The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality located within such county are hereby authorized to enter into agreements providing for the keeping of persons arrested for offenses committed within the county in which such municipality is located in the jail facilities of such municipality pending trial of such person. Such agreements may provide for the payment to the municipality by the board of supervisors from any available funds of the county of a sum not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) for each day or part thereof during which an offender may be confined in the jail of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-1-43
Keeping of county offenders in municipal jails pending trial
Codes, 1942, § 3374-135.5; Laws, 1968, ch. 288, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 27, 1968
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