Mississippi Code
Chapter 31 - Poor Persons
§ 43-31-33. Children of seven years of age or older not allowed at the county home

It shall be unlawful for any superintendent of a county home to permit a healthy child of seven (7) years of age, or over, to remain at the county home; but all such children being there shall be reported to the board of supervisors, who shall deal with them in the same way as other poor children.