer with the county prosecuting attorney as to the date of holding their respective courts, and by mutual arrangements, shall hold their courts as far apart as possible, so as to enable the county prosecuting attorney to attend their courts when necessary.
MS Code § 19-23-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 23 - County Attorneys|§ 19-23-19. Secretarial assistance

 The board of supervisors in each county in the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to pay a reasonable sum not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month to the county prosecuting attorney for secretarial services actually rendered to said county prosecuting attorney in the discharge of the official duties of his office.