All municipalities operating under Chapter 99, Mississippi Code of 1906, and all municipalities operating under Title 21, Chapter 3, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be designated as having “Code Charters.” All municipalities operating under Title 21, Chapter 5, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be designated as having “Commission Form of Government.” All municipalities operating under Title 21, Chapter 7, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be designated as having “Council Form of Government.” All municipalities operating under Title 21, Chapter 9, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be designated as having “Council-Manager Form of Government.” All other municipalities shall be designated as having “Private Charters,” or such other form of government as may be created by the legislature, such cities to be designated by the act creating such special form of government.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-9
Designation of municipalities
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 860 So. 2d 289 - City of Belmont v. Miss. State Tax Comm'n (2003)
Most recently applied in Tisdale v. City Council of Aberdeen (October 2003)
Codes, 1906, ch. 99; 1942, § 3374-31; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 31, eff from and after July 1, 1950.
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