47-5-147 - Governor may authorize payment of reward for apprehension of escaped offender. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 47-5-147. Governor may authorize payment of reward for apprehension of escaped offender.
 

When an offender escapes from the custody of the department, the commissioner shall immediately notify the Governor who shall have exclusive power to authorize the payment of a reward, in his discretion, not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), out of any money available in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the arrest and delivery of such offender to the proper authorities. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7963; Laws,  1964, ch. 378, § 43; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 70; reenacted, 1981, ch. 465, § 77; reenacted, 1984, ch. 471, § 68; reenacted, 1986, ch. 413, § 68, eff from and after passage (approved March 28, 1986).