§ 31-19-1. Serial payment bonds only may be issued
No county or municipality shall issue any bonds except on the serial payment plan.
§ 31-19-11. Allowance for remittance
Said allowance for said remittances shall be made by the board of supervisors at the regular meeting of said board held at least thirty (30) days preceding the date on which said bonds and coupons shall become due.
§ 31-19-13. Payment of municipal or drainage district bonds
Where said obligations above referred to shall have been issued or shall hereafter be issued by a city, town, or village, or municipal separate school district, it shall be the duty of the board of mayor and aldermen or the board of commissioners, to make the allowance above referred to at least thirty (30) days […]
§ 31-19-15. Remedy of bondholders
For failure or refusal to comply with the foregoing provisions, any official charged with any duties under Sections 31-19-9 through 31-19-13 shall be liable on his official bond to any holder of any bond or coupon for any and all expenses incident to the collection of same, and for all damages which may have accrued […]
§ 31-19-17. Outstanding bonds may be registered
Any and all persons holding or owning any outstanding and unmatured State of Mississippi bonds may present the same to the auditor of public accounts, and it shall be the duty of such auditor to register such bonds in a book to be kept by him for that purpose in such a manner that the […]
§ 31-19-25. Sale of bonds to be advertised
All bonds issued pursuant to any laws of this state and hereafter sold by the governing authority of or on behalf of any county, road district, school district, drainage district or other political subdivision or instrumentality of this state shall be advertised for sale on sealed bids or at public auction. Such advertisement shall be […]
§ 31-19-27. Doubtful claims defined
A doubtful claim of the state, or of the county, city, town, village, or levee board is one for which judgment has been rendered and for the collection of which the ordinary process of law has been ineffectual; debts due by drainage districts or other taxing districts or sinking funds to counties under the Rehabilitation […]
§ 31-19-29. Compromise of doubtful claims
The Governor, on the advice of the Attorney General or chairman of the State Tax Commission, may, upon application of the defendant or debtor proposing a compromise, settle and compromise any doubtful claim of the state, or of any county, city, town, or village, or of any levee board against such defendant or debtor, upon […]
§ 31-19-3. Penalty on officials for violations
For failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter by any officer, any taxpayer may institute a suit for damages on the bond of such official who is required to give a bond; and in addition thereto, such official may be punished for such failure as for a misdemeanor, and on conviction be fined […]
§ 31-19-31. Bonds to the federal government for state hospitals
Any bonds hereafter issued to the United States of America to finance in part the construction, erection, or equipment of any state hospital of the State of Mississippi, or any series, class, or installment of such bonds may bear interest at such rate or rates of interest not exceeding four per centum (4%) per annum […]
§ 31-19-33. Limitation of actions for payment of bonds and coupons
Action against the state or any county, municipality, school district or political subdivision of the State of Mississippi for the payment of any bond issued thereby or for the payment of any coupon representing interest on such bond shall be commenced within twenty (20) years after the maturity date of such bond.
§ 31-19-5. Investment of certain funds
Any funds received from the sale of bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness heretofore or hereafter sold by the State of Mississippi or any agency or department thereof or by any county, municipality, road district, levee district, development district, utility district, school district, drainage district or other entity authorized by law to issue bonds, notes, […]
§ 31-19-7. Ratification of bonds signed by officials not in office at the time of sale or delivery
Whenever, pursuant to statutory authority, bonds of the State of Mississippi, or of any county, municipality, road district, supervisors district, school district, drainage district, or other taxing district therein, have been or shall hereafter be prepared and signed by the officials designated to sign the bonds by statute or by the proceedings authorizing the issuance […]
§ 31-19-9. Payment of county bonds and coupons at maturity
Whenever any county, road district, consolidated school district, rural school district, or other taxing districts controlled by the board of supervisors which has heretofore issued or shall hereafter issue bonds or other obligations of which principal and interest shall be payable at some bank or trust company, or at some office other than the county […]