Miss. Code § 23-1-1 and 23-1-3
§ 23-1-3. [Codes, 1892, §§ 3256, 3257; 1906, § 3699; Hemingway's 1917, § 6390; 1930, § 5866; 1942, § 3107; Laws, 1948, ch. 308; 1952, ch. 391; 1963, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 32, § 2; 1968, ch. 566, § 1; 1972, ch 301, § 1; 1976, ch. 412, § 1; 1979, ch. 363, § 1]