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2017 Mississippi Code
Title 21 - Municipalities
Chapter 19 - Health, Safety, and Welfare
§ 21-19-3. Controlling contagious or infectious diseases; establishing pesthouses
Universal Citation: MS Code § 21-19-3 (2017)
The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to make regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious or infectious diseases; to make quarantine laws for that purpose, and to enforce the same within five miles of the corporate limits; and to establish pesthouses outside the corporate limits, and to provide for the support and government of the same.
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