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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-57 - Property delivered to successor sheriff

Every sheriff who shall have levied an execution or other process on goods and chattels which shall remain in his possession unsold at the expiration of his term of office, shall deliver the same to his successor in office, taking his receipt therefor. The sheriff to whom such goods and chattels are delivered shall sell the same in like manner as his predecessor ought to have done had he remained in office, and shall pay the proceeds of the sale to the parties entitled thereto. If any sheriff fails to deliver to his successor any goods and chattels so levied on and remaining in his hands, on demand therefor, the plaintiff in the execution or other process, upon five days' notice thereof, may move the court from which the writ issued, against the sheriff so failing, and his sureties and their executors and administrators, upon which motion judgment shall be entered for the amount of the execution or other process, with interest, and five percent (5%) damages and costs.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art 3 (11); 1857, ch. 6, art 126; 1871, § 232; 1880, § 338; 1892, § 4126; 1906, § 4678; Hemingway's 1917, § 3095; 1930, § 3325; 1942, § 4250.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-59 - Mesne process docket kept by sheriff

It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep a record, to be called the "Mesne Process Docket," in which he shall note each writ, other than an execution, received by him for service, specifying the names of the parties, the court from which issued, the date of its reception, how executed, and when and how returned. The record shall be kept as a public record, and turned over to his successor.
Codes, 1892, § 4127; 1906, § 4679; Hemingway's 1917, § 3096; 1930, § 3326; 1942, § 4251; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 35, eff. 3/25/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-61 - Execution docket kept by sheriff

It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep a record, to be called the "Execution docket," in which he shall note each execution received by him, specifying the names of all the parties, the amount and date of the judgment, the court from which issued and when returnable, the amount of the costs, the date when the same was received, and all levies and other proceedings had thereon. The record shall be kept by the sheriff as a public record, and at the expiration of the term of office of such sheriff, it shall be delivered to his successor.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art 9 (1); 1857, ch. 6, art 127; 1871, § 233; 1880, § 339; 1892 § 4128; 1906, § 4680; Hemingway's 1917, § 3097; 1930, § 3327; 1942, § 4252; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 36, eff. 3/25/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-63 - Jail docket kept by sheriff

It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep a record, to be called the "Jail docket," in which he shall note each warrant or mittimus by which any person shall be received into or placed in the jail of his county, entering the nature of the writ or warrant, by whom issued, the name of the prisoner, when received, the date of the arrest and commitment, for what crime or other cause the party is imprisoned, and on what authority, how long the prisoner was so imprisoned, how released or discharged, and the warrant therefor or the receipt of the officer of the penitentiary when sent there. All of said entries shall be full and complete, so as to give a perfect history of each case. The record shall be kept as a public record, and turned over to his successor.
Codes, 1892, § 4129; 1906, § 4681; Hemingway's 1917, § 3098; 1930, § 3328; 1942, § 4253; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 37, eff. 3/25/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-65 - Sheriff to serve as county librarian

(1)
(a)
The sheriff shall be the custodian of the books other than record books belonging to the county, and he shall keep the Mississippi Department Reports, census reports, statutes of the state, the "Mississippi Reports," digests, and legislative journals assigned to his county in a suitable and safe bookcase in the courtroom of the courthouse. He shall keep them well bound in leather, or stiff boards with leather back and corners, to be paid for out of the county treasury on the order of the board of supervisors, and he shall preserve them in good condition.
(b)
In addition to the sheriff maintaining printed books or physical books as described under paragraph (a) of this subsection, on the order of the board of supervisors, such books may also be maintained in an electronic format.
(2)
The sheriff shall be fined Ten Dollars ($10.00) by the court, either circuit or chancery, as for a contempt, for each volume belonging to the county and which has passed into his custody that shall be out of the courtroom at any term of court. He shall also receive and preserve in the same way all books of every kind, maps, charts, and other like things that may be donated to the county by the state, the United States, from individuals or other sources. He shall not permit any of the books in his keeping to be carried out of the courthouse.
(3)
The sheriff shall, in case of binding or rebinding of books belonging to the county, cause the statutes of the state to be labeled "Laws of Mississippi," and the year of their enactment shall appear thereon. If the reports and digests or code are rebound, they shall be labeled as they were originally.
(4)
In his settlement with the clerk of the board of supervisors for the month of December of each calendar year, the sheriff shall file with the clerk a sworn itemized statement of the volumes of the Mississippi Reports on hand in the county library on the last business day of the month, and for all volumes missing since the settlement for the previous December the clerk shall debit the sheriff in his settlement at the rate of Four Dollars ($4.00) for each of the missing volumes.
Codes, 1892, §§ 4133, 4134; 1906, §§ 4685, 4686; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 3102, 3103; 1930, §§ 3332, 3333; 1942, §§ 4257, 4258; Laws, 1968, ch. 361, § 66, eff. 1/1/1972.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 493, HB 493,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-67 - Duty of sheriff to keep the peace

