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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-1 - [Applicable to any county that is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3] Acquisition of certain real estate

The board of supervisors shall have power to accept as a gift, or to purchase for the county, so much real estate, in fee simple, at the place where the courts may be required to sit, as may be convenient and necessary for the building and use of the courthouse and jail, and, at any convenient place in the county, property for fire protection purposes and homes and farms for the poor, the purchase money to be paid out of the county treasury, and the title to the property be made to and in the name of the county.
The board of supervisors of any county may acquire, by lease or purchase, grounds and buildings or may erect buildings on grounds owned by the county or road district, to be used by the county or road district in storing and preserving road machinery, trucks, teams or other county or road district property. The same shall be paid for out of the general fund or road district fund.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 20; 1871, § 1367; 1880, § 2148; 1892, § 303; 1906, § 322; Hemingway's 1917, § 3695; Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 3811j; 1930, §§ 215, 217; 1942, §§ 2891, 2893; Laws, 1920, ch. 242; Laws, 1922, ch. 258; Laws, 1962, ch. 241; Laws, 1966, Ex Sess ch. 27 § 1; Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 10; Laws, 1990, ch. 414, § 1, eff. 7/1/1990.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-1 - [Applicable to any county that is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section 19-2-3] Acquisition of certain real estate

(1)
The board of supervisors shall have power to accept as a gift, or to purchase for the county, so much real estate, in fee simple, at the place where the courts may be required to sit, as may be convenient and necessary for the building and use of the courthouse, county facilities and jail, and, at any convenient place in the county, property for fire protection purposes and homes and farms for the poor, the purchase money to be paid out of the county treasury, and the title to the property be made to and in the name of the county.
(2)
Subject to the provisions of Section
65-7-91
, the board of supervisors of any county may purchase or lease grounds and buildings or may erect buildings on grounds owned or leased by the county, to be used by the county in storing and preserving road machinery, trucks or other county property. The same shall be paid for out of the general fund of the county or out of road maintenance and bridge funds.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 20; 1871, § 1367; 1880, § 2148; 1892, § 303; 1906, § 322; Hemingway's 1917, § 3695; Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 3811j; 1930, §§ 215, 217; 1942, §§ 2891, 2893; Laws, 1920, ch. 242; Laws, 1922, ch. 258; Laws, 1962, ch. 241; Laws, 1966, Ex Sess ch. 27 § 1; Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 10; Laws, 1990, ch. 414, § 1, eff. 7/1/1990.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-5 - Disposal of personal property

The board of supervisors shall have the power to sell and dispose of any personal property and real property belonging to the county or any subdivision thereof according to the uniform personal property and real property disposal requirements for local governments in Section
17-25-25
. For purposes of this section, the term "personal property," includes, but is not limited to, equipment, vehicles, fixtures, furniture, firearms and commodities.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit, restrict or to prescribe conditions with regard to the authority granted under Section
17-25-3
.
Codes, 1942, § 2925; Laws, 1932, ch. 189; Laws, 1936, ch. 286; Laws, 1942, ch. 193; Laws, 2000, ch. 593, § 1; Laws, 2003, ch. 483, § 3; Laws, 2012, ch. 499, § 2, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 364, HB 394, 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-7 - Insurance on county property

