STATE OF MISSISSIPPI    

     WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, Fourth of July  is declared a legal holidays in the State of Mississippi; and

     WHEREAS, Fourth of July of 2009 shall fall on Saturday; and

    WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 25-1-97, Mississippi Code of 1972, when a state holiday fixed under Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday may, in the discretion of the executive head or governing body of a state agency, be utilized in lieu of the legal holiday; and

    WHEREAS, during the Fourth of July holiday, many state employees will spend time with their families in Mississippi and in other states;

     NOW, THEREFORE, I, Haley Barbour, Governor of the State of Mississippi, pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Constitution of the State of Mississippi and applicable statutes of the State of  Mississippi,  do hereby authorize the executive officers of all state agencies, in their discretion after considering the interest of the people of the State of Mississippi and the staffing needs of their respective agencies, to close all offices of the State of Mississippi on Monday, July 6, 2009, in further observance of the Fourth of July.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Mississippi to be affixed.
 
DONE in the City of Jackson, on the 1st day of May  in the year of our Lord, two thousand and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the two hundred and thirty-third.

HALEY BARBOUR
GOVERNOR

BY THE GOVERNOR

SECRETARY OF STATE