The boards of supervisors in their respective counties shall temporarily provide for the care and maintenance of any person alleged to have mental illness when the person has no means of paying that expense, pending an investigation into the mental status of the person alleged to have mental illness before the chancery clerk of the county, and provide for the care and maintenance of those persons by the sheriff of their respective counties after being adjudged as a person with mental illness by the properly constituted authority, when there is no room in one (1) of the state psychiatric hospitals or institutions for the person with mental illness. The boards shall cause all reasonable and proper allowance for that care and maintenance to be paid out of the county treasury.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 19 - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare
§ 19-5-1. Examination of county jail
§ 19-5-3. Purchase and upkeep of law enforcement dogs
§ 19-5-5. Acquisition and operation of radio stations for law enforcement
§ 19-5-7. Employment of school crossing guards
§ 19-5-9. Adoption of building and other related codes in certain counties
§ 19-5-11. Compensation for destruction of certain diseased livestock
§ 19-5-13. Compensation for cattle killed or injured in dipping process
§ 19-5-23. Notice of tax levy; protest; election
§ 19-5-25. Reimbursement of tax levies
§ 19-5-27. Supplementary method for garbage and rubbish removal
§ 19-5-29. Payment for laying certain water mains
§ 19-5-30. Payment for relocating water lines
§ 19-5-31. Golden Age Nursing Homes; establishment and operation
§ 19-5-33. Golden Age Nursing Homes; land, buildings and equipment for institution
§ 19-5-37. Golden Age Nursing Homes; funds for support and maintenance
§ 19-5-39. Golden Age Nursing Homes; issuance of bonds
§ 19-5-41. Creation of county hospital building commission in certain counties
§ 19-5-45. Construction of sheltered workshop for employment of handicapped
§ 19-5-47. Construction of public health buildings and clinics
§ 19-5-49. Lease of county homes and farms
§ 19-5-51. Bounty on beaver, nutria, and bobcats
§ 19-5-53. Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock
§ 19-5-61. Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock; judges
§ 19-5-63. Establishment of county extension department
§ 19-5-65. Funding of display rooms for county home economic or home demonstration agents
§ 19-5-67. Establishment of department of animal husbandry
§ 19-5-69. Funding of buildings for junior beef and dairy boys and girls
§ 19-5-71. Support of experiment stations
§ 19-5-73. Establishment of farmers' markets
§ 19-5-89. Promotion of youth activities
§ 19-5-91. Agreements with the United States relative to navigation projects
§ 19-5-93. Donations for certain patriotic and charitable uses
§ 19-5-97. Purchase, operation and maintenance of fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment
§ 19-5-99. Establishment of economic development districts
§ 19-5-101. Establishment of juvenile residential treatment centers
§ 19-5-103. Regulation of massage parlors and public displays of nudity
§ 19-5-105. Cleaning private property; notice to property owner; hearing; lien