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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-11 - Granting of assistance

Upon the completion of the investigation, the county department shall determine in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Department, whether the applicant is eligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter, the amount of assistance he shall receive, and the date upon which such assistance shall begin.
It shall be the duty of the State Department insofar as is practicable to provide assistance to eligible persons, who, due to limitation of available funds have not been placed upon the assistance rolls, as soon as practicable after additional funds become available to the department and prior to making a general increase in assistance grants to persons already on said assistance rolls. Nothing in this section shall be construed to bar or limit any county department of public welfare from granting individual increases in the amount of assistance to recipients based upon their individual needs. The State Department shall, as soon as made possible by the availability of additional funds, take steps to eliminate all waiting lists.
Codes, 1942, § 7275; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-13 - Payment for benefit of recipient

If the recipient or applicant is found incapable of taking care of himself or his money, payments may be paid to any person, firm, corporation, association, institution or agency designated to receive it by order of the county department of his county.
Codes, 1942, § 7276; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 7, 1962, ch. 561, § 2, eff. 4/25/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-15 - Assistance not assignable

No assistance given under this chapter shall be transferable or assignable, at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this chapter shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.
Codes, 1942, § 7277; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 8.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-17 - Appeal to the State Department

The county department shall at once report to the State Department its decision upon each application. If an application is not acted upon by the county department within thirty (30) days after the filing of the application, or is denied or revoked, the applicant may appeal to the State Department in the manner and form prescribed by rules and regulations. The State Department shall upon receipt of such an appeal give the applicant an opportunity for a fair hearing. The State Department may also, upon its own motion, review any decision of a county department and may consider any application upon which a decision has not been made by the county department within a reasonable time.
The State Department may make such additional investigations as it may deem necessary and shall make such decision as to the granting of assistance and the amount of assistance to be granted the applicant as in its opinion is justified and in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. All decisions of the State Department shall be binding upon the county department involved and shall be complied with by such county department.
Codes, 1942, § 7278; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 9.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-19 - Periodic reconsideration and changes in amount of assistance

All assistance grants made under this chapter shall be reconsidered as frequently as may be required by the rules and regulations of the state board. After such further investigation, the amount of assistance may be changed or assistance may be entirely withdrawn if the state commissioner or county department finds that the recipient's circumstances have altered sufficiently to warrant such action. The county department may at any time cancel and revoke assistance for cause and it may for cause suspend assistance for such period as it may deem proper. Whenever assistance is thus withdrawn, revoked, suspended or in any way changed, the county department shall at once report to the State Department such decision together with the record of its investigation. All such decisions shall be subject to review by the state commissioner as provided in Section
43-29-17
.
Codes, 1942, § 7279; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 10.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-21 - No fees to be paid

No person shall make any charge or receive any fee for representing any applicant or recipient of assistance in any proceeding hereunder except as to criminal proceedings brought pursuant to Section
43-29-23
of this chapter; or with respect to any application whether such fee or charge be paid by the applicant or recipient or by any other person or persons. Any violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable as provided in Section
43-29-23
.
Codes, 1942, § 7281; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 12.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-23 - Fraudulent acts

Whoever obtains, or attempts, or aids, or abets any person to obtain by means of a wilfully false statement or representation or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device:
(1)
assistance to which he is not entitled; or
(2)
assistance greater than that to which he is justly entitled, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned for not more than three (3) months, or be both so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court. In assessing the penalty, the court shall take into consideration the amount of money fraudulently received.
Codes, 1942, § 7282; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 13.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-25 - Recovery from the estate of recipient for false representation

On the death of any recipient double the total amount of assistance paid to such recipient under this chapter shall be allowed as a claim against the estate of such person if it be found that such recipient has obtained funds by false representation.
Codes, 1942, § 7280; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-27 - Limitation of chapter

All assistance granted under this chapter shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may be hereafter passed, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assistance being affected in any way by amending or repealing chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7283; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 14.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-29 - Disbursement of funds, how made

The State Department shall issue all checks for administrative expenses, and for assistance to persons qualifying for aid under the provisions of this chapter. All such checks shall be drawn upon funds made available to the state department of public welfare by the state auditor, upon requisition of the commissioner, approved by the state board. It is the purpose of this section to provide that the state auditor shall transfer, in lump sums, amounts to the state department of public welfare for disbursement under the regulations which shall be made by the state department.
Codes, 1942, § 7284; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 15.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-31 - Limitation of assistance and administrative cost

