ARTICLE 1. DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS 1 Show ARTICLE 2. BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE 3 ARTICLE 3. BILL OF RIGHTS 5 ARTICLE 4. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 33 ARTICLE 5. EXECUTIVE 116 ARTICLE 6. JUDICIARY 144 ARTICLE 7. CORPORATIONS 178 ARTICLE 8. EDUCATION 201 ARTICLE 9. MILITIA 214 ARTICLE 10. THE PENITENTIARY AND PRISONS 223 ARTICLE 11. LEVEES 227 ARTICLE 12. FRANCHISE 240 ARTICLE 13. APPORTIONMENT 254 ARTICLE 14. GENERAL PROVISIONS 257 ARTICLE 15. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION 273 We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking his blessing on our work, do ordain and establish this constitution. SECTION 1. Powers of government. SECTION 2. Encroachment of power. SECTION 1. SOURCES: 1817 art II �1; 1832 art II �1; 1869 art III �1. SECTION 2. SOURCES: 1817 art II �2; 1832 art II �2; 1869 art III �1. SECTION 3. Repealed. SECTION 4. Acquisition of territory; disputed boundaries. SECTION 3. Repealed. The repeal of Section 3 was proposed by Laws of 1990, Ch. 692, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 520, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 6, 1990, was deleted from the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 19, 1990. SECTION 4. SECTION 5. Government originating in the people. SECTION 6. Regulation of government; right to alter. SECTION 7. Secession prohibited. SECTION 8. Citizens of state. SECTION 9. Subordination of military to civil power. SECTION 10. Treason. SECTION 11. Peaceful assemblage; right to petition government. SECTION 12. Right to bear arms. SECTION 13. Freedom of speech and press; libel. SECTION 14. Due process. SECTION 15. Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited; punishment for crime. SECTION 16. Ex post facto laws; impairment of contract. SECTION 17. Taking property for public use; due compensation. SECTION 18. Freedom of religion. SECTION 19. Repealed. SECTION 20. Specific term of office. SECTION 21. Writ of habeas corpus. SECTION 22. Double jeopardy. SECTION 23. Searches and seizures. SECTION 24. Open courts; remedy for injury. SECTION 25. Access to courts. SECTION 26. Rights of accused; state grand jury proceedings. SECTION 26-A. Victims' rights; construction of provisions; legislative authority. SECTION 27. Proceeding by indictment or information. SECTION 28. Cruel or unusual punishment prohibited. SECTION 29. Excessive bail prohibited; revocation or denial of bail. SECTION 30. Imprisonment for debt. SECTION 31. Trial by jury. SECTION 32. Construction of enumerated rights. SECTION 5. SOURCES: 1817 art I �2; 1832 art I �2. SECTION 6. SOURCES: 1817 art I �2; 1832 art I �2. SECTION 7. SOURCES: 1869 art I �20. SECTION 8. SOURCES: 1869 art I �1. SECTION 9. SOURCES: 1869 art I �25. SECTION 10. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �3; 1832 art VII �3; 1869 art I �26. SECTION 11. SOURCES: 1817 art I �22; 1832 art I �22; 1869 art I �6. SECTION 12. SOURCES: 1817 art I �23; 1832 art I �23; 1869 art I �15. SECTION 13 SOURCES: 1817 art I �� 6, 7, and 8; 1832 art I �� 6, 7, and 8; 1869 art I �4. SECTION 14. SOURCES: 1817 art I �10; 1832 art I �10; 1869 art I �2. SECTION 15. SOURCES: 1869 art I �19. SECTION 16. SOURCES: 1817 art I �19; 1832 art I �19; 1869 art I �9. SECTION 17. SOURCES: 1817 art I �13; 1832 art I �13; 1869 art I �10. SECTION 18. SOURCES: 1817 art I ��3and 4; 1832 art I ��3 and 4; 1869 art I �23. SECTION 19. Repealed. The repeal of Section 19 was proposed by Laws of 1977, ch. 584, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 528, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1978, was deleted from the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 22, 1978. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �2; 1832 art VII �2; 1869 art I �27; Laws 1977, ch. 584, effective December 22, 1978. SECTION 20. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �12; 1832 art I �30; 1869 art I �29. SECTION 21. SOURCES: 1817 art I �13; 1832 art I �13; 1869 art I �5. SECTION 22. SOURCES: 1817 art I �13; 1832 art I �13; 1869 art I �5. SECTION 23. SOURCES: 1817 art I �9; 1832 art I �9; 1869 art I �14. SECTION 24. SOURCES: 1817 art I �14; 1832 art I �14; 1869 art I �28. SECTION 25. SOURCES: 1817 art I �29; 1832 art I �29; 1869 art I �30. SECTION 26. SOURCES: 1817 art I �10; 1832 art I �7; Laws 1994, ch. 668, effective December 9, 1994. NOTE: The 1994 amendment to Section 26 was proposed by Laws 1994, ch. 668, House Concurrent Resolution No. 79, of the 1994 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1994, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 9, 1994. (2) Nothing in this section shall provide grounds for the accused or convicted offender to obtain any form of relief nor shall this section impair the constitutional rights of the accused. Nothing in this section of any enabling statute shall be construed as creating a cause of action for damages against the state or any of its agencies, officials, employee or political subdivisions. (3) The Legislature shall have the authority to enact substantive and procedural laws to define, implement, preserve and protect the rights guaranteed to victims by this section. NOTE: The 1998 amendment adding a new section was proposed by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 513, Laws 1998, ch. 691 of the 1998 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1998, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 30, 1998. SECTION 27. SOURCES: 1817 art I �12; 1832 art I �12; 1869 art I �31; Laws 1977, ch. 590, effective December 22, 1978. NOTE: The 1977 amendment to Section 27 was proposed by Laws 1997, ch. 590, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 590, of the 1977 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1978, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 22, 1978. SECTION 28. SOURCES: 1817 art I �16; 1832 art I �16; 1869 art I �8. SECTION 29.
