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Mississippi is the only American state where people in cars may legally consume beer. Some localities have laws restricting the practice. [194] In 2018, the state was ranked number eight in the Union in terms of impaired driving deaths. [195] The Vicksburg Bridge carries I-20 and U.S. 80 across the Mississippi River at Vicksburg.
In 1916, the Mississippi State Highway Commission was formed by the Mississippi Legislature with three elected commissioners to act in a supervisory capacity in the administration of federal funds allotted to the state and to work with the Federal Bureau of Public Roads on planning a system of highways. The bill was signed on March 29, 1916 ...
The state constitution permits the legislature to establish by law the number of senators and representatives, up to a maximum of 52 senators and 122 representatives. Current state law sets the number of senators at 52 and representatives at 122. The term of office for senators and representatives is four years, with no term limits.
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In 1978 the legislature voted abolish the office of state land commissioner—which supervised public lands—and assign its responsibilities to the secretary of state effective January 1980. [10] The secretary has been responsible for the publishing of the Mississippi Official and Statistical Register since 1931. [11]
It would be five years before George Washington became the first president and 15 years before Mississippi would even become a U.S. territory. Much of the present state remained under Spanish control.
Mississippi is an alcoholic beverage control state, thus the state has a monopoly over the wholesaling or retailing of some or all categories of alcoholic beverages. The agency was established in 1966, when the state ended its prohibition of liquor, which had been adopted in 1907 (beer was allowed starting in 1933). [1]
The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Jackson: Mississippi Department of Archives and History. OCLC 777030828. Welcome Guide (PDF), Mississippi Attorney General's Office, February 2023; Winkle, John W. III (2014). The Mississippi State Constitution (second ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199300631.