37-5-61 - Creation; functions generally; election and term of office. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-5-61. Creation; functions generally; election and term of office.
 

(1)  There shall be a county superintendent of education in each county. 

(2)  Said superintendent shall serve as the executive secretary of the county board of education, but shall have no vote in the proceedings before the board and no voice in fixing the policies thereof. 

(3)  In addition, said superintendent shall be the director of all schools in the county outside the municipal separate school districts. 

(4)  Said superintendent shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as other county officers are elected and shall hold office for a term of four years. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, §§ 6271-08, 6271-10, 6274-05; Laws,  1953, Ex Sess ch. 10, §§ 8, 10; ch. 16, § 5; Laws, 1954, ch. 275; Laws, 1958, ch. 297; Laws, 1960, ch. 308, § 3; Laws, 1962, chs. 344, 345, 346; Laws, 1966, ch. 406, § 1; ch. 407, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 384, § 1; ch. 398, § 1; ch. 399; Laws, 1970, ch. 372, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 1, 1970).