{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-45-7-41","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-41","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-41","body":"(1) The board of supervisors of any county:\n\n(a) Bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, having created a county port authority under the provisions of Sections 59-9-1 through 59-9-85, Mississippi Code of 1972; or\n\n(b) Bordering on the State of Alabama, having a land area of seven hundred twenty-one (721) square miles, having a population in excess of sixty-seven thousand (67,000) in the 1960 federal decennial census, wherein there is located a state-supported mental institution, and wherein U. S. Highways 80 and 45 intersect; may employ not more than five (5) county patrol officers.\n\n(2) The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Mississippi River and having an area of four hundred forty-eight (448) square miles with a population not in excess of thirty-two thousand five hundred (32,500), and a municipality therein with a population in excess of twenty-two thousand (22,000) and of not more than twenty-three thousand (23,000), all in accordance with the federal census of 1950, may employ not more than two (2) county patrol officers.","path":["MS Code","Title 45"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"48544cb9bac657e4204738ddbbfe4cae7da39aeab60747f591b0ad17d61ebccc","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-45-7-3","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-45-7-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}