Any board of supervisors may, in its discretion, by appropriate resolution spread upon its minutes, offer a bounty not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) for each nutria, beaver or bobcat destroyed, where such board finds and determines that nutria, beaver or bobcats are in such quantities that the preservation of trees and other properties requires such bounties to be offered. Upon presentation to the sheriff of the complete tail of a nutria, beaver or bobcat, the sheriff shall execute a receipt therefor. Upon filing of such receipt with the chancery clerk, the amount of such bounty may be allowed by the board of supervisors as are other accounts against the county.
There is further provided a bounty on beaver not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) for each beaver to be paid in the following manner: upon the presentation of the tail of any beaver, any conservation officer of the state shall issue a receipt in such form as prescribed by the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to the person presenting such tail. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall redeem such receipts by paying to such person a sum not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) for each such receipt as bounty. The redemption of such receipts shall be paid only from funds especially appropriated for this purpose and it is expressly provided that no such bounty shall be paid from any regular receipts, funds and appropriations of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
For the purposes of carrying out the purposes of this section, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the State Forestry Commission are authorized, empowered and directed, when requested by the board of supervisors or any property owner, to utilize funds, personnel and equipment under reasonable terms and conditions.
No bounty shall be paid when funds, personnel or equipment of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the State Forestry Commission or the county are employed in capturing and killing such animals.
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