Mississippi Code § 43-31-23

Support of pauper for his labor
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The board of supervisors may, with the consent of the pauper, contract with any person for keeping and maintaining any pauper for the work or service which may be rendered by him in compensation for his support and maintenance; and if any pauper shall refuse to abide by the disposition made of him by the board, he shall not be entitled to relief during his refusal. Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (2); 1857, ch. 23, art. 5; 1871, § 1979; 1880, § 629; 1892, § 3152; 1906, § 3575; Hemingway's 1917, § 6192; 1930, § 5705; 1942, § 7356.
The board of supervisors may, with the consent of the pauper, contract with any person for keeping and maintaining any pauper for the work or service which may be rendered by him in compensation for his support and maintenance; and if any pauper shall refuse to abide by the disposition made of him by the board, he shall not be entitled to relief during his refusal. Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (2); 1857, ch. 23, art. 5; 1871, § 1979; 1880, § 629; 1892, § 3152; 1906, § 3575; Hemingway's 1917, § 6192; 1930, § 5705; 1942, § 7356.
The board of supervisors may, with the consent of the pauper, contract with any person for keeping and maintaining any pauper for the work or service which may be rendered by him in compensation for his support and maintenance; and if any pauper shall refuse to abide by the disposition made of him by the board, he shall not be entitled to relief during his refusal. Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (2); 1857, ch. 23, art. 5; 1871, § 1979; 1880, § 629; 1892, § 3152; 1906, § 3575; Hemingway's 1917, § 6192; 1930, § 5705; 1942, § 7356.
The board of supervisors may, with the consent of the pauper, contract with any person for keeping and maintaining any pauper for the work or service which may be rendered by him in compensation for his support and maintenance; and if any pauper shall refuse to abide by the disposition made of him by the board, he shall not be entitled to relief during his refusal.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 14, art. 2 (2); 1857, ch. 23, art. 5; 1871, § 1979; 1880, § 629; 1892, § 3152; 1906, § 3575; Hemingway's 1917, § 6192; 1930, § 5705; 1942, § 7356.

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