The commissioner, before entering upon the duties of the office, must take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and must enter into bond payable to the State of Mississippi, in the sum of five thousand dollars with a guaranty company, the expense of such bond being paid by the state. The bond must be approved by the Attorney General and when approved shall, together with the oath of office, be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals
Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture
§ 69-1-3. Term of office of commissioner
§ 69-1-5. Oath and bond of commissioner
§ 69-1-9. Appointment of clerk; oath and term of office
§ 69-1-11. Duties and salary of clerk
§ 69-1-13. Duties of commissioner
§ 69-1-15. Commissioner to make report
§ 69-1-17. State institutions to aid in furnishing data; free transportation
§ 69-1-19. Commissioner to establish grades and standards of farm products
§ 69-1-27. Commissioner to co-operate with U. S. Department
§ 69-1-29. Inspection of seed and fertilizer furnished by the federal government
§ 69-1-30. Security guards for Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum
§ 69-1-32. "Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum" designated
§ 69-1-40. Warehouses for storage of lime
§ 69-1-45. Construction and purpose of chapter
§ 69-1-47. Funding for repairs and renovations at farmers' market