2015 Mississippi Code
Title 23 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE
Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS
§ 23-15-227 - Compensation of managers, clerks and other persons generally

(1) The managers and clerks shall be each entitled to Seventy-five Dollars ($ 75.00) for each election; however, the board of supervisors may, in its discretion, pay the managers and clerks an additional amount not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($ 50.00) per election.

(2) The manager or other person who shall carry to the place of voting, away from the courthouse, the official ballots, ballot boxes, pollbooks and other necessities, shall be allowed Ten Dollars ($ 10.00) for each voting precinct for so doing. The manager or other person who acts as returning officer shall be allowed Ten Dollars ($ 10.00) for each voting precinct for that service. If a person who performs the duties described in this subsection utilizes a privately owned motor vehicle to perform them, he or she shall receive for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in excess of ten (10) miles, the mileage reimbursement rate allowable to federal employees for the use of a privately owned vehicle while on official travel.

(3) The compensation authorized in this section shall be allowed by the board of supervisors, and shall be payable out of the county treasury.

(4) The compensation provided in this section shall constitute payment in full for the services rendered by the persons named for any election, whether there be one (1) election or issue voted upon, or more than one (1) election or issue voted upon at the same time.