It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep the peace within his county, by causing all offenders in his view to enter into bonds, with sureties, for keeping the peace and for appearing at the next circuit court, and by committing such offenders in case of refusal. He shall certify and return said bonds to the court. It shall be his duty to quell riots, routs, affrays and unlawful assemblages, and to prevent lynchings and mob violence, and wherever necessary he shall call to his aid the power of the county. Any person who shall fail, neglect or refuse to respond to the call of the sheriff for such aid shall be reported by the sheriff to the circuit court, and it shall be his duty to prosecute all such persons, who, upon conviction, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. He shall pursue, apprehend, and commit to jail all persons charged with treason, felony, or other crimes. He may take bonds, with good and sufficient sureties, of any person whom he may arrest with or without a warrant for any felony that is bailable as a matter of law. He may fix the amount of such bonds, only in emergency circumstances. "Emergency circumstances" means a situation in which a person is arrested without a warrant and cannot be taken before a judicial officer for a determination of probable cause within a reasonable time, or within forty-eight (48) hours, whichever is the lesser, after the arrest.
Any sheriff who wilfully fails, neglects or refuses to perform any of his duties as prescribed in this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and prosecuted therefor, and upon conviction thereof he shall be removed from office.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art 3 (13); 1857, ch. 6, art 129; 1871, § 235; 1880 § 340; 1892 § 4130; 1906, § 4682; Hemingway's 1917, § 3099; 1930, § 3329; 1942, § 4254; Laws, 1995, ch. 319, § 1, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-69 - Sheriff to have charge of courthouse, jail and protection of prisoners

The sheriff shall have charge of the courthouse and jail of his county, of the premises belonging thereto, and of the prisoners in said jail. He shall preserve the said premises and prisoners from mob violence, from any injuries or attacks by mobs or otherwise, and from trespasses and intruders. He shall keep the courthouse, jail, and premises belonging thereto, in a clean and comfortable condition, and it shall be his duty to prosecute all persons who are guilty of injuring or defacing same. If, after a hearing by the Governor, held in accordance with due process of law, it shall be ascertained that the sheriff has wilfully failed, neglected or refused to preserve the courthouse, or the jail, or any prisoners lawfully in his custody from injuries by mob violence, then the Governor shall have the power and it shall be his duty to remove such sheriff from office.
However, in the case of a jail owned jointly by a county and municipality, under the provisions of Section
17-5-1
, Mississippi Code of 1972, after the appointment of a jailer, pursuant to Section
47-1-49
, Mississippi Code of 1972, responsible for all municipal prisoners lodged in said jail, neither the sheriff nor his bondsmen shall be responsible for actual maintenance or operation of said jail, insofar as municipal prisoners are concerned.
Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art 136; 1871, § 242; 1880, § 342; 1892, § 4132; 1906, § 4684; Hemingway's 1917, § 3101; 1930, § 3331; 1942, § 4256; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 1, eff. 5/6/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-71 - Sheriff to serve as jailer; separate rooms by gender; training

(1)
The sheriff shall be the jailer of his county and, in the performance of his duties as jailer, he shall employ a jailer or jailers to have charge of the prisoners in the jail. However, in any county in which there is a jointly owned jail, the jailer, pursuant to Section
47-1-49
, shall be the person appointed by the governing authorities of the municipality insofar as municipal prisoners are concerned. The sheriff shall keep in the jail thereof separate rooms by gender, and shall not permit any communication between a male and a female prisoner, unless they be married.
(2)
The board of supervisors of the county shall pay the tuition, living and travel expenses incurred by a person in attending and participating in the basic and continuing education courses for county jail officers.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art 3 (15); 1857, ch. 6, art 131; 1871, § 237; 1880, § 343; 1892, § 4136; 1906, § 4687; Hemingway's 1917, § 3104; 1930, § 3334; 1942, § 4259; Laws, 1896, p 153; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 2; Laws, 1968, ch. 552, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 486, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 482, § 9, eff. 7/1/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-74 - Feeding of prisoners; log of meals served

