Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-13: Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-13

Any person in any county in this state shall be entitled to recover from such county reasonable compensation for any livestock owned by such person that may be killed or permanently injured in the process of dipping or as a result of such dipping for the eradication of the cattle tick, where such dipping was done under the supervision of the board of supervisors or the livestock sanitary board.