(1)
The board of supervisors may have the courthouse, jail and other buildings of the county, the furniture thereof, the books of the county, and the personal property of the county, insured against loss by fire, cyclone and tornado, and other hazards. The board of supervisors may carry steam boiler, plate glass and other miscellaneous casualty insurance against loss of county property, as in the discretion of the board of supervisors may seem proper. The cost thereof shall be paid out of the county treasury.
(2)
The boards of supervisors of two (2) or more counties may pool their risks under this section and may provide for the purchase of one or more policies of property insurance, or the establishment of a self-insurance fund or self-insurance reserves, or any combination thereof. The cost of participation shall be paid out of the general fund of the county. The administration and service of any such self-insurance program shall be contracted to a third party and approved by the Commissioner of Insurance.
(3)
The governing board of any county, municipality, municipal separate school district, other school district or community/junior college district, and the governing board or head of any other political subdivision or entity may negotiate for, secure and pool their risks under this section and may provide for the purchase of any one or more policies of property insurance, or the establishment of a self-insurance fund or self-insurance reserves, or any combination thereof. The governing board of any political subdivision or other entity set forth in this section is authorized to expend funds from any available source for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining that property insurance. The administration and service of any such self-insurance program shall be contracted to a third party and approved by the Commissioner of Insurance.
Codes, 1892, § 300; Laws, 1906, § 319; Hemingway's 1917, § 3692; 1930, § 233; 1942, § 2909; Laws, 1924, ch. 235; Laws, 1930, ch. 9; Laws, 1942, ch. 208; Laws, 1988, ch. 476, eff. 4/26/1988.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 336, SB 2740,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-8 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1992, ch. 491 § 11, eff. 10/1/1993.
Laws, 1973, ch. 430, § 1; repealed, Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 36, and Laws, 1984, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 8, § 3; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 40; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 8; Laws, 1987, ch. 483, § 14; Laws, 1988, ch. 442, § 11; Laws, 1989, ch. 537, § 10; Laws, 1990, ch. 468, § 1; Laws, 1990, ch. 518, § 11; Laws, 1991, ch. 618, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-9 - Tagging of motor vehicles

The board of supervisors shall place license tags or identification tags on all county automobiles, trucks and tractors.
Codes, 1930, § 5586; 1942, § 8064; Laws, 1926, ch. 205.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-11 - Erection or renovation of courthouse or jail

If a new courthouse or jail shall be required in any county, or if the courthouse or jail shall need remodeling, enlarging, or repairing, the board of supervisors shall determine the material, the dimensions, and the plan thereof, and may make the necessary contracts for the erection, remodeling, enlarging, or repairing thereof, and for furnishing the materials. The board may appoint one or more commissioners to superintend the work as it progresses, which commissioner or commissioners shall take care that the proper materials are furnished, and that the work is faithfully performed according to contract, and who, for his or their services, shall receive a reasonable compensation.
The board of supervisors of any county having two judicial districts, and in which State Highways 18 and 15 intersect, is further authorized to issue negotiable bonds of either of the judicial districts of such county for the purpose of erecting, equipping, repairing, reconstructing, remodeling, and enlarging the courthouse in and for the judicial district for which such bonds are issued. All such bonds shall be issued in like manner and subject to the same limitations and provisions as are set forth by law with reference to the issuance of county-wide bonds.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 21; 1871, § 1368; 1880, § 2149; 1892, § 294; 1906, § 313; Hemingway's 1917, § 3686; 1930, § 218; 1942, § 2894; Laws, 1971, ch. 321, § 1, eff. 2/19/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-13 - Employment of janitor and assistants

The board of supervisors, in its discretion, may employ a janitor and necessary assistants for the courthouse and county buildings, their salaries to be fixed by the board and to be paid out of any funds in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 3780; 1930, § 230; 1942, § 2906; Laws, 1908, ch. 142; Laws, 1940, ch. 261; Laws, 1964, ch. 283, eff. 4/16/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-15 - Employment of caretaker of county lands