In any event, regardless of which method in respect to the feeding of prisoners is selected by the board of supervisors, the sheriff shall maintain a log, showing the name of each prisoner, the date and time of incarceration and release, to be posted by the tenth calendar day of each month for the period spanning the preceding month, which shall record the number of meals served to prisoners on each day, and shall make affidavit as to the correctness thereof and file the same monthly with the board of supervisors. Such log shall remain on file with the board of supervisors as other records of said board and shall be made available to the State Department of Audit upon request. No claims for the cost or expenses of feeding prisoners shall be approved by the board of supervisors for any month unless and until such log for that month is filed.
Laws, 1976, ch. 457, § 2, eff. 10/1/1976.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 411, SB 2680,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-75 - Additional guards for jail

If the jail be insufficient or if there be danger of escape, lynching or rescue of any prisoner therein, or danger of an attack upon the jail by any person or persons, or if there be no jail, or if the sheriff or jailer shall have any person or persons lawfully in his custody and there be danger of the seizure, lynching, escape or rescue of any such person or persons, or if mob violence has been threatened against any such person or persons, it shall be the duty of the sheriff or jailer to summon a sufficient guard to protect and secure such prisoner, or to protect the jail, so long as the same may be necessary and no longer. The sheriff or jailer shall furnish to the circuit court of his county a certified list of all persons thus summoned, who served as such guard, together with the length of time each thus served, and he shall furnish to the court and also to the grand jury a list of all persons thus summoned who failed, neglected or refused to heed the summons of the sheriff or jailer. The circuit court upon due proof may allow to each person not more than Five Dollars ($5.00) for each day and night he may have been employed as guard, or at this rate for a greater time, to be paid out of the county treasury upon the order of the court and the issuance of a warrant therefor by the board of supervisors. This section shall not authorize the employment of permanent guards for the jail or for prisoners away from the jail, but only in an emergency. All persons summoned by the sheriff or jailer under the provisions of this section who shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey said summons shall, upon conviction, be punished as for a misdemeanor, and it shall be the duty of the circuit judge to charge the grand jury especially in this regard.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art 6 (31); 1857, ch. 6, art 135; 1871, § 241; 1880, § 344; 1892, § 4138; 1906, § 4689; Hemingway's 1917, § 3106; 1930, § 3336; 1942, § 4261; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 4, eff. 5/6/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-77 - Support of prisoner confined for contempt

When a prisoner in custody for contempt of court shall be unable to support himself, the sheriff shall be allowed the same compensation for the support of such person as is allowed for keeping other prisoners, to be paid in the same way out of the county treasury. Such person shall not be detained in prison for such fees.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art 5 (178); 1857, ch. 6, art 133; 1871, § 239; 1880, § 346; 1892, § 4140; 1906, § 4691; Hemingway's 1917, § 3108; 1930, § 3338; 1942, § 4263.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-79 - Sheriff to receive and keep prisoner committed by justice

The sheriff of any county shall receive and keep any prisoner committed by a justice of the peace according to the order of commitment.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 65, art 2 (75); 1871, § 1324; 1880, § 2219; 1892, § 4141; 1906, § 4692; Hemingway's 1917, § 3109; 1930, § 3339; 1942, § 4264.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-81 - Sheriff to receive and keep prisoners from United States officers

It shall be the duty of all sheriffs as jailors to receive and safely keep, until discharged by due course of law, all prisoners arrested or committed under legal process from the officers of the courts of the United States, if the officer or person delivering such prisoner shall secure to the sheriff as jailor the amount of subsistence, bedding, fuel, clothing, medicine and medical fees allowed by law in such cases. No sheriff as jailor shall receive or keep any such prisoner where the receiving or keeping of such prisoner would tax the capacity of the jail in his county to the extent that there would not be sufficient room in said jail to safely keep and care for state and county prisoners in his custody or where the receiving or keeping of said prisoner would render such jail unduly unsanitary or dangerous to the health of the prisoners confined therein.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 38, art 3; 1857, ch. 64, art 281; 1871, § 2781; 1880, § 3031; 1892, § 4142; 1906, § 4693; Hemingway's 1917, § 3110; 1930, § 3340; 1942, § 4265; Laws, 1888, p 84; Laws, 1928, ch. 234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-83 - Maintenance and use of canine corps