SOURCES: 1817 art I �16; 1832 art I �16; 1869 art I �8; Laws 1987, ch. 674; Laws 1995, ch. 636, effective December 5, 1995. NOTE: The 1987 amendment to Section 29, Laws 1987, ch 674. was proposed by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 534, of the 1987 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1987, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. The 1995 amendment to Section 29 was proposed by Laws 1995, ch. 636, House Concurrent Resolution No. 42, of the 1995 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1995, by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 5, 1995. SECTION 30. SOURCES: 1817 art I �18; 1832 art I �18; 1869 art I �11. SECTION 31. SOURCES: 1817 art I �28; 1832 art I �28; 1869 art I �12; Laws 1916, ch. 158. SECTION 32. SOURCES: 1817 art I; 1832 art I; 1869 art I �32. SECTION 33. Composition of legislature. SECTION 34. Composition of House of Representatives. SECTION 35. Composition of Senate. SECTION 36. Sessions. SECTION 37. Elections for members. SECTION 38. Election of officers by each house. SECTION 39. President pro tempore of Senate. SECTION 33. SOURCES: 1817 art III �4; 1832 art III �4; 1869 art IV �1. SECTION 34. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �2. NOTE: Laws of 1962, ch. 18, 1st Extraordinary Session, which proposed to amend this section of the Constitution, was not approved by the electorate. SECTION 35. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �4. SECTION 36. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �6; Laws 1912, ch. 414; Laws 1968, ch. 634. NOTE: The 1968 amendment to Section 36 was proposed by House Consurrent Resolution No. 36, ch. 634, of the 1968 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on June 4, 1968, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on June 13, 1968. SECTION 37. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �8. SECTION 38. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �10. SECTION 39. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �11. SECTION 40. Oath of Office. SECTION 41. Qualifications of House of Representatives members. SECTION 42. Qualifications of Senators. SECTION 43. Person liable for public monies ineligible for office. SECTION 44. Ineligibility for office of person convicted of certain crimes. SECTION 45. Member eligibility for offices created during term of office. SECTION 46. Salaries of members. SECTION 47. Fees or rewards prohibited. SECTION 48. Immunity of members from arrest for certain crimes. SECTION 49. Power of impeachment. SECTION 50. Impeachment grounds. SECTION 51. Removal from office. SECTION 52. Persons to preside in impeachment proceedings. SECTION 53. Removal of judges for reasonable cause. SECTION 40. SECTION 41. SOURCES: 1817 art III �7; 1832 art III �7; 1869 art IV �3; Laws 1987, ch. 674, effective December 4, 1987. NOTE: The 1987 amendment to Section 41 was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 674, House Concurrent Resolution No. 41, of the 1987 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. SECTION 42. SOURCES: 1817 art III �14; 1832 art III �14; 1869 art IV �5. SECTION 43. SOURCES: 1817 art III �28; 1832 art III �28; 1869 art IV �16. SECTION 44. (2) No person who is convicted after ratification of this amendment in another state of any offense which is a felony under the laws of this state, and no person who is convicted after ratification of this amendment of any felony in a federal court, shall be eligible to hold any office of profit or trust in this state. This section shall not disqualify a person from holding office if he has been pardoned for the offense or if the offense of which the person was convicted was manslaughter, any violation of the United States Internal Revenue Code or any
violation of the tax laws of this state unless such offense also involved misuse or abuse of his office or money coming into his hands by virtue of his office. SOURCES: 1817 art VI ��4 and 5; 1832 art VII �4; 1869 art IV ��17 and 18, Laws 1992, ch. 591, effective December 8, 1992. NOTE: The 1992 amendment to Section 44 was proposed by Laws 1992, ch. 591, House Concurrent Resolution No. 46, of the 1992 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1992, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992. SECTION 45. SOURCES: 1817 art III �26; 1832 art III �26; 1869 art IV �38. SECTION 46. SOURCES: 1817 art III �25; 1832 art III �25; 1869 art IV �20. SECTION 47. SECTION 48. SOURCES: 1817 art III �19; 1832 art III �19; 1869 art IV �19. SECTION 49. SOURCES: 1817 art "Impeachment," ��1 and 2; 1832 art VI ��1 and 2; 1869 art IV �27. SECTION 50. SOURCES: 1817 art "Impeachment," �3; 1832 art VI �3; 1869 art IV �28. SECTION 51. SOURCES: 1817 art "Impeachment," �3; 1832 art VI �3; 1869 art IV �30. SECTION 52. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �29. SECTION 53. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �27; 1869 art IV �31. RULES OF PROCEDURESECTION 54. Quorum. SECTION 55. Determination of rules by each house. SECTION 56. Style of laws. SECTION 57. Adjournments; meeting place. SECTION 58. Open door policy; disorderly behavior. SECTION 59. Introduction and passage of bills. SECTION 60. Amendment of bill; orders, votes and resolutions. SECTION 61. Amendment or revival by reference to title prohibited. SECTION 62. Voting on amendments; adoption of committee reports. SECTION 63. Maximum sum fixed in appropriation bill. SECTION 64. Time limit and voting requirements for appropriations. SECTION 65. Reconsideration of votes. SECTION 66. Law granting donation or gratuity. SECTION 67. Time limit for introducing new bill. SECTION 68. Precedence and time limits for appropriation and revenue bills. SECTION 69. Contents of appropriation bills. SECTION 70 Votes required for passage of revenue or property assessment bills. SECTION 71. Title of bill; committee recommendations. SECTION 72. Approval or disapproval of bill by Governor; veto override process. SECTION 73. Veto of parts of appropriations bill. SECTION 74. Referral of bill to committee. SECTION 75. Enforcement of laws of general nature. SECTION 76. Viva voce vote. SECTION 77. Writs of election to fill legislative vacancies. SECTION 54. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �12. SECTION 55. SOURCES: 1817 art III ��16 and 17; 1832 art III ��15, 16, and 17; 1869 art IV �14. SECTION 56. SOURCES: 1832 art III �4; 1869 art IV �32. SECTION 57. SOURCES: 1817 art III �22; 1832 art III �22; 1869 art IV �13. SECTION 58. SOURCES: 1817 art III �20; 1832 art III ��20 and 21; 1869 art IV �15. SECTION 59. SOURCES: 1817 art III �23; 1832 art III �23; 1869 art IV �23; Laws 1990, ch. 668 effective December 19, 1990. NOTE: The 1990 amendment to Section 59 was proposed by Laws 1990, ch. 668, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 506, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 6, 1990, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 19, 1990. SECTION
