9-5-51 - Seventeenth district; composition; division; number and election of chancellors. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 9-5-51. Seventeenth district; composition; division; number and election of chancellors.
 

(1)  The Seventeenth Chancery Court District shall be comprised of the following counties: 

(a) Adams County; 

(b) Claiborne County; 

(c) Jefferson County; and 

(d) Wilkinson County. 

(2)  The Seventeenth Chancery Court District shall be divided into two (2) subdistricts as follows: 

(a) Subdistrict 17-1 shall consist of Claiborne County, Jefferson County, and the following precincts in Adams County: Maryland Heights, Palestine, Northside School, Thompson, Pine Ridge, Airport, Anchorage and Washington Precincts. 

(b) Subdistrict 17-2 shall consist of Wilkinson County and the following precincts in Adams County: Courthouse, By-Pass Fire Station, Cloverdale, Bellemont, Carpenter No. 1, Duncan Park, Beau Pre, Kingston, Concord, Liberty Park, Morgantown and Oakland Precincts. 

(3)  There shall be two (2) chancellors for the Seventeenth Chancery Court District. One (1) chancellor shall be elected from each subdistrict. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 1226.95; Laws,  1954, Ex. ch. 18, §§ 2-4, 6, 7; Laws, 1971, ch. 418, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 381, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 478; Laws, 1985, ch. 502, § 18; Laws, 1994, ch. 564, § 31, eff from and after September 6, 1994 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment of this section).