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MS Code § 21-35-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-11. Records of municipal funds

 The clerk of the municipality shall open and keep a regular set of records, as prescribed by the State Auditor, as the head of the State Department of Audit, or the director thereof, appointed by him, as designated and defined in Title 7, Chapter 7, of the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any office or officers hereafter designated to replace or perform the duties imposed by said chapter, of each and every fund of the municipality, subject always to inspection within office hours by any citizen desiring to inspect the same. Said records shall contain accounts, under headings, corresponding with the several headings of the budget, so that the expenditures under each head may be at once known, and the purpose for which expended, and said records shall show the source of all monies received and paid into each fund of the municipality. Said records shall be paid for out of the general municipal fund, upon the order of the proper municipal authorities.   For failure to perform any duty herein required, said clerk shall be subject to suit on his bond for any damage which the municipality may sustain by reason of such failure. Such suit, or suits, shall be brought by the city attorney or by any attorney designated and empowered to do so by the proper governing authorities of such municipality.
MS Code § 21-35-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-13. Monthly report of clerk

 At the regular meeting in each month, the city clerk shall submit to the governing authorities of the municipality a report showing the expenditures and liabilities incurred against each separate budget appropriation item during the preceding calendar month, and like information for the whole of the fiscal year to the first day of the month in which such report is made, together with the unexpended balance of each appropriation item and the unencumbered balance. He shall also set forth the receipts from property taxes and, in detail, the receipts from other taxes and all other sources of each fund for the same period.
MS Code § 21-35-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-15. Expenditure of funds

 The governing authorities shall at all times keep within the sums named in their said budget and within the annual revenue, always seeking to lessen expenditures instead of exceeding revenue and budget estimates. There shall not be added to the amount to be appropriated and authorized to be expended for any item, or to the total amount appropriated and authorized to be expended from any fund any amount or percentage whatever because of any anticipated loss of revenue by reason of the nonpayment of taxes levied for the current fiscal year. The amount appropriated and authorized to be expended for any item contained in such budget, except for capital outlay, election expenses, and payment of emergency warrants and interest thereon, must not exceed the amount actually estimated for such item, and the total amount appropriated and authorized to be expended from any fund, except for capital outlay, election expenses and payment of emergency warrants and interest thereon, shall not exceed the total amount actually estimated for all purposes. The total expenditures authorized to be made from any fund shall not exceed the aggregate cash balance, in such fund at the close of the fiscal year immediately preceding, plus the amount of estimated revenues to accrue to such fund, as determined and fixed in the manner provided by this chapter, and the amount which may be raised for such fund by a lawful tax levy during the current fiscal year. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any municipality from making adequate provision at any time for the payment of principal of and interest on its outstanding bonded indebtedness.
MS Code § 21-35-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-17. Budget estimates not to be exceeded; liability therefor; exemption for unfunded employee retirement or pension funds

 Expenditures made, liabilities incurred, or warrants issued in excess of any of the budget detailed appropriations as originally and finally determined, or as thereafter revised by transfer as provided by this chapter, shall not be a liability of the municipality, but the official making or incurring such expenditure or issuing such warrant shall be liable therefor personally and upon his official bond. The governing authorities shall not approve any claim and the city clerk shall not issue any warrant for any expenditure in excess of said detailed budget appropriations as finally adopted, or as revised under the provisions of this chapter, except upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or for an emergency, as provided in this chapter. Any one or more of the governing authorities, or clerk, approving any claim or issuing any warrant in excess of any such budget appropriation, except as above provided, shall forfeit to the municipality twice the amount of such claim or warrant, which shall be recovered in an action against such member, or members, of the governing authorities, or clerk, or all of them, and the several sureties on their official bonds, and it shall be the duty of the governing authorities of such municipality, or the State Auditor, as the head of the State Department of Audit, or the director thereof, appointed by him, or any taxpayer of such municipality, to bring an action therefor through the city attorney, or any attorney designated and empowered so to do by a court of competent jurisdiction. Provided, however, that the term "budgeted expenditures" for purposes of personal liability of members of the local governing authorities under this section shall not include any unfunded liability for municipal employee retirement or pension funds. Nothing in this section shall diminish any responsibility of the members of the local governing authorities to fund any employee retirement or pension plans, or any liability as a result of any failure to fund such plans as otherwise required by law.
MS Code § 21-35-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-19. Emergency expenditures

 Upon the happening of any emergency caused by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, epidemic, riot or insurrection, or caused by any inherent defect due to defective construction, or when the immediate preservation of order or of public health is necessary, or when the restoration of a condition of usefulness of any public building which has been destroyed by accident appears advisable or in order to settle lawful claims for personal injuries or property damage where such municipality is liable therefor under law, exclusive of claims arising from the operation of any public utility owned by the municipality, or in order to meet mandatory expenditures required by law, the board of governing authorities may, upon adoption by unanimous vote of all members present, at any meeting, of a resolution stating the facts constituting the emergency and entering the same upon its minutes, make the expenditures, borrow money, or incur the liabilities necessary to meet such emergency, without further notice or hearing, and may revise the budget accordingly.
MS Code § 21-35-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-21. Emergency warrants

