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MS Code § 21-38-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 38 - Acquisition or Lease of Real Property from Federal Government for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism|§ 21-38-7. Incorporation of property located outside corporate boundaries

 Any municipality that acquires or leases real property from the United States under this chapter, if such real property is located outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, may incorporate such real property into its corporate boundaries by ordinance adopted for such purpose if such real property is located within the same county as the municipality, regardless of whether the real property is adjacent or contiguous to the existing corporate boundaries of such municipality.
MS Code § 21-38-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 38 - Acquisition or Lease of Real Property from Federal Government for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism|§ 21-38-9. Required provisions in ordinance of incorporation

 Any ordinance to incorporate real property into the corporate boundaries of a municipality under this chapter shall include the following provisions and shall be effective as follows:   The ordinance shall accurately describe the metes and bounds of the real property to be incorporated, and only real property acquired or leased from the United States under this chapter shall be subject to such incorporation.   If the United States retains ownership of the real property to be incorporated by the municipality, the United States must consent to the incorporation and a written statement of such consent must be cited and included in the ordinance.   The ordinance shall provide that it will not become effective until publication thereof shall have been made once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper, or newspapers, published or having a general circulation in the county in which the municipality and the real property to be incorporated are located.   Subject only to the limitations of this chapter, the ordinance shall become effective upon the effective date fixed therein.
MS Code § 21-38-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 38 - Acquisition or Lease of Real Property from Federal Government for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism|§ 21-38-11. Appeal by aggrieved persons

 Any person aggrieved by a municipal ordinance adopted under this chapter may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the principal office of the municipality is located in the manner provided for appeals of judgments or decisions of municipal authorities as set forth in Section 11-51-75, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 21-38-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 38 - Acquisition or Lease of Real Property from Federal Government for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism|§ 21-38-13. Certified copy of ordinance of incorporation to be forwarded to Secretary of State

 Whenever the corporate boundaries of a municipality shall be enlarged under this chapter, the municipality shall, within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such ordinance, if no appeal is taken therefrom, forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy of such ordinance, which shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and shall remain a permanent record thereof. If an appeal is taken from such ordinance and the ordinance is affirmed, then the certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State within ten (10) days after receipt of the mandate from the court notifying the municipality of such affirmance.
MS Code § 21-38-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 38 - Acquisition or Lease of Real Property from Federal Government for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism|§ 21-38-15. Recordation of map or plat of boundaries

 Whenever the corporate boundaries of a municipality shall be enlarged under this chapter, the municipality shall furnish to the chancery clerk of the county in which the municipality is located a map or plat of the boundaries of the municipality as altered. The map or plat shall be recorded in the official plat book of the county.
MS Code § 21-39-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-3. Letting of contracts for publication of proceedings, ordinances, etc.

 In municipalities in which there is more than one newspaper qualified to publish legal notices, the governing authorities of such municipality shall enter into a contract for the publication of its proceedings, ordinances, resolutions, and other notices required to be published only after inviting competitive bids from such newspapers. Such contracts shall be let to the lowest bidder among them for a period of not more than twelve months from the date of such contract. It shall not be necessary, however, that the governing authorities of such municipality advertise its intention to accept such competitive bids but it shall be sufficient if notice thereof in writing be given to all of such newspapers by mail or delivery at least five days prior to the date on which said bids will be received, which said notice shall specify the date on which such bids will be received.
MS Code § 21-39-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-5. Records and payment of claims in all municipalities

 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, 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. Such records shall be paid for out of the general municipal fund, upon the order of the proper municipal authorities. Said clerk shall also mark filed, as of the date of presentation of same, each and every claim against said municipality. He shall number the same in regular consecutive order, shall file and keep the same in like manner, and shall safely preserve the same as records of his office.   Each year's records shall be kept separate and begin with a new number each year, and run in regular order.   In issuing any warrant under order of the governing authorities of the municipality to pay any one of said claims so numbered and kept, said clerk shall enter the number of the claim in the body of the warrant so that the claim may be easily found, and so that possible duplication may be avoided. The governing authorities of the municipality shall designate on each allowance of a claim against the municipality the fund out of which same shall be paid, and to what account the sums shall be charged in said records. Each allowance shall have the number of the claim noted in the minutes of said governing 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 § 21-39-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-7. Docket of claims in municipalities having a population of more than two thousand

