McRaney, 010380 MSAGO, 19800103

• Case Date: January 03, 1980
• Court: South Carolina

Mrs. Carolyn L. McRaney No. 19800103 Mississippi Attorney General Opinions January 3, 1980          Mrs. Carolyn L. McRaney          Clerk          Town of Prentiss          Prentiss, Mississippi 39474          Municipalities — Dual Office           Dear Mrs. McRaney:          Attorney General A. F. Summer has received your letter and has assigned it to me for research and reply.          Your letter states:

“We have within the employment of the Town a policeman who has been elected as a Justice Court Judge of a beat which comprises a large portion of the incorporated area of the Town of Prentiss.

         “Article 1 Section 2, of the Mississippi Constitution states:

'No person or collection of persons, being one or belonging to one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others. The acceptance of an office in either of said departments shall, of itself, and

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