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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-19 - Authority of counties to grant tax exemptions for property surrounding certain public landfills; credit against services received from regional authority in amount of tax revenues lost

(1)
Any county which locates, develops, owns or operates a municipal solid waste management facility within the county, or any county within which is located or developed a municipal solid waste management facility that is part of a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan approved by the Commission on Environmental Quality in accordance with Section
17-17-227
, on its own behalf or as a member of a regional authority, is authorized to grant a tax abatement or exception from ad valorem taxation in an amount not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the tax amended and levied against the real property located directly adjacent and surrounding the site of such facility or such other property within are made of the site which is determined by the board of supervisors to be impacted by the location and operation of the site.
(2)
Any county, which is a member of a regional authority, and which grants the tax exemption authorized herein for a municipal solid waste management facility site of the regional authority, shall receive a credit against services received from the regional authority in an amount commensurate with the tax revenue lost as a result of tax exemptions granted pursuant to this section.
Laws, 1992, ch. 583 § 17, eff. 5/15/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-23 - Notice of tax levy; protest; election

The tax levy authorized by Section
19-5-21
shall not be imposed until the board of supervisors shall have published notice of its intention to levy same. Said notice shall be published once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county, but not less than twenty-one (21) days, nor more than sixty (60) days, intervening between the time of the first notice and the meeting at which said board proposes to levy such tax. If, within the time of giving notice, twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the district affected shall protest or file a petition against the levy of such tax, then such tax shall not be levied unless authorized by a majority of the qualified electors of such district voting at an election to be called and held for that purpose. The notice provided for herein shall only be required prior to the initial levy except when the board of supervisors intends to increase the levy over the amount shown in the initial notice.
Codes, 1942, § 2912.7-03; Laws, 1971, ch. 370, § 3; Laws, 1976, ch. 367, eff. 4/23/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-25 - Reimbursement of tax levies

The levies made under Section
19-5-21
shall not be reimbursed under the Homestead Exemption Law of 1946, being Sections
37-57-3
and
37-57-35
, Mississippi Code of 1972, and any other statute authorizing the levy of taxes for the support of schools.
Codes, 1942, § 2912.7-06; Laws, 1971, ch. 370, § 6, eff. 3/16/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-27 - Supplementary method for garbage and rubbish removal

Sections
19-5-18
through
19-5-27
provide counties a supplementary method for handling garbage and rubbish removal. These sections do not amend or repeal Section
19-5-17
, Sections
17-5-3
through
17-5-11
, or any other law relating to the subject, including any special or local law which may have been enacted or which may hereafter be enacted by the Legislature regarding payment of costs for garbage or rubbish removal or collection of delinquent fees assessed for garbage or rubbish removal.
Codes, 1942, § 2912.7-05; Laws, 1971, ch. 370, § 5; Laws, 1997, ch. 423, § 2, eff. 3/24/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-29 - Payment for laying certain water mains

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state may, in their discretion, pay such part of the cost of labor and material for laying water mains from municipal water systems along the highways outside the corporate limits of such municipalities, not exceeding a distance of five miles, as in their discretion, may be to the public interest of their respective counties. Such expenditure on the part of a board of supervisors shall not exceed one-half of the entire total cost of labor and material for laying such water main.
However, no part of said expense is to be borne by any board of supervisors unless there is situate on the route of such proposed water main one or more county schools.
Codes, 1930, § 289; 1942, § 2993; Laws, 1926, ch. 203.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-30 - Payment for relocating water lines

The board of supervisors of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to render any assistance deemed necessary in order to defray the cost of the relocation of a water line operated within the county by a local water association when such relocation is required for the development of a public road or other county improvement. Such assistance may be rendered by the board upon a finding that such would be in the best interest of the county.
Laws, 1985, ch. 313, eff. 3/8/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-31 - Golden Age Nursing Homes; establishment and operation

The board of supervisors of each county in the state, acting alone or in conjunction with boards of supervisors of an adjoining county or counties, shall have the power and jurisdiction necessary and proper to provide for the relief and support of the aged bona fide residents of said county or counties, of good moral character and over sixty-five years of age, and, to that end, may purchase the necessary lands for the establishment of a Golden Age Nursing Home in said county or counties, and may employ suitable persons to control and operate same and to see that such aged persons are properly treated, and may provide physicians and nurses in such cases as it may deem proper, and purchase the necessary medicines and medical supplies and pay for all of same out of the general fund of said county or counties, or out of any funds ensuing from any levy made by such board of supervisors for the support and maintenance of such institutions.
The board of supervisors of said county or counties may prescribe such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient and necessary for the operation and maintenance of said county nursing home, and may employ any person as superintendent or other employees that may be required and necessary in the operation of such institution.
Codes, 1942, §§ 2998.7-01, 2998.7-04; Laws, 1962, ch. 403, §§ 1, 4, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-33 - Golden Age Nursing Homes; land, buildings and equipment for institution

