The Attorney General shall be the attorney for the board and for the supervisor. However, the board may, from any funds available, retain additional counsel to assist the Attorney General. Any member of the board, or the secretary thereof, shall have the power to administer oaths to any witness in any hearings, investigations or proceedings contemplated by this chapter or by any other law of this state relating to the conservation of oil and gas.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 53 - Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals
Chapter 1 - State Oil and Gas Board
§ 53-1-1. Declaration of policy
§ 53-1-13. Board; employee eligibility
§ 53-1-23. Emergency rules, regulations, or orders
§ 53-1-25. Notice and service of process
§ 53-1-27. Record of rules, regulations and orders
§ 53-1-29. Request for hearing
§ 53-1-31. Records; inspection by public
§ 53-1-33. Supervisor and his representatives to have access to all wells
§ 53-1-35. Subpoena of witnesses; contempt
§ 53-1-37. Service of notices and process upon board
§ 53-1-39. Appeals to the chancery court; pending cases in circuit court
§ 53-1-41. Restraining orders, injunctions against board
§ 53-1-43. Suits to restrain violations or threatened violations; lien remedy