Mississippi § 55-11-1 - Creation and composition of Harrison County Parkway Commission; qualifications and appointment of members of commission.
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§ 55-11-1. Creation and composition of Harrison County Parkway Commission; qualifications and appointment of members of commission.
The Harrison County Parkway Commission is hereby created to be composed of six (6) commissioners. Five (5) of the commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor in the following manner: each of the municipalities of Biloxi, Gulfport, Long Beach and Pass Christian, acting through a majority of the governing authorities of each, shall recommend the appointment of one (1)commissioner, and a majority of the members of the board of supervisors of said county shall recommend one (1), and the commissioners so recommended shall be appointed by the Governor. Any qualified elector of Harrison County shall be eligible as a member of said commission and may be selected from either of the supervisors districts of said county. It shall not be requisite that the person recommended by the governing authorities of any of said municipalities be a resident citizen of such municipalities. The Governor shall be ex-officio chairman of the commission.
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