Any municipality or county in the State of Mississippi now owning or hereafter acquiring any land for public purposes may convey and grant said land to the United States of America, its successors or assigns, or to the State of Mississippi, upon and for any consideration deemed sufficient by the mayor and councilmen or aldermen […]
When requested by the veterans administration, state veteran affairs board, any holder of a power of attorney from a veteran or his claimant, or any recognized veterans service officer, the chancery clerks and circuit clerks of all counties of the State of Mississippi shall, upon application by such organizations or officers, furnish, without charge, certified […]
All chancery clerks, of all counties of the State of Mississippi, shall record, without any cost whatsoever to any person of the Armed Forces of the United States residing in the same county as the chancery clerk, all honorable discharges and all certificates of service of any and all members of the Armed Forces of […]
The governor of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized to execute contracts with the United States of America, or any proper federal agency, for the purpose of obtaining for the State of Mississippi any and all kinds of surplus government property to be used by the various educational institutions of the State of Mississippi […]
Whenever the governor of the State of Mississippi has received and executed necessary contracts with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, turning over to the State of Mississippi any facilities of the United States, or any agency thereof, to be used for training, developing or educating returned veterans under the G.I. bill […]
Any bank, savings bank, trust company, insurance company, building and loan association or credit union is hereby authorized to invest its funds and monies, eligible for investment, in notes, bonds or other obligations secured by mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien on real property, title to which is fee simple or leasehold, or on […]
In order to maintain offices and pay personnel for the purpose of assisting all residents of the State of Mississippi who served in the military or naval forces of the United States during any war, their relatives, beneficiaries or dependents, to receive from the United States any and all compensation, hospitalization, insurance or other aid […]
There is hereby created a war veterans memorial commission, which is hereby charged with the duty of carrying out the provisions as hereinafter set forth, and it shall be referred to in the succeeding sections hereof as the “commission.” The commission shall consist of seven (7) commissioners, one (1) member each from the American Legion, […]
Within thirty (30) days after appointment of the commissioners, an organizational meeting of the commission shall be held at the War Veterans Memorial Building at which there shall be elected a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary to serve during the terms of office of the commissioners. Minutes of the meetings of the commission shall be kept […]
The duties of the commission shall be as follows: To recommend to the capitol commission the allocation of office space in the War Veterans Memorial Building; To promote the observation of Armistice Day in all the public schools in the State of Mississippi by appropriate exercises; To plan and conduct at the War Veterans Memorial […]
Any person or group that wishes to display on signs, goods or clothing the name or image of any member of the United States Armed Forces who was killed while on active duty shall first obtain the written consent for that display from the family of the deceased.
Any municipality or county in the State of Mississippi, within the confines of which or adjacent thereto, there has been built or authorized to be built by the government of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi, any veterans hospital, or veterans or soldiers home, is hereby authorized, within the discretion of […]
The governing authorities of any municipality, town or county in the state may, in its discretion, rent, lease, purchase or construct a building or buildings to house the units of the various congressionally chartered veteran’s organizations and the auxiliaries of such organizations, and the records of such organizations and their auxiliaries, and may, where necessary, […]
Each of the several post service officers of the nationally chartered veteran organizations in the State of Mississippi shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and to take acknowledgments anywhere in the State of Mississippi under the official seal of office of any such post, and to perform all other duties required of notaries […]
When requested by the veterans administration, state veterans affairs board, any holder of a power of attorney from a veteran or his claimant, or any recognized veteran service officer, the bureau of vital statistics of the State of Mississippi shall furnish to such organizations or officers, without charge, copies of birth and death certificates when […]
