Miss. Code Ann. § 75-27-13

The commissioner of the department of agriculture and commerce shall be, ex officio, the director. There shall be a deputy state director of weights and measures and state inspectors of weights and measures, and necessary technical and clerical personnel, who shall be appointed by the director under the rules of said department, and who shall collectively comprise the state division of weights and measures, of which the deputy director shall be the administrator. The director shall be allowed salaries for the deputy director, the inspectors, and the necessary technical and clerical employees, for necessary equipment and supplies, and for traveling and contingent expenses, such sums as shall be appropriated by the legislature.