The total amount of assistance granted under the provisions of this chapter and the expenses incurred thereunder shall not exceed the amounts of funds appropriated therefor by the legislature.
Codes, 1942, § 7285; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 16.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-33 - Litigation

No suit shall be maintained in any court for the purpose of compelling an award of assistance or to enforce payment of any award of assistance made under the provisions of this chapter. Awards made hereunder shall in no case create any vested or other rights for assistance in the recipients.
Codes, 1942, § 7286; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 17.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-35 - Reservation of right to amend or repeal chapter

The Legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, benefits, or immunities conferred by this chapter or by acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the legislature to amend or repeal this chapter at any time.
Codes, 1942, § 7288; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 19.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-37 - Administration

The administration of this chapter, so far as applicable, shall be subject to all of the rules and regulations as prescribed by the state board of public welfare for the administration of old age assistance, as provided by Sections
43-1-1
through
43-1-17
, and
43-9-1
through
43-9-45
, and such other reasonable rules and regulations as may hereafter be promulgated by said board, for the proper administration of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 7289; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 20.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 29 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (§§ 43-29-1 — 43-29-39) › Section 43-29-39 - Funds

Assistance for disabled persons granted under this chapter shall be paid out of any funds designated by the state legislature for this purpose.
Codes, 1942, § 7290; Laws, 1942, ch. 282, § 21.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-1 - Jurisdiction; county homes

The board of supervisors of each county shall have the jurisdiction and power necessary and proper for the relief and support of the poor of its county, and it shall have control of the county home, and may employ a suitable person to take charge of the same. It shall see that the poor are properly treated; and it may provide nurses and physicians in such cases as it may deem proper, and purchase medicines, and payment therefor may be ordered out of the proper fund by warrant on the county treasurer.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (1); 1857, ch. 23, art. 1; 1871, § 1975; 1880, §§ 624, 627; 1892, § 3143; 1906, § 3566; Hemingway's 1917, § 6183; 1930, § 5694; 1942, § 7345; Laws, 1912, ch. 234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-3 - Purchase land and erect buildings

The board of supervisors may purchase, in the name of the county, not more than one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land for a county home and farm; and it may erect thereon suitable buildings and make all necessary contracts for these purposes.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 5 (2); 1857, ch. 23, art. 2; 1871, § 1976; 1880, § 625; 1892, § 3155; 1906, § 3578; Hemingway's 1917, § 6195; 1930, § 5695; 1942, § 7346; Laws, 1912, ch. 234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-5 - May sell or exchange the property

The board of supervisors may, when deemed proper, sell or exchange and convey the county home property, and purchase other property for such use.
Codes, 1880, § 625; 1892, § 3156; 1906, § 3579; Hemingway's 1917, § 6196; 1930, § 5696; 1942, § 7347; Laws, 1912, ch. 234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-7 - Rules for government of county home

The board of supervisors shall prescribe such rules as it may deem expedient for the government and support of the county home, and may discharge any superintendent and employ another.
Codes, 1880, § 628; 1892, § 3149; 1906, § 3572; Hemingway's 1917, § 6189; 1930, § 5697; 1942, § 7348; Laws, 1912, ch. 234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-9 - Pauper employed in labor

The board of supervisors may cause the superintendent of the county home to employ in labor such paupers as may be able to work, in such way as it may deem proper without endangering their health or without oppressing them; and a fair amount of the profits resulting from such labor shall be kept and returned to the board of supervisors.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 5 (4); 1857, ch. 23, art. 7; 1871, § 1980; 1880, § 630; 1892, § 3150; 1906, § 3573; Hemingway's 1917, § 6190; 1930, § 5698; 1942, § 7349; Laws, 1912, ch. 234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-11 - Relief until removal

The board of supervisors, and, in case of emergency, the supervisor of the district, may provide for the temporary relief of a pauper until he can be removed to the county home.
Codes, 1892, § 3153; 1906, § 3576; Hemingway's 1917, § 6193; 1930, § 5699; 1942, § 7350; Laws, 1912, ch. 234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-12 - Transferred

§
43-31-12
. [Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 1, eff. from and after July 1, 1993]
Transferred by Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 1.
Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 1, eff. 7/1/1993
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-13 - Claims allowed

