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Additional funds for offices of sheriff, tax assessor, and tax collector in certain counties.

Miss. Code Ann. § 27-1-32
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Should the board of supervisors of any county in the state with a total assessed valuation of less than One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000.00) determine that the fees to be collected by the offices of sheriff, assessor, tax collector, or assessor and tax collector shall be insufficient to pay the operating budget of any one or more of said offices, said board may set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the purpose of supplementing the budget of any one or more of said offices. Provided, further, the board of supervisors of any Class 1 county bordering on the Pearl River, having two (2) judicial districts, wherein is housed the seat of State Government, and wherein U.S. Highways 80 and 49 intersect is hereby authorized to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the purpose of supplementing the budget of the offices of sheriff, tax collector and tax assessor. Provided, further, the board of supervisors of any Class 1 county bordering on the State of Alabama traversed by U.S. Highway 90 and having an assessed valuation according to the 1972 assessment rolls of One Hundred Thirty-two Million Seven Hundred Seventy-two Thousand Sixty-seven Dollars ($132,772,067.00) may, in its discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the purpose of supplementing the budget of the tax collector, tax assessor and sheriff.