If any member of the governing body of a municipality shall knowingly vote for the payment of any claim not authorized by law, he shall be subject to indictment and, upon conviction, be fined by a sum not exceeding double the amount of such unlawful claim or appropriation, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 39 - Contracts and Claims
§ 21-39-3. Letting of contracts for publication of proceedings, ordinances, etc.
§ 21-39-5. Records and payment of claims in all municipalities
§ 21-39-7. Docket of claims in municipalities having a population of more than two thousand
§ 21-39-9. Disposition of claims
§ 21-39-15. Penalty for unauthorized claim or appropriation
§ 21-39-17. Penalty for wrongfully issuing, signing or attesting warrant
§ 21-39-19. Duties of depository or treasurer
§ 21-39-21. Disposition of lost, stolen, abandoned or misplaced personal property