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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-1-163) › Section 19-1-161 - Yalobusha County

Yalobusha County is bounded by beginning at the northeast corner of township twenty-six, range three, east; thence east on township line between townships ten and eleven, west of the Chickasaw meridian, to the southwest corner of section thirty-four, township ten, range five, west; thence north along the east boundary of Panola County to the southwest corner of section twenty-two, township ten, range five, west; thence east twelve miles to the southwest corner of section twenty-two, township ten, range three, west; thence due south by the range line between ranges seven and eight, each of the Choctaw meridian, to the southeast corner of section twelve, township twenty-three, range seven, east; thence west on sectional lines to the southwest corner of section ten, township twenty-three, range five, east; thence north on sectional lines to the line between townships twenty-three and twenty-four; thence west on said township line to the line between ranges three and four, east; thence north on said range line to the beginning. The county sites are Coffeeville and Water Valley.
Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art 54; 1871, § 88; 1880, § 96; 1892, § 421; 1906, § 485; Hemingway's 1917, § 3907; 1930, § 3968; 1942, § 3103; Laws, 12/23/1833.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-1-163) › Section 19-1-163 - Yazoo County

Yazoo County is bounded by beginning at the northwest corner of township thirteen, range one, west; thence on a direct line southeasterly to Bole's ferry, in section twenty-two, township twelve, range three, east, on Big Black River; thence down said river, with its meanderings, to the line between ranges three and four, west; thence north on said line to the northeast corner of section twenty-four, township eight, range four, west; thence west to the southwest corner of section fourteen in same township; thence north to the northwest corner of the same section, fourteen; thence west to the southwest corner of section seven, township eight, range four, west; thence to the northeast corner of section thirty-six, township nine, range five, west; thence to the northwest corner of section thirty-five; thence north to the northeast corner of section twenty-two in same township; thence west to the Yazoo River on the line between sections sixteen and twenty-one; thence up said river to the mouth of Sunflower River; thence up said river, with its meanderings, to the southwest corner of township twelve, range five, west; thence in a direct line to the northeast corner of said township; thence east along the south boundary line of township thirteen, north, range four, west, and township thirteen, north, range three, west to the southeast corner of township thirteen, north, range three, west; thence north along the east line of township thirteen, north, range three, west, to the northeast corner of same; thence east along the south line of township fourteen, north, range two, west, to the southwest corner of section thirty-six, township fourteen, north, range two, west; thence north along the line between sections thirty-five and thirty-six, township fourteen, north, range two, west, to the center line of the Yazoo River; thence down said river with its meanderings to the point of beginning. The county site is Yazoo City.
Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art 23; 1871, § 89; 1880, § 97; 1892, § 422; 1906, § 486; Hemingway's 1917, § 3908; 1930, § 3969; 1942, § 3104; Laws, 1/21/1823.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 2 - COUNTY GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT (§§ 19-2-1 — 19-2-13) › Section 19-2-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "County Government Reorganization Act of 1988."
Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 1, eff. 8/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 2 - COUNTY GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT (§§ 19-2-1 — 19-2-13) › Section 19-2-3 - Creation of countywide system of road administration

(1)
Unless otherwise exempted under the provisions of Section
19-2-5
, from and after October 1, 1989, each county in the State of Mississippi shall operate on a countywide system of road administration, there shall be no road districts, separate road districts or special road districts in any county, supervisors districts shall not act as road districts, and the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges in each county shall be on a countywide basis so that (a) the distribution and use of all road and bridge funds available to the county or any district thereof, (b) the planning, construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges, (c) the purchase, ownership and use of all road and bridge equipment, materials and supplies, (d) the employment and use of the road and bridge labor force, and (e) the administration of the county road department shall be on the basis of the needs of the county as a whole, as determined by the board of supervisors, without regard to any district boundaries.
(2)
Any references in any statute to a road district, separate road district or special road district, or to a supervisors district acting as a road district, shall, as to any county which is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration, be construed to mean the county as a whole, if such construction is possible within the context of the statute; otherwise, any such reference shall have no force or effect with regard to any such county.
The State Auditor may, pursuant to a request from a board of supervisors in a resolution duly adopted by the board and spread upon its minutes, provide to the requesting board of supervisors his estimates of the cost to the county of implementing and complying with the County Government Reorganization Act of 1988.
Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 2, eff. 3/3/1989 (the date on which the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 2 - COUNTY GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT (§§ 19-2-1 — 19-2-13) › Section 19-2-7 - Assets, liabilities and indebtedness of road districts assumed by county after adoption of system; no new obligations to be authorized to districts; "road districts" defined

