Each elector shall be allowed the sum of Four Dollars ($4.00) for every twenty (20) miles of travel, to be estimated by the usual land route, in going from his home to and returning from the seat of government to give his vote, and Four Dollars ($4.00) for every day he shall attend there as an elector, to be paid by the State Treasurer, on the warrant of the auditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-791
Allowance to electors for travel and for attendance
Known as the Mississippi Election Code
The act spans §§ 23-15-1 to 23-15-997 (378 sections).
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-215 [Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 7, art 4 (5); 1857, ch. 4, art 43; 1880, § 169; 1892, § 3703; 1906, § 4210; Hemingway’s 1917, § 6846; 1930, § 62…
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