Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-35: Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-35

The board of supervisors of such county or counties may, when deemed proper, combine and use any property now being used for county homes and use such property hereafter as a combined institution to take care of the county paupers and the destitute aged provided for in Section 19-5-31 through 19-5-39 , in which event the Golden Age Home may take care of all such persons.