Mississippi § 9-1-44 - Appropriation of funds from county general fund to supplement payment of expenses of office of chancery or circuit clerk under certain circumstances.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 9-1-44 — Appropriation of funds from county general fund to supplement payment of expenses of office of chancery or circuit clerk under certain circumstances., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-1-44. Appropriation of funds from county general fund to supplement payment of expenses of office of chancery or circuit clerk under certain circumstances.
If the total amount of all fees received by the office of the chancery clerk or by the office of the circuit clerk in any year are insufficient to pay the expenses of the office for that year, the clerk shall notify the board of supervisors, and if the board of supervisors makes a finding and enters on its minutes the finding that the fees received by the office of the clerk are insufficient to pay the expenses of the office for that year, then the board of supervisors, in its discretion, may appropriate funds from the general fund of the county to the office of the clerk as necessary to supplement the payment of the expenses of the office of the clerk.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 9-1-44 cover?
Section 9-1-44 ("Appropriation of funds from county general fund to supplement payment of expenses of office of chancery or circuit clerk under certain circumstances.") 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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