51-9-1 - Pearl River Industrial Commission created.
§ 51-9-1. Pearl River Industrial Commission created.
There is hereby created the Pearl River Industrial Commission, composed of Hinds, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Rankin and such other counties in the state through which or bordering which the Pearl River runs. The governor shall appoint one (1) member to the commission from each county from a list of three (3) names to be submitted by the board of supervisors in each participating county. The three (3) names submitted by the board of supervisors of Rankin County shall be the names of persons who reside on and are holders or residential leases from the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District which are located in Rankin County. In his appointment the governor shall designate the chairman and vice-chairman of the commission. The board of supervisors in any county through which or by which the Pearl River runs, other than those counties named above, may bring that county in as a member of the commission by resolution presented to the governor; and the board of supervisors in such county may, in its discretion, call an election prior to taking such action, said election to be held as nearly as possible in the same manner other elections are held in the county.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 5956-41; Laws, 1956, ch. 169, §§ 1-5; Laws, 1979, ch. 309, eff from and after July 1, 1979.