 In all municipalities having a population of more than two thousand (2,000), according to the latest federal census, and in other municipalities where the governing authorities should so elect, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the municipality to keep as a record in his office a record to be styled "Docket of Claims," in which he shall enter all demands, claims and accounts against the municipality presented to him during the month. Said docket shall provide space for the name of the claimant, the number of the claim, the amount of the claim, and on what account. All demands, claims and accounts allowed against the municipality shall be preserved by the clerk as a permanent record, and shall be numbered in such a manner as to relate to the warrants to be issued therefor, and the said warrant issued in payment of such claim shall carry on its face a reference to the number of the claim for which the said warrant is issued in payment. No order for the payment or expenditures of any funds of such municipality in payment of any indebtedness thereof shall be made in municipalities having a claim docket unless such claim is filed as herein provided. However, this provision shall not be applicable to the salaries or other compensation of officers or employees of such municipality where the amount of such salary or other compensation shall have been previously fixed by the governing authorities of the municipality in its approval of the payroll or payrolls on which the same appears, and in case of such allowance, it will be sufficient to enter on the claims docket the total of such payroll, followed by reference to the said payroll upon which such allowance may be found.
MS Code § 21-39-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-9. Disposition of claims

 At each regular meeting of the governing authorities of the municipality the claims docket shall be called and all claims then on file not previously paid shall be paid by the governing authorities in the order in which they were entered on the docket.   The processing of claims by the governing authority of the municipality shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 31-7-301, 31-7-305, 31-7-309, 31-7-311 and 31-7-313.
MS Code § 21-39-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-11. Appeals

 Any person aggrieved by any order of the governing authorities of any municipality, with reference to the order in which claims are allowed and paid, shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the municipality is situated as provided by Section 11-51-75, except that an appeal from an order, or any other action of the governing authorities of the municipality, especially preferring payment of one allowed claim over another allowed claim shall operate as a supersedeas and prevent the payment of the claim then allowed until the matter is finally determined on the appeal.
MS Code § 21-39-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-13. Issuance of warrants or checks; assignment thereof

    The clerk of the municipality shall draw all warrants or checks for claims and accounts allowed and approved by the governing authorities. Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the warrants or checks shall be signed by the mayor or a majority of the members of the board of aldermen in any municipality operating under a mayor-alderman form of government, and attested by the clerk, and to which there shall be affixed the seal of the municipality. The governing authorities of any municipality may adopt the use of a standard check signing machine to be used in lieu of the manual signing of warrants or checks under such terms and conditions as the governing authorities shall deem meet and proper for the protection of the interest of the municipality.   A municipality may authorize a municipally owned utility to make early payments to its electricity suppliers for the purpose of receiving early payment discounts from such distributors.   The governing authorities of a municipality may authorize the clerk of the municipality to issue a warrant or check for the purpose of immediately refunding to a customer of the municipally owned utility his or her deposit for municipal utility services after the municipal utility has determined that payment for all services and any other obligations which the customer may have incurred in regard to the municipal utility has been made.     Every warrant or check drawn on the treasury shall express on its face to whom issued and for what purpose allowed, and the ordinance authorizing its issuance shall be cited, by minute book and page, in or upon it.   All such warrants or checks shall be drawn against the proper fund in the municipality from which such allowed claims shall be paid, and all such warrants or checks shall be drawn in the order of their allowance. No warrant or check shall be signed, removed from the warrant book or checkbook or delivered by the clerk until there is sufficient money in the fund upon which it is drawn to pay the same and all prior unpaid warrants or checks drawn upon that fund, whether delivered or not.   The owner of any claim against a municipality, either before or after allowance, may transfer same by assignment, and the holder of such assignment shall be entitled to receive the warrant or check therefor at the proper time by presenting such assignment to the clerk at any time before the delivery of the warrant or check to the original claimant.
MS Code § 21-39-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-15. Penalty for unauthorized claim or appropriation

 If any member of the governing body of a municipality shall knowingly vote for the payment of any claim not authorized by law, he shall be subject to indictment and, upon conviction, be fined by a sum not exceeding double the amount of such unlawful claim or appropriation, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 21-39-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-17. Penalty for wrongfully issuing, signing or attesting warrant

 All expenditures of money from the treasury of any municipality for any purpose whatsoever shall be in pursuance of the allowance of a claim as hereinbefore specified in Section 21-39-9, or in pursuance of a specific appropriation made by order, which such appropriation shall be specific as to each separate expenditure in so far as may be practical. If the mayor, clerk, or any other person shall wilfully or feloniously issue, sign or attest any warrant for the expenditure of money from the municipal treasury when such expenditure is not authorized by an order entered on the minutes of such municipality, then such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. In addition such person shall, upon conviction, automatically be removed from his office.
MS Code § 21-39-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-19. Duties of depository or treasurer

 The depository of the municipality, or the clerk as ex-officio treasurer where there is no depository, shall receive, safely keep, and pay out all moneys belonging to the municipality according to law. The depository or clerk shall keep correct and accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements, and shall make a written report to the governing authorities, at each regular meeting, of the finances of the municipality. The depository or clerk shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. The funds of the municipality shall be paid out only by virtue of an order or ordinance duly spread on the minutes of such municipality.
MS Code § 21-39-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-23. Applicability of particular sections

