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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 15 - OFFICERS AND RECORDS (§§ 21-15-1 — 21-15-41) › Section 21-15-39 - Applicability of particular sections

The provisions of Sections
21-15-3
,
21-15-7
through
21-15-19
,
21-15-23
to
21-15-31
, 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.
The provisions of Sections
21-15-1
,
21-15-5
,
21-15-33
, shall apply to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under the code charter, a special charter, commission form, or other form of government.
The provisions of Section
21-15-21
, shall apply to all municipalities, whether operating under code charter, special charter, or any commission form of government.
Codes, 1942, §§ 3374-68, 3374-81, 3374-111; Laws, 1936, ch. 280; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, §§ 68, 81, 111, ch. 492, § 44; Laws, 1952, ch. 375.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 15 - OFFICERS AND RECORDS (§§ 21-15-1 — 21-15-41) › Section 21-15-41 - Limitations period for serving in interim or hold-over capacity in certain appointed positions; objections by registered voter municipal residents to matters relating to violation of section

(1)
No person shall serve in an interim or hold-over capacity for longer than ninety (90) days in a position that is required by law to be filled by appointment of the governing body of a municipality, or by mayoral appointment with the advice and consent of the council or aldermen. If such position is not filled within ninety (90) days after the expiration of the position's term, or within ninety (90) days after the date of appointment if an interim appointment, the hold-over service or interim appointment shall terminate and no municipal funds may thereafter be expended to compensate the person serving in the position. Further, any action or vote taken by such person after the ninety-day period shall be invalid and without effect. If a council or board of aldermen rejects, or otherwise fails to confirm, an individual submitted by the mayor for appointment, the mayor may not resubmit or reappoint the same individual for that position during the remainder of the mayor's current term in office.
(2)
It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section shall apply to all appointees serving in a hold-over or interim capacity on July 1, 2018. For such appointees, the limitation period for serving in a hold-over or interim capacity shall be no longer than ninety (90) days from July 1, 2018.
(3)
Any registered voter who resides in the municipality may file all objections to any matters relating to an alleged violation of this section in the chancery court of the county where the municipality is located. The chancery court is authorized to adjudicate and determine relief as may be proper. The court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 376, HB 1114,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 399, HB 51, 2, eff. 7/1/2017.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 369, SB 2587, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 17 - GENERAL POWERS (§§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-19) › Section 21-17-3 - Exercise of powers

The powers granted to municipalities by law shall be exercised by the governing authorities of such municipalities, in the manner provided by law.
Codes, 1892, § 2924; 1906, § 3315; Hemingway's 1917, § 5812; 1930, § 2392; 1942, § 3374-113; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 113, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 17 - GENERAL POWERS (§§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-19) › Section 21-17-7 - Appropriation of funds

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to appropriate the funds thereof for the current expenses of the municipality in the manner provided by law.
Codes, 1892, § 2942; 1906, § 333; Hemingway's 1917, § 5830; 1930, § 2409; 1942, § 3374-125; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 125, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 17 - GENERAL POWERS (§§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-19) › Section 21-17-9 - Amendment of municipal charter at behest of governing authority