The boards of supervisors of the various counties of this state may, in their discretion, employ a competent person to look after the interest of the county in any lands that may be owned by such county other than sixteenth section or lieu lands, or lands acquired under foreclosure proceedings under deeds in trust securing loans of sixteenth section school funds, and to pay such person a salary of not exceeding Eighteen Hundred Dollars ($1800.00) annually for such services. Such salary will be paid out of the revenue derived from such lands, and at the end of the year during which such services are rendered. The boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, employ the county superintendent of education to perform the duties and services provided for herein, and pay such county superintendent the salary provided for herein in addition to the salary as superintendent of education.
Moreover, the boards of supervisors of said counties in this state are hereby authorized in their discretion to pay to the secretary of the superintendents of education in said counties in this state, an additional sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per annum out of the revenues derived from such lands in said counties, at the end of the year during which such services are rendered. Said sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per annum shall be in addition to the salaries now authorized by law to be paid to said secretaries of the county superintendents of education in this state.
Codes, 1930, § 307; 1942, § 3015; Laws, 1928, ch. 59; Laws, 1950, ch. 290; Laws, 1952, ch. 211.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-17 - Employment of caretaker of county lands; duties of caretaker

It shall be the duty of such person when employed to look after and collect the rents on such land, to see that the improvements on the same are kept in good condition, and to prevent waste and depredation to such property.
Codes, 1930, § 308; 1942, § 3016; Laws, 1928, ch 59.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-19 - Employment of caretaker of county lands; minutes of board to be sole authority

The boards of supervisors shall not enter into a contract, as provided for in Section
19-7-15
, except by placing the same on their minutes, and in the event any such contract be made without complying with this section, the party attempted to be employed shall not receive any compensation whatever for any services that he may have performed thereunder.
Codes, 1930, § 309; 1942, § 3017; Laws, 1928, ch. 59.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-21 - Counties conveying land for state park may lease retained mineral interests

Any county which has acquired and conveyed or may hereafter acquire and convey any land for state park purposes and has retained or does retain the mineral rights thereunder may lease the same for oil, gas and other minerals either jointly or severally.
Such lease or leases may be made only after legal advertisement for bids therefor have been published once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county. It shall be necessary to describe the property in the advertisement by its popular name and by giving a definite legal description by metes and bounds. Said lease, with the legal description of the property set out therein, shall be executed to the highest and best bidder therefore on all the tract involved and shall contain a provision therein that no part of the property involved in said lease shall be dropped during the lifetime of said lease, which shall not be for a longer period than ten years, unless production in commercial quantities results, and that if the delay rentals are not paid on all the property then said lease in its entirety shall become null and void. No lease shall become effective after its acceptance by the board of supervisors until the same shall have the written approval of the state mineral lease commission and the Mississippi Board of Park Examiners affixed thereto.
From the proceeds arising from the execution of the original lease there shall be paid all cost of advertising herein required and other expenses necessary and incident to the execution thereof, and any balance then remaining on hand and accruing thereafter as a result of the rents, profits and income accruing from the lease shall be used, first, to build necessary bridges in the particular park property affected and, second, any balance then remaining on hand shall be used to call or pay any county-wide bonds now or hereafter outstanding and, third, if there be no outstanding county-wide bonds, then such balance shall be paid into the general funds of the county.
Whenever production in commercial quantities is made on any property involved in such lease, the lessee shall not be required to pay delay rentals thereafter so long as such production continues.
The proceeds to be paid to the county from the production of the oil, gas or other minerals shall be subject to all severance taxes imposed by law, just the same as if the county was an individual or corporation.
The lessee shall be liable for all damages to property incurred by any operation in carrying out the terms of said lease.
Nothing in this section shall in any way be construed to limit, abrogate, or otherwise restrict any right, title, or interest in the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 2892-02; Laws, 1946, ch. 242, §§ 1-7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-23 - Furnishing of courthouse

The board of supervisors shall provide for properly furnishing the courthouse and for supplying all county offices with necessary record books, stationery, seals, presses, iron safes, tables, chairs, furniture, and all other necessary articles, and the board shall provide the chancery clerk's office with a copy of the field notes of the United States survey, transcripts of records of other counties which relate to or affect titles of property in its county, the original entries of land and the necessary township maps, and provide for the safe and orderly keeping of all the records thereof, and shall make all needful allowances, payable out of the county treasury, therefor. On the order of the circuit court, or the chancery court, the board shall allow all sums expended for supplying the offices and courtrooms with all such necessary articles, but an allowance shall not be made for printing in record books of conveyances.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 4 (42); 1857, ch. 59, art 18; 1871, § 1365; 1880, § 2146; 1892, § 296; 1906, § 315; Hemingway's 1917, § 3688; 1930, § 222; 1942, § 2897.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-25 - Providing books and bookcase for courtroom; maintenance of books in electronic format

