Payments for the State Retirement Annuity (Article II), [now Article III beginning at Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-101 et seq. (1972, as amended)] are due on wages earned from and after February 1, 1953, and retirement for those eligible for retirement under Article II, [now Article III beginning at Miss. Code Ann. § 25-11-101 et seq. (1972, as amended)] may begin as of February 1, 1953.
27 Miss. Code. R. 210-11-101