When a municipality now existing, which has not adopted the code charter or commission form of government, but is governed by another charter, shall desire to amend its charter, the same may be done in this way: the mayor and board of aldermen, city council, or municipal authority, by whatever name known, may prepare, in writing, the desired amendment or amendments and have the same published for three (3) weeks in a legal newspaper published in the municipality, if there be one, and, if none, then by posting for said time in at least three (3) public places therein, after which the proposed amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the Governor, who shall submit the same to the Attorney General for his opinion. The publication of the amendment or amendments may be made as provided in Section
21-17-19
. If the Attorney General is of the opinion that the proposed amendment or amendments are consistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Constitution of this state, the Governor shall approve the proposed amendment or amendments. If, after publication is made, one-tenth (1/1
0
) of the qualified electors of the municipality shall protest against the proposed amendments, or any of them, the Governor shall not approve the ones protested against until they shall be submitted to and ratified by a majority of the electors of the municipality voting in a special election. Amendments, when approved by the Governor, shall be recorded, at the expense of the municipality, in the office of the Secretary of State and upon the records of the mayor and board of aldermen, or other governing authorities of the municipality, and when so recorded shall have the force and effect of law. No amendment to the private or special charter of any municipality shall be adopted or approved when such amendment is in conflict with any of the provisions of this title expressly made applicable to municipalities operating under a private or special charter, or is in conflict with the provisions of any other legislation expressly made applicable to any such municipality.
Codes, 1892, § 3039; 1906, § 3444; Hemingway's 1917, § 6004; 1930, § 2625; 1942, § 3374-109; Laws, 1948, ch. 383, § 3; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 109; Laws, 1988, ch. 457, § 3, eff. 12/8/1988 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 17 - GENERAL POWERS (§§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-19) › Section 21-17-11 - Amendment of municipal charter at behest of electorate

It shall be lawful for any number, not less than twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of any municipality, by petition, to propose an amendment or amendments to the charter of such municipality not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the United States, or the Constitution of this state. The said amendment or amendments shall be published for three (3) weeks prior to a special election in a newspaper published in the municipality, if there be one, and if not, by posting for said time in at least three (3) public places therein. The publication of the amendment or amendments may be made as provided in Section
21-17-19
. If such election results in favor of any such amendment or amendments, then the amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the Governor, as is provided in Section
21-17-9
, and the procedure therein outlined shall be followed, except that it shall not be necessary to republish such amendment or amendments, or resubmit such amendment or amendments for approval of the qualified electors.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-110; Laws, 1948, ch. 383, § 4; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 110; Laws, 1988, ch. 457, § 4, eff. 12/8/1988 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 17 - GENERAL POWERS (§§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-19) › Section 21-17-13 - Applicability of particular sections

The provisions of Sections
21-17-9
and
21-17-11
, 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.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-111; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 111, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 17 - GENERAL POWERS (§§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-19) › Section 21-17-15 - Establishment of fiscal or financial department in certain municipalities; authority of director

Within the discretion of the governing authorities of any municipality having a population of seventy-five thousand (75,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census, there may be established a fiscal or financial department and the director thereof shall be invested with the full authority to act in all financial matters for and on behalf of such municipality as the city clerk is now authorized to act in such matters.
Laws, 1974, ch. 400, eff. 3/25/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 17 - GENERAL POWERS (§§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-19) › Section 21-17-17 - Authority to set regular meeting dates

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections
21-3-19
,
21-5-13
,
21-7-9
and
21-9-39
, Mississippi Code of 1972, the governing authorities of any municipality may by ordinance duly adopted change the day of the week set by the appropriate section hereinabove as their regular monthly or bimonthly meeting date. Before the adoption of any such ordinance, the ordinance shall first be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in or having general circulation within the municipality. Once such regular meeting day has been changed, meetings shall be held as otherwise provided by law.
Laws, 1979, ch. 403, § 1, eff. 7/1/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 17 - GENERAL POWERS (§§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-19) › Section 21-17-19 - Publication of substance of public measure or amendment; content; full text to be posted

