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POST OFFICE BOX 136 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39205
November 9, 1978
Mrs. Joe Pi let
The Sea Coast Echo
Post Office Box 230
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 39520
Dear Joe:
Thanks for your letter of November 8th advising that you have received the copy of the Mississippi Official and Statistical Register, which I sent you.
I see no objection to your using the information in the register in your paper. Selection of the state's mammal, fish, waterfowl, etc. was accomplished by legislative enactment, a copy of which sections of the Code are enclosed.
With warm personal regafrds, I am
Ladner Secretary of State
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Enclosure