Mississippi § 19-17-7 - To keep accounts of officers.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 19-17-7 — To keep accounts of officers., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-17-7. To keep accounts of officers.
The county auditor shall keep a suitable book, in which he shall enter the accounts of all officers whose duty it is to receive or collect any money for the county, exhibiting the debits and credits, and what they represent, whether money, warrants, or bonds, and whether belonging to the general or any special fund. Such book shall be at all times subject to the inspection of any citizen of the county.
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