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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-19 > 13 > 19-13-33§ 19-13-33. Certain allowances unlawful.
It shall be unlawful for the board of supervisors to allow a greater sum for any account, claim, or demand against the county than the amount actually due thereon, dollar for dollar, according to the legal or ordinary cash compensation for such services rendered, or for salaries or fees of officers, or for materials furnished, or to issue county warrants or orders upon such accounts, claims or demands, when allowed for more than the actual amount so allowed, dollar for dollar. Any illegal allowance by such board may be inquired into by the proper tribunal, upon legal proceedings for that purpose, whenever such matter may come into question in any case.
Sources: Codes, 1871, § 1382; 1880, § 2160; 1892, § 322; 1906, § 343; Hemingway's 1917, § 3716; 1930, § 257; 1942, § 2942.
