It shall be unlawful for the commissioner to impose any rule of limitation of daily mileage travel or any other rule which will impede highway patrolmen from effectively enforcing the traffic laws in their jurisdiction of assignment. The commissioner will insure that patrolmen spend the maximum amount of their daily work schedule within the highway rights-of-way as a deterrent to traffic violations.Codes, 1942, § 8079; Laws, 1938, ch. 143; Laws, 1940, ch. 167; Laws, 1944, ch. 330, § 1; Laws, 1946, ch. 420, § 2; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 2; Laws, 1950, ch. 407, § 1; Laws, 1952, ch. 357, § 1; Laws, 1956, ch. 377, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 338, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 515; Laws, 1964, ch. 324, § 9; Laws, 1966, ch. 568, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 472, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 482; Laws, 1971, ch. 518, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 527, § 1; Laws, 1973, ch. 485, § 1, eff. 7/1/1973.
Mississippi Legal Code