Mississippi Code § 21-15-19

Municipal clerk; duties as to dockets records
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In addition to the claims docket provided for in Section 21-39-7 the clerk shall keep a record of permanent construction to be styled "Municipal Docket," upon which he shall enter each subject, other than claims and accounts, to be acted upon by the governing authorities at the next meeting. After each meeting he shall make up such docket for the next regular meeting, and he shall examine the statutes of the state and the ordinances of the municipality to ascertain the subjects required or proper to be acted upon at the following meeting, and shall docket all such matters. He shall keep all such other records as may be provided for by ordinance, and shall file in his office and preserve all records pertaining to the business of the municipality. Codes, 1892, § 2995; 1906, § 3392; Hemingway's 1917, § 5920; 1930, § 2529; 1942, § 3374-98; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 98; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 3, eff. 7/1/1995.
In addition to the claims docket provided for in Section 21-39-7 the clerk shall keep a record of permanent construction to be styled "Municipal Docket," upon which he shall enter each subject, other than claims and accounts, to be acted upon by the governing authorities at the next meeting. After each meeting he shall make up such docket for the next regular meeting, and he shall examine the statutes of the state and the ordinances of the municipality to ascertain the subjects required or proper to be acted upon at the following meeting, and shall docket all such matters. He shall keep all such other records as may be provided for by ordinance, and shall file in his office and preserve all records pertaining to the business of the municipality. Codes, 1892, § 2995; 1906, § 3392; Hemingway's 1917, § 5920; 1930, § 2529; 1942, § 3374-98; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 98; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 3, eff. 7/1/1995.
In addition to the claims docket provided for in Section 21-39-7 the clerk shall keep a record of permanent construction to be styled "Municipal Docket," upon which he shall enter each subject, other than claims and accounts, to be acted upon by the governing authorities at the next meeting. After each meeting he shall make up such docket for the next regular meeting, and he shall examine the statutes of the state and the ordinances of the municipality to ascertain the subjects required or proper to be acted upon at the following meeting, and shall docket all such matters. He shall keep all such other records as may be provided for by ordinance, and shall file in his office and preserve all records pertaining to the business of the municipality. Codes, 1892, § 2995; 1906, § 3392; Hemingway's 1917, § 5920; 1930, § 2529; 1942, § 3374-98; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 98; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 3, eff. 7/1/1995.
In addition to the claims docket provided for in Section 21-39-7 the clerk shall keep a record of permanent construction to be styled "Municipal Docket," upon which he shall enter each subject, other than claims and accounts, to be acted upon by the governing authorities at the next meeting. After each meeting he shall make up such docket for the next regular meeting, and he shall examine the statutes of the state and the ordinances of the municipality to ascertain the subjects required or proper to be acted upon at the following meeting, and shall docket all such matters. He shall keep all such other records as may be provided for by ordinance, and shall file in his office and preserve all records pertaining to the business of the municipality.
Codes, 1892, § 2995; 1906, § 3392; Hemingway's 1917, § 5920; 1930, § 2529; 1942, § 3374-98; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 98; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 3, eff. 7/1/1995.

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