Composition of council; terms of members; officers; quorum.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-5
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The council shall consist of fifteen (15) members from the state at large, representative of the various segments of agriculture and forestry, to be selected and appointed by the governor, and who shall serve for a term of not more than four (4) years under each appointment, which term of office shall expire at the expiration of the term of office for which the governor appointing the members was elected, without regard for the date of actual appointment of the members. Such members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and duly qualified. The governor shall appoint a chairman and a vice-chairman of the council, and nine (9) members shall constitute a quorum of the members thereof.