69-15-303 - Advisory commission for tick eradication.
§ 69-15-303. Advisory commission for tick eradication.
The governor shall appoint a commission of five men of recognized business ability and integrity, three of whom shall reside south of the Alabama & Vicksburg division of the Illinois Central Railroad, and two of whom shall reside north of the said Alabama & Vicksburg division of the Illinois Central Railroad, which shall be an advisory commission to the Board of Animal Health and the assistant executive officer thereof in all matters pertaining to the eradication of the Texas fever and splenic fever and fever-carrying tick, and it shall be the duty of said commission to advise with the Board of Animal Health and the executive officer thereof in all matters pertaining to the eradication of the tick fever and ticks from the State of Mississippi, and to aid and assist in the prosecution of said work to a successful conclusion. The said commission may elect one of its members as chairman and one as secretary and the members shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of the duties hereby imposed, same to be paid by the Board of Animal Health upon itemized accounts duly filed with and approved by the board. However, the expense of each of the commissioners shall not exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
All vacancies which occur in the advisory commission shall be filled by election by a vote of a majority of the remaining members of the commission.
Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5492; 1930, § 5414; 1942, § 4837; Laws, 1908, ch. 106; Laws, 1926, ch. 264; Laws, 1928, ch. 61; Laws, 1962, ch. 166, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 30, 1962).