(1)
Whenever a municipality is required by law to publish in a newspaper any public measure or amendment thereto, the substance of the public measure or amendment thereto may be printed in lieu of the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto, as provided in this Section. Such a public measure shall include, but shall not be limited to, an ordinance, resolution, amendment to a municipal charter or annual audit. The provisions of this section shall not apply to publication of the annual budget or amendments thereto; such publication shall be made as provided in Chapter 35, Title 21, Mississippi Code of 1972.
(2)
The substance of the public measure or amendment thereto shall be an explanatory statement summarizing the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto, in which the chief purpose of the measure is explained in clear and unambiguous language. Such statement shall be prepared by the governing authorities of the municipality, and shall not exceed three hundred (300) words in length to the extent practicable.
(3)
During the entire time of the publication of the explanatory statement in a newspaper, a copy of the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto shall be posted by the clerk of the municipality (a) at the city hall, (b) at the main public library in the municipality, or at the courthouse in the judicial district or county in which the municipality is located; and in addition, the clerk shall post such copy at least at one (1) other public place in the municipality. The clerk shall furnish any resident of the municipality a copy of the full text of the public measure or amendment thereto upon request, and this shall be stated in the publication of the explanatory statement.
Laws, 1988, ch. 457, § 1, eff. 12/8/1988 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-3 - Controlling contagious or infectious diseases; establishing pesthouses

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to make regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious or infectious diseases; to make quarantine laws for that purpose, and to enforce the same within five miles of the corporate limits; and to establish pesthouses outside the corporate limits, and to provide for the support and government of the same.
Codes, 1892, § 2950; 1906, § 3341; Hemingway's 1917, § 5838; 1930, § 2417; 1942, § 3374-132; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 132; Laws, 1964, ch. 496, §§ 1-4, eff. 3/11/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-5 - Establishing hospitals, workhouses, and houses of correction

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to erect, establish and regulate hospitals, workhouses, and houses of correction in the corporate limits, or within three miles thereof, and to provide for the government and support of same.
Codes, 1892, § 2962; 1906, § 3358; Hemingway's 1917, § 5855; 1930, § 2435; 1942, § 3374-144; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 144, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-7 - Donating to hospitals and benevolent institutions

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to donate a sum, not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month, to maintain a charity ward or wards in any hospital situated in the same county in which such municipality is located.
All municipalities within the several counties of this state bordering on the tidewater of the Gulf of Mexico, are hereby authorized and empowered, in the discretion of the proper authorities thereof, to appropriate such a sum of money as said authorities shall deem reasonable, to provide and maintain a charity ward or wards, in any of the hospitals in said municipalities, or, in the discretion of said authorities, to make and enter into contracts with any such hospitals for the treatment and care in such hospitals of the indigent sick of said municipalities, and to pay therefor out of the general fund of such municipalities such sum or sums, as shall be a reasonable and just compensation to said hospital.
In addition, the governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to donate and furnish free of charge lights, power and water from municipally-owned electric light and water plants to hospitals or benevolent institutions located within any such municipality.
Codes, 1892, § 2962; 1906, § 3358; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 3798, 3810, 3811, 5855; Hemingway's 1921 Supp § 3811c; 1930, §§ 290, 2435; 1942, §§ 2998, 3374-144; Laws, 1908, ch. 134; Laws, 1916, chs. 143, 235; Laws, 1918, ch. 205; Laws, 1920, ch. 289; Laws, 1922, ch. 302; Laws, 1924, chs. 217, 222; Laws, 1926, chs. 204, 212, 305, 306; Laws, 1928, chs. 233, 236; Laws, 1930, chs. 33, 56, 185; Laws, 1938, chs. 299, 326; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 144; Laws, 1956, ch. 181; Laws, 1958, ch. 212; Laws, 1962, ch. 251, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-9 - Controlling running of animals at large; establishment of city pounds; cooperative agreements

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to prevent or regulate the running at large of animals of all kinds, and to cause such as may be running at large to be impounded and sold to discharge the costs and penalties provided for the violation of such regulations and the expense of impounding and keeping and selling the same; to regulate and provide for the taxing of owners and harborers of dogs, and to destroy dogs running at large, unless such dogs have proper identification indicating that said dogs have been vaccinated for rabies; and to provide for the erection of all needful pens, pounds and buildings for the use of the municipality, within or without the municipal limits, and to appoint and confirm keepers thereof, and to establish and enforce rules governing the same.
The governing authorities of municipalities may enter into pacts, agreements or contracts with other municipalities to provide for cooperation in the use or erection of all pens, pounds and buildings to prevent or regulate the running at large of animals of all kinds.
Codes, 1892, § 2975; 1906, § 3370; Hemingway's 1917, § 5867; 1930, § 2448; 1942, § 3374-153; Laws, 1896, p. 188; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 153; Laws, 1980, ch. 326 eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-13 - Changes of streams and bridges; clean drainage ditches and prevent erosion; levying taxes to pay for authorized works

