Mississippi Code § 47-1-55

Jointly owned jails; guards
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In the case of a jail jointly owned by a county and a municipality, the circuit judge in the district in which such jail is located, upon the request and recommendation of either the sheriff of the county or the marshal or chief of police of the municipality involved in the joint ownership, may authorize additional jail guards in cases of emergency and the cost thereof shall be paid in equal proportions by the county and municipality involved. Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 28, art. 6(31); 1857, ch. 6, art. 135; 1871, § 241; 1880, § 344; 1892, § 4138; 1906, § 4689; Hemingway's 1917, § 3106; 1930, § 3336; 1942, § 4261; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 4, eff. 5/6/1966.
In the case of a jail jointly owned by a county and a municipality, the circuit judge in the district in which such jail is located, upon the request and recommendation of either the sheriff of the county or the marshal or chief of police of the municipality involved in the joint ownership, may authorize additional jail guards in cases of emergency and the cost thereof shall be paid in equal proportions by the county and municipality involved. Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 28, art. 6(31); 1857, ch. 6, art. 135; 1871, § 241; 1880, § 344; 1892, § 4138; 1906, § 4689; Hemingway's 1917, § 3106; 1930, § 3336; 1942, § 4261; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 4, eff. 5/6/1966.
In the case of a jail jointly owned by a county and a municipality, the circuit judge in the district in which such jail is located, upon the request and recommendation of either the sheriff of the county or the marshal or chief of police of the municipality involved in the joint ownership, may authorize additional jail guards in cases of emergency and the cost thereof shall be paid in equal proportions by the county and municipality involved. Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 28, art. 6(31); 1857, ch. 6, art. 135; 1871, § 241; 1880, § 344; 1892, § 4138; 1906, § 4689; Hemingway's 1917, § 3106; 1930, § 3336; 1942, § 4261; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 4, eff. 5/6/1966.
In the case of a jail jointly owned by a county and a municipality, the circuit judge in the district in which such jail is located, upon the request and recommendation of either the sheriff of the county or the marshal or chief of police of the municipality involved in the joint ownership, may authorize additional jail guards in cases of emergency and the cost thereof shall be paid in equal proportions by the county and municipality involved.
Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 28, art. 6(31); 1857, ch. 6, art. 135; 1871, § 241; 1880, § 344; 1892, § 4138; 1906, § 4689; Hemingway's 1917, § 3106; 1930, § 3336; 1942, § 4261; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 4, eff. 5/6/1966.

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