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MS Code § 19-3-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-53. Collection of fines imposed by board

 When a fine shall be imposed upon any person by the board of supervisors, by virtue of any provision of law, the board shall cause the person to be summoned to appear at a succeeding meeting to show cause why the judgment for such fine shall not be made final. If sufficient cause be not shown at the return-day of the summons, the judgment shall be made final, with costs, and the clerk shall issue a capias pro finem therefor, as for fines in the circuit court, which shall be made returnable at the next regular meeting of the board. If good cause be shown, the board may set aside the fine, upon payment of costs. The clerk and sheriff shall be entitled to like fees, for services, as upon similar proceedings in the circuit court.
MS Code § 19-3-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-55. Elections for county purposes may be ordered by petition of qualified electors

 Unless otherwise specifically required by law, the board of supervisors of any county shall upon the filing of a petition touching any matter affecting the entire county and over which it has jurisdiction, signed by twenty-five per cent. of the qualified electors of the county, either pass an order putting said proposition in force and effect or immediately submit the same to a vote of the qualified electors of the county, after giving thirty days' notice of said election, said notice to contain a statement of the proposition to be voted on at said election. If said election shall result in favor of the proposition petitioned for, the board of supervisors, shall pass the necessary order, to put the said proposition in force and effect. In the event the election shall result against the proposition submitted, no other election shall be held on the same, or substantially the same proposition within twelve months of the date of the prior election. This section shall not, however, apply to the creation of taxing districts.
MS Code § 19-3-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-57. Tickets; what shall be printed on same

 The tickets to be used in an election pursuant to Section 19-3-55 shall have a substantial synopsis of the proposition petitioned for, printed thereon, and next below shall have the words, "For the Proposition"; and the words, "Against the Proposition", next below. In making up his ticket the voter shall, if he favors the proposition, make a cross (x) opposite the words, "For the Proposition" on his ticket, and if he does not favor the proposition, he shall make a cross (x) opposite the words, "Against the Proposition."
MS Code § 19-3-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-59. Appropriation of county funds

 The board of supervisors shall direct the appropriation of money that may come into the county treasury, but shall not appropriate the same to an object not authorized by law.
MS Code § 19-3-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-61. Employment of comptroller or bookkeeper

 The board of supervisors in each county may employ and compensate at least one (1) qualified individual who shall serve as comptroller or bookkeeper for funds received, expended or handled by the board. The board may also employ and compensate such clerical assistance as the comptroller or bookkeeper may require to effectively discharge the duties imposed by this chapter, such compensation to be paid from the general fund, road funds or other available funds of such county.
MS Code § 19-3-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-63. Vacations and sick leave for county employees; payment or compensatory time for public safety employees for holidays; closure of county offices for funeral of deceased elected or appointed official

  The board of supervisors of each county by resolution adopted and placed on its minutes may establish a policy of sick leave and vacation time for employees of the county not inconsistent with the state laws regarding office hours and holidays.   Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, each elected official of the county, other than a member of the board of supervisors, who is authorized by law to employ, may, by written policy filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, establish a policy of sick leave and vacation time for his employees which may be inconsistent with the policy established by the board of supervisors but which shall not be inconsistent with the state laws regarding office hours and holidays. If such elected official fails to adopt and file such a policy with the clerk of the board of supervisors, the policy adopted by the board of supervisors for sick leave and vacation time for county employees shall apply to employees of such elected official.   The board of supervisors of any county and each elected official of the county who is authorized by law to employ shall enact leave policies to ensure that a public safety employee is paid or granted compensatory time for the same number of holidays for which any other county employee is paid.   The board of supervisors of each county by resolution adopted and placed on its minutes may establish a policy to close county offices if an elected or appointed county official dies to allow county employees of the deceased elected or appointed official to attend the funeral of such deceased or appointed official.
MS Code § 19-3-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-65. Membership in national and state organizations of governmental officials

 The board of supervisors in each county is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to do all things and to perform all acts which may be necessary to join the National Association of County Officials and/or State and County Administrator Association.   The board of supervisors in each county is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to pay from the county general fund the required fees and dues for membership in the National Association of County Officials and the Mississippi Association of Supervisors.
MS Code § 19-3-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-67. Traveling expenses of supervisors