The sheriff shall keep those hounds bought pursuant to Section
19-5-3
, closely confined in the jail yard or in some suitable inclosure to be provided for them, and he shall not permit any person to handle or in any way to be familiar with them except himself and one other person to assist each sheriff, which person shall be designated by him and who shall assist the sheriff in taking care of said dogs and training them. The sheriff or his assistant shall at frequent intervals exercise said dogs by having someone for them to trail, to the end that their instinct may be kept active. The sheriff on receiving information of the commission of a felony in his county or the escape of prisoners in his custody, and that the person charged with the commission thereof is at large and has left the scene of the crime and is a fugitive from justice, shall convey the said dogs to the place where said felony was committed and endeavor to capture the fugitive or escaped prisoners, as the case may be.
Codes, 1906, § 330; Hemingway's 1917, § 3703; 1930, § 236; 1942, § 2914; Laws, 1896, ch. 139; Laws, 1962, ch. 244, eff. 5/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-85 - Duties of sheriff of Harrison County in separate judicial district

The sheriff of Harrison County shall be the proper officer to execute all process required by law to be executed by the sheriff and to return the same to such district of said county as the same may belong. He shall keep an office at Gulfport therein, and an office at Biloxi therein, and in each of said offices he shall keep all books, records, and documents required by law to be kept by sheriffs in every county in the state, the same as if said two districts were separate counties. In making sales of land under execution or otherwise in the discharge of any of his official duties, such lands as lie in the first district, he shall sell at the door of the courthouse in Gulfport and in making like sales of land lying in the second district he shall sell the same at the door of the courthouse at Biloxi. Sales of personalty made by the sheriff under like authority shall be made in such places in each district, as if each were a separate county.
Codes, 1942, § 2910-04; Laws, 1962, ch. 257, § 4, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS (§§ 19-25-1 — 19-25-87) › Section 19-25-87 - Authority of sheriff to receive funds from federal government and to expend such funds

The sheriff of any county in which the federal government owns land is hereby authorized, with the approval of the board of supervisors, to receive funds from the corps of engineers of the United States Army for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to providing law enforcement on federally owned land. Such funds shall be kept in a separate account and may be expended by the sheriff, with the approval of the board of supervisors, for equipment, supplies, materials and deputies' salaries as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
Laws, 1980, ch. 381, eff. 4/25/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-1 - Oath and bond of office

There shall be elected for each county a surveyor who shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law and in the same manner as other county officials, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
From and after January 1, 1984, such surveyor shall be a registered land surveyor as provided for in Sections
73-13-71
through
73-13-99
. However, this requirement shall not apply to any person who was holding the office of county surveyor by either election or appointment on December 31, 1983.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 31, art 1 (1); 1857, ch. 6, art 167; 1871, § 272; 1880, § 379; 1892, § 4389; 1906, § 4954; Hemingway's 1917, § 7737; 1930, § 7139; 1942, § 4268; Laws, 1980, ch. 515, § 10; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 21; Laws, 2009, ch. 467, § 6, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-3 - General duties

It shall be the duty of the surveyor faithfully to execute all orders of survey directed to him by any court, and to make all surveys of land within his county, at the request of the owners or proprietors thereof, and to do whatsoever in the surveying, resurveying, measuring, and dividing of land that may be required of him by any person.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 31, art 1 (2); 1857, ch. 6, art 168; 1871, § 273; 1880, § 380; 1892, § 4390; 1906, § 4955; Hemingway's 1917, § 7738; 1930, § 7140; 1942, § 4269.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-5 - Record of surveys