The board of supervisors may allow, as far as be deemed right, the claims of persons, who, by authority of one of the supervisors, have temporarily taken care of, fed, clothed, administered to, or buried such paupers as were at the time proper subjects for relief, but could not at once be removed to the county home.
Codes, 1857, ch. 23, art. 3; 1871, § 1977; 1880, § 626; 1892, § 3158; 1906, § 3581; Hemingway's 1917, § 6198; 1930, § 5700; 1942, § 7351; Laws, 1912, ch. 234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-15 - Tax for support of poor

The board of supervisors shall annually assess and cause to be collected by the tax collector, and paid into the general fund of the county treasury, such tax as may be necessary for the support of the poor of the county.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (2); 1857, ch. 23, art. 2; 1871, § 1976; 1880, § 625; 1892, § 3154; 1906, § 3577; Hemingway's 1917, § 6194; 1930, 5701; 1942, § 7352; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 30, eff. 10/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-17 - Obligations not incurred except by authority of the board

Money shall not be disbursed from the county treasury for the relief or support of paupers, except on the order of the board of supervisors; nor shall any obligations be incurred by the county, except by its authority.
Codes, 1880, § 625; 1892, § 3157; 1906, § 3580; Hemingway's 1917, § 6197; 1930, § 5702; 1942, § 7353.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-19 - Settlement of paupers

To entitle any pauper to be supported by the county, he must have been a bona fide resident thereof for six (6) months prior to his application for support; and the settlement of the parent or parents shall entitle the children to a settlement.
Codes, 1857, ch. 23, art. 9; 1871, § 1982; 1880, § 631; 1892, § 3144; 1906, § 3567; Hemingway's 1917, § 6184; 1930, § 5703; 1942, § 7354.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-21 - Duty of each supervisor

Whenever any member of the board of supervisors shall ascertain that there is a pauper in his district probably entitled to relief, it shall be his duty to examine into the pauper's right to support; and if he be satisfied that such pauper has a settlement in his county, and is unable to support himself, or is entitled to be supported, or provided for by the county, he shall report the facts to the board of supervisors for its action; and in case of emergency, he may give his written order to the superintendent of the county home to receive such pauper; and may cause the pauper to be removed to the county home.
Codes, 1857, ch. 23, art. 5; 1871, § 1979; 1880, § 629; 1892, § 3151; 1906, § 3574; Hemingway's 1917, § 6191; 1930, § 5704; 1942, § 7355; Laws, 1912, ch. 234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-23 - Support of pauper for his labor

The board of supervisors may, with the consent of the pauper, contract with any person for keeping and maintaining any pauper for the work or service which may be rendered by him in compensation for his support and maintenance; and if any pauper shall refuse to abide by the disposition made of him by the board, he shall not be entitled to relief during his refusal.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (2); 1857, ch. 23, art. 5; 1871, § 1979; 1880, § 629; 1892, § 3152; 1906, § 3575; Hemingway's 1917, § 6192; 1930, § 5705; 1942, § 7356.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-25 - Certain relatives bound to support pauper; liability of deceased pauper's estate

The father and grandfather, the mother and grandmother, and brothers and sisters, and the descendants of any pauper not able to work, as the board of supervisors shall direct, shall, at their own charge, relieve and maintain such pauper; and, in case of refusal, shall forfeit and pay the county the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per month, for each month they may so refuse, to be recovered in the name of the county; and shall be liable to any governmental entity who supplies such poor relative, if abandoned, with necessaries, not exceeding said sum per month; and if any such relative be a nonresident he may be proceeded against by attachment, as in cases of attachment against debtors.
The estate of any pauper, who before his death was being maintained by the county at a county home for paupers, shall be liable to the county in a sum equal to not more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for each month or any part of a month for which the county maintained the pauper in a county home for paupers, such sum to be recovered in the name of the county in the same manner as provided by law for the recovery of claims of general creditors against the estate of a decedent.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (8); 1857, ch. 23, art. 13; 1871, § 1986; 1880, § 632; 1892, § 3148; 1906, § 3571; Hemingway's 1917, § 6188; 1930, § 5706; 1942, § 7357; Laws, 1987, ch. 369, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-27 - Strolling paupers removed and, if sick, relieved