 All emergency expenditures made under the provisions of Section 21-35-19 shall be made by the issuance of emergency warrants drawn against the special fund, or funds, properly chargeable with such expenditures. The municipal depository is authorized and directed to pay such emergency warrants with any money in such fund, or funds, available for such purpose. If at any time there shall not be sufficient money available in such fund, or funds, from usual sources or from grants, transfers or donations, to pay such warrants, then the governing authorities of the municipality are hereby authorized to borrow the required amount, not to exceed the authorized emergency expenditures, in the manner now provided by law, and shall execute the notes of the municipality for the amount borrowed.
MS Code § 21-35-22 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-22. Municipal Reserve Fund

 Any municipality in the state may establish a special fund to be known as a municipal reserve fund. Funds specifically designated by the governing authorities of a municipality for deposit in the municipality's reserve fund shall be deposited in a separate municipal account established for this purpose. The interest earned in a municipality's reserve fund shall be credited to the municipality's reserve fund. Legal expenditures shall be made from the fund upon requisition of the governing authorities of a municipality, spread on the minutes and signed by the mayor of the municipality, the secretary of the mayor, or the president of the city council or board of aldermen. A municipality may deposit funds as needed into its reserve fund.
MS Code § 21-35-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-23. When appropriations made under budget to lapse

 All appropriations, other than appropriations for uncompleted improvements in progress of construction, shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The appropriation accounts shall remain open for a period of thirty days thereafter for the payment of claims incurred against such appropriations prior to the close of the fiscal year and remaining unpaid. After such period shall have expired, all appropriations, except as hereinbefore provided regarding uncompleted improvements, shall become null and void, and any lawful claim presented thereafter against any such appropriation shall be provided for in the current budget.
MS Code § 21-35-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-27. Expenditures for last year of term are limited

 No board of governing authorities of any municipality shall expend from, or contract an obligation, against the budget made and published by it during the last year of the term of office of such governing authorities, between the first day of April and the first day of the following July that is not on a weekend, a sum exceeding one-fourth (1/4) of any item of the budget made and published by it, except in cases of emergency provided for in Section 21-35-19. The city clerk of any municipality is hereby prohibited from issuing any warrant contrary to the provisions of this section.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to a contract, lease or lease-purchase contract entered into pursuant to Section 31-7-13 or to seasonal purchases or expenditures.
MS Code § 21-35-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-29. Duties of state auditor

 The state auditor, as the head of the state department of audit, or the director thereof, appointed by him, as designated and defined in Title 7, Chapter 7 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any office or officers hereafter designated to replace or perform the duties imposed by said chapter, is hereby empowered, and it is made his duty, to make such rules, regulations and classifications, and prescribe such forms as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, to define what expenditures shall be chargeable to each budget account, and to establish such accounting and cost systems as may be necessary to provide accurate budget information.
MS Code § 21-35-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-31. Annual audits or reports required; noncompliance; authority to withhold from allocations and payments payable to municipality certain amount to pay cost of audit or report

 [For municipal fiscal years commencing before October 1, 2009, this section shall read as follows:]   The governing authorities of every municipality in the state shall have their books audited annually, prior to the close of the next succeeding fiscal year, either by a competent accountant approved by the State Auditor or by a certified public accountant, who has paid a privilege tax as such in this state, and shall pay for same out of the General Fund. No advertisement shall be necessary before entering into such contract, but same shall be entered into as a private contract. Said audit shall be made upon a uniform formula set up and promulgated by the State Auditor, as the head of the State Department of Audit, or the director thereof, appointed by him, as designated and defined in Title 7, Chapter 7, of the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any office or officers hereafter designated to replace or perform the duties imposed by said chapter. Provided, however, any municipality with a population of three thousand (3,000) or less may employ a competent accountant or auditor, approved by the State Auditor, to prepare annually a compilation report and a compliance letter, in a format prescribed by the State Auditor, in lieu of an annual audit when such audit will be a financial hardship on the municipality. Two (2) copies of said audit or compilation shall be mailed to the said State Auditor within thirty (30) days after completion of said audit. Said State Auditor shall, at the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Legislature a composite report showing any information concerning municipalities in this state that he might deem pertinent and necessary to the Legislature for use in its deliberations. A synopsis of said audit, in a format prescribed by the State Auditor, shall be published within thirty (30) days by the governing authorities of such municipalities in a newspaper published in such municipalities or, if no newspaper be published in any such municipality, in any newspaper having a general circulation published in the county wherein such municipality is located. The publication of the audit may be made as provided in Section 21-17-19, Mississippi Code of 1972. Such publication shall be made one (1) time, and the governing authorities of such municipalities shall be authorized to pay only one-half (1/2) of the legal rate prescribed by law for such legal publication.
MS Code § 21-35-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 35 - Municipal Budget|§ 21-35-33. Penalty for violation

 Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law, which shall be in addition to any other penalty now or hereafter imposed by law.
MS Code § 21-37-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-1. Municipal buildings

 The governing authorities of every municipality may construct, erect, purchase and equip a suitable, convenient, and creditable city, town or village hall, necessary schools, fire and police stations, and all necessary buildings for the offices and court of the municipality, for the meetings of the governing authorities, and for such other purposes, including public meetings of the citizens, as may be designated by ordinance.
MS Code § 21-37-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-3. Streets, sidewalks, sewers and parks

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to exercise full jurisdiction in the matter of streets, sidewalks, sewers, and parks; to open and lay out and construct the same; and to repair, maintain, pave, sprinkle, adorn, and light the same.   Section 63-3-208, shall govern the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices (as defined in Section 63-3-103) on streets and sidewalks.
MS Code § 21-37-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-4. Governing authorities of municipalities to maintain roads, driveways, parking lots and grounds of public schools located within municipal corporate boundaries

 The governing authorities of any municipality, in their discretion, may grade, gravel, shell, overlay, repair and maintain gravel, shell, asphalt or concrete roads, driveways and parking lots and grounds of public schools located within the corporate boundaries of the municipality. Before engaging in such work, the governing authorities shall spread upon their minutes, the written request of the school board for the work, the written approval of the governing authorities for the work and the specific location of the road, driveway, parking lot or school grounds to be worked.
MS Code § 21-37-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-5. Sidewalks

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to cause sidewalks to be constructed and maintained, to determine the material, plans, specifications and grades of the same, and to levy and collect taxes, by special assessment, for the payment of the same.
MS Code § 21-37-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-6. Installation of ramps at municipal crosswalks

 Every municipality shall install ramps at crosswalks, in both business and residential areas, when making new installations of sidewalks, curbs or gutters, or improving or replacing existing sidewalks, curbs or gutters, so as to make the transition from street to sidewalk easily negotiable for physically handicapped persons in wheelchairs and for other persons who may have difficulty in making the required step up or down from curb level to street level.   The term "ramps" as used herein means a sloping asphalt or concrete surface, from the level of the sidewalk or curb to the level of the street at curbside, extending outward and downward from the curb to the street for such a distance, at such an angle, and at such a width as will facilitate the movement up and down such ramps of persons in wheelchairs or persons who have difficulty in stepping up or down between curb level and street level.
MS Code § 21-37-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-7. Closing streets

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to close and vacate any street or alley, or any portion thereof. No street or alley or any portion thereof shall be closed or vacated, however, except upon due compensation being first made to the abutting landowners upon such street or alley for all damages sustained thereby.
MS Code § 21-37-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-9. Railroad crossings

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to regulate the crossings of railways, and to provide precautions and prescribe rules regulating the same. Said authorities shall have the power and authority to make any other and further provisions, rules and regulations to prevent accidents at crossings and on the tracks of railroads, and to prevent fires from engines. Said authorities shall have the power and authority to require railroad companies to erect viaducts over or gates across their tracks at the crossing of streets.
MS Code § 21-37-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-11. Lights and lamp posts

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to provide for the lighting of streets, parks and public grounds, and the erection of lamps and lamp posts.
MS Code § 21-37-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-13. Municipal piers, pavilions, and bath houses

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to own, operate, and regulate, for public recreation and pleasure purposes, on any tidewaters or navigable streams within or on the border of the municipal limits, piers, pavilions, bath houses, and other like appropriate structures, either by the use of streets or public landings of the municipality or landings purchased or procured for the purpose. Said municipal governing authorities are authorized to issue municipal bonds for the purpose of the acquisition and construction of the aforesaid improvements, such bonds to be issued under the general statutes of the state as in other cases.
MS Code § 21-37-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-15. Harbors, wharves, and docks

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to construct all needful improvements in the harbor; to control, guide, or deflect the current of a river; to repair and regulate public wharves and docks; to charge and collect levee rates and wharfage on firewood, lumber, timber, logs, shingles, staves, posts, laths, and other articles brought to the port of such municipality; and to set aside or lease portions of the wharf for special purposes. However, a permit to use any portion of a wharf or a lease of the same shall not be granted for a term exceeding twenty-five years.
MS Code § 21-37-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-17. Curb markets

 The governing authorities shall have the power to establish and maintain, and to provide for the governing and regulation of curb markets. When such municipality owns such curb market, it shall have the power to fix the rental value thereof, and the stalls and booths therein. However, no municipality shall prohibit the producer of meats and other foodstuffs from selling his produce to consumers in any quantity that seller and buyer may agree upon.
MS Code § 21-37-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-19. Public library

 The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to maintain one or more libraries for public use, and to regulate the use thereof.
MS Code § 21-37-20 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property|§ 21-37-20. Contributions to public library outside corporate limits by municipality without public library

 The governing authorities of any municipality which has no public library located within its corporate limits, in their discretion, may make contributions from any available funds of the municipality for the support, upkeep and maintenance of any public library which is located outside of the corporate limits of the municipality and which provides services to a public junior college or state institution of higher learning.