When a deputy sheriff has served any writ whatever, he shall indorse thereon the date of the service and the proper return of his proceedings, and subscribe his own name, as well as that of his principal, thereto, as follows: “, sheriff, by, deputy sheriff”. Any deputy sheriff failing to do so, shall be fined by the court, not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), on motion, and on five days’ notice to the deputy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-29
Duty of deputy as to process he serves
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 28, art 3 (9); 1857, ch. 6, art 117; 1871, § 223; 1880, § 328; 1892, § 4115; 1906, § 4667; Hemingway’s 1917, § 3084; 1930, § 3314; 1942, § 4239.
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