The board of supervisors of such county or counties may purchase in the name of such county or counties such lands as may be necessary for such institution, or may use such lands available which already belong to the board of supervisors, and may have such buildings erected thereon and equipment installed therein as may be necessary, after advertising therefor as the law directs.
Codes, 1942, § 2998.7-02; Laws, 1962, ch. 403, § 2, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-35 - Golden Age Nursing Homes; combined institution for care of county paupers and destitute aged

The board of supervisors of such county or counties may, when deemed proper, combine and use any property now being used for county homes and use such property hereafter as a combined institution to take care of the county paupers and the destitute aged provided for in Section
19-5-31
through
19-5-39
, in which event the Golden Age Home may take care of all such persons.
Codes, 1942, § 2998.7-03; Laws, 1962, ch. 403, § 3, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-37 - Golden Age Nursing Homes; funds for support and maintenance

The board of supervisors of such county or counties may, in its discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the support and maintenance of such nursing homes.
Codes, 1942, § 2998.7-05; Laws, 1962, ch. 403, § 5; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 5, eff. 10/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-39 - Golden Age Nursing Homes; issuance of bonds

The board of supervisors of any county or counties coming within the provisions of Section
19-5-31
through
19-5-39
may issue and sell its full faith and credit bonds as otherwise provided by law to secure funds with which to construct and equip such Golden Age Nursing Homes.
Codes, 1942, § 2998.7-06; Laws, 1962, ch. 403, § 6, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-41 - Creation of county hospital building commission in certain counties

The board of supervisors of any county in the state having a population of more than one hundred thousand, according to the federal census of 1950, is authorized to create a county hospital building commission with authority to advise and assist such board of supervisors in all phases of the establishment of a county hospital, including, but not limited to, land acquisition, and the planning, constructing and staffing of such hospital.
The commission herein authorized shall consist of not more than seven members, one of whom shall be from each of the supervisors districts in such county, and two of whom shall be selected from the county at large, and the board of supervisors may pay to each of the members of said commission the sum of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per day while attending to the duties in connection with the work of the commission.
Codes, 1942, § 3002.7; Laws, 1962, ch. 243, §§ 1-3, eff. 5/2/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-43 - Temporary care and maintenance of individuals with mental illness who are unable to pay for care

The boards of supervisors in their respective counties shall temporarily provide for the care and maintenance of any person alleged to have mental illness when the person has no means of paying that expense, pending an investigation into the mental status of the person alleged to have mental illness before the chancery clerk of the county, and provide for the care and maintenance of those persons by the sheriff of their respective counties after being adjudged as a person with mental illness by the properly constituted authority, when there is no room in one (1) of the state psychiatric hospitals or institutions for the person with mental illness. The boards shall cause all reasonable and proper allowance for that care and maintenance to be paid out of the county treasury.
Codes, 1906, § 308; Hemingway's 1917, § 3681; 1930, § 238; 1942, § 2916; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 8, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-45 - Construction of sheltered workshop for employment of handicapped

Any county within the State of Mississippi wherein the railroads known as the Illinois Central and the Mississippi Central intersect, and any county with a population of not less than twenty-one thousand nor more than twenty-one thousand five hundred and with an assessed valuation in excess of Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000.00), and in which State Highway 35 and State Highway 12 intersect, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the negotiable bonds or certificates of indebtedness of said county for the purpose of constructing an industrial building to be used as a sheltered workshop for the employment of handicapped people, and said county is hereby authorized to retain two mills of the state ad valorem tax levy for a period not in excess of five years for the purpose of assisting in the retirement of said bonds and interest thereon.
The board of supervisors of any county coming within the provisions of this section shall be authorized to levy, at the time and in the prescribed manner other county tax levies are made, an ad valorem tax of one-fourth mill for each mill retained levied against all of the taxable property of such county, and such levy shall be made a condition precedent to the operation of this section.
The amount of bonds or certificates of indebtedness issued for this purpose shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) and the two mill state ad valorem tax levy herein authorized to be retained for the retirement of said bonds may be pledged, together with the full faith and credit of the county, for the payment of said bonds at maturity and the interest thereon.
In issuing the bonds herein authorized, it shall only be necessary for the board of supervisors of said county to adopt a resolution providing for the sale and issuance of said bonds as now provided by law.
Codes, 1942, § 2996.5; Laws, 1964, ch. 280, § 1, eff. 6/5/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-47 - Construction of public health buildings and clinics