Each county surveyor shall record, in a suitable book to be provided by the board of supervisors and to be kept in the office of the clerk of the chancery court, all surveys made by him and his deputies, except such as are made for a temporary purpose, and surveys of roads and of city, village, or town plats. He shall record the survey of any other surveyor which shall be made in his county by order of a court. The course and distance of all lines run and the number of acres contained in each piece of land surveyed shall be entered on the diagram of any section subdivided according to the survey thereof, and shall be considered a part of the record. The record shall show, in addition, the time when, by whom, and for whom such survey was made, a description of all the witness trees or monuments marked on the survey, with their respective bearings and distances, and the variation of the magnetic from the true meridian. He shall cause a true map or plat thereof to be made, of the form and size indicated in this chapter in regard to maps or plats of cities, towns or villages, or additions thereto, so far as may be applicable. The surveys made by him and the surveys made by any other surveyors as herein referred to shall be recorded in the same manner as provided herein for the record of maps or plats of cities, towns, or villages, or additions thereto. He shall keep the record accurately indexed, referring in a suitable manner to each survey or map or plat so recorded. The lines and distances of all surveys shall be in miles, or subdivisions thereof, yards, feet and inches.
Codes, 1892, § 4398; 1906, § 4963; Hemingway's 1917, § 7746; 1930, § 7148; 1942, § 4277.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-7 - Appointment of deputies

The county surveyor may appoint deputies by writing, who shall take the oath of office and give bond as required of the surveyor, and who shall thereupon be authorized to perform all the duties of the surveyor.
Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art 171; 1871, § 277; 1880, § 384; 1892, § 4395; 1906, § 4960; Hemingway's 1917, § 7743; 1930, § 7145; 1942, § 4274.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-9 - Swearing the chain-bearers

The surveyor shall administer an oath or affirmation to the chain-carriers to faithfully and diligently perform their duties without fear, favor, affection or partiality. The surveyor shall write the name of each of the chain-carriers on his plat, or on the certificate of survey, and he is authorized to administer all oaths which may be necessary in the prosecution or completion of any survey.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 31, art 1 (7); 1857, ch. 6, art 170; 1871, § 276; 1880, § 383; 1892, § 4394; 1906, § 4959; Hemingway's 1917, § 7742; 1930, § 7144; 1942, § 4273.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-11 - Surveyor may enter premises without consent in certain cases

In the execution of an order of survey directed to him by any court, the surveyor and his assistants may, without the consent of the occupant or claimant of ownership, enter upon any lands ordered to be surveyed and to survey the same in an orderly and proper manner. Any person who shall obstruct him or his assistants therein shall be punished as for a contempt of court.
Codes, 1892, § 4391; 1906, § 4956; Hemingway's 1917, § 7739; 1930, § 7141; 1942, § 4270.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-13 - Resurveying, re-marking and bounding lands and county boundary lines

The surveyor, whenever called on for that purpose by those interested, shall resurvey and re-mark and bound any tract of land in his county where the old marks are defaced or are likely to decay and perish, being governed by the original surveys, patents, or title deeds of such tracts. He shall make a certificate of all such re-markings and boundaries, and deliver the same to the owner of the land, who may have it recorded in the office of the chancery clerk of the county or counties in which the land is situated. The surveyor, whenever requested by the board of supervisors of any county, shall resurvey, re-mark and bound any county boundary line, being governed by the original governmental surveys, field notes, and patents. The notes of such resurvey and the certificate thereof shall be recorded in the office of the chancery clerk of such county, and shall be presumptive evidence of the facts connected with and pertinent to the resurvey therein contained in any case in which the venue is in question.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 31, art 1 (3); 1857, ch. 6, art 169; 1871, § 274; 1880, § 381; 1892, § 4392; 1906, § 4957; Hemingway's 1917, § 7740; 1930, § 7142; 1942, § 4271; Laws, 1956, ch. 205.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-15 - Reestablishing original marks

It shall be the duty of the surveyor, in all resurveys and re-markings, to perpetuate the original corners he may work from by noting new bearing trees, and otherwise, as may be convenient and useful. They shall also perpetuate the principal corners made by themselves in the same way.
Codes, 1892, § 4393; 1906, § 4958; Hemingway's 1917, § 7741; 1930, § 7143; 1942, § 4272.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-17 - How survey ordered for execution of judicial sales

In all cases where a survey of land may be necessary to the proper designation of parcels, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 111 of the Constitution, it shall be caused to be made by the person whose duty it is to make the sale, and the proper cost thereof shall be allowed in the bill of cost.
Codes, 1880, § 385; 1892, § 4396; 1906, § 4961; Hemingway's 1917, § 7744; 1930, § 7146; 1942, § 4275.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-19 - Making of survey when surveyor interested