(1)
Any road district bonds and any other indebtedness and liabilities of a road district which are outstanding on the date of a county's implementation of a countywide system of road administration, as described in Section
19-2-3
, shall become obligations of the county as a whole. Any sum being held in a road district fund to repay principal and interest on such bonds shall be deposited into a special county fund to be used toward amortization of such bonds. If any covenants in any road district bonds require that the bonded indebtedness be retired by a tax levy only upon the property within the road district for which the bonds were issued, the board of supervisors shall retire such bonded indebtedness by a tax levy only upon the property in the part of the county which was within the road district immediately before the date of the county's implementation of the countywide system of road administration.
(2)
Any real or personal property of a road district shall become the property of the county in which the district was located immediately before the date of the county's implementation of the countywide system of road administration.
(3)
From and after the date on which the board of supervisors receives certification of the results of an election which require that the county operate on a countywide system of road administration, the board of supervisors of the county shall not issue or authorize to be issued any bonds, notes or other obligations for the benefit of a road district unless prior to the date of certification of the election to the board, a declaration of intent to issue such bonds, notes or other obligations has been duly adopted and entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors of the county and the first publication of such declaration of intent has been completed in the manner provided by law.
(4)
The term "road district" as used in this section shall also include separate road districts, special road districts and supervisors districts acting as road districts.
Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 4, eff. 8/16/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 2 - COUNTY GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT (§§ 19-2-1 — 19-2-13) › Section 19-2-9 - Countywide personnel administration for county employees; exemption of certain employees

(1)
The board of supervisors of each county which is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section
19-2-3
shall adopt and maintain a system of countywide personnel administration for all county employees other than those employees subject to subsection (2) of this section. The personnel system shall be implemented and administered by the county administrator. Such personnel system may include, but not be limited to, policies which address the following: hiring and termination of employees, appeal and grievance procedures, leave and holidays, compensation, job classification, training, performance evaluation and maintenance of records. All employees of the county shall be employees of the county as a whole and not of any particular supervisor district. However, any employee which the county administrator is authorized to employ may be terminated at the will and pleasure of the administrator without requiring approval by the board of supervisors.
The board of supervisors of each county shall spread upon its minutes all its actions on personnel matters relating to hiring or termination and such other personnel matters deemed appropriate by the board.
(2)
The elected officials of any county described in subsection (1) of this section, other than members of the board of supervisors, who are authorized by law to employ shall adopt and maintain a system of personnel administration for their respective employees or shall adopt the system of personnel administration adopted by the board of supervisors. The personnel system adopted and any amendments thereto shall be filed with the board of supervisors.
Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 9, eff. 10/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 2 - COUNTY GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT (§§ 19-2-1 — 19-2-13) › Section 19-2-12 - Notice by State Auditor of supervisor's noncompliance with provisions of section 19-2-3; initiation of civil proceedings; penalties

(1)
If upon audit, examination or investigation, the State Auditor determines that an individual member of a county board of supervisors is not in substantial compliance with the provisions of law that require the county to operate on a countywide system of road administration, as described in Section
19-2-3
, then the State Auditor shall give, by United States Certified Mail, return receipt requested, written notification to the supervisor of such noncompliance. If within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice, such supervisor, in the opinion of the State Auditor, remains in noncompliance, the Auditor may institute civil proceedings in the chancery court of the county in which the supervisor serves. The court, upon hearing, shall decide the issue and, if it determines that such supervisor is not in substantial compliance, shall order the supervisor to immediately and thereafter comply. Violations of any order of the court shall be punishable as for contempt. In addition, the court, in its discretion, may impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) upon the supervisor, for which he shall be liable in his individual capacity, for any such noncompliance that the court determines as intentional or willful.
(2)
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent the State Auditor, the Attorney General or any other public official, as otherwise authorized by law, from initiating or commencing civil actions or criminal proceedings by or on behalf of the state or any county or political subdivision for the misappropriation or the unlawful use, taking or conversion of public funds or public property.
Laws, 1999, ch. 355, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 2 - COUNTY GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT (§§ 19-2-1 — 19-2-13) › Section 19-2-13 - Inapplicability of certain Code sections to countywide system of road administration

