7-5-61 - Books of account and deposit of funds. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 7-5-61. Books of account and deposit of funds.
 

In addition to the keeping of the general docket as hereinabove required, the attorney general shall keep in his office a comprehensive set of books showing all receipts and disbursement of funds received by the office from whatever source, including appropriations by the legislature, the contingent fund, and other funds. He shall deposit all funds received by his office in a state depository in his name as attorney general of the state of Mississippi, shall not commingle or mix any funds received by him in his official capacity with his personal funds or other funds, and shall make disbursement and distribution thereof within the time and in the manner required by law of state officers. The receipt of funds by the attorney general pending litigation or final determination as to the proper distribution thereof may be held until such adjudication or determination. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1930, § 3678; 1942, § 3849; Laws,  1929, ch. 15; Laws, 1970, ch. 516, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1970.