(1)
The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to establish, alter and change the channels of streams or other water courses, and to bridge the same, whenever so to do will promote the health, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of such municipality.
(2)
The governing authorities of any municipality shall also have the power and authority to incur costs and pay necessary expenses in providing labor, materials and supplies to clean or clear drainage ditches, creeks or channels, whether on public or private property, and to incur costs and pay necessary expenses in providing labor, materials and supplies in order to prevent erosion where such erosion has been caused or will be caused by such drainage ditches, creeks or channels. This paragraph shall not impose any obligation or duty upon the municipality and shall not create any additional rights for the benefit of any owner of public or private property.
(3)
No additional taxes shall be imposed for the works authorized under subsections (1) and (2) of this section until the governing authorities shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to levy the taxes and establishing the amount of the tax levies and the date on which the taxes initially will be levied and collected. This date shall be the first day of a month but not earlier than the first day of the second month from the date of adoption of the resolution. Notice of the proposed tax levies shall be published once each week for at least three (3) weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality. The first publication of the notice shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date fixed in the resolution on which the governing authorities propose to levy the taxes, and the last publication of the notice shall be made not more than seven (7) days before that date. If, within the time of giving notice, fifteen percent (15%) or two thousand five hundred (2,500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the municipality file a written petition against the levy of the taxes, then the taxes shall not be levied unless authorized by three-fifths (3/5) of the qualified electors of the municipality voting at an election to be called and held for that purpose.
Codes, 1892, § 2936; 1906, § 3327; Hemingway's 1917, § 5824; 1930, § 2404; 1942, § 3374-122; Laws, 1900, ch. 122; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 122; Laws, 1990, ch. 308, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 510, § 2; Laws, 2001, ch. 567, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 344, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-15 - Enacting police regulations

(1)
The governing authorities of municipalities shall have power to make all needful police regulations necessary for the preservation of good order and peace of the municipality and to prevent injury to, destruction of, or interference with public or private property.
(2)
The governing authority of a municipality shall have the power to regulate or prohibit any mill, laundry or manufacturing plant from operating whereby the soot, cinders or smoke therefrom, or the unnecessary noises thereof, may do damage to or interfere with the use or occupation of public or private property.
(3)
The governing authority of a municipality shall have the power to prohibit or regulate the sale or use of firecrackers, roman candles, torpedoes, sky rockets, and any and all explosives commonly known and referred to as fireworks; the term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, other devices in which paper caps manufactured in accordance with United States Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for packing and shipping of toy paper caps are used, or toy pistol paper caps manufactured as provided herein, the sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times.
(4)
The governing authority of a municipality may enact an ordinance specifying the manner and means by which a motor vehicle may be immobilized due to failure of the record title owner of the motor vehicle to pay traffic or parking fines totaling over Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
(5)
The governing authority of a municipality may enforce an ordinance regulating or restricting parking on any public street or roadway. However, signage that adequately describes the parking regulation or restriction must be posted.
Codes, 1892, § 2938; 1906, § 3329; Hemingway's 1917, § 5826; 1930, § 2406; 1942, § 3374-124; Laws, 1926, ch. 274; Laws, 1950, chs. 517, 491, § 124; Laws, 1952, ch. 365, § 1; Laws, 2007, ch. 473, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 399, HB 51, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 347, SB 2519, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-17 - Restricting movements of individuals where public safety is endangered

