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MS Code § 3-3-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-21. State fish

 The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is hereby designated the state fish of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-23. State shell

 The oyster shell is hereby designated the state shell of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-25. State waterfowl

 The wood duck (Aix sponsa) is hereby designated the state waterfowl of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-27. State insect

 The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is hereby designated the State Insect of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-29. State beverage

 Milk is hereby designated the state beverage of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-31. State language

 The English language is the official language of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-33. State butterfly

 The spicebush swallowtail (Pterourus troilus) is hereby designated the state butterfly of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-35. "Retired Teachers Day" designated

 The Sunday preceding Thanksgiving Day of each year is declared to be "Retired Teachers Day" in recognition and commemoration of the work of all retired educators who have devoted their careers to the mental and physical development of the youth of this state.
MS Code § 3-3-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-37. State Grand Opera House

 The Grand Opera House of Meridian is designated the official State Grand Opera House of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-39. State dance

 The dance known as the square dance is hereby designated and adopted as the American folk dance of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-41. Mississippi Coat of Arms

  The Mississippi Coat-of-Arms shall have the following design: a shield, blue in color, with an eagle upon it with extended pinions, holding in the right talon a palm branch and bundle of arrows in the left, with the word "Mississippi" above the eagle; the lettering on the shield and the eagle to be in gold; below the shield two (2) branches of the cotton stalk, saltier wise, and a scroll below extending upward and on each side three-fourths (3/4) of the length of the shield; upon the scroll, which is to be red, the motto to be printed in gold letters upon white spaces, the motto to be "Virtute et Armis"; this being the same Coat-of-Arms adopted by the Legislature in Chapter 37, Laws of the Extraordinary Session of 1894.   The Governor of the State is authorized and empowered to procure a steel plate and one (1) metal electrotype plate for printing and engraving the Coat-of-Arms, which plates shall be preserved in the Office of the Secretary of State.
MS Code § 3-3-42 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-42. The Great Seal of the State of Mississippi

 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to procure the official seal of this state as described in this section.   The center of the seal shall have an eagle displayed proper, holding an olive branch in his dexter talon and a bundle of three (3) arrows in his sinister talon. The shield on the breast of the eagle shall have eleven (11) vertical stripes of alternating white and red, supporting a chief of blue with eleven (11) white five-pointed stars in two (2) rows with five (5) stars in each row and one (1) star centered over the third column.   The margins dexter and sinister of the center point of the shield shall each have one (1) white five-pointed star. The margin over the eagle shall have the inscription "THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI." The margin under the eagle shall have the inscription "IN GOD WE TRUST."   The official seal need not be printed or otherwise displayed in color.
MS Code § 3-3-42.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-42.1. Replacement of older version of state seal

 All state agencies shall continue to use stationery and other supplies having the great seal thereon as it existed before July 1, 2014, until such stationery and other supplies are depleted. The great seal as it existed before July 1, 2014, affixed on any public buildings, property or any other item shall remain thereon until the replacement of the seal due to normal wear or until replacement with any nonpublic funds.
MS Code § 3-3-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-43. State toy

 The Teddy Bear is designated the state toy of Mississippi, in recognition of the Mississippi connection to the origin of the Teddy Bear. The connection is that on November 14, 1902, during a hunting expedition led by distinguished Mississippian Holt Collier in Smedes, Mississippi, President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a small, exhausted black bear. The shot not fired at a baby bear in the Mississippi Delta became a great credit to the heroic and sportsmanlike conduct of President Roosevelt, and because of the President's journey to Mississippi, the stuffed bear toy was appropriately named the "Teddy Bear," a positive symbol of love, comfort and joy for children of all ages.
MS Code § 3-3-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-45. State soil

 Natchez silt loam (coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic, Typic Eutrudepts) is hereby designated as the official state soil of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-47. State Automobile Museum

 The Tupelo Auto Museum, Inc., is designated as the state automobile museum.
MS Code § 3-3-48 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-48. State wildlife heritage museum

 The Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Museum in Leland, Mississippi, is designated as the official state wildlife heritage museum.
MS Code § 3-3-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-49. State Historical Industrial Museum

 The Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Incorporated, is designated as the state historical industrial museum.
MS Code § 3-3-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-51. "Nurses Month" designated

 The month of May of each year is designated as "Nurses Month" to promote and honor the hard work and dedication of nurses in the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-53. "Mississippi Health Awareness Day" designated

 The third Thursday of January of each year is designated as Mississippi Health Awareness Day to promote health and disease prevention efforts throughout the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-3-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-55. "Katrina Day of Remembrance" designated

 August 29 of each year is designated as "Katrina Day of Remembrance" in Mississippi in honor of the victims of this most destructive storm, to bring awareness of the destruction caused by hurricanes, and to call upon the citizens of Mississippi to join each other and the entire community that is linked by the Gulf of Mexico in a unified expression of faith and hope.
MS Code § 3-3-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-57. State military history museum

