Mississippi Code § 97-11-23

Drunkenness in office
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Any officer who shall be guilty of habitual drunkenness, or who shall be drunk while in the actual discharge of the duties of his office, or when called on to perform them, may be indicted therefor, and, upon conviction, shall be removed from office. Codes, 1880, § 424; 1892, § 1233; 1906, § 1309; Hemingway's 1917, § 1042; 1930, § 1074; 1942, § 2307.
Any officer who shall be guilty of habitual drunkenness, or who shall be drunk while in the actual discharge of the duties of his office, or when called on to perform them, may be indicted therefor, and, upon conviction, shall be removed from office. Codes, 1880, § 424; 1892, § 1233; 1906, § 1309; Hemingway's 1917, § 1042; 1930, § 1074; 1942, § 2307.
Any officer who shall be guilty of habitual drunkenness, or who shall be drunk while in the actual discharge of the duties of his office, or when called on to perform them, may be indicted therefor, and, upon conviction, shall be removed from office. Codes, 1880, § 424; 1892, § 1233; 1906, § 1309; Hemingway's 1917, § 1042; 1930, § 1074; 1942, § 2307.
Any officer who shall be guilty of habitual drunkenness, or who shall be drunk while in the actual discharge of the duties of his office, or when called on to perform them, may be indicted therefor, and, upon conviction, shall be removed from office.
Codes, 1880, § 424; 1892, § 1233; 1906, § 1309; Hemingway's 1917, § 1042; 1930, § 1074; 1942, § 2307.

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