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to make regulations to protect property, health and lives and to enhance the general welfare of the community by restricting the movements of the citizens, or any group thereof, of such municipalities when there is eminent danger to the public safety because of freedom of movement thereof.
Codes, 1892, § 2950; 1906, § 3341; Hemingway's 1917, § 5838; 1930, § 2417; 1942 § 3374-132; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 132; Laws, 1964, ch. 496, §§ 1-4, eff. 3/11/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-19 - Regulating blind-tigers and disreputable places and practices

The governing authority of any municipality shall have the power to restrain, prohibit and suppress blind-tigers, bucket-shops, slaughterhouses, houses of prostitution, disreputable houses, hotels and motels renting rooms on an hourly basis, games and gambling houses and rooms, dance houses and rooms, keno rooms, and all kinds of indecency and other disorderly practices, and disturbance of the peace, and to provide for the punishment of the persons engaged therein.
Codes, 1892, § 2951; 1906, § 3342; Hemingway's 1917, § 5839; 1930, § 2418; 1942, § 3374-133; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 133; Laws, 1986, ch. 302, § 2; Laws, 2005, ch. 416, § 1, eff. 7/1/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-21 - Enacting fire regulations

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to establish fire limits, and to regulate, restrain, or prohibit the erection of buildings made of sheet iron, wood, or any combustible material, within such limits as may be prescribed by ordinance, and to provide for the removal of the same at the expense of the owner thereof when erected contrary to the ordinances of the municipality. Such authorities shall have the power to regulate and prevent the storing of green hides and the carrying on of manufactures dangerous in causing or producing fires, injurious to health, or obnoxious or offensive to the inhabitants. Such authorities shall have the power to regulate the storage of powder, pitch, turpentine, resin, hemp, hay, cotton, and all other combustible and inflammable materials, and the storage of lumber in yards or on lots within the fire limits or as may be prescribed by ordinance. Such authorities shall have the power to regulate the use of lights and candles in stables, shops, and other places. Such authorities shall have the power to remove or prevent the construction of any fireplace, chimney, stove, oven, boiler, kettle, or any apparatus used in any house, building, manufactory, or business which may be dangerous in causing or producing fires. Such authorities shall have the power to direct the safe construction of deposits for ashes. Such authorities shall have the power to enter into and examine all dwelling houses, lots, yards, inclosures, and buildings of every description as well as other places, in order to ascertain whether any of them are in a dangerous state. Such authorities shall have the power to take down and remove buildings, walls, and superstructures that may become insecure or dangerous, and to require the owner of insecure or dangerous buildings, walls, and other erections to remove or render the same secure and safe at the cost of the owner of such property. Such authorities shall have the power to regulate and prescribe the manner and order the building of party, parapet, and fire-walls and party-fences, and to regulate and prescribe the construction and building of chimneys, smokestacks, and smoke and hot-air flues.
Codes, 1892, §§ 2967, 2968, 2969; 1906, §§ 3352, 3363, 3364; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5849, 5860, 5861; 1930, §§ 2428, 2440, 2441; 1942, §§ 3374-140, 3374-149, 3374-150; Laws, 1938, ch. 331; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, §§ 140, 149, 150, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-23 - Entering mutual assistance pacts with other municipalities

The governing authorities of municipalities may enter into mutual assistance pacts or agreements with other municipalities in the assignment of personnel, equipment, supplies and material for the purposes of combatting fires and natural and enemy disasters, and of preventing and alleviating riots or civil disturbances of the peace and tranquility within such municipalities. This section shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 3470; Laws, 1942, ch. 227; Laws, 1958, ch. 510; Laws, 1964, ch. 502, eff. 2/25/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-27 - Compelling erection of barriers

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to compel owners of property adjacent to walks and ways to erect and maintain railings, safeguards, and barriers along the same in all cases where construction, repair, or other building activities on such premises create a dangerous or hazardous condition, and in all other cases where danger or hazard is created by the act of the property owner.
Codes, 1892, § 2929; 1906, § 3320; Hemingway's 1917, § 5817; 1930, § 2397; 1942, § 3374-117; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 117, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-29 - Regulating ingress and egress of buildings

