State ex rel. District Attorney v. Govan

Citations

• 70 Miss. 535

Syllabus

<p>Municipality. Code 1892, ? 3035. Rejection of chapter. Certifying action. Time.</p> <p>Under-? 3035, chaiiter 93, of the code, which took effect April 2, 1892, providing that any municipality preferring its existing charter might elect not to come under the code provisions, by resolution of its corporate authorities “entered'of record and certified to the secretary of state within twelve months ” after the chapter becomes operative, a resolution so adopted (though within the twelve months), but not certified to the secretary of state until afterwards, is ineffectual to prevent the operation of the code chapter as to such municipality.</p>