Mississippi § 37-5-69 - Abolition of office in certain counties; exception of certain counties from provisions concerning choosing of superintendent [Repealed effective January 1, 2019].

Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 37-5-69 — Abolition of office in certain counties; exception of certain counties from provisions concerning choosing of superintendent [Repealed effective January 1, 2019]., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 37-5-69. Abolition of office in certain counties; exception of certain counties from provisions concerning choosing of superintendent [Repealed effective January 1, 2019].

In any county organizing a countywide municipal separate school district after the first day of January, 1965, the office of county superintendent of education is hereby abolished. There is excepted from the provisions of subsections (1) and (4) of Section 37-5-61, Sections 37-5-63 through 37-5-67, subsection (1) of Section 37-5-73, and Section 37-5-75, any county of the first class which has a land area of less than four hundred fifty square miles, and has located therein a municipality of more than fifteen thousand population, according to the 1950 federal decennial census.

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Section 37-5-69 ("Abolition of office in certain counties; exception of certain counties from provisions concerning choosing of superintendent [Repealed effective January 1, 2019].")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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