Whenever a survey may be required of any land in which the county surveyor may be interested, or whenever from any cause there shall be no surveyor deputy to be found, or able to act, the survey may be made by the surveyor of any other convenient county, and a court may in any case so order, or the survey may be made by such person of skill as the parties interested may agree upon.
Codes, 1892, § 4397; 1906, § 4962; Hemingway's 1917, § 7745; 1930, § 7147; 1942, § 4276.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-21 - Maps and plats; making thereof

Whenever any city, town, or village, or addition thereto, shall be laid out, the proprietor thereof shall cause a true map or plat thereof to be made by a civil engineer, surveyor, or other competent person.
Codes, 1892, § 4399; 1906, § 4964; Hemingway's 1917, § 7747; 1930, § 7149; 1942, § 4278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-23 - Maps and plats; form

Such map or plat shall in every case be made on a scale not less than two hundred feet to an inch, on sheets of good muslin-backed paper, eighteen inches by twenty-four inches in size. There shall be written upon the paper upon which said map or plat shall be made a full and detailed description of the land embraced in the map or plat, showing the township and range in which such land is situated, and the sections and parts of sections platted. It shall show on its face in plain letters the name of the city, town, or village, or addition platted, the name of the proprietor, and all of them, and of the engineer, surveyor, or other person making the map or plat, with the date. The same shall be signed by the proprietor and surveyor, and shall be acknowledged as deeds are acknowledged. The sections and parts of sections platted shall also be designated by lines drawn upon said map or plat, with appropriate letters and figures, and it shall contain a plain designation of the cardinal points of the compass, and a correct scale.
Codes, 1892, § 4400; 1906, § 4965; Hemingway's 1917, § 7748; 1930, § 7150; 1942, § 4279.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-25 - Maps and plats; contents

Every such map or plat shall particularly set forth and describe such portion of the government survey as is intended to be platted, and when the premises cannot be accurately described by legal subdivisions, then the boundaries thereof must be defined by metes, bounds, and courses. Such map or plat shall also specify and describe all the public grounds, except streets and alleys, by their boundaries, courses, and extent, and all streets and alleys by their courses, length, widths, names, or numbers, by writing or figures upon that portion of the map or plat intended for those uses. All the lots intended for sale may be numbered either by progressive numbers, or, if in blocks, progressively numbered in each block, and the blocks progressively numbered or lettered. Where all the lots in any block are of the same dimensions, it shall be sufficient to mark the precise length and width upon one tier thereof, but all gores, triangles, or other lots, either squares or parallelograms, shall have the length of their sides plainly defined by figures.
Codes, 1892, § 4401; 1906, § 4966; Hemingway's 1917, § 7749; 1930, § 7151; 1942, § 4280.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-27 - Maps and plats; recording

Such map or plat shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county or counties where the land lies, and in the following manner. The proprietor shall cause to be made, by a competent person, on the same scale and on paper of the same size and quality as that on which the map or plat is required to be made, an exact duplicate of said map or plat, with the detailed description, and signed and acknowledged as the original is required to be. The said map or plat and the said duplicate shall be delivered to the clerk of the chancery court, who shall carefully examine the same, and, if he find that in any respect it fails to conform to the requirements of Sections
19-27-23
,
19-27-25
, he shall point out the deficiency to the person so presenting it, and return it to such person for correction. When such map or plat shall conform, or shall be made to conform, to the requirements of law, the clerk and the engineer, surveyor, or other person who made the same, shall carefully compare the duplicate with the map or plat, and, if correct, or when made correct, it shall be certified by the clerk and the engineer, surveyor, or other maker, stating therein that they have carefully compared the same with the map or plat (describing it), and that it is an exact duplicate thereof, and of the whole of such map or plat. The clerk shall then securely fasten the said duplicate in a book of the proper size for such paper, so that it shall not be folded, which book shall be securely bound and provided at the costs of the county, after the first map or plat is so presented. Such duplicate so fastened in said book shall be held and taken to be a record of the map or plat, with like effect as if the map or plat had been actually transcribed by the clerk in a book in his office. The clerk shall certify on the map or plat and note on the duplicate the time when it was recorded, and make a reference on the map to the book and page where recorded. The lines and distances of all such maps or plats shall be in yards, feet, and inches.
Codes, 1892, § 4402; 1906, § 4967; Hemingway's 1917, § 7750; 1930, § 7152; 1942, § 4281.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-29 - Maps and plats; penalty for selling lots before recording