The members of the board of supervisors shall prevent the poor from strolling from one district to another; and in case any pauper shall leave the county in which he may have a settlement, and remove to another county, any member of the board of supervisors may make an order to remove the pauper back to the county from which he came, directed to any constable to execute. But if the pauper be sick or disabled so that he cannot be removed, he shall be provided for in the county in which he may be found until he can be removed; and the county in which he had a legal settlement shall pay all charges occasioned by the support of the pauper and for removal, or burial in case of death, which shall constitute a charge against the county, and may be recoverable by action before the proper court. And it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of the county to which any pauper belongs, to receive him, on his removal, and provide for him as in other cases.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (4); 1857, ch. 23, art. 11; 1871, § 1984; 1880, § 633; 1892, § 3147; 1906, § 3570; Hemingway's 1917, § 6187; 1930, § 5707; 1942, § 7358.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-29 - Relief of those not entitled to a settlement; burial of strangers; indigent burial policy; board adjudication of person as pauper; board authorized to contribute funds or pay full cost of burial

The board of supervisors of any county shall also relieve, support or employ paupers found or being in the county, though not entitled to a settlement therein, and, in case of their decease, shall decently bury them; and all expenses shall be chargeable to and recoverable from the county in which such pauper had a settlement; and the board shall decently bury all strangers dying in the county. The board shall establish an indigent burial policy which shall be spread upon the minutes of the board. The policy shall establish standards and eligibility criteria for the administration of indigent burials. The board may be able to establish the status of someone as a pauper, either before or after his death, based upon available records of recent public assistance and any other available evidence. After review of the records, the board may adjudicate a person as a pauper and shall spread upon its minutes the adjudication. The board, in its discretion, may then pay the full cost of burial or may contribute funds to assist in the cost of the burial.
Codes, 1857, ch. 23, art. 10; 1871, § 1983; 1880, § 632; 1892, § 3145; 1906, § 3568; Hemingway's 1917, § 6184; 1930, § 5708; 1942, § 7359; Laws, 2009, ch. 347, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-31 - Certain dead to be buried by corporate authorities

The municipal authorities of every city, town, and village shall bury all strangers found dead within their limits, or found floating in any waters at a point adjoining their limits, and all expenses or charges shall be chargeable to the county; and an accurate account thereof shall be reported to the board of supervisors, who shall allow the same, and order it to be paid out of the county treasury; but the boards of supervisors may fix maximum charges for such burials.
Codes, 1857, ch. 23, art. 15; 1871, § 1988; 1880, § 636; 1892, § 3146; 1906, § 3569; Hemingway's 1917, § 6186; 1930, § 5709; 1942, § 7360.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-33 - Children of seven years of age or older not allowed at the county home

It shall be unlawful for any superintendent of a county home to permit a healthy child of seven (7) years of age, or over, to remain at the county home; but all such children being there shall be reported to the board of supervisors, who shall deal with them in the same way as other poor children.
Codes, 1892, § 3161; 1906, § 3584; Hemingway's 1917, § 6201; 1930, § 5714; 1942, § 7365; Laws, 1916, ch. 227.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-35 - Bond required of commanders of vessels bringing into state certain persons who may require support and care

If any person commanding a ship, vessel, steamboat, or other watercraft imports into this state, or brings to the shores or within the limits thereof, any infant, person with mental illness, maimed, aged or infirm person or vagrant who is likely to become chargeable on the county, on the requisition of the supervisor of the district or the mayor of any municipality, the captain, master, or commander of the ship, vessel, steamboat, or other watercraft shall enter into bond with sufficient sureties, payable to the county, conditioned to indemnify the county against all charges that may be incurred in the support and care of that person. Any captain, master, or commander failing or refusing to give the bond required shall forfeit and pay to the county the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each infant, person with mental illness, maimed, aged, or infirm person or vagrant so brought into the state, to be recovered by action.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (9); 1857, ch. 23, art. 19; 1871, § 1989; 1880, § 640; 1892, § 3164; 1906, § 3587; Hemingway's 1917, § 6204; 1930, § 5715; 1942, § 7366; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 17, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-37 - Master of vessel landing alien passengers