(1)
The board of supervisors of each county shall provide and have placed in the courtroom of the courthouse a suitable bookcase, with doors and lock, of sufficient capacity to hold not less than two hundred law books, in which the Mississippi Reports, digests thereof, statutes of the state, and other books belonging or furnished to the county, shall be kept. The board of supervisors shall purchase any volume of the reports, digests and statutes which may be lost or destroyed, and shall have bound all of such books as need to be rebound for preservation, all of which shall be paid for out of the county treasury. Additional bookcases shall be furnished when necessary.
(2)
In addition to the board of supervisors maintaining printed books or physical books as described under subsection (1) of this section, the board of supervisors may also maintain such books in an electronic format.
Codes, 1892, § 298; 1906, § 317; Hemingway's 1917, § 3690; 1930, § 223; 1942, § 2898.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 390, HB 493,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-27 - Providing bulletin boards for legal notices

The board of supervisors shall provide suitable bulletin boards, to be placed conspicuously at or near the main entrance to the courthouse, upon which all notices required to be there posted may be placed.
Codes, 1892, § 297; 1906, § 316; Hemingway's 1917, § 3689; 1930, § 225; 1942, § 2901.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-29 - Maintenance of courthouse yard

The board of supervisors of each county may in their discretion maintain a good and sufficient fence around the courthouse yard, and, when necessary, a substantial pavement on the walks of the same, and may have shade trees planted therein, and shall provide for the absolute exclusion of all livestock therefrom. No tent or booth may be erected on the courthouse yard to be used for the advertising or the vending of any goods, wares, notions or nostrums, or for doing the business of a photographer, unless written authorization therefor is obtained from the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may pave and improve the streets around the courthouse yard.
Codes, 1892, § 295; Laws, 1906, § 314; Hemingway's 1917, § 3687; 1930, § 221; 1942, § 2896; Laws, 1940, ch. 256; Laws, 1989, ch. 363, § 1, eff. 3/12/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-32 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1977, ch. 408, § 2, eff. 3/29/1977.
Laws 1974, ch. 320, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-33 - Regulation of parking on courthouse and other county lands

The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered to regulate the parking of motor vehicles on county public lands on which the courthouse and other county buildings are located, or any other lands under the control and jurisdiction of the county.
Codes, 1942, § 2896.5; Laws, 1968, ch. 287, § 1, eff. 5/15/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-35 - Procurement of artesian well on county property

The board of supervisors may procure an artesian well on the property used for the courthouse, jail, county farm, or poorhouse, and owned by the county, by contract with some person or corporation to complete said well on said property, or by hiring laborers, manager, and machinery to sink the well under supervision of the board or some one appointed by it to superintend the work. The cost of said well shall be paid out of the county treasury, on the allowance of the board, as other accounts against the county are paid. The board of supervisors shall make the best contracts it can in the interest of the county in procuring said well, without advertising for the bidders as required by law in letting other contracts, but having the clerk of the board write a number of persons or corporations engaged in such work, inviting them to come before the board to submit propositions. If no proposition submitted is satisfactory, the board shall not accept any proposition at that meeting, but shall extend invitations as before for another meeting, and so continue until the board gets a proposition submitted that is satisfactory.
Codes, 1906, § 398; Hemingway's 1917, § 3775; 1930, § 229; 1942, § 2905; Laws, 1906, ch. 108; Laws, 1908, ch. 152.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-37 - Use of part of oil severance tax funds for building and permanent improvements

