It shall be the duty of the county auditor to issue his receipt warrant to any person desiring to pay money into the county treasury, specifying the amount and the particular account on which such payment is to be made, and the fund to which it belongs. However, a receipt warrant shall not be credited to the person making such payment, nor be charged to the county depository, until there shall be produced and filed with such auditor a duplicate receipt, signed by the depository, for the sum specified in such receipt warrant.
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