When any ship, vessel, or steamboat shall arrive at any port or harbor with alien passengers on board, who are to be landed or left, and who may become a charge as paupers, the master or commanding officer of the vessel shall, before such passengers, or any of them, leave the ship, vessel or steamboat, deposit with the supervisor of the district where the passengers are to be landed or left, a list of their names, and shall forthwith enter into bond, with sufficient sureties, payable to the county, in a sufficient penalty, with condition to indemnify the county from all expenses which may arise from supporting or maintaining such aliens; and in default of such bond, the captain, master, or commander may be committed by any justice of the peace, or mayor of any city, town, or village, until the bond be executed; and, moreover, the captain, master, or commander shall be liable to be indicted, and, on conviction, shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each person landed in violation of this section; but the board of supervisors, on investigation of the matter, may dispense with the bond.
Codes, 1857, ch. 23, art. 20; 1871, § 1990; 1880, § 641; 1892, § 3165; 1906, § 3588; Hemingway's 1917, § 6205; 1930, § 5716; 1942, § 7367.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 31 - POOR PERSONS (§§ 43-31-1 — 43-31-39) › Section 43-31-39 - Distribution of federal surplus food commodities to needy

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and with the state department of public welfare and the respective county departments of public welfare in obtaining surplus food commodities to the end that these surplus food commodities may be available for distribution to needy persons under the program of surplus food commodity distribution provided by the agricultural adjustment act of August 24, 1935, as amended, the agricultural act of October 31, 1949, as amended, and all other acts of congress now or hereafter enacted authorizing the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, or any other agency of the United States government, to distribute designated available surplus food commodities free of charge, to any and all eligible needy persons in the state.
The boards of supervisors of the several counties of Mississippi are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to appropriate and set aside from any available funds, in either the pauper fund or the general fund, a sufficient amount with which they may lease, purchase or otherwise acquire storage facilities for such surplus food commodities, including storage under refrigeration, provide for the unloading, packaging, handling and distribution of said commodities and pay for such personnel or help as may be required in order to protect from waste and spoilage, to cooperate in the distribution of such commodities upon delivery to their respective counties, and may pay the rentals, salaries, and incidental expenses thereof, monthly, from their respective treasuries.
Codes, 1942, § 7367.5; Laws, 1956, ch. 184, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-3 - Finding and declaration of necessity

It is hereby declared (a) that the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern and (b) that it is in the public interest that work on projects for such purposes be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now constitutes an emergency; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
Codes, 1942, § 7296; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-5 - Housing authorities created

In each town or city and in each county of the state there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the "housing authority" of the town or city or county. However, such authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the governing body of the town or city or the county, as the case may be, by proper resolution shall declare at any time hereafter that there is need for an authority to function in such town or city or county. The determination as to whether there is such need for an authority to function (a) may be made by the governing body on its own motion or (b) shall be made by the governing body upon the filing of a petition signed by twenty-five (25) residents of the town or city or county, as the case may be, asserting that there is need for an authority to function in such town or city or county and requesting that the governing body so declare.
The governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a housing authority in the town or city or county, as the case may be, if it shall find (a) that unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such town or city or county or (b) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such town or city or county available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary said governing body may take into consideration the degree of overcrowding, the percentage of land coverage, the light, air, space and access available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations, the size and arrangement of the rooms, the sanitary facilities, and the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.
In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the governing body declaring the need for the authority. Such resolution or resolutions shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority and finds in substantially the foregoing terms (no further detail being necessary) that either or both of the above enumerated conditions exist in the town or city or county, as the case may be. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerk shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.
Codes, 1942, § 7297; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 3; Laws, 1950, ch. 511.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-9 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 469, § 10, eff. 7/1/1983.
Codes, 1942, § 7299; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 5; Laws, 1952, ch. 369, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-13 - Operation not for profit

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations, and that no housing authority shall construct or operate any such project for profit, or as a source of revenue to the city or the county. To this end an authority shall fix the rentals for dwellings in its projects at no higher rates than it shall find to be necessary in order to produce revenues which (together with all other available moneys, revenues, income and receipts of the authority from whatever sources derived) will be sufficient (a) to pay, as the same become due, the principal and interest on the bonds of the authority; (b) to meet the cost of, and to provide for, maintaining and operating the projects (including the cost of any insurance) and the administrative expenses of the authority; and (c) to create (during not less than six (6) years immediately succeeding its issuance of any bonds) a reserve sufficient to meet the largest principal and interest payments which will be due on such bonds in any one year thereafter and to maintain such reserve.
Codes, 1942, § 7301; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-15 - Rentals and tenant selection

