Welch, 092876 MSAGO, 1976-0010

• Case Date: September 28, 1976
• Court: Mississippi

Honorable Lennis Welch No. 1976-0010 Mississippi Attorney General Opinions September 28, 1976          Honorable Lennis Welch          Clerk of the Chancery Court          Simpson County          Mendenhall, Mississippi 39111          Dear Mr. Welch:          Attorney General Summer has received your letter of request dated September 13, 1976, and has assigned it to me for research and reply.          You submit the following, to-wit:

I am writing you as Clerk for the Board of Supervisors of Simpson County. I would appreciate it very much if you would give me a written opinion as to whether or not the County is authorized to pay retirement benefits for a Sheriff for compensation actually paid the Sheriff by the County during the period of time the office of Sheriff and Tax Collector were combined, realizing that the County would not be responsible for any

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