Any loss occasioned by the neglect, carelessness or failure of duty by the county superintendent or any principal or teacher in charge of any school, shall entitle the state to bring suit for the recovery of the amount of the loss or losses occasioned thereby.
Any writ or suit of any nature instituted under the provisions of this chapter shall be brought in the name of the State of Mississippi by the Attorney General. Any money or moneys recovered by such suit shall be placed to the credit of the State Textbook Fund.
Structure Mississippi Code
§ 37-43-17. Persons disqualified from participation in rating and adoption of textbooks
§ 37-43-19. General powers and duties of board
§ 37-43-23. Procedure for purchase of textbooks from publishers; distribution of books
§ 37-43-25. Retention of specimen copies of textbooks, contracts and bonds, and copies of bids
§ 37-43-27. No books to be purchased from trusts
§ 37-43-29. Designation of Secretary of State as contractor's agent
§ 37-43-33. Purchase of books by parents, school boards, etc.
§ 37-43-37. Numbering of books; record of books issued to pupils
§ 37-43-39. Persons prohibited from acting as agents or attorneys for textbook publishers
§ 37-43-41. State Textbook Fund; Local School District Textbook Carryover Fund
§ 37-43-43. Deposit of funds to credit of State Textbook Fund
§ 37-43-45. Suits for recovery of losses
§ 37-43-47. Payment of bills for textbooks
§ 37-43-49. Storage of school books by counties
§ 37-43-51. Reports by schools receiving textbooks
§ 37-43-53. Advertising on covers of textbooks
§ 37-43-55. Purchase and distribution of Mississippi Blue Book