In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection:
(a)
It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income and at rentals within the financial reach of such persons of low income;
(b)
It may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms (but no greater number) which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding;
(c)
The dwellings in low-rent housing as defined in this article shall be available solely for families whose net annual income at the time of admission, less an exemption of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each minor member of the family other than the head of the family and his spouse, does not exceed five (5) times the annual rental (including the value or cost to them of water, electricity, gas, other heating and cooking fuels, and other utilities) of the dwellings to be furnished such families. For the purpose of determining eligibility for continued occupancy, a public housing agency shall allow, from the net income of any family, an exemption for each minor member of the family (other than the head of the family and his spouse) of either (a) one hundred dollars ($100.00), or (b) all or any part of the annual income of such minor. For the purpose of this subparagraph, a minor shall mean a person less than twenty-one (21) years of age.
Nothing contained in this section or Section
43-33-13
shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this section or Section
43-33-13
.
Codes, 1942, § 7302; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 8; Laws, 1950, ch. 513.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-16 - Prohibition against use of fraudulent means to obtain public housing

(1)
Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain, or who establishes or attempts to establish, eligibility for, and any person who knowingly or intentionally aids or abets such person in obtaining or attempting to obtain, or in establishing or attempting to establish eligibility for, any public housing, or a reduction in public housing rental charges, or any rent subsidy, to which such person would not otherwise be entitled, by means of a false statement, failure to disclose information, impersonation, or other fraudulent scheme or device shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. As used in this section "public housing" shall mean housing which is constructed, operated or maintained by the state, a county, a municipal corporation, a housing authority, or by any other political subdivision or public corporation of the state or its subdivisions.
(2)
Notice of this section shall be printed on the application forms for public housing in the state, and it shall be displayed in the office where such application is made.
Laws, 1979, ch. 384, §§ 1-2, eff. 7/1/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-17 - Cooperation of authorities

Any two (2) or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing (including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and giving security therefor), planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the area of operation of any one (1) or more of said authorities. For such purpose an authority may by resolution prescribe and authorize any other housing authority or authorities, so joining or cooperating with it, to act on its behalf with respect to any or all of such powers. Any authorities joining or cooperating with one another may by resolutions appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full power to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any or all of their powers, as prescribed by resolutions of such authorities.
Codes, 1942, § 7303; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 9; Laws, 1942, ch. 233, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-19 - Eminent domain

An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this article after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in Chapter 27, Title 11, of the Mississippi Code of 1972; or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner; no real property belonging to the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.
Codes, 1942, § 7304; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 10.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-21 - Planning, zoning and building laws

All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated. In the planning and location of any housing project, an authority shall take into consideration the relationship of the project to any larger plan or long-range program for the development of the area in which the housing authority functions.
Codes, 1942, § 7305; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-23 - Bonds

An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable:
(a)
exclusively from the income and revenues of the housing project financed with the proceeds of such bonds;
(b)
exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or
(c)
from its revenues generally. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the federal government or other source, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any housing project, projects or other property of the authority.
Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof and neither the city or the county, nor the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of said authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from taxes.
Codes, 1942, § 7306; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 12.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-29 - Remedies of an obligee of authority

An obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee:
(a)
By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to compel said authority and the commissioners, officers, agents or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of said authority with or for the benefit of such obligee, and to require the carrying out of any or all such covenants and agreements of said authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon said authority by this article.
(b)
By suit, action or proceeding in equity, to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of such obligee of said authority.
Codes, 1942, § 7309; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 15.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-31 - Additional remedies conferable by authority

An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right (in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred), upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction:
(a)
To cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any such obligee.
(b)
To obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of said authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom. If such receiver be appointed, he may enter and take possession of such housing project or any part thereof and operate and maintain same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom, and shall keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of said authority as the court shall direct.
(c)
To require said authority and the commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
Codes, 1942, § 7310; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 16.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE (§§ 43-1-1 — 43-NEW01-012) › Chapter 33 - HOUSING AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-797) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-81) › IN GENERAL (§§ 43-33-1 — 43-33-53) › Section 43-33-33 - Exemption of property from execution sale

All real property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against an authority be a charge or lien upon its real property. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of an authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees or revenues.
Codes, 1942, § 7311; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 17.