§ 9-5-19. Fifth district; number and election of chancellors; divisions of court

MS Code § 9-5-19 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) There shall be four (4) chancellors for the Fifth Chancery Court District. One chancellor shall be elected from each subdistrict.

(2) While there shall be no limitation whatsoever upon the powers and duties of the said chancellors other than as cast upon them by the Constitution and laws of this state, the court in the First Judicial District of Hinds County, in the discretion of the senior chancellor, may be divided into four (4) divisions as a matter of convenience by the entry of an order upon the minutes of the court.