MS Const., Article 11, Section 231

The levee commissioners shall be elected by the qualified electors of the respective counties, or parts of counties, from which they may be chosen, said election to be held in the manner and at the time as may be prescribed by law. The term of office of said commissioners shall be four years. SOURCES: Laws 1928, ch. 356. NOTE: Section 1 of Laws 1983, ch. 317, effective from and after April 15, 1983 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965), provides as follows: “Section 2, Laws 1930, ch. 85, as amended by Section 1, Laws of 1968, ch. 574, is amended as follows:” “