Sections
65-15-17
,
65-17-3
,
65-17-5
,
65-17-7
,
65-17-101
,
65-17-103
,
65-17-105
,
65-17-107
,
65-19-1
,
65-19-3
,
65-19-5
,
65-19-7
,
65-19-9
,
65-19-11
,
65-19-13
,
65-19-15
,
65-19-17
,
65-19-19
,
65-19-21
,
65-19-23
,
65-19-25
,
65-19-27
,
65-19-29
,
65-19-31
,
65-19-33
,
65-19-35
,
65-19-37
,
65-19-39
,
65-19-41
,
65-19-43
,
65-19-45
,
65-19-47
,
65-19-49
,
65-19-51
,
65-19-53
,
65-19-55
,
65-19-57
,
65-19-59
,
65-19-61
,
65-19-63
,
65-19-65
,
65-19-67
,
65-19-69
,
65-19-71
,
65-19-73
,
65-19-75
,
65-19-77
,
65-19-79
,
65-19-81
,
65-19-83
,
65-19-85
,
65-19-87
,
65-21-19
and
65-21-21
, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provide for the creation and procedures of road districts composed in whole or in part of one (1) or more than one (1) supervisors district, for the use of special or general road funds by the boards of supervisors, for defraying the expenses of constructing bridges connecting road districts, for the employment of county road accountants, and for compensation for road commissioners employed by certain counties, shall not be applicable to and shall be of no force or effect with regard to any county which is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section
19-2-3
.
Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 62, eff. 10/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-1 - Districts and boundaries; election of supervisors

Each county shall be divided into five (5) districts, with due regard to equality of population and convenience of situation for the election of members of the boards of supervisors, but the districts as now existing shall continue until changed. The qualified electors of each district shall elect, at the next general election, and every four (4) years thereafter, in their districts one (1) member of the board of supervisors. Subject to the provisions of Sections
23-15-283
and
23-15-285
, the board, by a three-fifths (3/5) vote of all members elected, may change the districts, the boundaries to be entered at large in the minutes of the proceedings of the board.
If the boundaries of the districts are changed by order of the board of supervisors as provided in this section, the order shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the county once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (2); 1857, ch. 59, arts 1, 2; 1871, §§ 1348, 1349; 1880, §§ 2129, 2130; 1892, § 272; 1906, § 291; Hemingway's 1917, § 3663; 1930, § 195; 1942, § 2870; Laws, 1920, ch. 298; Laws, 1930, ch 41; Laws, 1932, ch. 188; Laws, 1956, ch 180; Laws, 1966, ch. 290, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 564, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 493, § 1; Laws, 1980, ch. 425, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 353, § 2, eff. 10/5/2012 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section).
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 340, HB 914,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-3 - Eligibility of supervisors

A person shall not be a member of the board of supervisors who is not a resident freeholder in the district for which he is chosen, and the owner of real estate of the value of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00).
Codes, 1892, § 273; 1906, § 292; Hemingway's 1917, § 3664; 1930, § 196; 1942, § 2871; Laws, 1968, ch. 282, § 1, eff. 6/10/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-5 - Bond to be executed by supervisor

Each member of the board of supervisors, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of all the state and county taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the county for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office of said member; however, such bond shall not exceed the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). Furthermore, any taxpayer of the county may sue on such bond for the use of the county, and such taxpayer shall be liable for all costs in case his suit shall fail. No member of the board shall be surety for any other member.
Codes, 1880, § 2132; 1892, § 275; 1906, § 293; Hemingway's 1917, § 3665; 1930, § 197; 1942, § 2871; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 15; Laws, 1991, ch. 604, § 2, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-7 - Organizational meeting

