69-5-1 - Mississippi Fair Commission created. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 69-5-1. Mississippi Fair Commission created.
 

In order to promote agricultural and industrial development in Mississippi and to encourage the farmers to grow better livestock and agricultural products, there is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be hereafter known as the "Mississippi Fair Commission," which said body politic and corporate shall be under the management and control of said commission to be named by the Governor as follows: The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, chairman, the director of the Mississippi Extension Service, president of the Mississippi Livestock Association, the director of Mississippi Vocational Education, and a representative of Mississippi Association of Fairs, a representative of the Agricultural and Industrial Board, and a representative of the City Commission of Jackson, Mississippi, all to serve four years without salary compensation. Should a vacancy occur by resignation or death, the governor shall appoint a successor. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 4435-50; Laws,  1946, ch. 295, §§ 1-6; Laws, 1958, ch. 140, § 1.