All municipalities operating under Chapter 99, Mississippi Code of 1906, and all municipalities operating under Title 21, Chapter 3, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be designated as having "Code Charters." All municipalities operating under Title 21, Chapter 5, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be designated as having "Commission Form of Government." All municipalities operating under Title 21, Chapter 7, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be designated as having "Council Form of Government." All municipalities operating under Title 21, Chapter 9, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be designated as having "Council-Manager Form of Government." All other municipalities shall be designated as having "Private Charters," or such other form of government as may be created by the legislature, such cities to be designated by the act creating such special form of government.
Codes, 1906, ch. 99; 1942, § 3374-31; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 31, eff. 7/1/1950.
Notes of Decisions
City of Belmont v. Miss. State Tax Comm'n, 860 So. 2d 289 (Miss. 2003).
“, 1890 provides: The legislature shall pass general laws, under which local and private interest shall be provided for and protected, and under which cities and towns may be chartered and their charters amended, and under which corporations may be created, organized, and their…”
Stewart v. United States, 404 F. Supp. 206 (N.D. Miss. 1975).
“The Mississippi municipalities subject to this suit are, by Miss.Code Ann. § 21-1-9 (1972), designated as follows: First, “code charter” municipalities, which exist by virtue of, and operate according to the general statutory laws of the State as prescribed in Title 21, Chapter…”
Tisdale v. City Council of Aberdeen, 856 So. 2d 323 (Miss. 2003).
· cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 21-1-9 & 21-17-9 (Rev.2001) designate the various forms of government and provide for charter amendments and the governing authority’s initiative, respectively.”
City of Belmont, Mississippi v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n (Miss. 2001).
“, 1890 provides: The legislature shall pass general laws, under which local and private interest shall be provided for and protected, and under which cities and towns may be chartered and their charters amended, and under which corporations may be created, organized, and their…”
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