The members of the board of supervisors, having given bond and taken the oath of office, shall meet at the courthouse of their county, on the first Monday in January next succeeding the election, and shall organize by electing one of their number to be president, and by electing one of their number to be vice-president, and, being so organized, and attended by the sheriff and clerk, the board may proceed to discharge its duties.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (4); 1857, ch. 59, art 4; 1871, § 1351; 1880, § 2133; 1892, § 276; 1906, § 294; Hemingway's 1917, § 3666; 1930, § 198; 1942, § 2873; Laws, 1959 Ex Sess ch. 22, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-9 - Organizational and other meetings in case of epidemics

In case it be impracticable, in consequence of the prevalence of an epidemic at the county seat, or from other cause, for the board to meet on the first Monday in January succeeding the election, then such meeting and organization shall take place as early as it may safely be had, on the call of any three members-elect, and at such place as they may designate within the county, and for like cause any other meeting of the board of supervisors may be called by the president, or by the vice-president in the absence or disability of the president, or any three members, to meet at such place as they may designate within the county.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 5; 1871, § 1352; 1880, § 2134; 1892, § 277; 1906, § 295; Hemingway's 1917, § 3667; 1930, § 199; 1942, § 2874; Laws, 1959 Ex Sess ch. 22, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-11 - Regular meetings in counties having one court district

In counties having only one (1) court district, the board of supervisors shall hold regular meetings at the courthouse or in the chancery clerk's office in those counties where the chancery clerk's office is in a building separate from the courthouse. However, the board of supervisors may meet in any other county-owned building if such building is located within one (1) mile of the courthouse and if, more than thirty (30) days prior to changing the meeting place, the board posts a conspicuous, permanent notice to that effect in the chancery clerk's office and in one (1) other place in the courthouse, publishes notice thereof in a newspaper published in the county, or if there be no newspaper published in the county, then in a newspaper having general circulation in the county, once each week, for at least three (3) consecutive weeks, and enters an order upon its minutes designating and describing in full the building and room to be used as the meeting room of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors shall meet on the first Monday of each month. However, when such meeting date falls on a legal holiday, then the said meeting shall be held on the succeeding day.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (5); 1857, ch. 59, art 6; 1871, § 1353; 1880, § 2135; 1892, § 278; 1906, § 296; Hemingway's 1917, § 3668; 1930, § 200; 1942, § 2875; Laws, 1904, ch. 136; Laws, 1916, ch. 242; Laws, 1958, ch. 215, § 1; Laws, 1980, ch. 534, eff. 5/26/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-13 - Regular meetings in counties having two court districts

In counties having two court districts, the board of supervisors shall hold regular meetings on the first Monday of each month; and in such counties where only one regular meeting of the board of supervisors is held in each month, the board of supervisors shall hold its first meeting in each year at the courthouse or in the chancery clerk's office, where the chancery clerk's office is in a building separate from the courthouse, of the first district, on the first Monday of January, and shall hold its second meeting at the courthouse or in the chancery clerk's office, where the chancery clerk's office is in a building separate from the courthouse, of the second district, on the first Monday of February, and shall alternate thereafter.
In counties having two court districts, the board of supervisors may hold two regular meetings in each month, and in such counties, where the board of supervisors elects to hold two regular meetings in each month, the board of supervisors shall hold its first meeting in each month at the courthouse or in the chancery clerk's office, where the chancery clerk's office is in a building separate from the courthouse, of the first district, on the first Monday of each month, and shall hold its second meeting at the courthouse or in the chancery clerk's office, where the chancery clerk's office is in a building separate from the courthouse, of the second district, on the second Monday of each month.
If the board of supervisors in any such county shall elect to hold two regular meetings in each month, as herein provided, the board shall enter an order upon its minutes to that effect and shall give at least five days' notice thereof by posting copies of such notice at the courthouse door of each district, and after giving such notice the board shall hold regular meetings each month in each district as provided in this section.
However, in counties having two court districts where the board of supervisors has heretofore pursuant to law elected to hold two regular meetings a month, the board of supervisors may continue to hold two such regular meetings each month, as heretofore provided for, and no further order or notice of such meetings shall be required.
Moreover, in those counties having two judicial districts, where the act creating the two districts provides otherwise, the board of supervisors may continue to hold regular meetings as required by the act creating the two districts.
When any such meeting date falls on a legal holiday, then the said meeting shall be held on the succeeding day.
Codes, 1892, § 279; 1906, § 297; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 3669, 3670; 1930, § 201; 1942, § 2876; Laws, 1916, ch. 242; Laws, 1958, ch. 215, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-15 - Meetings of board in Harrison County

