69-1-1 - Department of Agriculture and Commerce created. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 69-1-1. Department of Agriculture and Commerce created.
 

A Department of Agriculture and Commerce is created and established under the management and control of a public officer to be known as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, who shall have competent knowledge of agriculture, mining, manufacturing, statistics and general industries, must be an experienced and practical agriculturist; and shall be elected by the people at the time and in the manner that other state officers are elected. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1906, § 1622; Hemingway's 1917, § 3403; 1930, § 3599; 1942, § 4415; Laws,  1958, ch. 148, § 1.