If any person shall sell any lot or lots within any such city, town, or village, or addition thereto, before the plat or map thereof shall be recorded, he shall be liable to an action, to be brought for the use of the county, for Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). The clerk of the chancery court shall institute the action upon the presentation to him for record of any deed to lots in any such city, town, or village, or addition thereto.
Codes, 1892, § 4403; 1906, § 4968; Hemingway's 1917, § 7751; 1930, § 7153; 1942, § 4282.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-31 - Maps and plats; alteration and vacation

If the owner of any land which shall have been laid off, mapped, or platted as a city, town or village, or addition thereto, or subdivision thereof, or other platted area, whether inside or outside a municipality, shall be desirous of altering or vacating such map or plat, or any part thereof, he may, under oath, petition the chancery court for relief in the premises, setting forth the particular circumstances of the case and giving an accurate description of the property, the map or plat of which is to be vacated, or altered, and the names of the persons to be adversely affected thereby, or directly interested therein. The parties so named shall be made defendants thereto, and publication of summons shall be made one time in a newspaper published, or having a general circulation, in the county where the land is situated, and which publication shall clearly state the objects and purposes of the petition.
At any time after the expiration of five days from said publication and the service of process upon the named defendants, the cause or proceeding shall be triable, and the court in term time or the chancellor in vacation may hear the petition and all objections from any person thereto, and may decree according to the merits of the case. However, where all adversely affected or directly interested persons join in said petition, the same may be finally heard and determined by the court or chancellor at any time. If the decree vacate, in whole or in part, or alter the map or plat, it shall be recorded as a deed, and a memorandum thereof noted on the record of the map or plat.
Codes, 1892, § 4404; 1906, § 4969; Hemingway's 1917, § 7752; 1930, § 7154; 1942, § 4283; Laws, 1946 ch. 169.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-33 - Establishing true meridian

The board of supervisors may employ some skilled person to establish at or near the courthouse a line not exceeding twenty chains in length, corresponding with the true meridian of the place, and simultaneously determine to within one-half of one second of an arc the geographical longitude of the station occupied by the instrument used in the operation. After the line has been established, the board of supervisors may appoint a competent person to make annual observations at such time as may be determined, to ascertain the declination of the magnetic meridian from the true meridian, and when any alteration is ascertained, the person making the observation shall report the particulars to the board of supervisors, and the same shall be entered on its minutes.
Codes, 1892, § 4405; 1906, § 4970; Hemingway's 1917, § 7753; 1930, § 7155; 1942, § 4284.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 27 - SURVEYORS AND SURVEYS (§§ 19-27-1 — 19-27-35) › Section 19-27-35 - Surveyors to adjust instruments annually

The county surveyor shall annually adjust any instrument used by him in making surveys after checking said instrument with the line of the true meridian established under Section
19-27-33
, or with the line of the true meridian established within said county by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or a division designated by the survey, or with the line of the true meridian established by the Mississippi State Highway Department in the district in which the property to be surveyed is located. A surveyor shall not be allowed to certify or testify to the correctness of a survey thereafter made unless the instrument used in making it had been corrected and adjusted within twelve months next before the survey.
Codes, 1892, § 4406; 1906, § 4971; Hemingway's 1917, § 7754; 1930, § 7156; 1942, § 4285; Laws, 1960, ch. 399, § 1, eff. 5/10/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 29 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITIES (§§ 19-29-1 — 19-29-51) › Section 19-29-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Railroad Authorities Law."
Laws, 1980, ch. 544, § 1, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 29 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITIES (§§ 19-29-1 — 19-29-51) › Section 19-29-3 - Legislative findings and declaration of purpose

