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Elections are limited to once every four years. Any new county must be at least 400 square miles (1,000 km 2), with no existing county reduced below that size. [2] The county governing body, known as the Board of Supervisors, is located under the judicial branch of state government as established in the 1817 Mississippi Constitution. [3]
John Horhn, member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 26th district (1993–present) Chokwe A. Lumumba, incumbent mayor (2017–present) Kourtney Christopher Page; Keyshia E. Sanders, convicted felon; Ali M. ShamsidDeen, candidate for the Seventh Judicial District in 2014; Marcus Wallace, former mayor of Edwards, Mississippi (2013–2021)
One of the first acts by the new county’s Board of Supervisors was to award a contract for construction of the county courthouse. [5] Constructed by Standard Construction Company of Meridian, Mississippi, [4] the courthouse was completed in March 1918, at a cost of US$29,515.18 [6] (equivalent to $597,875 in 2023). Within the two-story ...
In 2021, according to a recent 363-page report by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture, 757,816 agricultural acres were held by foreign interests in Mississippi. That is an increase from ...
Hinds County Courthouse (Jackson, Mississippi) Hinds County Courthouse (Raymond, Mississippi) J. Jefferson Davis County Courthouse; L. Lafayette County Courthouse ...
Mississippi Chancery Courts are courts of equity. They also have jurisdiction over family law, sanity hearings, wills, and constitutional law. In counties with no County Court, they have jurisdiction over juveniles. Typically, trials are heard without a jury, but juries are permitted. There are 20 districts. [1]
The Dan M. Russell Jr. United States Courthouse is a 6.7-acre (2.7 ha) complex located in Gulfport, Mississippi to serve the Southern District of Mississippi.The courthouse tower was named in honor of United States district judge Dan M. Russell Jr. (b. 1913 – d. 2011). [2]
A Mississippi Landmark is a building officially nominated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and approved by each county's chancery clerk. The Mississippi Landmark designation is the highest form of recognition bestowed on properties by the state of Mississippi, and designated properties are protected from changes that may alter the property's historic character.