 The provisions of Sections 21-39-1, 21-39-3, 21-39-7 through 21-39-19, shall be applicable to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under a code charter, special charter, or the commission form of government, except in cases of conflict between the provisions of such sections and the provisions of the special charter of a municipality, or the law governing the commission form of government, in which cases of conflict the provisions of the special charter or the statutes relative to the commission form of government shall control.
MS Code § 21-39-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims|§ 21-39-27. Municipalities authorized to obtain credit cards for official travel by members of governing authority and municipal employees

  The governing authority of any municipality may acquire one or more credit cards which may be used by members of the governing authority and municipal employees to pay expenses incurred by them when traveling in or out of the state in the performance of their official duties. The municipal 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 members of the governing authority and municipal employees shall furnish receipts for the use of such credit cards each month to the municipal clerk who shall submit a written report monthly to the governing authority. 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 municipality in the same manner as other items on the claims docket.   The issuance of a credit card to a member of the governing authority or municipal employee under the provisions of this section does not authorize the member of the governing authority or municipal employee to use the credit card to make any expenditure that is not otherwise authorized by law. Any member of the governing authority or municipal employee who uses the credit card to make an expenditure that is not approved for payment by the governing authority shall be personally liable for the expenditure and shall reimburse the municipality.  The employee shall be subject to all interest and fees and other charges related to the collection of expenditures not approved by the governing authority.
MS Code § 21-41-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 41 - Special Improvements|§ 21-41-1. Special improvements authorized

 Any municipality of this state may, by its governing authorities, cause the local improvements designated in Section 21-41-3 to be made, wholly or in part, at the cost of the property owners benefited thereby, by levying and collecting special assessments as provided in this chapter, and may finance such local improvements in the manner provided in this chapter.
MS Code § 21-41-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 41 - Special Improvements|§ 21-41-3. Kind of improvements authorized

 The following local improvements may be constructed hereunder, to wit:   Streets, highways, boulevards, avenues, squares, lanes, alleys and parks, or any part thereof may be opened, reopened, widened, graded, regraded, paved, repaved, surfaced, resurfaced, and curbs and gutters may be constructed or reconstructed therein.   Sidewalks may be graded, regraded and leveled, laid, relaid, paved, repaved, surfaced or resurfaced.   Water mains, water connections, sanitary disposal systems, sanitary sewers, storm covers, and other surface drains or drainage systems may be laid, relaid, and constructed or reconstructed.   A project for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been obtained by the municipality pursuant to the Regional Economic Development Act.
MS Code § 21-41-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 41 - Special Improvements|§ 21-41-5. Resolution; notice of meeting to consider objections

 When the governing authorities of any municipality shall determine to make any local or special improvement, the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed against the property benefited, they shall adopt a resolution declaring necessary the proposed improvement describing the nature and extent of the work, the general character of the material to be used, and the location and terminal points of the streets, highways, boulevards, avenues, squares, alleys or parks, or parts thereof, or clearly define the boundary of areas in which said improvements are to be made. In publishing said resolution declaring the work necessary, the plans and specifications of said work need not be published but may be referred to as being on file in the office of the city clerk or city engineer. The publication of the resolution may be made as provided in Section 21-17-19. Said resolution shall fix a date when the governing authorities of said municipality shall meet, which shall be not less than fifteen (15) days after the date of the first publication of the notice herein provided for, to hear any objections or remonstrances that may be made to said improvements. The notice herein provided for shall be published once each week for three (3) successive publications in a public newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality, and if no newspaper is published therein it shall be sufficient to post said notice in three (3) public places of the municipality for not less than fifteen (15) days before said meeting, one which shall be posted at the town or city hall of said municipality. Moreover, the clerk of the municipality shall send a copy of the notice, by certified mail, postage prepaid, within five (5) days after the first publication of the notice herein provided for, to the last-known address of owners of property affected by the resolution. However, failure of the clerk to mail such notice or failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not invalidate any proceeding in this chapter, where such notice has been published as provided herein. Notice declaring the work necessary shall be notice to the property owners that the work has been declared necessary.   If the governing authorities of a municipality desire to make any special or local improvement under the Regional Economic Development Act, the governing authorities also shall comply with any requirements provided therein.
MS Code § 21-41-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 41 - Special Improvements|§ 21-41-7. Meeting to consider objections to proposed improvement

 At said meeting provided for by Section 21-41-5, or at a time and place to which same may be adjourned, any person aggrieved may appear in person, by attorney or by petition, and may object to or protest against said improvement or any part thereof. The governing authorities shall consider the objections and protests, if any, and may confirm, amend, modify or rescind the resolution of necessity, and shall determine whether said improvement shall be made and how the cost thereof shall be paid. The determination of such governing authorities shall be final and conclusive. However, if a majority of property owners owning more than fifty per cent of the front footage of the property involved and actually residing on property owned by them and included within that part of any street, avenue, or the like, ordered to be specially improved, or otherwise actually occupying property owned by them and included within that area shall file a protest, then the improvement shall not be made.