The board of supervisors of any county receiving a part of the oil severance tax under the provisions of Sections
27-25-501
et seq., is hereby authorized to allocate a part of the money so received to a fund or funds for building and permanent improvements for the county or for any school district or for any road district, and the money so allocated to any such fund or funds may be expended for any purpose as now authorized by law. The authority to allocate a part of the oil severance tax to a fund, or funds, for buildings and other permanent improvements shall be in addition to the authority of the board of supervisors granted by Section
27-25-3
.
Codes, 1942, § 2958.5; Laws, 1946, ch. 454.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-39 - Maintenance and repair of public or private nonprofit cemeteries in certain counties

The board of supervisors of any county is authorized, in its discretion, to maintain and repair any abandoned public or private nonprofit cemetery located within the county but located outside the corporate boundary of any municipality in the county. The expense of such maintenance may be paid from any available county funds. For the purposes of this section, the term "public or private nonprofit cemetery" includes an abandoned community, religious or fraternal cemetery; however, the term does not include family burial grounds or a for-profit perpetual care cemetery that is subject to Sections
41-43-31
through
41-43-57
. "Abandoned cemetery" means a cemetery which shows signs of neglect, including, without limitation, the unchecked growth of vegetation, repeated and unchecked acts of vandalism, or the disintegration of grave markers or boundaries and for which no person can be found who is legally responsible and financially capable of the upkeep of such cemetery.
The board of supervisors of any county is authorized to accept, in the name of the county, title by deed to any cemetery located within the county but located outside the corporate boundary of any municipality in the county which, due to age, abandonment of graves by private owners or for other good cause, is not being properly maintained or repaired and thereby have become detrimental to the public health and welfare. No acceptance of title by deed shall be valid unless a motion thereof shall be made at a regular or special meeting of the board, adopted by a majority of the board's membership, and entered upon the minutes. No county funds or other public funds shall be expended by the board for the purpose of purchasing such cemetery. The board shall have the power to maintain, repair, enlarge, fence or otherwise improve any cemetery, title to which has been accepted by the board.
Laws, 1975, ch. 395, eff. 3/24/1975.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 359, HB 1477,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 7 - PROPERTY AND FACILITIES (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-41) › Section 19-7-41 - Authority of county boards of supervisors to exercise power of eminent domain for construction of penitentiaries

The board of supervisors of any county is authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of land whenever public necessity and convenience so requires for the construction of a penitentiary in the county. In the exercise of such power pursuant to this section with respect to the construction of a federal correctional facility or other federal penal institution, the board of supervisors of any county having a land area of more than nine hundred (900) square miles and a population of more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) but less than twenty-five thousand six hundred (25,600) according to the 1990 federal census may exercise the right of immediate possession to real property, including oil, gas and other mineral interests, as provided in Section
11-27-81
et seq.
Laws, 1991, ch. 619, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 350 § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 310, § 1, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-3 - [Applicable to any county that is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3] Bonds of roads or supervisors districts

The board of supervisors of any county is authorized to issue negotiable bonds of any road district or supervisors district within any such county to raise money for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, and repairing roads, highways and bridges, and acquiring the necessary land, including land for building materials, and rights-of-way therefor.
The board of supervisors of any county designated in paragraph (h) of Section
19-9-1
is authorized to issue negotiable bonds of any supervisors district or districts in such county to raise money for the purposes described in paragraph (h) of Section
19-9-1
.
All bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be issued in like manner and be subject to the same limitations and provisions as are set forth in Sections
19-9-1
through
19-9-31
with reference to the issuance of county bonds.
Codes, 1892, § 311; 1906, § 331; Hemingway's 1917, § 3704; 1930, § 247; 1942, §§ 2926-01, 2926-02; Laws, 1904, ch. 140; Laws, 1912, ch. 234; Laws, 1932, ch. 204; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1954, ch. 360, § 27; Laws, 1956, ch. 198; Laws, 1957 Ex Sess, ch 13, § 5; Laws, 1966, ch. 293, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 284; Laws, 1988 Ex Sess ch. 14, § 11, eff. 10/1/1989.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-3 - [Applicable to any county that is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section 19-2-3] Bonds of roads or supervisors districts

