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General Provisions
§ 7-1-1. Installation - When it shall be ascertained who is chosen governor, he...
§ 7-1-3. Private secretary - The governor may appoint a private secretary, and such others...
§ 7-1-5. Powers generally - In addition to the powers conferred and duties imposed on...
§ 7-1-7. Acceptance of gifts and bequests - The governor of the state of Mississippi, in his discretion,...
§ 7-1-9. Great seal - The great seal of the state now in use shall...
§ 7-1-11. Records of acts and deposit of laws - The governor shall cause to be recorded in a suitable...
§ 7-1-13. Business with the United States government - The governor shall transact all the business of the state,...
§ 7-1-15. Transmission of laws and documents - The governor shall cause to be transmitted to the executive...
§ 7-1-17. Commissioners for other states - The governor may appoint one or more commissioners, residing in...
§ 7-1-19. Investigators of crime - For the purpose of seeing that the laws are faithfully...
§ 7-1-21. Powers and duties of investigators of crime - Investigators and other personnel, employed by the governor pursuant to...
§ 7-1-23. Compensation of investigators of crime - The governor shall fix the compensation and travel and expense...
§ 7-1-27. Duty to notify executive of other state - Upon being informed by any conservator of the peace of...
§ 7-1-29. Rewards for absconding criminals - Whenever the governor shall be of opinion that the public...
§ 7-1-31. Agent to bring absconding offender from other states - The governor may appoint an agent to demand of the...
§ 7-1-33. Suits in foreign jurisdiction - The governor may order and direct suits to be brought...
§ 7-1-35. Appointment of officers - The governor shall fill by appointment, with the advice and...
§ 7-1-37. Senate convened in vacation of legislature - The governor may convene the senate in the vacation of...
§ 7-1-39. Vacancies in municipal elective offices - In the event of the death, resignation, or removal from...
§ 7-1-41. Superintendent of auditor's and treasurer's offices - The governor shall superintend the offices of the treasurer and...
§ 7-1-43. To verify funds in the treasury - It shall be the duty of the governor, at least...
§ 7-1-45. Examiner of public accounts - The governor is authorized, when he deems it proper, to...
§ 7-1-47. Compensation of examiner of public accounts - The governor shall have power to direct and control the...
§ 7-1-49. Commission of examiner of public accounts - A commission shall issue to the examiner, vesting in him...
§ 7-1-51. Special audit of county books - Where an expert accountant is appointed by the governor to...
§ 7-1-53. Appointment revocable - The appointment of the examiner is revocable at the discretion...
§ 7-1-55. Examiner's report - The examiner shall make report to the governor, under oath,...
§ 7-1-57. Defaulting state treasurer and tax collectors suspended - Whenever it shall be credibly alleged to the governor that...
§ 7-1-59. Court proceedings to be instituted - If the examiner report the state treasurer or any tax...
§ 7-1-61. Duty in respect to defaulter - The governor shall have the power, and it is his...
§ 7-1-63. Contingent fund - The executive contingent fund shall be expended under the direction...
§ 7-1-65. To borrow money in case of casualties - The governor is authorized, in case of casualty or casualties...
§ 7-1-67. Acting governor in certain contingencies - When the office of governor shall become vacant, by death...
Governor-Elect
§ 7-1-101. Office, staff, and information for governor-elect - The governor's office of general services shall provide a governor-elect...
Former Governor
§ 7-1-151. Appropriation to defray certain expenses of former governor - A special appropriation to the state fiscal management board is...
Criminal Justice Planning Commission [Terminated]
§ 7-1-201 through 7-1-209. Terminated - Terminated by Laws, 1978, ch. 385, § 6, eff September...
Division of Federal-State Programs
§ 7-1-251. Department of Finance and Administration to be Office of Governor, Division of Federal-State Programs - The Department of Finance and Administration shall be the Office...
§ 7-1-255. Powers and duties of Department - The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the following...
§ 7-1-257. Construction of references to office of Executive Director of Federal-State Programs - Any reference to the office of the Executive Director of...
Administration of the Workforce Investment Act programs in Mississippi
§ 7-1-351. Department of Economic and Community Development to be Division of Job Development and Training - The Department of Economic and Community Development shall be the...
§ 7-1-357. Cooperation with agencies, institutions and other entities - The division of job development and training, office of the...
§ 7-1-361. Rules and regulations - The division of job development and training, office of the...
§ 7-1-363. Contracts with the division of vocational-technical education - To the maximum extent practicable, the Department of Economic and...
§ 7-1-365. Cooperation with certain other state boards and commissions - The state department of education, vocational-technical division, the board of...
§ 7-1-371. State assets or personnel not to be utilized without federal reimbursement - Unless wholly reimbursed from federal funds, no state funds, personnel,...
State Bond Advisory Division
§ 7-1-401. Establishment of State Bond Advisory Division; director - There is hereby created within the Bureau of Budget and...
§ 7-1-403. Powers and duties of division - The Bond Advisory Division is hereby granted the authority and...
Office of General Services
§ 7-1-451. Department of Finance and Administration to be Office of General Services - The Department of Finance and Administration shall be the Office...
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
§ 7-1-501. Appointment of State Bar members as commissioners; duties - The Governor shall appoint as commissioners to the National Conference...
§ 7-1-503. Appointment of associate members - Two (2) associate members of the National Conference of Commissioners...
§ 7-1-505. Term of appointments; designation of substitute person to attend annual meeting in the absence of commissioner or associate member - The commissioners and associate members shall serve until such time...
Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness and Sports
§ 7-1-551. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...
§ 7-1-553. Purpose - There is hereby created a Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness...
§ 7-1-555. Membership; reimbursement of travel expenses; terms of service - The Governor shall appoint twenty-five (25) members, including a chairman,...
§ 7-1-557. Meetings; quorum; dismissal of member; filling vacancy - At the convenience and discretion of the Governor, the commission...
§ 7-1-559. Funding; annual budget report - In keeping with the ethics and philosophy of the President's...
§ 7-1-561. Duties and responsibilities of commission - It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Governor's...
§ 7-1-563. Acceptance of gifts and grants - The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from...
§ 7-1-565. Annual report - The commission shall make an annual report to the Governor...
Mississippi Advisory Council on Faith-Based Initiatives -