The sheriff on receiving each convict shall furnish such convict with a certificate showing the amount of the fine and costs, as far as the costs are then known, the beginning and length of his term of imprisonment. The convict shall be allowed to have and keep such certificate on or about his person, if he so desires.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-1-33
Each convict to have evidence of term of sentence and amount of fine
Codes, 1892, § 806; 1906, § 862; Hemingway’s 1917, § 4027; 1930, § 4077; 1942, § 7918; Laws, 1908, ch. 109.
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