Mississippi § 37-5-67 - Authorization of appointment of county superintendent by county board of education in certain counties [Repealed effective January 1, 2019].

Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 37-5-67 — Authorization of appointment of county superintendent by county board of education in certain counties [Repealed effective January 1, 2019]., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 37-5-67. Authorization of appointment of county superintendent by county board of education in certain counties [Repealed effective January 1, 2019].

The county superintendent of education shall be appointed by the county board of education: In any county of the first class lying wholly within a levee district and within which there is situated a city of more than forty thousand (40,000) population according to the last federal decennial census; In any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico or Mississippi Sound, having therein a test facility operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; In any county bordering on the Alabama state line, traversed by the Tombigbee River, and in which is situated a senior institution of higher learning; In any county of the second class wherein Interstate Highway 55 and State Highway 22 intersect and which is also traversed in whole or in part by U. S. Highways 49 and 51, and State Highways 16, 17 and 43 and the Natchez Trace; In any Class 4 county having population in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) according to the 1960 federal census, traversed by U. S. Highway 55 and wherein State Highways 12 and 17 intersect; In any county created after 1916 through which the Yazoo River flows; In any Class 4 county having a land area of six hundred ninety-five (695) square miles, bordering on the State of Alabama, wherein the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit was signed and wherein U. S. Highway 45 and State Highway 14 intersect; In any county bordering on the Mississippi River wherein lies the campus of a land-grant institution or lands contiguous thereto owned by the institution; In any county lying within the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, bordering upon the Mississippi River, and having a county seat with a population in excess of twenty-one thousand (21,000) according to the federal census of 1960; In any Class 3 county wherein is partially located a national forest and wherein U. S. Highway 51 and State Highway 28 intersect, with a 1960 federal census of twenty-seven thousand fifty-one (27,051) and a 1963 assessed valuation of Sixteen Million Six Hundred Ninety-two Thousand Three Hundred Four Dollars ($16,692,304.00); and In any Class 1 county wherein U. S. Highway 49 and State Highway 16 intersect, having a land area in excess of nine hundred thirty square miles.

Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 37-5-67 cover?

Section 37-5-67 ("Authorization of appointment of county superintendent by county board of education in certain counties [Repealed effective January 1, 2019].") 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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