The governor may appoint an agent to demand of the executive authority of any other state or territory any fugitive from justice or other person charged with treason, felony, or other crime in this state. Such agent, if necessary, may employ a sufficient guard or escort to bring such criminal to this state; and the governor may contract other expenses absolutely required in performing the duties of the agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-31
Agent to bring absconding offender from other states
Codes, 1892, § 2165; 1906, § 2381; Hemingway’s 1917, § 4773; 1930, § 4826; 1942, § 3984.
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