The board of supervisors of any county in the state is hereby empowered, in its discretion, to acquire by gift, donation or purchase necessary real estate on which to erect, construct or reconstruct public health buildings and clinics sponsored by the public health units of any county, or a public health building to house the county health department, said funds to be expended out of the general fund or out of any fund collected from a special levy made by said county for public health purposes. In said construction the board of supervisors of all counties are hereby empowered to erect said buildings in conjunction with any municipality situated in any county or in conjunction with any federal agency, and the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to sponsor any of such said projects, or, in the discretion of said board, said buildings may be constructed under contract after advertising as provided by law and upon competitive bids received therefor.
Codes, 1942, § 2997; Laws, 1940, ch. 302; Laws, 1942, ch. 212.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-49 - Lease of county homes and farms

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to lease or rent any lands or buildings owned by the county and being used, or intended to be used, as a county home and farm to any person, persons, or association for the purposes of using such land and buildings for the care and keeping of old, infirm, or indigent persons. At any time that such lands and buildings cease to be used for such purposes, then such lease shall automatically expire.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 260.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-50 - Controlling running of animals at large; establishing county pounds

(1)
The governing authorities of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and having within its boundaries two cities having in excess of forty thousand (40,000) population each, according to the 1970 United States decennial census and of any county bordering on the Pearl River having two (2) judicial districts, wherein is housed the seat of state government, wherein U. S. Interstates 55 and 20 interchange and having a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the 1970 federal decennial census, 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 county, and to appoint and confirm keepers thereof, and to establish and enforce rules governing the same.
(2)
The governing authorities of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and having within its boundaries two (2) cities having in excess of forty thousand (40,000) population each, according to the 1970 federal decennial census, and of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and the State of Alabama in which there is a shipyard which constructs oceangoing vessels, and any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and the State of Louisiana and through which U.S. Interstate Highway 10 runs, 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 county, and to appoint and confirm keepers thereof, and to establish and enforce rules governing the same.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-153; Laws, 1972, ch. 509, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 560, eff. 4/18/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-51 - Bounty on beaver, nutria, and bobcats

Any board of supervisors may, in its discretion, by appropriate resolution spread upon its minutes, offer a bounty not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) for each nutria, beaver or bobcat destroyed, where such board finds and determines that nutria, beaver or bobcats are in such quantities that the preservation of trees and other properties requires such bounties to be offered. Upon presentation to the sheriff of the complete tail of a nutria, beaver or bobcat, the sheriff shall execute a receipt therefor. Upon filing of such receipt with the chancery clerk, the amount of such bounty may be allowed by the board of supervisors as are other accounts against the county.
There is further provided a bounty on beaver not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) for each beaver to be paid in the following manner: upon the presentation of the tail of any beaver, any conservation officer of the state shall issue a receipt in such form as prescribed by the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to the person presenting such tail. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall redeem such receipts by paying to such person a sum not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) for each such receipt as bounty. The redemption of such receipts shall be paid only from funds especially appropriated for this purpose and it is expressly provided that no such bounty shall be paid from any regular receipts, funds and appropriations of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
For the purposes of carrying out the purposes of this section, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the State Forestry Commission are authorized, empowered and directed, when requested by the board of supervisors or any property owner, to utilize funds, personnel and equipment under reasonable terms and conditions.
No bounty shall be paid when funds, personnel or equipment of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the State Forestry Commission or the county are employed in capturing and killing such animals.
Codes, 1942, § 2890.2; Laws, 1964, ch. 231, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 477, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 569, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 1, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-53 - Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock

The board of supervisors in the various counties of the state are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to appropriate money out of the general county fund for the purpose of offering premiums for excellence in raising crops and livestock in their county.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 3786; 1930, § 273; 1942, § 2959; Laws, 1910, ch. 144.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-55 - Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock; limitation on amount to be expended

