It shall be the duty of the clerk, on receiving from the circuit court the list of jury taxes accrued at any term of the circuit court, and of the fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed or accrued at each term of the court, at once, as county auditor, to charge the sheriff of the county, or the person acting as such for the time, with the full amount of such jury taxes, fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and to require the sheriff, or the person acting as such, to pay the amount into the county treasury, except such as he shall show a legal excuse for not collecting and paying.
When a fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall be imposed by any court of which he is a clerk, he shall, as county auditor, at once charge such sum to the proper officer, and require its payment into the county treasury.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 19 - Counties and County Officers
§ 19-17-1. The clerk is county auditor
§ 19-17-3. To keep certain ledger accounts
§ 19-17-5. To keep depository funds ledger
§ 19-17-7. To keep accounts of officers
§ 19-17-9. To issue receipt warrants
§ 19-17-11. To settle with officers, and exact payment
§ 19-17-13. To debit and credit tax collector with county taxes
§ 19-17-15. To charge appropriate officer with jury taxes, fines, penalties, and forfeitures
§ 19-17-17. To examine books of officers and make proper charges; report to grand jury