60. SOURCES: 1832 art V �16; 1869 art IV �25. SECTION 61. SECTION 62. SECTION 63. SECTION 64. SOURCES: Laws 1935, ch. 116. SECTION 65. SECTION 66. SOURCES: Laws 1908, ch. 149. SECTION 67. SECTION 68. SECTION 69. SECTION 70. SECTION 71. SECTION 72. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �15; 1832 art V �15; 1869 art IV �24; Laws 1970, ch. 562, effective June 19, 1970. NOTE: The 1970 amendment to Section 72 was proposed by House Concurrent Resolution No. 14, ch. 562, of the 1970 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on June 3, 1970, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on June 19, 1970. SECTION 73. SECTION 74. SECTION 75. SOURCES: 1832 art VII �6; 1869 art XII �9. SECTION 76. SECTION 77. INJUNCTIONS SECTION 78. Salary deductions for neglect of official duty. SECTION 79. Sale of delinquent tax lands; right of redemption. SECTION 80. Abuse of certain local government unit powers. SECTION 81. Obstruction of navigable waters; certain construction projects authorized. SECTION 82. Official bonds; fixing penalties. SECTION 83. Fire safety in certain public places. SECTION 84. Acquisition of land by nonresident aliens and corporations. SECTION 85. Working of public roads by contract or by county prisoners. SECTION 86. Care of insane and indigent sick. SECTION 78. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �14; 1832 art VII �12; 1869 art XII �10. SECTION 79. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �8. SECTION 80. SECTION 81. SOURCES: Laws 1968, ch. 660, effective June 13, 1968. NOTE: The 1968 amendment to Section 81 was proposed by House Concurrent Resolution No. 71, ch. 660 of the 1968 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on June 4, 1968, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on June 13, 1968. SECTION 82. SECTION 83. SECTION 84. SECTION 85. SECTION 86. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �27. LOCAL LEGISLATION SECTION 87. Special or local laws. SECTION 88. Content of general laws. SECTION 89. Standing committee for local and private legislation in each house. SECTION 90. Matters provided for by general laws only. SECTION 87. SECTION 88. SECTION 89. SECTION 90. (a) Granting divorces; (b) Changing the names of persons, places, or corporations; (c) Providing for changes of venue in civil and criminal cases; (d) Regulating the rate of interest on money; (e) Concerning the settlement or administration of any estate, or the sale or mortgage of any property, of any infant, or of a person of unsound mind, or of any deceased person; (f) The removal of the
disability of infancy; (g) Granting to any person, corporation, or association the right to have any ferry, bridge, road, or fish-trap; (h) Exemption of property from taxation or from levy or sale; (i) Providing for the adoption or legitimation of children; (j) Changing the law of descent and distribution; (k) Exempting any person from jury, road, or other civil duty (and no person shall be exempted therefrom by force of any local or private
law); (l) Laying out, opening, altering, and working roads and highways; (m) Vacating any road or highway, town plat, street, alley, or public grounds; (n) Selecting, drawing, summoning, or empaneling grand or petit juries; (o) Creating, increasing, or decreasing the fees, salary, or emoluments of any public officer; (p) Providing for the management or support of any private or common school, incorporating the same, or granting such school
any privileges; (q) Relating to stock laws, water-courses, and fences; (r) Conferring the power to exercise the right of eminent domain, or granting to any person, corporation, or association the right to lay down railroad tracks or street-car tracks in any other manner than that prescribed by general law; (s) Regulating the practice in courts of justice; (t) Providing for the creation of districts for the election of justices of the peace and
constables; and (u) Granting any lands under control of the state to any person or corporation. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �7; 1832 art VII �15; 1869 art IV �22. PROHIBITIONSSECTION 91. Uniform application of charges and fees. SECTION 92. Salary of deceased officer. SECTION 93. Retirement of officer on pay. SECTION 94. Disability on account of coverture abolished. SECTION 95. Donation or sale of state lands; railroad easements. SECTION 96. Extra compensation and unauthorized payments prohibited. SECTION 97. Revival of action barred by limitations prohibited. SECTION 98. Repealed. SECTION 99. Election of officers by legislature. SECTION 100. Release of obligation or liability owed to State or political subdivision. SECTION 101. Seat of state government. SECTION 91. SECTION 92. SECTION 93. SECTION 94. SOURCES: 1869 art I �16. SECTION 95. SECTION 96. SECTION 97. SECTION 98. Repealed. "No lottery shall ever be allowed, or be advertised by newspapers, or otherwise, or its tickets be sold in this state; and the legislature shall provide by law for the enforcement of this provision; nor shall any lottery heretofore authorized by permitted to be drawn or its tickets sold." The repeal of Section 98 was proposed by Laws 1992, ch. 713, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 512, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1992, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �15; Laws 1992, ch. 713, effective December 8, 1992. SECTION 99. SOURCES: Laws 1990, ch. 693, effective December 19, 1990. NOTE: The 1990 amendment to Section 99 was proposed by Laws 1990, ch. 693, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 528, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 6, 1990, and inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 19, 1990. The United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section by Laws 1990, ch. 693, on September 11, 1990. SECTION 100. SECTION 101. MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 102. Elections for state and county officers. SECTION 103. Filling public officer vacancies; compensation and powers of officers. SECTION 104. Statutes of limitation not to run against state and political subdivisions. SECTION 105. Repealed. SECTION 106. State librarian. SECTION 107. Bidding and other requirements for certain contracts. SECTION 108. Termination of duties pertaining to office. SECTION 109. Interest of public officer in contracts. SECTION 110. Rights of way for private roads. SECTION 111. Sale of land by decree or execution. SECTION 112. Equal taxation; property tax assessments. SECTION 113. Auditor's statement of money expended at session. SECTION 114. Election returns. SECTION 115. Fiscal year; report of transactions; bonded indebtedness limitation. SECTION 102. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �7. SECTION 103. SOURCES: 1832 art V �13; 1869 art XII �7. SECTION 104. SECTION 105. Repealed. An amendment eliminating the foregoing section was submitted to the people by the Legislature at the session of 1894, Laws 1894, ch. 43; an election was held in November, 1894, and seems to have resulted in favor of the elimination of the section, but no action was taken by the Legislature after the election. The repeal of Section 105 was proposed by Laws 1977, ch. 586, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 555, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1978, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 22, 1978. SECTION 106. SOURCES: Laws 1977, ch. 591, effective December 22, 1978. NOTE: The 1977 amendment to Section 106 was proposed by Laws 1977, ch. 591, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 587 of the 1977 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1978, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 22, 1978. SECTION 107. NOTE: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 514, enacted as ch. 655, Laws 1984, adopted by the Senate on April 26, 1984, and the House of Representatives on April 25, 1984, proposed to repeal Section 107. The proposed repeal was submitted to the electorate on November 6, 1984, but was rejected. SECTION 108. SECTION 109. NOTE: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 548, ch. 655, Laws 1984, adopted by the Senate on April 26, 1984, and by the House of Representatives on April 25, 1984, proposed to amend Section 109. The proposed amendment was submitted to the electorate on November 6, 1984, but was rejected. House Concurrent Resolution No. 63, ch. 526, Laws 1986, proposed to amend Section 109. The electorate, however, rejected the proposed amendment on June 3, 1986. SECTION 110. SECTION 111. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �18. SECTION 112.
