The oath of office of all state officers, and of all officers elected or appointed for any district composed of more than one county, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state; but the oath of office of the circuit judges, chancellors, and district attorneys may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court where such officer shall first attend to discharge the duties of his office. The oath of office of all officers whose duties are confined within the limits of the county in which they are elected shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-11
Oath of office filed
Codes, 1857, ch. 6, arts 184, 185; 1871, § 308; 1880, § 402; 1892, § 3054; 1906, § 3461; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2799; 1930, § 2886; 1942, § 4031.
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