31-5-17 - Resident labor used on public works. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 31-5-17. Resident labor used on public works.
 

Every public officer, contractor, superintendent, or agent engaged in or in charge of the construction of any state or public building or public work of any kind for the State of Mississippi or for any board, city commission, governmental agency, or municipality of the State of Mississippi shall employ only workmen and laborers who have actually resided in Mississippi for two (2) years next preceding such employment. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 9020; Laws,  1932, ch. 317; Laws, 1938, ch. 359.