The Legislature shall provide, by general laws, the method by which the
true value of taxable property shall be ascertained; provided, however, in arriving at the true value of Class I and Class II property, the appraisal shall be made according to current use, regardless of location. The Legislature may provide for a special mode of valuation and assessment for railroads, and railroad and other corporate property, or for particular species of property belonging to persons, corporations or associations not situated wholly in one (1) county. All such property shall
be assessed in proportion to its value according to its class, and no county, or other taxing authority, shall be denied the right to levy county and/or special taxes upon such assessment as in other cases of property situated and assessed in the county, except that the Legislature, by general law, may deny or limit a county or other taxing authority the right to levy county and/or special taxes on nuclear-powered electrical generating plants. In addition to or in lieu of any such county and/or
special taxes on nuclear-powered electrical generating plants, the Legislature, by general law enacted by a majority vote of the members of each house present and voting, may provide for a special mode of valuation, assessment and levy upon nuclear-powered electrical generating plants and provide for the distribution of the revenue derived therefrom. The Legislature may provide a special mode of assessment, fixing the taxable year, date of the tax lien, and method and date of assessing and
collecting taxes on all motor vehicles. The assessed value of property shall be a percentage of its true value, which shall be known as its assessment ratio. The assessment ratio on each class of property as defined herein shall be uniform throughout the state upon the same class of property, provided that the assessment ratio of any one (1) class of property shall not be more than three (3) times the assessment ratio on any other class of property. For purposes of assessment for ad
valorem taxes, taxable property shall be divided into five (5) classes and shall be assessed at a percentage of its true value as follows: Class I. Single-family, owner-occupied, residential real property, at ten percent (10%) of true value. Class II. All other real property, except for real property included in Class I or IV, at fifteen percent (15%) of true value. Class III. Personal property, except for motor vehicles and for personal property included in
Class IV, at fifteen percent (15%) of true value. Class IV. Public utility property, which is property owned or used by public service corporations required by general laws to be appraised and assessed by the state or the county, excluding railroad and airline property and motor vehicles, at thirty percent (30%) of true value. Class V. Motor vehicles, at thirty percent (30%) of true value. The Legislature may, by general law, establish acreage limitations on
Class I property. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �20; Laws 1956, ch. 438; Laws 1958, ch. 610; Laws 1960, ch. 513; Laws 1986, ch. 522, effective June 19, 1986. NOTE: The 1960 amendment to Section 112 proposed by Laws 1960, ch. 513,was ratified by the electorate on November 8, 1960, and was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 23, 1960. The 1986 amendment to Section 112 was proposed by House Consurrent Resolution No. 41, ch. 522, Laws 1986, and was submitted to the electorate on June 3, 1986 and ratified. On June 16, 1986, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi enjoined the State of Mississippi from approving, implementing or administering the constitutional amendment until such time that the conduct of the election had been approved by the Attorney General of the United States. By proclamation of the Secretary of State on June 19, 1986, the amendment to Section 112 was inserted in the Constitution. On July 7, 1986, the Attorney General of the United States approved the conduct of the election for ratification of House Concurrent Resolution No. 41, ch. 522, Laws 1986, amending Section 112 of the Constitution. On July 10, 1986, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi (Eddie Burrell, et al. v William A. Allain, Governor of Mississippi, et al, Civil Action No. J86-0373 (L)) lifted and dissolved the injunction issued on June 16, 1986 without prejudice to any right to relief the plaintiffs might establish upon further proceedings. SECTION 113. NOTE: MS Code �7-7-2, as added by Laws 1984, ch. 488, �90, and amended by Laws 1985, ch. 455, �1, Laws 1986, ch. 499, �1, provided, at subsection (2) therein, that the words "state auditor of public accounts," "state auditor," and "auditor" appearing in the laws of the state in connection with the performance of auditor's functions transferred to the state fiscal management board, shall mean the state fiscal management board, and, more particularly, such words or terms shall mean the state fiscal management board whenever they appear. Thereafter, Laws 1989, ch. 532, �2, amended �7-7-2 to provide that the words "State Auditor of Public Accounts," "State Auditor," and "Auditor" appearing in the laws of this state in connection with the performance of auditor's functions shall mean State Fiscal Officer, and more particularly, such words or terms shall mean the State Fiscal Officer whenever they appear. Subsequently, Laws 1989, ch. 544, �17, effective July 1, 1989, and codified as �27-104-6, provides that wherever the term "State Fiscal Officer" appears in any law it sahll mean "Executive Director of the epartment of Finance and Administraiton." SECTION 114. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �18; 1832 art VII �16; 1869 art XII �19. SECTION 115. Neither the State nor any of its direct agencies, excluding the political subdivisions and other local districts, shall incur a bonded indebtedness in excess of one and one half (1 1/2) times the sum of all the revenue
collected by it for all purposes during any one of the preceeding four fiscal years, whichever year might be higher. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �8; Laws 1935, ch. 115; Laws 1960, ch. 522, effective November 23, 1960. NOTE: The 1960 amendment to Section 115 was proposed by Laws 1960, ch. 522 and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1960, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 23, 1960. This section, prior to its amendment in 1935,
provided for a fiscal year commencing on the first day of October, and ending on the thirtieth day of September. ARTICLE 5 EXECUTIVE SECTION 116. Governor; term of office. SECTION 117. Eligibility to serve as Governor. SECTION 118. Salary of Governor. SECTION 119. Commander-In-Chief of military. SECTION 120. Report from officers of executive department. SECTION 121. Convening of legislature in extraordinary session. SECTION 122.