The amount of money to be appropriated and offered shall not exceed the following:
(a)
for corn - Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the best five acres or more, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the second best and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the third best, or half the amounts for three acres;
(b)
for mule colt - not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the best, Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for the second best and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the third best;
(c)
for horse colt - the same as for a mule colt;
(d)
for cow - not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the best, Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for the second best and Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for the third best;
(e)
for hog - the same as for a cow. Other premiums for excellence in raising agricultural, horticultural and livestock products may be given in proportion. No exhibit or entry of any kind which has once been awarded a prize shall be eligible at any other time for a prize.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 3787; 1930, § 274; 1942, § 2960; Laws, 1910, ch. 144.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-57 - Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock; petition by contestants; publication of premiums

Before the board of supervisors will be authorized to take action under Sections
19-5-53
,
19-5-55
, a petition containing the names of not less than one hundred contestants in the county must be on file in the office of the chancery clerk of the county on or before the first Monday of January, in the year in which the premiums are to be offered. Publications of the premiums must be made on or before the 15th day of February in the year in which they are to be offered.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 3788; 1930, § 275; 1942, § 2961; Laws, 1910, ch. 144.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-59 - Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock; rules governing contest and placing of exhibits

The board of supervisors shall have the power to issue rules governing the contest, and to determine the time for placing of the exhibits in competition at the county seat.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 2790; 1930, § 277; 1942, § 2963; Laws, 1910, ch. 144.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-61 - Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock; judges

The board of supervisors shall, after having announced premiums, select a competent committee or judges to measure the land, to test the crop and pass upon the merits of the exhibits and entries. The members of said committee shall not be related to the contestant in any manner, and the members shall have their report ready for the date of meeting at the county seat in the fall on the date named for exhibit and competition by the said board of supervisors. Members of said committee shall receive compensation as determined upon by the board of supervisors, not to exceed Three Dollars ($3.00) per day, while actually employed in the work.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 3789; 1930, § 276; 1942, § 2962; Laws, 1910, ch. 144.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-65 - Funding of display rooms for county home economic or home demonstration agents

The boards of supervisors of counties of class one of the several counties, in their discretion, are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate and expend moneys out of the general fund of the county for the purpose of renting or otherwise providing offices or display rooms wherein the county home economic or home demonstration agents may display, offer for sale, and sell products and articles produced under and by virtue of the home demonstration and cooperative marketing program of the county extension department.
Codes, 1942, § 2964-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 188.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-67 - Establishment of department of animal husbandry

The boards of supervisors of two (2) or more counties, one or more of which has an incorporated livestock association, are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to establish a joint department of animal husbandry, the purposes of this department being to disseminate useful information pertaining to animal husbandry among the farmers and to develop livestock resources in the several counties.
The said department of animal husbandry shall be under the direction of a joint commissioner to be appointed by the boards of supervisors of the several counties creating this department, which said commissioner shall be a person well versed in the scientific and practical knowledge of animal husbandry. His title shall be district commissioner of animal husbandry, his salary shall be fixed by the boards of supervisors of the counties in said district, and paid out of the general funds of said counties, and his duties shall be to keep in close touch with the United States Department of Agriculture, the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, and the state experimental stations, to assist in organizing animal husbandry societies, to look after animal husbandry statistics in the counties, to disseminate useful information pertaining to animal husbandry in the counties, and to advance in every way possible promotion of the industry of animal husbandry in the counties of said district.
The board of supervisors of any county maintaining county extension departments in agriculture and home economics and helping to maintain such joint department of animal husbandry, as provided herein, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund to help defray the expense of maintaining such departments.
The board of supervisors of any county helping to maintain such joint department of animal husbandry, as herein provided, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund to help defray the expenses of maintaining a department of dairy husbandry, and the employment of a dairy husbandryman.
Codes, 1942, § 2965; Laws, 1938, ch. 318; Laws, 1940, ch. 276; Laws, 1950, ch. 189; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 6, eff. 10/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-69 - Funding of buildings for junior beef and dairy boys and girls

The boards of supervisors of the various counties having livestock shows or associations located therein, and having a department of animal husbandry, as created under Section
19-5-67
, and having a total assessed valuation of not exceeding Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), are hereby authorized to donate funds not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or lands and materials not exceeding in value Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), and to otherwise aid and assist in the construction of buildings for the use of the junior beef boys and girls and the junior dairy boys and girls.
The board of supervisors of each county qualifying as above set forth is authorized and empowered to borrow a sum not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the purpose of paying for such land, buildings or building material necessary to provide and construct buildings on livestock show grounds or other places selected by the board of supervisors.
The board of supervisors may apply for and receive contributions and allotments of funds, labor and materials from the federal government or any agency thereof, and may cooperate with such governmental agency in constructing the buildings herein authorized.
Codes, 1942, § 2965-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 432, §§ 1-3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-71 - Support of experiment stations