 The Mississippi Military Department's Armed Forces Museum is hereby designated as Mississippi's official state military history museum.   The museum will henceforth be named "Mississippi Armed Forces Museum."
MS Code § 3-3-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-59. "Mississippi Musicians Day" designated

 The third Tuesday of every March shall be declared and celebrated as "Mississippi Musicians Day."
MS Code § 3-3-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems|§ 3-3-61. "Vietnam Veterans Day" designated

 In recognition of the service, courage and sacrifice of those valiant men and women of the United States Armed Forces who served during the Vietnam Conflict, March 29th of each year is designated as Vietnam Veterans Day in Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-5-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 5 - Acquisition of Land by United States Government|§ 3-5-1. Consent given for acquisition of land by the United States for certain purposes

 The consent of the State of Mississippi is given, in accordance with the 17th Clause, 8th Section, and of the 1st article of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, of any land in this state which has heretofore been or may hereafter be acquired for custom houses, post offices, or other public buildings.
MS Code § 3-5-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 5 - Acquisition of Land by United States Government|§ 3-5-3. Governor may cede jurisdiction to the United States for certain purposes

 The governor, upon application made to him in writing, on behalf of the United States, for the purpose of acquiring and holding lands or using any part of a public road of any county within the limits of this state, for the purpose of making, building, or constructing levees, canals, or any other works in connection with the improvement of rivers and harbors, or as a site for a fort, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, courthouse, custom house, lighthouse, post office, or other needful buildings, or for the purpose of locating and maintaining national military parks, or for any other public works or purposes accompanied by proper evidence of the purchase of such lands, or the consent of the board of supervisors of the proper county for such public roads to be used for said purpose, is authorized for the state to cede jurisdiction thereof to the United States for the purpose of the cession and none other.
MS Code § 3-5-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 5 - Acquisition of Land by United States Government|§ 3-5-5. Jurisdiction; relinquishment of jurisdiction to state as to land under control of federal Administrator of Veterans Affairs

  The exclusive jurisdiction in and over any land which has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, so acquired by the United States is hereby ceded to the United States for all purposes, except that the state retains the right to serve thereon all civil and criminal processes as provided in Section 3-5-9. The jurisdiction ceded hereby shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired title to the lands by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, and shall continue no longer than the United States shall own such lands for the purposes for which acquired.   Full or partial jurisdiction may be relinquished to the state as to land or interests therein under the supervision and control of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs of the United States or the Secretary of the United States Army as follows:   Notice in writing by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of the United States Army shall be given to the Governor stating the intent to relinquish jurisdiction and stating specifically the extent of such relinquishment.   The Governor may reject such relinquishment of jurisdiction by Executive Order filed with the Secretary of State prior to the effective date of such relinquishment. Upon request of any party or court, the Secretary of State shall certify by letter which shall be sufficient proof the existence or nonexistence of such executive order.   Such relinquishment shall be effective as of 12 midnight of the last day of the month next succeeding the month in which such notice is received by the Governor.
MS Code § 3-5-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 5 - Acquisition of Land by United States Government|§ 3-5-7. Tax exemption

 So long as the lands acquired by the United States pursuant to Sections 3-5-1 and 3-5-3 shall remain the property of the United States, and no longer, the same shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, assessment, or other charges which may be levied or imposed under authority of the state.
MS Code § 3-5-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 5 - Acquisition of Land by United States Government|§ 3-5-9. Restrictions on cession

 The concession of jurisdiction to the United States over any part of the territory of the state, heretofore or hereafter made, shall not prevent the execution on such land of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this state, nor prevent the laws of this state from operating over such land; saving to the United States security to its property within the limits of the jurisdiction ceded.
MS Code § 3-5-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 5 - Acquisition of Land by United States Government|§ 3-5-11. State forfeited tax lands may be sold to the United States for certain purposes

 The land commissioner, with the approval of the governor, is hereby authorized to sell to the United States any state forfeited tax lands held by the state which lie within the boundaries of the DeSoto National Forest, or which lie within the boundaries of any national park or game preserve; provided, however, that in the event such lands are sold to the United States under the provisions of this section, all oil, gas and other mineral rights shall be reserved to the State of Mississippi, and such reservation shall be expressly incorporated in the patent. The limitation imposed by law upon the quantity of state forfeited tax lands which may be sold to a single individual shall not apply to sales of lands to the United States government under the provisions of this section; nor shall the amount of such lands embraced in a patent to the United States be limited to one-quarter of a section.   In cases where, in the opinion of the attorneys for the United States, the title to any such land is defective, and it is desirable to take the same by condemnation in the federal court, the attorney general of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized to accept service of summons, or other legal process, or to enter an appearance on behalf of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 3-5-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 5 - Acquisition of Land by United States Government|§ 3-5-13. National forest lands; acreage limitations; exemptions