State of the government; recommending measures. SECTION 124. Reprieves and pardons. SECTION 125. Suspension of defaulting treasurers and tax collectors. SECTION 126. Seal of state. SECTION 127. Commissions. SECTION 128. Lieutenant Governor; qualifications and term. SECTION 129. Lieutenant Governor as President of Senate. SECTION 130. Salary of Lieutenant Governor. SECTION 131. Vacancy in office of Governor. SECTION 132. Contested election for Lieutenant Governor. SECTION 133. Secretary of State. SECTION 134. State Treasurer; Auditor of Public Accounts. SECTION 135. County officers. SECTION 136. Continuation in office. SECTION 137. Repealed. SECTION 138. Selection of county officers. SECTION 139. Removal and appointment of county and municipal officers. SECTION 140. Election of Governor. SECTION 141. Choosing Governor in absence of electoral and popular vote majorities. SECTION 142. Ineligibility of Legislators to receive certain appointments. SECTION 143. Election of other state officers. SECTION 116. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �1; 1832 art V �1; 1869 art V �1, Laws 1986, ch. 575, effective November 20, 1986. NOTE: The 1986 amendment to Section 116 was proposed by Laws 1986, ch. 515, House Concurrent Resolution No. 5, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 4, 1986, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 20, 1986. SECTION 117. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �3; 1832 art V �3; 1869 art V �3. SECTION 118. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �4; 1832 art V �4; 1869 art V �4. SECTION 119. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �5; 1832 art V �5; 1869 art V �5. SECTION 120. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �6; 1832 art V �6; 1869 art V �6. SECTION 121. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �7; 1832 art V �7; 1869 art V �7. SECTION 122. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �8; 1832 art V �8; 1869 art V �8. SECTION 123. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �9; 1832 art V �9; 1869 art V �9. SECTION 124. SOURCES: 1832 art V �10; 1869 art V �10. SECTION 125. SECTION 126. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �12; 1832 art V �12; 1869 art V �11. SECTION 127. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �11; 1832 art V �11; 1869 art V �12. SECTION 128. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �18; 1869 art V �14; Laws 1992, ch. 719, effective December 8, 1992. NOTE: The 1992 amendment of Section 128 was proposed by Laws 1992, ch. 719, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 525, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1992, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992. SECTION 129. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �19; 1869 art V �16. SECTION 130. SOURCES: 1869 art V �16. SECTION 131. SOURCES: 1817 art IV ��20, 21, and 22; 1832 art V ��17 and 18; 1869 art V �17; Laws 1992, ch. 721, effective December 8, 1992. NOTE: The 1992 amendment of Section 131was proposed by Laws 1992, ch. 721, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 527, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1992, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992. SECTION 132. SOURCES: 1869 art V �18. SECTION 133. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �14; 1832 art V �14; 1869 art V �19. SECTION 134. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �25; 1832 art V �20; 1869 art V �20; Laws 1966, ch. 692; Laws 1986, ch. 634, effective November 20, 1986. NOTE: The 1966 amendment to Section 134, which eliminated the prohibition against the treasurer and the auditor of public accounts immediately succeeding each other in office, and the prohibition against the auditor of public accounts immediately succeeding himself in that office, was proposed by House Concurrent Resolution No. 38, ch. 692, adopted at the 1966 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1966, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 23, 1966. The 1986 amendment to Section 134 was proposed by Laws 1986, ch. 634, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 513, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 4, 1986, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 20, 1986. SECTION 135. SOURCES: 1869 art V �21; Laws 1924, ch. 142; Laws 1962, ch. 683, effective June 22, 1962. NOTE: The 1962 amendment to Section 135 was proposed by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 109, ch. 683, of the 1962 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on June 5, 1962, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on June 22, 1962. SECTION 136. SOURCES: 1869 art V �22. SECTION 137. Repealed. The repeal of Section 137 was proposed by Laws 1990, ch. 695, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 562, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 6, 1990, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 19, 1990. SECTION 138. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �24; 1832 art V �19. SECTION 139. SECTION 140. The Speaker shall, on the same day he shall have received said returns, open and publish them in the presence of the House of Representatives, and said House shall ascertain and count the vote of each county and legislative district and decide any contest that may be made concerning
the same, and said decision shall be made by a majority of the whole number of members of the House of Representatives concurring therein by a viva voce vote, which shall be recorded in its journal; provided, in case the two (2) highest candidates have an equal number of votes in any county or legislative district, the electoral vote of such county or legislative district shall be considered as equally divided between them. The person found to have received a majority of all the electoral votes,
and also a majority of the popular vote, shall be declared elected. SOURCES: 1817 art IV �2; 1832 art V �2; 1869 art V �2; Laws 1982, ch. 621 effective January 28, 1983. NOTE: The 1982 amendment to Section 140 was proposed by Laws 1982, ch. 621, Senate Consurrent Resolution No. 517, of the 1982 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 2, 1982, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on January 28, 1983. SECTION
141. SECTION 142. SECTION 143. ARTICLE 6 JUDICIARY SECTION 144. Judicial power of state. SECTION 145. Composition of Supreme Court. SECTION 145-A. Addition of judges to Supreme Court. SECTION 145-B. Further addition of judges to Supreme Court. SECTION 146. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. SECTION 147. Reversal of judgment for want of jurisdiction; remand. SECTION 148. Holding of Supreme Court at seat of government. SECTION 149. Term of office of Supreme Court judges. SECTION 149-A. Divisions of Supreme Court. SECTION 150. Eligibility requirements for Supreme Court Judges. SECTION 151. Repealed. SECTION 152. Circuit and chancery court districts. SECTION 153. Election and terms of circuit and chancery court judges. SECTION 154. Qualifications for circuit or chancery court judges. SECTION 155. Judicial oath of office. SECTION 156. Jurisdiction of circuit court. SECTION 157. Exclusive jurisdiction of chancery court; transfer. SECTION 158. Holding of circuit court. SECTION 159. Jurisdiction of chancery court. SECTION 160. Additional jurisdiction of chancery court. SECTION 161. Concurrent jurisdiction of chancery and circuit court. SECTION 162. Transfer to circuit court. SECTION 163. Certification of transferred causes. SECTION 164. Holding of chancery court. SECTION 165. Disqualification of judges. SECTION 166. Compensation of judges. SECTION 167. Civil officers as conservators of peace. SECTION 168. Clerks of court. SECTION 169. Style of process. SECTION 170. County districts; board of supervisors. SECTION 171. Justice court judges; jurisdiction. SECTION 172. Establishment and abolishment of inferior courts. SECTION 172-A. Court order for tax levy or tax increase prohibited. SECTION 173. Attorney-general. SECTION 174. District attorneys. SECTION 175. Liability and punishment of public officers. SECTION 176. Qualifications for member of board of supervisors. SECTION 177. Vacancy in office of judge or chancellor. SECTION 177-A. Commission on judicial performance. SECTION