The boards of supervisors of the several counties may, in their discretion, appropriate money from the general funds of the county for the purpose of buying lands, personal property, or equipment of whatever nature and kind, for experiment stations, and may appropriate money from said county funds to aid in the support and maintenance of such experiment stations, whether the same be located within or without the county. When any board of supervisors desire to appropriate funds as herein provided, they shall first publish notice of said proposed expenditure setting forth the amount thereof and the purposes for which said funds are to be used, and upon petition of ten per cent of the qualified electors in said county, the board shall submit to the qualified electors at a special election to be held in said county the question of whether or not said expenditure shall be made, and in the event the majority of the qualified electors shall vote against such expenditure, then the same shall not be made, and such proposal shall not again be made within twelve months from said election.
Codes, 1930, § 283; 1942, § 2981; Laws, 1928, ch. 220.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-73 - Establishment of farmers' markets

The board of supervisors of each county may expend monies from the general fund, not exceeding the amount that would be generated from the levy of a one-fourth (1/4) mill ad valorem tax upon all taxable property in the county, for the purpose of providing funds to be expended to establish, maintain and operate farmers' markets and facilities that are certified by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and operating within the county to assist in the disposal and sale of farm and other food products in the interest of farmers, consumers and the general public.
Codes, 1942, § 2984.5; Laws, 1948, ch. 466, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1954, ch. 147, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 7; Laws, 2012, ch. 467, § 2, eff. 7/1/2012.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2013, ch. 396, HB 1515, 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-75 - Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, warehouses, syrup blending plants, creameries, farm orchard and dairy produce establishments, by certain counties

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, or any county in Class 8 whose population is greater than 12,000 and less than 13,000, according to the census of 1940 and whose total area is 500 square miles, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to borrow funds not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), for the purpose of purchasing lands, buildings, building material, labor, machinery and equipment necessary to provide, construct, operate and maintain cold storage plants, meat curing plants, warehouses, syrup blending plants, creameries and establishments for handling, processing, selling or trading in farm orchard, and dairy products.
Codes, 1942, § 2975-01; Laws, 1944, ch. 251, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-77 - Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; lease of establishment

The title to such property shall be taken in the name of the county and the board of supervisors may, upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by said board by order spread upon its minutes, enter into agreements to lease such establishment to any cooperative association or other agency for use for the purposes enumerated in Section
19-5-75
. Such lessee may, in addition to said purposes, use said establishment in performing the other functions of such cooperative association or agency.
Codes, 1942, § 2975-02; Laws, 1944, ch. 251, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-79 - Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; issuance of notes, bonds, or loan warrants

Such board of supervisors may issue notes, bonds or loan warrants to evidence the amount borrowed for said purposes. Said notes, bonds or loan warrants shall bear such rate of interest as may be determined by the board of supervisors, not exceeding, however, six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. Said notes, bonds or loan warrants shall be in such denomination or denominations and form as may be determined by resolution or order of the board, and they shall be executed in behalf of the county by the president and clerk of said board. The interest to accrue on such notes, bonds or loan warrants on and prior to the respective maturity dates thereof shall be represented by coupons to be attached thereto and which may be executed by the facsimile signature of said officers. Said notes, bonds or loan warrants shall be made to mature over a period of not exceeding ten years, and shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest.
Codes, 1942, § 2975-03; Laws, 1944, ch. 251, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-81 - Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; notice of intention to borrow; election

Before issuing the bonds, notes or loan warrants, authorized by Section
19-5-79
the board of supervisors shall publish notice of its intention to borrow such funds and to issue loan warrants, notes or bonds, and the clerk of said board shall publish in three weekly issues of some newspaper having a general circulation in the county, a copy of such order. If, within twenty-one days after the first publication of a copy of such order, twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of the county petition the board of supervisors for an election to determine whether or not the adoption of such order should be annulled, such election shall be ordered by said board of supervisors in which the qualified electors of the county shall be eligible to participate. If at such election a majority of those voting vote in favor of the adoption of such order the same shall be valid and effective, but if a majority shall vote against such order it shall be annulled and shall be ineffective. Such election shall be held and conducted and the returns thereof made as provided by law for other county elections. If no such petition be presented within twenty-one days after the first publication of a copy of such order, the order shall be valid and effective and said board may thereupon proceed to issue said loan warrants hereunder without an election on the question of the issuance thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 2975-04; Laws, 1944, ch. 251, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-83 - Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; sections as full authority

