Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-3: Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-3

The governor may appoint a private secretary, and such others as are provided by law, for service in his office during his term of office, and they shall be under his direction and control. When necessary during the sitting of the legislature, he may appoint an assistant private secretary, who shall receive four dollars ($4.00) a day payable out of the state treasury upon the certificate of the governor.