Controlling contagious or infectious diseases; establishing pesthouses.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-3
in effectThe governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to make regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious or infectious diseases; to make quarantine laws for that purpose, and to enforce the same within five miles of the corporate limits; and to establish pesthouses outside the corporate limits, and to provide for the support and government of the same.
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