The board of supervisors of any county designated in paragraph (h) of Section
19-9-1
is authorized to issue negotiable bonds of any supervisors district or districts in such county to raise money for the purposes described in paragraph (h) of Section
19-9-1
.
All bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be issued in like manner and be subject to the same limitations and provisions as are set forth in Sections
19-9-1
through
19-9-31
with reference to the issuance of county bonds.
Codes, 1892, § 311; 1906, § 331; Hemingway's 1917, § 3704; 1930, § 247; 1942, §§ 2926-01, 2926-02; Laws, 1904, ch. 140; Laws, 1912, ch. 234; Laws, 1932, ch. 204; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1954, ch. 360, § 27; Laws, 1956, ch. 198; Laws, 1957 Ex Sess, ch 13, § 5; Laws, 1966, ch. 293, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 284; Laws, 1988 Ex Sess ch. 14, § 11, eff. 10/1/1989.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-7 - Details of county bonds; supplemental powers conferred in issuance of bonds

All such bonds shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed in two (2) or more colors, to prevent counterfeiting, and shall be in such denominations as shall be specified by the governing authorities of the county, and shall be registered as issued, be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward, and every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued and the total amount authorized to be issued, and each shall be made payable to bearer, and interest shall be evidenced by proper coupons thereto attached.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections
31-21-1
through
31-21-7
.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-04; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 4; Laws, 1966, ch. 294, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 494, § 7, eff. 4/11/1983.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 330, SB 2532,§ 4, eff. 4/15/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-9 - Levy of special tax

The board of supervisors of such county shall annually levy a special tax upon all of the taxable property within the county, which tax shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds according to the terms thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-04; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 4; Laws, 1966, ch. 294, § 1, eff. 5/13/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-11 - Notice of intention to issue bonds; calling of election

Before issuing any bonds for any of the purposes enumerated in Sections
19-9-1
,
19-9-3
, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention so to do, stating the amount of bonds proposed to be issued and the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued, and the date upon which the board proposes to direct the issuance of such bonds. Such resolution shall be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper published in such county. The first publication of such resolution shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date fixed in such resolution for the issuance of the bonds, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date. If no newspaper be published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the resolution for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such resolution for at least twenty-one days next preceding the date fixed therein at three public places in such county. If twenty per cent (20%), or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the county, supervisors district, or road district, as the case may be, shall file a written protest against the issuance of such bonds on or before the date specified in such resolution, then an election on the question of the issuance of such bonds shall be called and held as is provided in Sections
19-9-13
,
19-9-15
. If no such protest be filed, then such bonds may be issued without an election on the question of the issuance thereof, at any time within a period of two years after the date specified in the above mentioned resolution. However, the board of supervisors, in its discretion, may nevertheless call an election on such question, in which event it shall not be necessary to publish the resolution declaring its intention to issue such bonds as herein provided.
Codes, 1892, § 312; 1906, § 333; Hemingway's 1917, § 3706; 1930, § 249; 1942, § 2926-05; Laws, 1924, ch. 236; Laws, 1932, ch. 198; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 5, ch. 279, § 1; Laws, 1955 Ex Sess ch. 30; Laws, 1971, ch. 479, § 1, eff. 3/31/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-13 - Notice of election

Where an election is to be called, as provided in Section
19-9-11
, notice of such election shall be signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks, in at least one newspaper published in such county. The first publication of such notice shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for such election, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date. If no newspaper is published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publishing the same for the required time in some newspaper having a general circulation in such county and, in addition, by posting a copy of such notice for at least twenty-one days next preceding such election at three public places in such county.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-06; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 6, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-15 - Holding of election