In Harrison County, a county having two judicial districts, the board of supervisors shall hold their meetings or sessions at the time required and provided for by law, alternately at Gulfport and Biloxi, respectively, at the seats of justice of the judicial districts, holding their first meeting or session as to the second judicial district, at Gulfport and their jurisdiction shall extend over the entire county at all times, just as if it were not divided into two separate districts.
Codes, 1942, § 2910-12; Laws, 1962, ch. 257, § 12, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-17 - Length of sessions; recesses

At regular meetings for the transaction of business, the board of supervisors may sit for a period not longer than ten days in any one month. At meetings for the transaction of business under the revenue laws, the board may continue in session as long as business may require. However, in counties having a population of more than forty thousand, and in counties having two court districts, the board may continue in session at any other regular meeting than revenue meetings for a period not longer than twelve days in any one month. Furthermore, the board of supervisors may recess from time to time, subject to the limitation herein provided, to convene on a day fixed by an order of the board entered on its minutes, and may transact any business coming before it for consideration.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (5); 1857, ch. 59, art 6; 1871, § 1353; 1880, § 2135; 1892, § 278; 1906, § 296; Hemingway's 1917, § 3668; 1930, § 202; 1942, § 2877; Laws, 1904, ch. 136; Laws, 1916, ch. 242; Laws, 1935, ch. 62; Laws, 1950, ch. 245.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-19 - Special, emergency and adjourned meetings

(1)
The board of supervisors may, at a regular meeting, by an order on its minutes, adjourn to meet at any time it may determine upon.
(2)
The president, or the vice president in the absence or disability of the president, or any three (3) members of the board, may call special meetings when deemed necessary. Notice shall be given of all special meetings, for at least five (5) days, by advertisement posted at the courthouse door, or published in a newspaper of the county, and the notice thereof, whether posted or published in a newspaper, shall be entered in full on the minutes of said meeting. The notice of a special meeting, shall specify each matter of business to be transacted thereat, and at such special meetings business shall not be transacted which is not specified in the order or notice for such meeting.
(3)
The president, or the vice president in the absence or disability of the president, or any two (2) members of the board, may by written notice, call an emergency meeting of the board of supervisors in cases of an emergency arising as a result of serious damage to county property, or to roads or bridges, or emergencies arising as a result of epidemic conditions or weather conditions. The notice shall state the time of the meeting and distinctly specify the subject matters of business to be acted upon and be signed before a notary by the officer or officers calling the meeting. At least three (3) hours before the time fixed for the meeting, notice shall be personally delivered to the members of the board who have not signed it and who can be found. The notice shall also be posted at the courthouse door at least three (3) hours before the time fixed for the meeting. If a member of the board cannot be found to complete the personal delivery of the notice, the president, vice president or any one of the two (2) members of the board calling an emergency meeting shall make every attempt, within the applicable notice period, to contact the board member that was not personally found by other available means, including, but not limited to, telephone or e-mail. The method of notice used to call the meeting shall be entered on the minutes of the emergency meeting, and business not specified in the notice shall not be transacted at the meeting.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (5); 1857, ch. 59, art 6; 1871, § 1353; 1880, § 2135; 1892, § 280; 1906, § 298; Hemingway's 1917, § 3671; 1930, § 203; 1942, § 2878; Laws, 1950, ch. 243; Laws, 1959 Ex Sess ch. 22, § 3; Laws, 2012, ch. 354, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-21 - Presiding officer

