Mississippi § 21-1-3 - Change of classification according to federal census.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 21-1-3 — Change of classification according to federal census., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1-3. Change of classification according to federal census.
Whenever a census taken under an act of Congress shall show that the population of a city, town or village has increased or diminished so as to take or place such city, town or village out of the class to which it theretofore has belonged, the governing authorities of the municipality shall enter an order on the minutes thereof reciting such fact and adjudging the proper class of such municipality according to such census, and shall forward a certified copy of such order to the secretary of state, who shall file same with the other records pertaining to such municipality and keep same as a permanent record. Thereafter, such municipality shall be classed according to the population shown by such census, and such census shall be conclusive on the question of such classification.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 21-1-3 ("Change of classification according to federal census.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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