It is hereby declared by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi that railroad transportation and commerce is essential to the economic well-being of the state and the development of its natural resources and its agriculture and industry, and the preservation, development and maintenance of the state's rail service is in the public interest and serves a public purpose. It is the intent of the Legislature by this chapter to provide the manner and means necessary to carry out such purposes. The exercise of the powers granted in this chapter to the authorities and other public bodies is hereby declared to be a public and governmental function for a public purpose and public necessity.
Laws, 1980, ch. 544, § 2, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 29 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITIES (§§ 19-29-1 — 19-29-51) › Section 19-29-5 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(a)
"Act" means the railroad authorities law.
(b)
"Authority" or "railroad authority" means any of the public bodies corporate and politic created pursuant to this chapter or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto.
(c)
"Bonds" means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or similar obligations issued by an authority pursuant to this chapter.
(d)
"Federal government" means the United States of America or any department, division, commission or agency and instrumentality thereof, including the department of transportation and the interstate commerce commission.
(e)
"Governing body" means the board of commissioners of the authority.
(f)
"Person" means individuals, corporations, partnerships or foreign domestic associations.
(g)
"Railroad" means a common carrier by railroad as defined in section 1(3) of Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C.S., Section 1(3)).
(h)
"Railroad properties and facilities" means any real or personal property or interest in such property which is owned, leased or otherwise controlled by a railroad or other person, including an authority, and which are used or are useful in rail transportation service, including:
(i)
Track, roadbed and related structures, including rail, ties, ballast, other track materials, grading, tunnels, bridges, tressels, culverts, elevated structures, stations, office buildings used for operating purposes only, repair shops, engine houses and public improvements used or usable for rail service operation;
(ii)
Communication and power transmission systems for use by railroads;
(iii)
Signals, including signals and interlockers;
(iv)
Terminal or yard facilities and services to express company and railroads and their shippers, including ferries, tugs, car floats and related shoreside facilities designed for the transportation of equipment by water;
(v)
Shop or repair facilities or any other property used or capable of being used in rail freight transportation services or in connection with such services or for originating, terminating, improving and expediting the movement of equipment or goods.
(i)
"Rail service" means both freight and passenger railroad service.
Laws, 1980, ch. 544, § 3, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 29 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITIES (§§ 19-29-1 — 19-29-51) › Section 19-29-7 - Creation of county railroad authority; commissioners; public hearing; authorization for county or municipality to create or dissolve authority

(1)
Any county in which there is located existing railroad properties and facilities or in which railroad properties and facilities previously existed, but were abandoned after February 5, 1976, may, by resolution, create a public body corporate and politic, to be known as a county railroad authority, which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon the appointment and qualifications of the first commissioners thereof. Upon the adoption of a resolution creating a county railroad authority, the board of supervisors of the county shall, pursuant to the resolution, appoint five (5) persons as commissioners of the authority. The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve the terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years respectively. Thereafter, each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments. A county shall not adopt a resolution authorized by this section without a public hearing thereon. Notice thereof shall be given at least ten (10) days prior thereto in a newspaper published in the county, or if there is no newspaper published therein, then in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.
(2)
Any county and a municipality within a county may create a railroad authority under this section by resolution adopted by the respective governing authorities. The authority shall be governed by five (5) commissioners. The board of supervisors shall appoint two (2) persons as commissioners of the authority. The governing authorities of the municipality shall appoint two (2) persons as commissioners of the authority. One (1) commissioner shall be appointed by the municipality and the county on a rotating basis with the municipality making the first appointment. The terms of the commissioners shall be the same as those provided in subsection (1) with the term designation to be determined by the majority vote of the governing authorities of the municipality and of the county. The municipality and the county may dissolve the authority by a majority vote of both governing authorities.
Laws, 1980, ch. 544, § 4; Laws, 1999, ch. 376, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 29 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITIES (§§ 19-29-1 — 19-29-51) › Section 19-29-11 - Submission of resolutions of regional authority to Secretary of State; certificate of incorporation

Upon the appointment and qualification of the commissioners first appointed to a regional railroad authority, they shall submit to the Secretary of State a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of Section
19-29-9
by the counties included in the regional authority. Upon receipt thereof, the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of incorporation to the regional railroad authority.
When a regional railroad authority is increased or decreased pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of Section
19-29-9
, it shall forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant thereto and, upon receipt thereof, the Secretary of State shall issue an amended certificate of incorporation in accordance therewith.
Laws, 1980, ch. 544, § 6, eff. 7/1/1980.