Opinion ID: 2533697
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Heading: Whether the Board of Supervisors exceeded its statutory authority in prohibiting the possession and the consumption of alcoholic beverages on portions of the Bogue Chitto River and Topisaw Creek.

Text: The board of supervisors of any county shall have the power to adopt any orders, resolutions or ordinances with respect to county affairs, property and finances, for which no specific provision has been made by general law and which are not inconsistent with the Mississippi Constitution, the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any other statute or law of the State of Mississippi. Miss.Code Ann. § 19-3-40(1) (Rev. 2003). ¶ 12. If a county or municipality passes an ordinance which stands in opposition to the law as pronounced by the legislature, the ordinance, to the extent that it contradicts state law, will be found void by this Court, as the laws of this state supersede any and all local ordinances which contradict legislative enactments. Id. (citing Watkins v. Navarrette, 227 So.2d 853, 855 (Miss.1969)); Collins v. City of Hazlehurst, 709 So.2d 408, 411 (Miss. 1997) (citing City of Amory v. Yielding, 203 Miss. 265, 34 So.2d 726, 728 (1948)). Accordingly, the question this Court must answer is whether state statutory enactments contradict the Pike County ordinance, which criminalizes the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages on the specified portions of the Bogue Chitto River and Topisaw Creek.