The Secretary of State shall receive from the several sheriffs all extra copies of the acts of the Legislature, which the sheriffs are required to return to him, and he shall see that the several sheriffs perform the duty required of them in this behalf. If there be less than ten copies of any of the acts, in the State Library, he shall supply the deficiency from the acts so returned to him, and out of the residue of the acts so returned, he shall, as far as can be, supply each county with the books needed to complete the set belonging to each respectively, and shall take the receipt of the sheriff therefor; and any books not thus disposed of shall be preserved in his office, and sold as other like books.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 5 - Session Laws and Journals
§ 1-5-1. Printing of general, local and private laws
§ 1-5-3. Disposition of general, local and private laws and journals of legislature; responsibility
§ 1-5-5. General laws and journals, local and private laws deposited in state law library
§ 1-5-7. Distribution of general laws and journals, and local and private laws free of charge
§ 1-5-9. Distribution of general laws of Legislature to judges of United States
§ 1-5-17. University law school to have books for exchange
§ 1-5-19. Publication and distribution of journals and laws
§ 1-5-21. Sale of excess volumes
§ 1-5-25. To receive certain books from the sheriffs and distribute them