144. SOURCES: 1817 art V �1; 1832 art IV �1; 1869 art VI �1. SECTION 145. SOURCES: Laws 1915, ch. 156. SECTION 145-A. SOURCES: Laws 1916, ch. 154. SECTION 145-B. SOURCES: Laws 1950, ch. 592; Laws 1952, ch. 468. SECTION 146. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �4; 1869 art VI �4; Laws 1983, ch. 682, effective January 3, 1984. NOTE: The 1983 amendment to Section 146 was proposed by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 514, ch. 682, of the 1983 regular session of the Legislature and, upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1983, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on January 3, 1984. SECTION 147. SECTION 148. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �7; 1869 art VI �7. SECTION 149. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �3; Laws 1916, ch. 157. SECTION 149-A. SOURCES: Laws 1916, ch. 152. SECTION 150. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �6; 1869 art VI �6. SECTION 151. Repealed. SECTION 152. The Legislature shall, by statute, establish certain criteria by which the number of judges in each district shall be determined, such criteria to be based on population, the number of cases filed and other appropriate data. Following the 1980 Federal Decennial Census and following each federal decennial census thereafter, the Legislature shall redistrict the circuit and
chancery court districts. Should the Legislature fail to redistrict the circuit or chancery court districts by December 31 of the fifth year following the 1980 Federal Decennial Census or by December 31 of the fifth year following any federal decennial census thereafter, the Supreme Court shall, by order, redistrict such circuit or chancery court districts. Any order by the Supreme Court which redistricts the circuit or chancery court districts shall become effective at a date to be set therein
and shall, without alteration of the composition of the districts established in such order, be enacted by the next succeeding session of the Legislature. The circuit and chancery court districts established by the Legislature prior to the approval of this amendment shall remain in force and effect until such time as they are redistricted under the provisions of this amendment. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �13; 1869 art VI �13; Laws 1981, ch. 708; Laws 1992, ch. 720, effective December 8, 1992. NOTE: The 1981 amendment to Section 152 was proposed by House Concurent Resolution No. 23, ch. 708 of the 1981 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 2, 1982, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on January 28, 1983. The 1992 amendment of Section 152 was proposed by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 526, ch. 720, and upon ratification of the electorate on November 3, 1992, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992. SECTION 153. SOURCES: 1869 art VI �11; Laws 1912, ch. 415. SECTION 154. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �12; 1869 art VI �12. SECTION 155. SECTION 156. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �14; 1869 art VI �14. SECTION 157. SECTION 158. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �15; 1869 art VI �15. SECTION 159. (a) All matters in equity; SOURCES: 1832 third amendment; 1869 art VI �16. SECTION 160. SECTION 161. SECTION 162. SECTION 163. SECTION 164. SOURCES: 1869 art VI �17 and third amendment. SECTION 165. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �9; Laws 1916, ch. 155. SECTION 166. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �10; 1869 art VI ��10 and 15. SECTION 167. SOURCES: 1817 art V �12; 1832 art IV �22; 1869 art VI �22. SECTION 168. SOURCES: 1869 art VI �19; Laws 1976, ch. 616, effective December 8, 1976. NOTE: The 1976 amendment to Section 168 was proposed by Laws 1976, ch. 616, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 548, and upon ratification of the electorate on November 2, 1976, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1976. SECTION 169. SOURCES: 1817 art V �13; 1832 art IV �17; 1869 art VI �18. SECTION 170. SOURCES: 1832 art IV � 20 and second amendment; 1869 art VI �20; Laws 1924, ch. 143. NOTE: House Concurrent Resolution No. 75, Part I, enacted as ch. 592, Laws 1990, adopted by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 28, 1990, proposed to amend Section 170. The proposed amendment was submitted to the electorate on November 6, 1990, but was rejected. SECTION 171. The maximum civil jurisdiction of the justice court shall extend to causes in which the
principal amount in controversy is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or such higher amount as may be prescribed by law. The justice court shall have jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court over all crimes whereof the punishment prescribed does not extend beyond a fine and imprisonment in the county jail; but the Legislature may confer on the justice court exclusive jurisdiction in such petty misdemeanors as the Legislature shall see proper. In all causes tried in justice court,
the right of appeal shall be secured under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by law, and no justice court judge shall preside at the trial of any cause where he may be interested, or the parties or either of them shall be connected with him by affinity or consanguinity, except by the consent of the justice court judge and of the parties. All references in the Mississippi Code to justice of the peace shall mean justice court judge. SOURCES: 1817 art V �8; 1832 art IV �23; 1869 art VI �23; Laws 1975, ch. 518, effective December 8, 1975. NOTE: The 1975 amendment to Section 171 was proposed by Laws 1975, ch. 518, House Concurrent Resolution No. 11, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 4, 1975, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1975. SECTION 172. SOURCES: 1832 art IV �24; 1869 art VI �24. SECTION 172-A. SOURCES: Laws 1995, ch. 635, effective December 5, 1995. NOTE: The addition of Section 172-A was proposed by Laws 1995, ch. 635, House Concurrent Resolution No. 40, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1995, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 5, 1995. SECTION 173. SOURCES: 1817 art V �14; 1832 art IV �25; 1869 art VI �25. SECTION 174. SOURCES: 1817 art V �14; 1832 art IV �25; 1869 art VI �25. SECTION 175. SECTION 176. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �29. NOTE: House Concurrent Resolution No. 75, Part II, enacted as ch. 592, Laws 1990, adopted by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 28, 1990, proposed to amend Section 176. The proposed amendment was submitted to the electorate on November 6, 1990, but was rejected. SECTION 177. SECTION 177-A. On recommendation of the commission on judicial performance, the supreme court may remove from office, suspend, fine or publicly censure or reprimand any justice or judge
of this state for: (a) actual conviction of a felony in a court other than a court of the State of Mississippi; (b) willful misconduct in office; (c) willful and persistent failure to perform his duties; (d) habitual intemperance in the use of alcohol or other drugs; or (e) conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute; and may retire involuntarily any justice or judge for physical or mental disability seriously interfering with the
