In any county organizing a countywide municipal separate school district after the first day of January, 1965, the office of county superintendent of education is hereby abolished. There is excepted from the provisions of subsections (1) and (4) of Section 37-5-61, Sections 37-5-63 through 37-5-67, subsection (1) of Section 37-5-73, and Section 37-5-75, any county of the first class which has a land area of less than four hundred fifty square miles, and has located therein a municipality of more than fifteen thousand population, according to the 1950 federal decennial census.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 5 - County Boards of Education and Superintendents
County Superintendents of Education
§ 37-5-63. Establishment of position as appointive office
§ 37-5-65. Reestablishment of position as elective office
§ 37-5-66. Appointment of superintendent by county board of education in certain counties