The county boards of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to turn over to the department historical portraits which may be the property of the counties, and to make appropriations, on application of the director, for the purpose of placing oil portraits of distinguished citizens of Mississippi in the state's hall of fame. The selection of such portraits shall be made at the request and under the direction of the board of trustees of the department.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 39 - Libraries, Arts, Archives and History
Chapter 5 - Archives and History
§ 39-5-1. Department of archives and history created; objects and purposes
§ 39-5-3. Department board of trustees generally
§ 39-5-5. General powers and duties of board of trustees
§ 39-5-7. Director of department
§ 39-5-9. Local Government Records Office
§ 39-5-11. Surrender of official books, records, etc., to department
§ 39-5-13. Surrender of historical portraits to department
§ 39-5-15. Official and statistical register
§ 39-5-17. Acquisition of historic or prehistoric ruins, etc.
§ 39-5-19. Restoration and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries
§ 39-5-27. Archives Trust Fund
§ 39-5-31. William F. Winter Archives and History Building
§ 39-5-33. Authorization to extinguish, abandon and nullify certain conservation easements