Such election shall be held, as far as is practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in counties. At such election, all qualified electors of such county may vote, and the ballots used at such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the words "FOR THE BOND ISSUE" and "AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE," and the voter shall vote by placing a cross (X) or check mark (Y) opposite his choice on the proposition.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-07; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 7, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-17 - Results of election

When the results of the election on the question of the issuance of such bonds shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of such county and certified by them to the board of supervisors of such county, it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors to determine and adjudicate whether or not three-fifths (3/5) of the qualified electors who voted in such election voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds. Unless three-fifths (3/5) of the qualified electors who voted in such election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued. Should three-fifths (3/5) of the qualified electors who vote in such election vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then the board of supervisors of the county may issue such bonds, either in whole or in part, within two years from the date of such election or within two years after the final favorable termination of any litigation affecting the issuance of such bonds, as such board shall deem best.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-08; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 8, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-21 - Proceeds shall not be diverted

The proceeds of any bonds issued by a county shall be placed in the county treasury or depository, if there be one, as a special fund, and shall be used for no other purpose than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued. If the board of supervisors of such county, or any member thereof, or any other officer, shall wilfully divert or aid or assist in diverting any such fund, or any part thereof, to any purpose other than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued, then such person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years and, in addition, he shall be liable personally and on his official bond for the amount so diverted. Any member of such board of supervisors may escape the penalty provided for above by requesting and having his vote recorded in the negative on any illegal diversion of the proceeds of such bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-10; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 10, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-23 - Transfer of residue of bond proceeds

Whenever a balance shall remain of the proceeds of any bond issue after the purpose for which such bonds were issued shall have been accomplished, such balance shall forthwith be transferred to the bond and interest fund applicable to such bond issue.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-11; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 11, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-25 - Bond and interest funds may be used to buy outstanding bonds

Whenever there shall be on hand in any bond and interest fund an amount in excess of the amount which will be required for expenditure therefrom within the next succeeding twelve months, the board of supervisors may use such excess amount to purchase the outstanding bonds of the county which are payable from such fund whenever, in the judgment of such board the best interest of the county would be served thereby. When such bonds are purchased, they shall be cancelled and retired and shall not thereafter be resold or reissued.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-12; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 12, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-27 - Borrowing in anticipation of taxes

The board of supervisors of any county may borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the purpose of defraying the expenses of such county, and may issue negotiable notes of the county therefor, to mature not later than April 1 of the year succeeding the year in which they are issued. The amount of money herein authorized to be borrowed shall not be in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the estimated amount of taxes collected and to be collected under the last preceding annual tax levies for the particular fund for which said money is borrowed. The board of supervisors may borrow said money, as hereinbefore provided, from any available fund in the county treasury, or from any other source, and such loan shall be repaid in the manner herein provided. The notes herein authorized shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the board, not to exceed that allowed in Section
75-17-105
, Mississippi Code of 1972, and such notes shall be payable at any place to be named by the board of supervisors. Any notes or obligations issued in excess of the amount authorized to be issued under the provisions of this section shall be void. Money may be borrowed in anticipation of ad valorem taxes under the provisions of this section, regardless of whether or not such borrowing shall create an indebtedness in excess of statutory limitations.
For the payment of such loan, the board of supervisors shall either pledge the levy of a special tax each year sufficient to pay the amount borrowed for use that year, with interest, or shall pledge that such notes shall be paid out of the first money collected from taxes for the year in which they are issued. The aforesaid special tax, if necessary, may be in excess of the rate of taxation otherwise limited by law. The notes herein authorized shall not be issued until the board of supervisors shall have published notice of its intention to issue same; said notice to be published once each week for three (3) 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 issue such notes. If, within the time of giving notice, twenty percent (20%), of fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the county shall protest or file a petition against the issuance of such notes, then such notes shall not be issued unless authorized by a three-fifths (3/5) majority of the qualified electors of such county, voting at an election to be called and held for that purpose.
Codes, 1892, § 313; 1906, § 334; Hemingway's 1917, § 3707; 1930, § 251; 1942, § 2926-13; Laws, 1904, ch. 133; Laws, 1920, ch. 227; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, § 13; Laws, 1971, ch. 479, § 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 462, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 434, § 2; Laws, 1983, ch. 541, § 6, eff. 4/25/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-31) › Section 19-9-31 - Exclusiveness of procedure

