Section 9-3-31 - Court may require sheriff of Hinds county to attend

The Supreme Court may at any time require the sheriff of Hinds county, with a competent number of deputies, to attend and perform all lawful orders of the court; and, for any failure in this, after notice of the requirement by the court, the sheriff may be punished by the court for a contempt; and for attending the court he shall be allowed two dollars a day for each person so attending, to be paid as the marshal and porter are paid. And at all times, when proper, the court shall dispense with the services of a marshal and require the said sheriff to perform all its duties.Codes, 1880, §§ 1452, 1453; 1892, § 4388; 1906, § 4953; Hemingway's 1917, § 3229; 1930, § 3370; 1942, § 1954.