Ross, 012275 MSAGO, 1975-0009

• Case Date: January 22, 1975
• Court: Mississippi

Honorable Jim Buck Ross No. 1975-0009 Mississippi Attorney General Opinions January 22, 1975          Honorable Jim Buck Ross          Commissioner          Department of Agriculture and Commerce          Walter Sillers State Office Building          Jackson, Mississippi 39205          Dear Mr. Ross:          Attorney General Summer received your request for opinion and has referred it to me for research and reply.          You request an opinion as to what authority you have “ . . . as Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, . . . to bargain, negotiate with, or contract with a labor union.”          I wish to respectfully advise that I have thoroughly researched the law in regard to the question you present and in view of the provisions of Section 198A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890; Section 25-9-1, et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, known as the “Mississippi Classification Law” and the decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court in the Case of State v. Poplarville Sawmill Co., 81...