performance of his duties, which disability is or is likely to become of a permanent character. A recommendation of the commission on judicial performance for the censure, removal or retirement of a justice of the supreme court shall be determined by a tribunal of seven (7) judges selected by lot from a list consisting of all the circuit and chancery judges at a public drawing by the secretary of state. The vote of the tribunal to censure, remove or retire a justice of the supreme
court shall be by secret ballot and only upon two-thirds (2/3) vote of the tribunal. All proceedings before the commission shall be confidential, except upon unanimous vote of the commission. After a recommendation of removal or public reprimand of any justice or judge is filed with the clerk of the supreme court, the charges and recommendations of the commission shall be made public. The commission may, with two-thirds (2/3) of the members concurring, recommend to the supreme court
the temporary suspension of any justice or judge against whom formal charges are pending. All proceedings before the supreme court under this section and any final decisions made by the supreme court shall be made public as in other cases at law. SOURCES: Laws 1979, ch. 520, effective November 30, 1979. NOTE: The insertion of Section 177-A was proposed by Laws 1979, ch. 520, House Concurrent Resolution No. 33, of the 1979 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 6, 1979, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 30, 1979. ARTICLE 7 CORPORATIONS SECTION 178. Formation; charter of incorporation. SECTION 180. Organization. SECTION 181. Taxation. SECTION 182. Tax exemptions. SECTION 183. Subscription to capital stock by counties or municipalities. SECTION 184. Railroads. SECTION 185. Rolling-stock as personal property subject to execution and sale. SECTION 186. Telephone, telegraph and railroad charges. SECTION 187. Repealed. SECTION 188. Free or discounted tickets to public officers. SECTION 189. Repealed. SECTION 190. Eminent domain; police powers. SECTION 191. Protection of corporate employees. SECTION 192. Public utilities may be exempted from municipal tax; duration. SECTION 193. Remedy for injury to railroad employee. SECTION 194. Repealed. SECTION 195. Common carriers designated. SECTION 196. Repealed. SECTION 197. Repealed. SECTION 198. Trusts, combinations, contracts and agreements inimical to public welfare. SECTION 198-A. Right to work; labor unions. SECTION 199. "Corporation" defined. SECTION 200. Enforcement of provisions. SECTION 178. SOURCES: Laws 1987, ch. 690, effective December 4, 1987. NOTE: The insertion of Section 178 was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 690, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 549, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. SECTION 179. SECTION 180. SECTION 181. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �13. SECTION 182. SOURCES: Laws 1961, ch. 9, 1st Extraordinary Session, effective October 16, 1961. NOTE: The 1961 amendment to Section 182 was proposed by Laws 1961, ch. 9, 1st Extraordinary Session, and upon ratification by the electorate on October 3, 1961, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on October 16, 1961. SECTION 183. SECTION 184. SECTION 185. SECTION 186. SECTION 187. Repealed. The repeal of Section 187 was proposed by Laws 1977, ch. 585, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 552, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1978, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 22, 1978. SECTION 188. SECTION 189. Repealed. The repeal of Section 189 was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 692, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 551, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. SECTION 190. SECTION 191. SECTION 192. SECTION 193. SECTION 194. Repealed. The repeal of Section 194 was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 691, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 550, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. SECTION 195. SECTION 196. Repealed. The repeal of Section 196 was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 689, Senate Concurrent Resolution 548, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. SECTION 197. Repealed. The repeal of Section 197 was proposed by Laws 1989, ch. 588, House Concurrent Resolution No. 6, and upon ratification by the electorate on June 20, 1989, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on August 1, 1989. SECTION 198. SECTION
198-A. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any lawful contract in force on the effective date of this section, but they shall apply to all contracts thereafter entered into and to any renewal or extension of an existing contract thereafter occurring. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to any employer or employee under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railway Labor Act. SOURCES: Laws 1990, ch. 512, effective June 22, 1960. NOTE: The 1960 insertion of this section was proposed by Laws 1960, ch. 512, so as to guarantee that the right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on account of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or labor organization, and declaring the public policy of this state in this regard. This proposed amendment was ratified by the electorate at a special election held June 7, 1960, and was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on June 22, 1960. SECTION 199. SECTION 200. The legislature shall enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate
legislation. ARTICLE 8 EDUCATION SECTION 201. Free public schools. SECTION 202. State Superintendent of Public Education. SECTION 203. State Board of Education. SECTION 204. County superintendents of education. SECTION 205. Repealed. SECTION 206. State common-school fund; additional tax levy by district. SECTION 206-A. Establishment of education improvement trust fund. SECTION 207. Repealed. SECTION 208. Control of funds by religious sect; certain appropriations prohibited. SECTION 209. Institutions for education of deaf, dumb and blind. SECTION 210. Sale of public school supplies. SECTION 211. Sixteenth section lands. SECTION 212. Interest rate on Choctaw School Fund and other educational trust funds. SECTION 213. Agricultural and mechanical colleges. SECTION 213-A. State institutions of higher learning. SECTION 213-B. Repealed. SECTION 201. SOURCES: Laws 1934, ch. 362; Laws 1960, ch. 547; Laws 1987, ch. 671 effective, December 4, 1987. NOTE: The 1960 amendment to Section 201 was proposed by Laws 1960, ch. 547, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1960, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 23, 1960. The 1987 amendment to Section 201 was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 671, House Concurrent Resolution No. 9, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. SECTION 202. (2) From and after July 1, 1984, there shall be a State Superintendent of Public Education who shall be appointed by the State Board of Education, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and serve at the board's will and pleasure. He shall possess such qualifications as may be prescribed by law. He shall be the chief administrative officer for the State Department of Education and shall
