Mississippi Code Title 19. Counties and County Officers § 19-5-41

The board of supervisors of any county in the state having a population of more than one hundred thousand, according to the federal census of 1950, is authorized to create a county hospital building commission with authority to advise and assist such board of supervisors in all phases of the establishment of a county hospital, including, but not limited to, land acquisition, and the planning, constructing and staffing of such hospital.

The commission herein authorized shall consist of not more than seven members, one of whom shall be from each of the supervisors districts in such county, and two of whom shall be selected from the county at large, and the board of supervisors may pay to each of the members of said commission the sum of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per day while attending to the duties in connection with the work of the commission.