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to regulate the entrances to public halls, churches, and buildings, and the way of ingress and egress to and from the same.
Codes 1892, § 2966; 1906, § 3362; Hemingway's 1917, § 5859; 1930, § 2439; 1942, § 3374-148; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 148, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-31 - Regulation of public places, depots and common carriers

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to regulate parks, public grounds, depots, depot grounds, and places for storage of freight and goods within the corporate limits. Said authorities shall have the power to compel railroads and other common carriers of passengers to furnish and maintain sanitary water toilets, where the municipality has a waterworks system, the facilities of which are available to said railroad or other common carrier, and in other cases to have a sanitary toilet, in their depots or stations. Said authorities shall have the power to provide for and regulate the construction and passage of railways and street railroads through the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and public grounds of the municipality.
Codes, 1892, § 2931; 1906, § 3322; Hemingway's 1917, § 5819; 1930, § 2399; 1942, § 3374-118; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 118, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-33 - Regulations of circuses, shows, theaters, and other amusements

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to adopt reasonable ordinances for the regulation of circuses, shows, theaters, bowling alleys, concerts, theatrical exhibitions, skating rinks, pistol or shooting galleries, amusement parks and devices, and other similar things. Said authorities shall have the power and authority to regulate, prohibit, or suppress billiard tables, poolrooms, fortune-tellers, cane or knife racks, and slot machines and other gambling devices within the corporate limits. However, such governing authorities shall not be authorized to regulate, prohibit or suppress any gambling device, machine or equipment that is owned, possessed, controlled, installed, procured, repaired or transported within the corporate limits in accordance with subsection (4) of Section
97-33-7
or Section
75-76-34
. In addition, such governing authorities shall not be authorized to regulate, prohibit or suppress the ownership and display of antique coin machines as defined in Section
27-27-12
.
Codes, 1892, § 2949; 1906, § 3340; Hemingway's 1917, § 5837; 1930, § 2416; 1942, § 3374-131; Laws, 1910, ch. 200; Laws, 1922, ch. 124; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 131; Laws, 1960, ch. 426; Laws, 1990, ch. 573, § 1; Laws, 1991, ch. 543, § 3; Laws, 1992, ch. 371, § 2, eff. 7/1/1992.
Brought forward by Laws, 2020, ch. 350, HB 999,§ 9, eff. 1/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-35 - Regulation of transient vendors and photographers; power of counties and municipalities; application of county and municipal ordinances

The governing authorities of municipalities 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, said authorities 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 said 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 municipality wherein said 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 said transient vendor shall comply with all of the provisions of the municipal ordinances relating to transient vendors said obligation shall be void, otherwise, to remain in full force and effect. Any ordinance adopted by the governing authority of a municipality under the provisions of this section shall control as to the area within such municipality, regardless of the existence of a county ordinance.
Codes, 1892, § 2949; 1906, § 3340; Hemingway's 1917, § 5837; 1930, § 2416; 1942, § 3374-131; Laws, 1910, ch. 200; Laws, 1922, ch. 124; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 131; Laws, 1960, ch. 426; Laws, 1983, ch. 517; Laws, 1988, ch. 581, § 11; Laws, 1994, ch. 522, § 2, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-37 - Regulation of "going-out-of-business" sales, "fire" sales, and similar sales

