The Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, and Treasurer, who, in performing their respective official duties, sign their official names as such officers to various and divers documents and instruments, are hereby authorized to use in signing said instruments and documents a standard signature machine that will reproduce a facsimile signature of each such officer which, under modern methods, gives more protection than using pen and ink. The signature machine to be used by the aforesaid officers under the provisions of this section shall be selected by the Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State.
The instrument signed by the aforesaid officers of the State of Mississippi, who shall sign official instruments and documents with a signature machine under and by virtue of the provisions herein contained, shall be taken and accepted in all courts and otherwise with the same force, effect, and validity as though the said officer who signed same with said signature machine had signed such instrument or document with his own hand.
Each officer authorized by this section to use a signature machine shall safely keep his facsimile signature in such a way as to prevent the use thereof by persons not authorized so to do.
The Governor is hereby authorized to permit any other official of the state to use a signature machine of the kind selected by the Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State, if the necessity therefor should arise. It shall be the duty of each of the officials authorized to use said signature machine to keep his facsimile signature secure, and such officer shall be liable personally and on his official bond for any loss caused by his negligence in failing to keep secure his said facsimile signature.
Any person unlawfully using any signature machine provided for in this section, without the consent or direction of the officer whose facsimile signature is being so used, shall be guilty of forgery and punishable upon conviction thereof as provided by law in such cases.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
Chapter 1 - Public Officers; General Provisions
§ 25-1-3. Date terms begin for state officers, except the governor
§ 25-1-5. Date terms begin for district, county, and beat officers
§ 25-1-9. Oath of office taken
§ 25-1-11. Oath of office filed
§ 25-1-13. State officials to make guaranty or surety bonds
§ 25-1-15. Conditions of official bonds; new bonds to be secured every four years
§ 25-1-17. Official bonds payable to state
§ 25-1-23. Procedure for determining sufficiency of doubtful bond
§ 25-1-25. New bond required in certain cases
§ 25-1-27. Release of surety on bond of local officer or employee
§ 25-1-29. Release of surety on bond of state officer
§ 25-1-35. Commission not necessary
§ 25-1-37. Acts of de facto officer valid
§ 25-1-39. Deputy to discharge duty after death of officer
§ 25-1-41. Informal bonds valid
§ 25-1-43. Officer not to make contract without authority
§ 25-1-45. Civil liability for failure to perform duty
§ 25-1-49. Seller may recover claim unlawfully brought by an officer
§ 25-1-51. Confiscated property: prohibited acquisition; disposition by sheriff; subsequent recovery
§ 25-1-53. Nepotism prohibited
§ 25-1-55. Penalty for nepotism
§ 25-1-57. Undated or postdated resignations
§ 25-1-59. Vacancy by removal or default
§ 25-1-61. Legal residence of state officers
§ 25-1-63. Defaulting officers published
§ 25-1-65. Expense of publication
§ 25-1-67. Public moneys to be promptly paid by legal representatives
§ 25-1-69. Officer not to carry or deposit public funds outside state
§ 25-1-71. Public moneys are trust funds
§ 25-1-72. Duty to deposit funds into county depository
§ 25-1-73. Officers liable for costs of collection of public funds improperly withheld
§ 25-1-75. Duplicate receipt books upon transfer of funds
§ 25-1-79. Use of state-owned automobiles
§ 25-1-81. Expense accounts and reports as to state-owned automobiles
§ 25-1-83. Attending conventions, associations, or meetings
§ 25-1-87. Marking publicly owned or leased vehicle; exceptions; effect of noncompliance
§ 25-1-89. Donated automobiles
§ 25-1-91. Penalties regarding state-owned automobiles
§ 25-1-93. Provisions inapplicable to Governor
§ 25-1-98. Opening and staffing of state offices; legal holidays, construction of "workday."
§ 25-1-99. County office hours
§ 25-1-101. State-furnished books
§ 25-1-102. Certain attorneys' work product exempt from public access requirements
§ 25-1-103. Certain offices held by same person
§ 25-1-105. Application of prohibition against striking to public employees and employers
§ 25-1-107. Date of postmark as proof of date of payment or report
§ 25-1-111. Prevention of disclosure by state agencies of social security numbers