Miss. Code Ann. § 7-3-3 (2024)

The secretary of state shall keep his office at the seat of the government, shall keep the same open Monday through Friday of each week for eight hours each day, and shall carefully preserve the official books, library, papers, records, and furniture belonging to his office.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 19, art. 5 (1); 1857, ch. 6, art. 10; 1871, § 115; 1880, § 203; 1892, § 4084; 1906, § 4636; Hemingway's 1917, § 7474; 1930, § 6933; 1942, § 4193; Laws, 1904, ch. 168; Laws, 1964, ch. 542, § 4, eff. 6/21/1964.