  When any member of any board of supervisors shall be required to travel outside of his county but within the State of Mississippi in the performance of his official duties, such member shall receive as expenses of such travel the same mileage and actual and necessary expenses for food, lodging and travel by public carrier or private motor vehicles as is allowed state officers and employees pursuant to the provisions of Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972. Provided, however, mileage shall not be authorized when such travel is done by a motor vehicle owned by the county.   When any member of any board of supervisors shall be required to travel outside the State of Mississippi in the performance of his official duties, such member shall receive as expenses of such travel the same mileage and actual and necessary expenses for food, lodging and travel by public carrier or private motor vehicles as is allowed state officers and employees pursuant to the provisions of Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972. Provided, however, such travel must receive the prior approval of the board before it is undertaken, and such approval shall be spread upon the minutes of the board.   Except as hereinafter provided with respect to mileage, no expenses shall be authorized or approved by any board of supervisors for travel by the member of such board within the county of such board. With respect to mileage, when travel within the county by a member of such board is done by a motor vehicle owned by the county, mileage shall not be authorized; however, when any member of such board does not have a county-owned motor vehicle regularly assigned to him for his use or when a county-owned motor vehicle is not otherwise available for his use at the time when travel is necessary, and he is required to travel within the county in the performance of his official duties using his private motor vehicle, then he may be reimbursed for mileage in the same manner as provided in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972.   Itemized expense accounts shall be submitted by the member on forms prescribed by the Auditor of Public Accounts for reimbursement of expenses for state officers and employees in such numbers as the county may require. No expenses authorized in this section shall be reimbursed unless the expenses have been authorized or approved by a vote of a majority of the members of the board duly made and spread upon the minutes of such board.   Expenses authorized in this section shall be published by the board of supervisors in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county; and, if no such newspaper is published in the county, then in a newspaper published elsewhere in the state which has a general circulation in such county. The publication shall be a detailed accounting of the expenses authorized to each member of the board. The cost of publishing such expense accounts shall be paid by the county pursuant to the provisions of Section 19-3-35.
MS Code § 19-3-68 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-68. Supervisors and county employees authorized to use credit cards to pay travel expenses

 The board of supervisors of any county may acquire one or more credit cards which may be used by members of the board of supervisors and county employees to pay expenses incurred by them when traveling in or out of the state in the performance of their official duties. The chancery clerk or county purchase clerk shall maintain complete records of all credit card numbers and all receipts and other documents relating to the use of such credit cards. The supervisors and county employees shall furnish receipts for the use of such credit cards each month to the chancery clerk or purchase clerk who shall submit a written report monthly to the board of supervisors. The report shall include an itemized list of all expenditures and use of the credit cards for the month, and such expenditures may be allowed for payment by the county in the same manner as other items on the claims docket. The issuance of a credit card to a supervisor or county employee under the provisions of this section does not authorize the supervisor or county employee to use the credit card to make any expenditure that is not otherwise authorized by law. Any supervisor or county employee who uses the credit card to make an expenditure that is not approved for payment by the board shall be personally liable for the expenditure and shall reimburse the county.
MS Code § 19-3-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-69. Authority to contract for professional services

 The board of supervisors of each county may, in its discretion, contract with certain professionals when the board determines that such professional services are necessary and in the best interest of the county.   The board of supervisors shall spread upon its minutes its finding that the professional services are necessary and in the best interest of the county. The contract for professional services shall be approved by the attorney for the board of supervisors and made a part of the minutes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors may request and consider the price of the services in its initial and subsequent contact with professionals.   A professional within the meaning of this section shall be limited to:   Attorneys at law, admitted to practice law in this state by the State Board of Bar Admissions;   Accountants, certified by the State Board of Public Accountancy;   Architects, licensed by the State Board of Architecture;   Engineers and land surveyors, registered by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors;   Physicians, licensed by the State Board of Medical Licensure;   Appraisers, licensed by the Mississippi Real Estate Commission or as otherwise provided by law or ad valorem appraisers holding the MAE designation from the Department of Revenue;   Real estate brokers, licensed by the Mississippi Real Estate Commission;   In the sale of personal property pursuant to the provisions of Section 19-7-5, auctioneers who meet standards established by the State Department of Audit.
MS Code § 19-3-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-71. Appointment of county fire services coordinator

 The board of supervisors in each county shall appoint a county fire services coordinator, and may compensate him from any available county funds, except insurance rebate monies from the County Volunteer Fire Department Fund. The county fire services coordinator shall demonstrate that he possesses fire-related knowledge and experience as well as meeting the guidelines established by the Commissioner of Insurance. The director of the local organization for emergency management serving the county may be the coordinator if he meets the criteria provided in this section.
MS Code § 19-3-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-73. Authority of county to maintain real property owned or leased by fire protection district

 In addition to the maintenance authority granted in Section 83-1-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, the board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to grade, gravel, shell and/or maintain real property, including roads or driveways thereof, owned by a municipal fire protection district or county fire protection district, or leased for a term of not less than twenty (20) years by a municipal fire protection district or a county fire protection district, as necessary for the effective and safe operation of such district. Any action taken by the board of supervisors under the authority of this section shall be spread upon the minutes of the board of supervisors when the work is authorized.
MS Code § 19-3-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-75. Maintenance of roads or driveways to public cemeteries

 The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to grade, gravel or shell and/or to repair and maintain roads or driveways to public cemeteries.
MS Code § 19-3-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-81. Power of board to authorize sheriff to operate inmate canteen facilities; inmate canteen fund