The president or vice-president in the absence or disability of the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board, and if they both be absent or disabled, the board may elect another member to preside during the absence of the president and vice-president.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 7; 1871, § 1354; 1880, § 2136; 1892, § 281; 1906, § 299; Hemingway's 1917, § 3672; 1930, § 204; 1942, § 2879; Laws, 1959 Ex Sess ch. 22, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-23 - Quorum; fine for nonattendance

Three (3) members of the board of supervisors shall constitute a quorum; and in case that number should not attend on the first day of any regular, adjourned or special meeting, the sheriff may adjourn the meeting from day to day until a quorum is present. A member failing to attend any meeting, having notice thereof, shall be fined Five Dollars ($5.00) per day for each day he may be absent, for which the clerk shall enter judgment nisi; and unless a sufficient excuse be made at the next meeting of the board, execution shall issue for the fine, which shall be paid into the county treasury. No allowance shall be made and no warrants shall be issued to such member until the fine and all costs are paid.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (1, 9); 1857, ch. 59, art 8; 1871, § 1355; 1880, § 2137; 1892, § 282; 1906, § 300; Hemingway's 1917, § 3673; 1930, § 205; 1942, § 2880; Laws, 1990, ch. 419, § 1, eff. 3/15/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-25 - Sheriff to attend meetings

The sheriff of the county shall attend all meetings of the board of supervisors, either in person or by deputy, and shall execute all its process and orders.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (7); 1857, ch. 59, art 10; 1871, § 1357; 1880, § 2139; 1892, § 284; 1906, § 302; Hemingway's 1917, § 3675; 1930, § 208; 1942, § 2883; Laws, 1968, ch. 361, § 63, eff. 1/1/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-27 - Duties of clerk of board of supervisors; signing of minutes

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of supervisors to keep and preserve a complete and correct record of all the proceedings and orders of the board. He shall enter on the minutes the names of the members who attend at each meeting, and the names of those who fail to attend. He shall safely keep and preserve all records, books, and papers pertaining to his office, and deliver them to his successor when required. The minutes of each day's proceedings shall either (a) be read and signed by the president or the vice president, if the president is absent or disabled so as to prevent his signing of the minutes, on or before the first Monday of the month following the day of adjournment of any term of the board of supervisors; or (b) be adopted and approved by the board of supervisors as the first order of business on the first day of the next monthly meeting of the board.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (6); 1857, ch. 59, art 14; 1871, § 1361; 1880, § 2142; 1892, § 287; 1906, § 305; Hemingway's 1917, § 3678; 1930, § 211; 1942, § 2886; Laws, 1946, ch. 305; Laws, 1959 Ex ch. 22, § 5; Laws, 1960, ch. 189; Laws, 1966, ch. 291, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 337, § 1, eff. 10/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-29 - Appointment of clerk pro tempore

In case the office of clerk shall be vacant, or the clerk and his deputies be absent, refuse, or fail to perform the duties required, the board may appoint a clerk for the time, who, on taking the oath of office shall be authorized to discharge the duties and to receive the compensation, for the time being, of the clerk of the board.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 15; 1871, § 1362; 1880, § 2143; 1892, § 288; 1906, § 306; Hemingway's 1917, § 3679; 1930, § 212; 1942, § 2887.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-31 - Employment of office clerks in certain counties

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi, now or hereafter having two (2) judicial districts and an assessed valuation of property for ad valorem taxation in excess of Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000.00), according to the last completed assessment for taxation, and of any Class 3 county bordering on the Mississippi River and the State of Louisiana wherein U. S. Highway 61 and Mississippi Highway 24 intersect, is authorized to employ, in its discretion, an office clerk to maintain an office for said board of supervisors.
The board of supervisors may compensate said office clerk in such amounts as it may deem proper, said compensation to be paid from the road funds of such county.
Codes, 1942, § 2887.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 209, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1972, ch. 334, § 1, eff. 4/13/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-33 - Publication of proceedings

The board of supervisors may have its proceedings published in some newspaper published in the county, and cause the same to be paid for out of the county treasury, but the costs of such publication shall not exceed the sum fixed by law for publishing legal notices. If there be more than one newspaper published in the county, the contract for publishing the proceedings, if made, shall be let to the lowest bidder among them.
Codes, 1892, § 307; 1906, § 326; Hemingway's 1917, § 3699; 1930, § 213; 1942, § 2888.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-37 - Privileges of supervisors

