The members of the board of supervisors shall prevent the poor from strolling from one district to another; and in case any pauper shall leave the county in which he may have a settlement, and remove to another county, any member of the board of supervisors may make an order to remove the pauper back to the county from which he came, directed to any constable to execute. But if the pauper be sick or disabled so that he cannot be removed, he shall be provided for in the county in which he may be found until he can be removed; and the county in which he had a legal settlement shall pay all charges occasioned by the support of the pauper and for removal, or burial in case of death, which shall constitute a charge against the county, and may be recoverable by action before the proper court. And it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of the county to which any pauper belongs, to receive him, on his removal, and provide for him as in other cases.
Structure Mississippi Code
§ 43-31-1. Jurisdiction; county homes
§ 43-31-3. Purchase land and erect buildings
§ 43-31-5. May sell or exchange the property
§ 43-31-7. Rules for government of county home
§ 43-31-9. Pauper employed in labor
§ 43-31-11. Relief until removal
§ 43-31-15. Tax for support of poor
§ 43-31-17. Obligations not incurred except by authority of the board
§ 43-31-19. Settlement of paupers
§ 43-31-21. Duty of each supervisor
§ 43-31-23. Support of pauper for his labor
§ 43-31-25. Certain relatives bound to support pauper; liability of deceased pauper's estate
§ 43-31-27. Strolling paupers removed and, if sick, relieved
§ 43-31-31. Certain dead to be buried by corporate authorities
§ 43-31-33. Children of seven years of age or older not allowed at the county home
§ 43-31-37. Master of vessel landing alien passengers
§ 43-31-39. Distribution of federal surplus food commodities to needy