Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-13-35 (2026)
Penalty for unauthorized appropriations
✓ current as of July 2026
If any person shall claim and receive from the board of supervisors of a county any fee or compensation not authorized by law, or if a member of such board shall knowingly vote for the payment of any such unauthorized claim, or any appropriation not authorized by law, he shall be subject to indictment, and, on conviction, be fined not exceeding double the amount of such unlawful charge, or may be imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months, or be subject to both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1871, § 1379; 1880, § 2161; 1892, § 323; 1906, § 344; Hemingway's 1917, § 3717; 1930, § 258; 1942, § 2943.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Cumbest v. State, 456 So. 2d 209 (Miss. 1984).
Cumbest v. State, 456 So. 2d 209 (Miss. 1984). “741 (1920), even under another less severe criminal statute involving a member of a board of supervisors who had approved a partial payment to a road contractor under a road contract (presently Miss. Code Ann. 19-13-35), we stated a conviction would require "fraudulently or…”
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