When, in any county of this state other than a county bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, a petition, signed by fifty (50) or more qualified electors of such county, shall be presented to the board of supervisors of such county, requesting that a county mosquito control commission for such county be created, the board of supervisors may, within sixty (60) days from the date of the filing of the petition with the clerk of the board, create a county mosquito control commission, and the order creating said county mosquito control commission shall be entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors. The said order shall name three (3) commissioners, one (1) of whom shall be designated as temporary chairman, and shall set a time, date, and place for a meeting to organize said commission. The date of said organizational meeting shall be within sixty (60) days from the date of said order.
Structure Mississippi Code
Article 3 - Rice Field Mosquito Control Law
§ 41-27-101. Declaration of purpose
§ 41-27-103. County mosquito control commission created
§ 41-27-107. General powers of commission
§ 41-27-109. Meeting; officers; bonds
§ 41-27-115. Board of supervisors may require permit for rice production
§ 41-27-117. Application for permit
§ 41-27-119. Office facilities for commission; expenses; employees
§ 41-27-121. Other powers of commission
§ 41-27-123. Penalty for failure to comply with provisions of article
§ 41-27-127. Funds for carrying on program; tax on property
§ 41-27-129. Cooperating with state or federal agency
§ 41-27-131. Funds shall be placed in special fund in county depository
§ 41-27-133. Commission may be abolished and program terminated