No interest-bearing indebtedness shall hereafter be incurred by any county except in the manner provided by Sections
19-9-1
through
19-9-31
or as may otherwise be provided by law.
The authority provided for the issuance of bonds for hospitals and related subjects by Sections
41-13-15
through
41-13-53
Mississippi Code of 1972, shall not be affected by the provisions of Sections
19-9-1
through
19-9-31
, and the authority herein conferred relative to hospitals and related subjects shall be in addition thereto.
Codes, 1942, §§ 2926-15, 2926-16; Laws, 1950, ch. 241, §§ 15, 16, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › STATE-AID ROAD BONDS [Repealed] (§ 19-9-51) › Section 19-9-51 - through 19-9-77 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1985, ch. 477, § 20, eff. 4/8/1985.
§§ 19-9-51 through 19-9-77 [Codes, 1942, § 2926-51 through 2926-64; Laws, 1962, ch. 255, § 1 through § 14] § 19-9-55 [Laws, 1973, ch. 333, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 494, § 8] § 19-9-67 [Laws, 1970, ch. 317, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 394; Laws, 1976, ch. 447; Laws, 1980; ch. 524; Laws, 1981, ch. 455, § 2; Laws, 1982, ch. 434, § 3].
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › SPECIAL TAX LEVIES (§§ 19-9-91 — 19-9-117) › Section 19-9-91 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1985, ch. 407, eff.3/25/1985.
Codes, 1942, § 2926.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 219, §§ 1, 2
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › SPECIAL TAX LEVIES (§§ 19-9-91 — 19-9-117) › Section 19-9-93 - Financing the erection, remodeling, enlargement, or repair of county buildings

The board of supervisors of any county may set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the erection, remodeling, enlarging, or repairing of the courthouse, jail or other county buildings.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 11 (1); 1857, ch. 59, art 22; 1871, § 1369; 1880, § 2150; 1892, § 305; 1906, § 324; Hemingway's 1917, § 3697; 1930, § 231; 1942, § 2907; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 9, eff. 10/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › SPECIAL TAX LEVIES (§§ 19-9-91 — 19-9-117) › Section 19-9-95 - Defrayal of expenses of courts of certain coast counties

The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and having an assessed valuation of less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the courts of the county.
Codes, 1942, § 2910; Laws, 1940, ch. 266; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 10, eff. 10/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 9 - FINANCE AND TAXATION (§§ 19-9-1 — 19-9-171) › SPECIAL TAX LEVIES (§§ 19-9-91 — 19-9-117) › Section 19-9-96 - Funding operation of youth court division

The board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund to be used for funding of the operation of the youth court division other than a municipal youth court division. Such funds shall be expended for no other purpose than:
(a)
Payment of the salaries of the referees, court administrators, youth court prosecutor when court appointed, youth court public defender, court reporters other than regular chancery court or county court reporters, clinical psychologists and other professional personnel, secretaries and other clerical or other court-appointed personnel, detention home employees, shelter home employees, halfway house employees and youth counsellors;
(b)
Travel and training expenses;
(c)
The operation of a youth court and related facilities, detention facilities, shelter home facilities, group homes and halfway houses;
(d)
Volunteer programs or other court-authorized programs;
(e)
Providing the youth court referee with a current set of the Mississippi Code of 1972 if a set has not been provided.
Laws, 1980, ch. 550, § 29; Laws, 1985, ch. 536, § 5; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 11, eff. 10/1/1986.