2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS
Chapter 15 - Board of Animal Health; Livestock and Animal Diseases.
69-15-327 - Duty of sheriff; penalty for failure to act.
§ 69-15-327. Duty of sheriff; penalty for failure to act.
It shall be the duty of the sheriff in any county in which the work of tick eradication is in progress, to render all livestock inspectors any assistance in the enforcement of this article and the regulations of the board of animal health. If the sheriff of any county shall neglect, fail or refuse to render this assistance when so required, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punishable as in other cases of malfeasance or misfeasance in office.
Sources: Codes, 1930, § 5437; 1942, § 4860; Laws, 1926, ch. 265.
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