Sections
19-5-75
through
19-5-87
, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full and complete authority for the issuance of said notes, bonds or loan warrants, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions or limitations of law applicable to the issuance of bonds, loan warrants or notes by boards of supervisors shall apply to the issuance and sale of loan warrants, bonds or notes under these sections. No proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such loan warrants, bonds or notes other than those provided for and required in these sections, and all powers necessary to be exercised by the board of supervisors, in order to carry out the provisions of these sections are hereby conferred.
Codes, 1942, § 2975-05; Laws, 1944, ch. 251, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-85 - Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; levy of taxes

Said loan warrants, bonds or notes shall be general obligations of the county and the board of supervisors of said county shall annually levy a tax upon all taxable property therein sufficient to pay the principal of, and the interest on, such loan warrants, bonds or notes as the same mature and accrue, and the full faith, credit and resources of such county shall be and are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of same, both as to principal and interest.
Codes, 1942, § 2975-06; Laws, 1944, ch. 251, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-87 - Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; validation of warrants, bonds or notes

Said loan warrants, bonds or notes may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, of such county, be validated under Sections
31-13-1
through
31-13-11
.
Codes, 1942, § 2975-07; Laws, 1944, ch. 251, § 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-89 - Promotion of youth activities

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, in which there is located a national cemetery wholly supported by federal funds, and any county having a population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) in accordance with the 1950 census, with an area of less than four hundred twenty-five (425) square miles, and an assessed valuation on the basis of the 1950-1954 assessment rolls placing it in Class 5, is authorized to appropriate and expend, in its discretion, a sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per annum, to be paid from the general fund of the county, for promoting and financing youth activities in the county, such as Little Boys Baseball, Inc., and other recreational activities for youth. This authority shall also extend to the board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Mississippi River and having an area of four hundred forty-eight (448) square miles with a population not in excess of thirty-two thousand five hundred (32,500) and a municipality therein with a population in excess of twenty-two thousand (22,000) and not more than twenty-three thousand (23,000), all in accordance with the federal census of 1950. Such authority shall also extend to any county having an assessed valuation of less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), according to the 1960 federal census, and a portion of which lies in the DeSoto National Forest and having an area of less than four hundred fifty (450) square miles, which shall be authorized, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, to appropriate and expend not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per annum on youth activities. Such authority shall also extend to any city in which there is located a Baptist-supported college founded in 1826, which shall be authorized, in the discretion of the mayor and board of aldermen, to appropriate and expend not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) per annum on youth activities within the city, such as Little League Baseball, Inc., the YMCA and other recreational activities for youth.
Codes, 1942, § 2965-05; Laws, 1958, ch. 227; Laws, 1962, ch. 250; Laws, 1977, ch. 305, eff. 2/24/1977.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 5 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-371) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-5-1 — 19-5-105) › Section 19-5-91 - Agreements with the United States relative to navigation projects

The board of supervisors of any county through any part of which any river or other stream may run, or any part of which any river or other stream may touch or border, on which the United States of America has authorized navigation projects, including channel clearing, channel improvement, cut-offs, levees, dams, or other navigation projects, is hereby authorized and empowered, for that part of such river or stream running through any part of said county or bordering or touching said county, as aforesaid, to give satisfactory assurances to the United States of America, or any agency thereof, including the Secretary of Defense, that it will:
(a)
Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project;
(b)
Hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction of the works; and
(c)
Maintain and operate all of the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the terms of any federal law relating to navigation or to navigable streams.
Any such board of supervisors is also hereby authorized and empowered to accept the conveyance of any lands, easements and rights-of-way over and on behalf of any lands that may be benefited by the maintenance of such works, to accept assurances from landowners whose property is benefited by such navigation projects, to levy, assess and collect such taxes on said area so benefited as will be necessary, to save and hold the United States free from all damages due to the construction of the works and to exercise the right of eminent domain for the condemnation of rights-of-way and easements in like manner as is exercised by boards of supervisors for the condemnation of public road rights-of-way, and to maintain such works in said county after completion and generally to accept agreements for landowners benefited by such navigation projects to save the county harmless on account of said assurances given by the county as aforesaid to the United States of America, or any agency there of, including the Secretary of Defense.
Any such board of supervisors also is authorized to enter into any contracts or agreements with the United States, or any agency or department thereof, to sponsor a project for the environmental restoration of a lake or body of water as described in, and in accordance with the provisions of Section
19-5-92
.
Codes, 1942, § 2995.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 424, § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 476, § 4, eff. 3/23/2001.