Mississippi Code
Circuit Clerks
§ 9-7-126. Additional remuneration to circuit court clerks for salaries of deputy circuit clerks

Class 1 and 2 counties not less than Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) per month;
Class 3 and 4 counties not less than Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) per month;
Class 5, 6, 7 and 8 counties not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per month.
The above and foregoing allowances shall be for the purposes of defraying the salaries of deputy circuit clerks provided such allowance, and upon written request of the circuit clerk, shall be paid directly to the deputy circuit clerk designated by him, in the absence of which request, the allowance shall be paid monthly to the circuit clerk. Deputy circuit clerks employed under authority of this section shall be deemed employees of the county. The clerk shall select and supervise their public duties.