Each member of the board of supervisors shall, during his term of office, be exempt from working on the roads, from serving in the militia, and from jury service.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 11; 1871, § 1358; 1880, § 2140; 1892, § 285; 1906, § 303; Hemingway's 1917, § 3676; 1930, § 209; 1942, § 2884.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-39 - Supervisors are conservators of the peace

The members of the board of supervisors are conservators of the peace within their respective counties, and shall possess all the powers as such which belong to, or are conferred on, justices of the peace.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 12; 1871, § 1359; 1880, § 2141; 1892, § 286; 1906, § 304; Hemingway's 1917, § 3677; 1930, § 210; 1942, § 2885.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-40 - Power of board to adopt, modify, alter, or repeal orders, resolutions or ordinances not inconsistent with law

(1)
The board of supervisors of any county shall have the power to adopt any orders, resolutions or ordinances with respect to county affairs, property and finances, for which no specific provision has been made by general law and which are not inconsistent with the Mississippi Constitution, the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any other statute or law of the State of Mississippi; and any such board shall likewise have the power to alter, modify and repeal such orders, resolutions or ordinances. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the powers granted to boards of supervisors in this section are complete without the existence of or reference to any specific authority granted in any other statute or law of the State of Mississippi.
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, such orders, resolutions or ordinances shall apply countywide unless the governing authorities of any municipality situated within a county adopt any order, resolution or ordinance governing the same general subject matter. In such case the municipal order, resolution or ordinance shall govern within the corporate limits of the municipality.
(2)
In any county where U.S. Interstate 20 and U.S. Highway 49 intersect, having a population of greater than one hundred forty-one thousand (141,000) but less than one hundred fifty-one thousand (151,000) according to the 2010 federal decennial census, the board of supervisors may adopt orders, resolutions and ordinances under subsection (1) of this section for a clearly defined geographic area. The order, resolution or ordinance shall describe the affected geographic area by zoning district, section lines or other discernable boundaries. The order, resolution or ordinance also shall state specific findings to support its purpose and need within the geographic area.
(3)
This section shall not authorize the board of supervisors of a county to (a) levy taxes other than those authorized by statute or increase the levy of any authorized tax beyond statutorily established limits, (b) issue bonds of any kind, (c) change the requirements, practices or procedures for county elections or establish any new elective office, (d) use any public funds, equipment, supplies or materials for any private purpose, (e) regulate common carrier railroads, (f) grant any donation, or (g) without prior legislative approval, regulate, directly or indirectly, the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential property in which the county does not have a property interest; unless such actions are specifically authorized by another statute or law of the State of Mississippi.
Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 60; Laws, 1989, ch. 526, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 418, § 2; Laws, 2012, ch. 478, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-41.1 - Authority of board to contract with Mississippi Transportation Commission for maintenance of state and interstate highways

The board of supervisors of any county may contract with the Mississippi Transportation Commission to perform maintenance on the state highways and Interstate highways in that county and any rights-of-way to such highways.
Added by Laws, 2022, ch. 468, HB 1185,§ 1, eff. 4/18/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-42 - Maintenance of private roads and driveways used for school bus turnarounds; public school grounds; driveways and parking lots of nonprofit organizations

