Mississippi Code § 21-19-3

Controlling contagious or infectious diseases; establishing pesthouses
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The 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. Codes, 1892, § 2950; 1906, § 3341; Hemingway's 1917, § 5838; 1930, § 2417; 1942, § 3374-132; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 132; Laws, 1964, ch. 496, §§ 1-4, eff. 3/11/1964.
The 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. Codes, 1892, § 2950; 1906, § 3341; Hemingway's 1917, § 5838; 1930, § 2417; 1942, § 3374-132; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 132; Laws, 1964, ch. 496, §§ 1-4, eff. 3/11/1964.
The 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. Codes, 1892, § 2950; 1906, § 3341; Hemingway's 1917, § 5838; 1930, § 2417; 1942, § 3374-132; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 132; Laws, 1964, ch. 496, §§ 1-4, eff. 3/11/1964.
The 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.
Codes, 1892, § 2950; 1906, § 3341; Hemingway's 1917, § 5838; 1930, § 2417; 1942, § 3374-132; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 132; Laws, 1964, ch. 496, §§ 1-4, eff. 3/11/1964.

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