The governing authorities of any municipality within this state are hereby authorized and empowered to adopt ordinances in the manner now provided by law to regulate the sale of goods, wares, or merchandise within the corporate limits of such municipality, subject to the provisions hereinafter named.
Such governing body is hereby authorized and empowered to enact an ordinance requiring any person, firm, or corporation desiring to conduct a sale commonly known as bankruptcy, insolvent, liquidation, assignee's, receiver's, trustee's, adjuster's, wholesale, manufacturer's, or closing-out sale, or a sale of goods damaged by fire, smoke, or water, or otherwise, to file with such governing authorities a petition for the privilege of conducting such sale, showing:
(a)
the nature of the sale and the length of time required by the petitioner for conducting said sale;
(b)
whether or not it is the purpose of said petitioner to replenish his stock of goods, wares, and merchandise during the course of the sale, and to what extent it is proposed to replenish said stock;
(c)
the place of sale and approximate value of goods to be sold.
Such governing authorities may provide for a privilege tax in any sum not in excess of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the privilege of conducting such sale, and may provide that such privilege tax shall be good and valid only for the conduct of a sale of goods in the manner and at the time and place set forth and prescribed in the application for the privilege of conducting such sale.
Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to authorize and empower municipal governing authorities to enact any ordinances to prevent or to interfere with any sale made by a trustee under a deed of trust or an assignment, or by sheriffs, constables, or other public or court officials, or by any other person or persons acting under the authority and/or direction of any court in the course of official duty, or by any duly licensed bona fide merchant of such municipality conducting a seasonal or special sale ordinarily conducted by merchants, or by any bona fide merchant who is closing out his stock of goods and advertises such sale to that effect, or by a bona fide merchant whose own stock of goods has been damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, and who advertises as such.
Such municipal governing authorities may, by ordinance, prescribe penalties for the violation of such ordinance and may make such violation of said ordinances punishable in the manner provided by law for the punishment of misdemeanors.
The provisions of this section shall apply to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under the code charter, a special charter, commission form, or other form of government.
Codes, 1942, §§ 3374-79, 3374-81; Laws, 1932, ch. 218; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, §§ 79, 81, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-39 - Adoption of ordinances regulating sale at retail of goods and services on Sunday

(1)
From and after July 1, 1986, the governing authorities of counties and municipalities may adopt, in the manner provided by law, ordinances regulating, restricting and prohibiting the sale of goods and services at retail on the day of the week commonly called "Sunday." Such ordinances may regulate, restrict or prohibit such sales by types and kinds of goods and services and may also regulate and restrict the hours during which such goods and services may be sold or offered for sale.
(2)
All valid ordinances of any county or municipality regulating, restricting or prohibiting the sale of goods and services on Sunday adopted prior to July 1, 1986, pursuant to the authority granted by and in conformity with the provisions of any of the laws amended or repealed by Chapter 302, Laws of 1986, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be null and void from and after July 1, 1986; provided, however, any ordinance adopted under the provisions of any other laws of this state shall not be affected.
Codes, 1906, § 3372; Hemingway's 1917, § 5869; 1930, § 2450; 1942, § 3374-154; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 154; Laws, 1986, ch. 302, § 1, eff. 7/1/1986 (became law on 2/4/1986, without the Governor's signature).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-41 - Contributing to support of federal food stamp program

Municipalities within the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized to contribute funds to the support of the federal food stamp program, operated under the direction of the United States Department of Agriculture, and administered in the State of Mississippi by the state department of public welfare. Contributions to the support of the federal food stamp program may be made by municipalities from general funds or from the proceeds of municipal sales taxes. However, no municipality shall establish a federal food stamp program where the county in which said municipality is situated has such a program in operation.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-191; Laws, 1968, ch. 554, § 1, eff. 7/2/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-43 - Encouraging establishment of industry

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to aid and encourage the establishment of manufactures and other new enterprises mentioned in Section
27-31-101
, Mississippi Code of 1972, and gas works, water works, and cooperative rural electrification associations, but not railroads, within the corporate limits of municipalities, by exempting all tangible property used in or necessary to the operation thereof for such purposes from municipal taxation for a period not exceeding ten years as authorized by Sections
27-31-101
and
27-31-115
, Mississippi Code of 1972, and as authorized by Section 192 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1892, § 2956; 1906, § 3347; Hemingway's 1917, § 5844; 1930, § 2423; 1942, § 3374-136; Laws, 1920, ch. 236; Laws, 1932, ch. 221; Laws, 1938, ch. 336; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 136; Laws, 1952, ch. 420, § 8.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-44 - Supporting certain local economic development organizations