    The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to allow the sheriff of such county to operate a facility or facilities to be known as an inmate canteen facility or facilities, the purpose of which is to make available certain goods and other items of value for purchase by inmates confined in the county jail of such county, employees of the county jail and persons visiting inmates or employees. The sheriff of such county shall promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of such a facility.   If the board of supervisors of any county authorizes the sheriff of such county to operate such a facility or facilities as provided in subsection (1) of this section, any funds which may be derived from the operation of an inmate canteen facility or facilities shall be deposited into a special fund in the county treasury to be designated as the "Inmate Canteen Fund." Any monies in the special fund may be expended solely by the sheriff of the county for any educational related expenses, to purchase equipment and supplies and to provide for maintenance of the equipment purchased for the benefit and welfare of the inmates incarcerated in the county jail. The term "supplies" shall not include supplies related to the personal hygiene of inmates.     In lieu of the authority to operate an inmate canteen facility under subsection (1) of this section, the board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may authorize the sheriff to contract with a private company for the provision of commissary services to inmates of the county jail. Money collected from or on behalf of an inmate for the purchase of commissary items shall be deposited to the credit of the inmate into a special fund in the county treasury to be designated as the "Inmate Commissary Trust Fund." Money in the special fund may be expended upon requisition by the sheriff for the purchase and delivery of prepackaged items from the company with which the sheriff has contracted. The sheriff shall adopt rules and regulations for the letting of contracts for commissary services, the collection and distribution of commissary items to inmates, and the items that inmates may purchase through commissary services contracts.
MS Code § 19-3-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|In General|§ 19-3-83. Authority to adopt ordinances for the regulation of transient vendors

 The board of supervisors of any county shall have the power to adopt reasonable ordinances for the regulation of transient vendors not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 75-85-1 through 75-85-19. However, such board of supervisors shall not have the power to declare residential solicitations by transient vendors who are citizens of the State of Mississippi, or who are agents of corporations domiciled in the State of Mississippi, or who are agents of foreign corporations qualified to do business in the State of Mississippi, to be a public nuisance or a misdemeanor, unless such transient vendors are not in compliance with Sections 75-85-1 through 75-85-19 or local regulations. Before transacting any business all transient vendors shall furnish to the county wherein such business is to be transacted, a good and sufficient penal bond in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) conditioned that if such transient vendor shall comply with all of the provisions of the county ordinances relating to transient vendors such obligation shall be void, otherwise, to remain in full force and effect. Any ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors of any county under the provisions of this section shall be applicable throughout the entire county, including any areas within any municipalities in such county, unless there is in effect or is subsequently adopted by the municipality its own ordinance under the provisions of Section 29-19-35, in which case the municipal ordinance shall control as to the area within such municipality.
MS Code § 19-3-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|County Cooperative Service District|§ 19-3-101. Creation of county cooperative service district

  The board of supervisors of any county in this state may, by order duly entered on its minutes, join with any other county or counties in this state to establish a county cooperative service district for the purpose of instituting planning and mutual cooperation among counties to improve the delivery of services to, and the provision of benefits for, all citizens of participating counties by the joint financing, construction and administration of governmental services and facilities.   Any power, authority or responsibility which may be lawfully exercised by a county, except for the imposition of taxes, may be exercised jointly by participating counties through the board of commissioners of a county cooperative service district, hereinafter in Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115, Mississippi Code of 1972, referred to as the "district," unless in a resolution of a board of supervisors creating the district the exercise of a particular power is specifically excluded. The district shall have authority to prepare or have prepared a water resources study or other environmental studies; however, any action by the district which will have an impact upon groundwater resources shall only be implemented consistent with an official statewide water management plan or with the approval of the Commission on Natural Resources.
MS Code § 19-3-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 19 - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors|County Cooperative Service District|§ 19-3-103. District as public corporation in perpetuity; powers

 From and after the creation of a district, it shall be a public corporation in perpetuity under its corporate name and shall, in that name, be a body politic and corporate, with power of perpetual succession, having all the powers necessary or convenient to effectuate the purpose of Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115, including the power:   To adopt, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115 to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the district;   To adopt an official name and seal, and retain and keep minutes of its meetings in a firmly bound minute book in which all actions taken by the district about its business shall be recorded;   To elect from among its members a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary to serve annually;   To maintain an office at such place or places as it may designate, and to employ and compensate an executive director and such other personnel as shall be necessary to exercise the powers and perform the duties provided for in Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115;   To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115;   To implement, operate, administer or supervise, directly or indirectly, such programs, services and activities as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115;   To apply for, accept, receive, expend or otherwise dispose of, in furtherance of its functions, funds, grants, services and property from the federal government or its agencies and from departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the state, municipal or county governments;   To cooperate with and execute cooperative agreements with all other federal, state and local governmental agencies in the exercise of its functions under the provisions of Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115;   To sue and be sued; and in any suit against the commission, service of process shall be had by service upon the chairman with such process; and   To charge fees, tolls and special assessments to participating counties and any municipality which may have contracted for services to finance the operation, maintenance and debt service of activities and services undertaken by the district.