Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5)
Chapter 1 - CLASSIFICATION, CREATION, ABOLITION, AND EXPANSION (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-1-67)
GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-1-11)
Section 21-1-5 - Corporate names

Universal Citation:
MS Code § 21-1-5 (2023)
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The corporate name of a city shall be "The City of ____________________." The corporate name of a town shall be "The town of ____________________." The corporate name of a village shall be "The village of ____________________." In each case the blank shall be filled in with the name by which such municipality has been legally designated.

Codes, 1892, § 2912; 1906, § 3300; Hemingway's 1917, § 5796; 1930, § 2370; 1942, § 3374-02; Laws, 1938, ch. 335; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 2.


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