Each county shall be divided into five districts, a resident freeholder of each district shall be selected, in the manner prescribed by law, and the five so chosen shall constitute the board of supervisors of the county, a majority of whom may transact business. The board of supervisors shall have full jurisdiction over roads, ferries, and bridges, to be exercised in accordance with such regulations as the legislature may prescribe, and perform such other duties as may be required by law; provided, however, that the Legislature may have the power to designate certain highways as “state highways,” and place such Commission, for construction and maintenance. The clerk of the chancery court shall be the clerk of the board of supervisors.

NOTE: House Concurrent Resolution 75, Part I, enacted as Laws, 1990, ch. 592, adopted by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 28, 1990, proposed to amend Section 170 of Article 6 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890. The proposed amendment was submitted to the electorate on November 6, 1990, but was rejected.

SOURCES: 1832 art IV § 20 and second amendment; 1869 art VI § 20; Laws, 1924, ch. 143.