The municipal governing authorities of any municipality shall have the power and authority, in their discretion, to execute contracts and agreements with, and to appropriate, contribute and donate to, or expend budgeted funds for, local economic development organizations and designated Main Street programs.
Laws, 1999, ch. 340, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-44.1 - Donating to Main Street Project, Incorporated

The governing authorities of any municipality in this state are authorized, in their discretion, to contribute, donate or appropriate annually out of any money in the treasury of the municipality, to the municipality's nonprofit corporation known as Main Street Project, Incorporated, for any economic development program or endeavor of the corporation, for the development of the municipality's central business district or for any lawful purpose of the municipality. Further, the governing authorities are authorized, in their discretion, to execute contracts and agreements and to expend municipal funds in support of any project sponsored by the corporation, the municipality or any other nonprofit corporation engaged in local economic development.
Laws, 1999, ch. 322, § 1, eff. 3/11/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-45 - Donating to nonprofit civic and development corporations by certain municipalities

(1)
Any municipality in the state having a population of less than five hundred according to the 1960 decennial census and being situated in a county bordering the State of Tennessee and having a 1960 population in excess of fifteen thousand but less than twenty thousand, and any municipality having a population according to the 1960 federal decennial census in excess of two thousand but less than two thousand two hundred and being in a county bordering the Pearl River and having an area in excess of eight hundred twenty-five square miles, and all municipalities located in counties with two judicial districts in which municipalities Mississippi Highway 35 runs and which have a population according to the latest available federal census in excess of three hundred forty-two but less than one thousand, acting by and through the mayor and board of aldermen, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to pay a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($225.00) per month to any nonprofit civic and development corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Mississippi for the purposes set forth herein.
(2)
The funds shall be expended by said nonprofit corporation for the purpose of building, equipping, maintaining and operating a community park, a community house, tennis courts, bowling lanes, lakes, golf courses and swimming pools, for the acquisition of land and facilities to be used for the aforesaid purposes, for the purchase of land and the making of improvements thereon for industrial development, and for other public purposes, and for the repayment of loans secured for the purposes set forth herein.
(3)
This section, without reference to any other statutes, shall be full and complete authority to expend the money for the purposes enumerated herein, and all powers necessary to be exercised by the mayor and board of aldermen in order to carry out the purposes of this section are herein expressly conferred on said mayor and board.
(4)
The mayor and board of aldermen are further authorized and empowered to adopt any and all lawful resolutions, orders, and/or ordinances, and to do and perform any and all acts and things necessary and requisite to carry out the purposes of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-125.3; Laws, 1964, ch. 499, §§ 1-5; Laws, 1966 Ex Sess, ch. 43, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 551, § 1, eff. 7/10/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-46 - Donating to Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

The governing authority of any municipality is authorized, in its discretion, to donate to any chapter of the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) out of any funds in the municipal treasury; however, the cumulative sum of donations to a chapter may not exceed the amount generated in the municipality by one-fourth (1/4) mill on all of the taxable property within the municipality during the fiscal year in which the donations are made. Nothing in this section authorizes the imposition of additional tax.
Laws, 2011, ch. 461, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-47 - Donating to support bands and orchestras

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to appropriate funds each year in the amount that they may deem advisable, to be paid out of the treasury of such municipalities, toward aiding, supporting and maintaining a band or concert orchestra for the amusement and entertainment of the citizens of such municipalities.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5871; 1930, § 2451; 1942, § 3374-155; Laws, 1912, ch. 122; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 155; Laws, 1977, ch. 382, eff. 3/18/1977.