Authority to accept and disburse funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-31
in effectThe board of supervisors, mayor and aldermen or other appropriate municipal governing body, board of trustees of school districts, county board of education, county and state port authorities, county development districts, and other public agencies at the community or state level which qualify for funds and other benefits under the United States “Disaster Relief Act of 1970”, are hereby authorized to do and perform every act and deed necessary by such officers to make possible the receipt and disbursements of all such funds and related benefits made available by said act.
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