  The consent of the State of Mississippi is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase or gift, of land within or adjacent to existing national forests in Mississippi, subject to prior approval of: (1) the board of supervisors of the county wherein such land is located, by order spread upon its minutes; and (2) the Mississippi Forestry Commission; provided, however, that not more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) acres may be acquired in the entire state under the provisions of this section and Section 3-5-15.  Provided further, that not more than five hundred (500) acres may be purchased or donated in any one (1) county outside the existing boundaries of any one (1) existing national forest.   The provisions of this section and Section 3-5-15 shall not apply to, or be construed to prohibit, any landowner owning lands in the State of Mississippi who may desire to exchange any part or all of such lands with the United States Government, or any agency thereof, within the external boundaries of an existing national forest for an equal amount of land or lands of equal value owned by the United States Government, or any agency thereof.    There is hereby exempted from the provisions of this section and Section 3-5-15 any county in which State Highway No. 18 intersects State Highway No. 35 and any county in which State Highway No. 18 intersects State Highway No. 15.   There is hereby exempted from the provisions of this section any lands sold and conveyed by the State of Mississippi pursuant to Laws, 1998, ch. 304, § 1.
MS Code § 3-5-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 5 - Acquisition of Land by United States Government|§ 3-5-15. National forest lands; concurrent jurisdiction; grant of power to Congress

 The State of Mississippi shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands which have heretofore been acquired by the United States, or that may be acquired under the provisions of Sections 3-5-13 and 3-5-15, and there is reserved to the state in such lands full civil and criminal jurisdiction concurrently with the federal government in all violations of the state and federal laws, and civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State of Mississippi against any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within the jurisdiction heretofore acquired by the United States over such lands, may be executed thereon in like manner as before the acquisition of the land by the United States. Power is hereby conferred upon the congress of the United States to pass such laws and to make or provide for the making of such rules of both civil and criminal nature and provide punishment for violation thereof as, in its judgment, may be necessary for the management, control and protection of such lands as have heretofore been acquired by the United States or that may be acquired under the provisions of Sections 3-5-13 and 3-5-15.
MS Code § 3-5-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays|Chapter 5 - Acquisition of Land by United States Government|§ 3-5-17. Municipality may lease to United States

 Any municipality owning lands that the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof, desires to use for national defense purposes may, in the discretion of the governing authorities of such municipality, lease such lands to the government of the United States of America or any department or agency thereof, for national defense purposes on such terms and conditions as the governing authorities of such municipality may agree upon, and in the event any lands are leased under the provisions of this section to the United States government, any department or agency thereof, such land shall be exempt from all taxation the same as if title thereto was vested in the United States of America.
MS Code § 5-1-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-1. Apportionment of representatives

 The number of Representatives shall be one hundred twenty-two (122) and shall be elected from districts adopted as provided in Section 254 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.
MS Code § 5-1-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-2. Nomination and election of representatives by posts in districts having more than one representative

 To minimize confusion in the electoral process, in all districts for the election of more than one (1) representative, each representative shall be nominated and elected by posts in order that the voter may have a clear-cut choice for each seat to be chosen from a specific group of candidates (Chapman v. Meier, Supreme Court decision).
MS Code § 5-1-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-3. Apportionment of senators

 The number of Senators shall be fifty-two (52) and shall be elected from fifty-two (52) districts adopted as provided in Section 254 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.
MS Code § 5-1-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-4. Nomination and election of senators by posts in districts where more than one senator is to be elected

 To minimize confusion in the electoral process, in all districts for the election of more than one (1) senator, each senator shall be nominated and elected by posts in order that the voter may have a clear-cut choice for each seat to be chosen from a specific group of candidates (Chapman v. Meier, Supreme Court decision).
MS Code § 5-1-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-5. Qualified person may be candidate for state senator; election conducted on senatorial district basis; names on ballots

 Any qualified elector of any senatorial district, as defined in Section 5-1-3, who possesses the necessary constitutional qualifications may qualify as a candidate and be elected a state senator without regard to any so-called gentleman's agreement or any other restriction. All elections for the office of state senator shall be conducted on a senatorial district basis regardless of the number of counties composing said district, and the names of qualified candidates therefor shall be placed on the ballots in each precinct of every county within said senatorial district.
MS Code § 5-1-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 5 - Legislative Department|Chapter 1 - Legislature|§ 5-1-7. Holding of meetings

 The legislature shall meet at the seat of government, in regular session, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January, in the year A.D. 1971, and every year thereafter, unless sooner convened by the governor; and should a quorum of either house not be present, each house shall be adjourned from day to day, after taking the necessary steps to compel the attendance of absent members until a quorum appears.