(1) The Eighth Circuit Court District is composed of the following counties: (a) Leake County;(b) Neshoba County;(c) Newton County; and(d) Scott County.(2) There shall be two (2) judges for the Eighth Circuit Court District.(3) The two (2) judgeships shall be separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as 'Place One' and 'Place Two.'Codes, 1930, § 473; 1942, § 1402; Laws, 1931, ch. 37; Laws, 1934, ch. 183; Laws, 1936, ch. 228; Laws, 1938, ch. 276; Laws, 1942, ch. 311; Laws, 1954, ch. 244; Laws, 1962, ch. 291; Laws, 1966, ch. 340, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 344, § 9; Laws, 1973, ch. 356, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 319; Laws, 1983, ch. 499, § 6; Laws, 1985, ch. 502, § 30; Laws, 1994, ch. 564, § 52; Laws, 1997, ch. 378, § 1, eff. 10/21/1997 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the amendment of this section).Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 476, HB 703, 42, eff. 4/22/2015.
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