Mississippi § 31-7-118 - County employees permitted to also serve as purchase clerk, receiving clerk or inventory clerk.
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§ 31-7-118. County employees permitted to also serve as purchase clerk, receiving clerk or inventory clerk.
Nothing in Sections 31-7-101 through 31-7-127 shall be construed to prohibit the board of supervisors from designating any county employees, in addition to other responsibilities, to also serve as purchase clerk, receiving clerk or inventory control clerk; however, except as otherwise authorized in Section 19-4-1 and subsection (2) of this section, any employee designated to serve as one of the foregoing shall not at the same time be designated to serve as any of the other. In any county having a population of less than three thousand (3,000) according to the latest federal decennial census, the board of supervisors may, in its discretion, designate the same person to serve as purchase clerk, receiving clerk and inventory control clerk, or any combination of such positions.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 31-7-118 cover?
Section 31-7-118 ("County employees permitted to also serve as purchase clerk, receiving clerk or inventory clerk.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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