(1)
The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to grade, gravel or shell, repair, and/or maintain private gravel or shell roads or driveways to private residences if such roads or driveways are used for school bus turnarounds.
(2)
Prior to engaging in the work authorized in subsection (1) of this section, the board of supervisors shall spread upon the official minutes of the board:
(a)
The written request of the school board for such work;
(b)
The written approval of the board of supervisors for such work;
(c)
The specific location of the road or driveway to be worked; and
(d)
The name of the owner of the road or driveway to be worked.
(3)
The written request of the school board, as required in subsection (2)(a) above, shall contain a current list of all active school bus turnarounds presently in use by the school district or contemplated for use by the school district for the present school year. The approval by the board of supervisors shall be valid and effective for the period of time that a turnaround is anticipated for use, but in no event for a period greater than one (1) year.
(4)
In addition to the authority granted in subsection (1) of this section, from and after October 1, 1989, the board of supervisors of any county is further authorized, in its discretion, to maintain public school grounds of the county and to grade, gravel, shell or overlay, and/or to maintain gravel, shell, asphalt or concrete roads, driveways or parking lots of public schools of the county if, before engaging in such work, the board of supervisors shall spread upon its official minutes the written request of the school board for such work, the written approval of the board of supervisors for such work and the specific location of the school grounds or road, driveway or parking lot, to be worked.
(5)
In addition to any other authority granted in this section, the board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to repair and maintain driveways and parking lots of:
(a)
any nonprofit organization in the county which is tax exempt under Section 501(c) of the United States Internal Revenue Code and which has as one (1) of its primary purposes for organization to aid and assist in the rehabilitation of persons suffering from drug abuse or drug addiction; and
(b)
any private, nonprofit cemeteries in the county. The board of supervisors of any county shall not be authorized under the provisions of this subsection to repair or maintain driveways or parking lots located more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from the center of any highway, road or street under the jurisdiction of the county.
Laws, 1988, ch. 493, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 422, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 541, § 1; Laws, 1990, ch. 368, § 1, eff. 10/1/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-43 - Board to provide and designate building for its meetings and sessions of court when courthouse unavailable

When there shall not be a courthouse in any county, or the same may be undergoing repairs, or unfit for use, the board of supervisors may meet at a convenient place in the county and shall provide and designate some suitable building in which the courts of the county and the meetings of the board of supervisors may be held, the expense of which, and for fitting the same for the purpose, shall be paid out of the county treasury. If the board shall fail to make such provision, the sheriff of the county may do so.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 23; 1871, § 1370; 1880, § 2151; 1892, § 306; 1906, § 325; Hemingway's 1917, § 3698; 1930, § 220; 1942, § 2895.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-44 - Alternate court facilities in counties containing two judicial districts

(1)
The board of supervisors of any county in which there are two (2) judicial districts may provide alternate facilities for the courts of one judicial district when the courthouse of such district is in a condition of disrepair due to damage or construction. Such alternate facilities may be located in the other judicial district of the county and may be located in the courthouse of such other judicial district, but nothing contained herein shall be construed to require such facilities to be located in said courthouse if, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, some other location is preferred.
(2)
The several courts of any county wherein there are two (2) judicial districts may by order duly entered on the minutes of the court remove the court to the alternate facility provided by the board of supervisors located in the other judicial district when such transfer is required as provided herein and in such event no cause of action shall be defeated, delayed or otherwise impeded based upon a challenge to the jurisdiction of the court or a question of venue which results from such transfer.
(3)
The provisions of this section shall be applicable only for such period as the court is prevented from sitting in the proper judicial district due to physical condition of the proper courthouse.
Laws, 1974, ch. 332, §§ 1-3, eff. 3/11/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-45 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 61, eff. 1/2/1989.
Codes, 1942, § 2957; Laws, 1938, ch. 300; Laws, 1946, ch. 479.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-48 - Monthly office allowance for attorney employed by board

The board of supervisors of any county in the state is authorized, in its discretion, to pay a monthly office allowance to the attorney employed by the board in an amount not exceeding the amount authorized to be paid for secretarial services for the county prosecuting attorney under Section
19-23-19
.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 485, SB 2827,§ 11, eff. 1/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-115) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-85) › Section 19-3-51 - Power of the board to subpoena witnesses and cite for contempt

The board of supervisors shall have power to subpoena witnesses in all matters coming under its jurisdiction and to fine and imprison any person for a contempt committed while they are in session, the fine not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and the imprisonment not to extend beyond the continuance of the term. The person so fined or imprisoned may appeal to the circuit court, as in other cases, from the order or judgment of the board, and such appeal shall operate as a supersedeas.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (8); 1857, ch. 59, art 9; 1871, § 1356; 1880, § 2138; 1892, § 283; 1906, § 301; Hemingway's 1917, § 3674; 1930, § 206; 1942, § 2881.