Chapter 19 - Health, Safety, and Welfare.
- 21-19-1 - General powers of municipal governing authorities; collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish.
- 21-19-2 - Development of billing and collection system; defraying costs; increase in ad valorem tax; notice; joint and several liability of generator and property owner; liens.
- 21-19-3 - Controlling contagious or infectious diseases; establishing pesthouses.
- 21-19-5 - Establishing hospitals, workhouses, and houses of correction.
- 21-19-7 - Donating to hospitals and benevolent institutions.
- 21-19-9 - Controlling running of animals at large; establishment of city pounds; cooperative agreements.
- 21-19-11 - Cleaning private property; notice; lien; acknowledgement of notice of hearing.
- 21-19-12 - Lien amnesty for nonprofits and others interested in developing blighted real estate.
- 21-19-13 - Changes of streams and bridges; clean drainage ditches and prevent erosion; levying taxes to pay for authorized works.
- 21-19-15 - Enacting police regulations.
- 21-19-17 - Restricting movements of individuals where public safety is endangered.
- 21-19-19 - Regulating blind-tigers and disreputable places and practices.
- 21-19-20 - Proceedings to demolish or seize abandoned houses or buildings used for sale or use of drugs or constituting public hazard or nuisance; authority to sell, transfer, convey or use abandoned
- 21-19-21 - Enacting fire regulations.
- 21-19-23 - Entering mutual assistance pacts with other municipalities.
- 21-19-25 - Adoption, amendment and revision of building and other codes.
- 21-19-27 - Compelling erection of barriers.
- 21-19-29 - Regulating ingress and egress of buildings.
- 21-19-31 - Regulation of public places, depots and common carriers.
- 21-19-33 - Regulations of circuses, shows, theaters, and other amusements.
- 21-19-35 - Regulation of transient vendors and photographers; power of counties and municipalities; application of county and municipal ordinances.
- 21-19-37 - Regulation of "going-out-of-business" sales, "fire" sales, and similar sales.
- 21-19-39 - Adoption of ordinances regulating sale at retail of goods and services on Sunday.
- 21-19-41 - Contributing to support of federal food stamp program.
- 21-19-43 - Encouraging establishment of industry.
- 21-19-44 - Supporting certain local economic development organizations.
- 21-19-45 - Donating to nonprofit civic and development corporations by certain municipalities.
- 21-19-47 - Donating to support bands and orchestras.
- 21-19-49 - Appropriation of funds or conveyance of buildings and property to school districts by local governments; contracts for provision of additional police protection for schools; off-duty law en
- 21-19-51 - Donating to fair associations.
- 21-19-53 - Donating to support historical museums by certain municipalities.
- 21-19-55 - Donating to patriotic organizations.
- 21-19-57 - Donating to American Red Cross.
- 21-19-58 - Donating to Mississippi Burn Care Fund.
- 21-19-59 - Donating to state colleges or universities for support of airport by certain municipalities.
- 21-19-61 - Advertising of municipal activities by certain municipalities.
- 21-19-63 - Requiring maps of subdivisions to be furnished and approved; effect of dedication; easement declared abandoned.
- 21-19-65 - Matching funds for social and community service programs.
- 21-19-67 - Donating to chartered chapters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America located within the municipality.