administer the department in accordance with the policies established by the State Board of Education. He shall perform such other duties and receive such compensation as shall be prescribed by law. SOURCES: 1869 art VIII �3; Laws 1982, ch. 616, effective January 28, 1983. NOTE: The 1982 amendment to Section 202 was proposed by Laws 1982, ch. 616, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 506, of the 1982 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification of the electorate on November 2, 1982, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on January 28, 1983. SECTION 203. (2) From and after July 1, 1984, there shall be a State Board of Education which shall manage and invest school funds according to law, formulate policies according to law for implementation by the State Department of Education, and perform such other duties as prescribed by law. The board shall consist of nine (9) members of which none shall be an elected official. The Governor shall appoint one (1) member who shall be a resident of the Northern Supreme Court District and who shall
serve an initial term of one (1) year, one (1) member who shall be a resident of the Central Supreme Court District and who shall serve an initial term of five (5) years, one (1) member who shall be a resident of the Southern Supreme Court District and who shall serve an initial term of nine (9) years, one (1) member who shall be employed on an active and full-time basis as a school administrator and who shall serve an initial term of three (3) years, and one (1) member who shall be employed on
an active and full-time basis as a schoolteacher and who shall serve an initial term of seven (7) years. The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint two (2) members from the state at large, one (1) of whom shall serve an initial term of four (4) years and one (1) of whom shall serve an initial term of eight (8) years. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two (2) members from the state at large, one (1) of who shall serve an initial term of two (2) years and one (1) of whom shall
serve an initial term of six (6) years. The initial terms of appointees shall begin on July 1, 1984, and all subsequent appointments shall begin on the first day of July for a term of (9) years and continue until their successors are appointed and qualify. An appointment to fill a vacancy which arises for reasons other than by expiration of a term of office shall be for the unexpired term only. The Legislature shall by general law prescribe the compensation which members of the board shall be
entitled to receive. All members shall be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate and no members shall be actively engaged in the educational profession except as stated above. SOURCES: 1869 art VIII �3; Laws 1982, ch. 616, effective January 28, 1983. NOTE: The 1982 amendment to Section 203 was proposed by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 506, ch. 616, of the 1982 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 2, 1982, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on January 28, 1983. SECTION 204. SOURCES: 1869 art VIII �4. SECTION 205. Repealed. The repeal of Section 205 was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 671, House Concurrent Resolution No. 9, and upon ratification by the
electorate on November 3, 1987, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. SECTION 206. SOURCES: 1869 art VIII �6. See amendment No. 2; Laws 1904, ch. 173; Laws 1989, ch. 589, effective August 1, 1989. NOTE: The 1989 amendment to Section 206 of was proposed by Laws 1989, ch. 589, House Concurrent Resolution No. 9, and upon ratification by the electorate on June 20, 1989, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on August 1, 1989. SECTION 206-A.
(i) All mineral leasing revenues specifically reserved by general law in effect at the time of the ratification of this amendment for the following purposes: (A) management of a state leasng program;
(B) clean-up, remedial or abatement actions involving pollution as a result of oil or gas exploration or production; (C) management or protection of state waters, land and wildlife; or (D) acquisition of additional waters and land; and (ii) Monies derived from sixteenth section lands and lands held in lieu thereof or from minerals severed from sixteenth section lands and lands held in lieu thereof; and (iii) Monies derived from lands or minerals administered in trust for
any state institution of higher learning or administered therefor by the head of any such institution; (c) Any gift, donation, bequest, trust, grant, endowment or transfer of money or securities designated for said trust fund; and (d) All such monies from any other source whatsoever as the Legislature shall, in its discretion, so appropriate or shall, by general law, so direct. The principal of the trust fund shall remain inviolate and shall be invested as
provided by general law. Interest and income derived from investment of the principal of the trust fund may be appropriated by the Legislature by a majority vote of the elected membership of each house of the Legislature and expended exclusively for the education of the elementary and secondary school students and/or vocational and technical training in this state. SOURCES: Laws 1985, ch. 546, effective November 20, 1986. NOTE: The insertion of Section 206-A was proposed by Laws 1985, ch. 546, House Concurrent Resolution No. 35, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 4, 1986, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 20, 1986. Laws 1966, ch. 399, �2, effective July 1, 1986, provides as follows: "Upon the effective date of this act, any funds, including interest earned theron, to the credit of the special fund for the administration of the Mineral Lease Division of the Department of Natural Resources and to the credit of the Gulf and Wildlife Protection Fund, which are in excess of the amounts set forth in Section 29-7-3 to be used for the purposes prescribed therin, shall be transferred into the Education Trust Fund created in Section 206-A." SECTION 207. Repealed. The repeal of Section 207 was proposed by Laws 1977, ch. 587, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 557, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1978, was deleted by proclamation by the Secretary of State on December 22, 1978. SECTION 208. SOURCES: 1869 art VIII �9. SECTION
209. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �27. SECTION 210. NOTE: Senate Concurent Resolution No. 514, enacted as ch. 655, Laws 1984, adopted by the Senate on April 26, 1984, and the House of Representatives on April 25, 1984, proposed to repeal Section 210. The proposed repeal was submitted to the electorate on November 6, 1984, but was rejected. SECTION 211. (2) Notwithstanding any limitation on the terms of
leases provided in subsection (l) of this section, the Legislature may provide, by general law, for leases on liquid, solid or gaseous minerals with terms coextensive with the operations to produce such minerals. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �20; Laws 1942, ch. 329; Laws 1944, ch. 343; Laws 1961, 1st Extraordinary Session, ch. 10; Laws 1986, ch. 643; Laws 1992, ch. 730, effective December 8, 1992. NOTE: The 1961 amendment to Section 211 was proposed by Laws 1961, ch. 10, 1st Extraordinary Session, ch. 10, and upon ratification by the electorate on October 3, 1961, was inserted by proclamation by the Secretary of State on October 16, 1961. The 1986 amendment to Section 211 was proposed by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 537, ch. 643, of the 1986 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 4, 1986, was inserted by proclamation by the Secretary of State on November 20, 1986. The 1992 amendment of Section 211 was proposed by Laws 1992, ch. 591, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 552, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1992, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992. SECTION 212. SECTION 213. NOTE: MS Code �37-121-1 changed the name of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College to Alcorn State University. SECTION 213-A. The Legislature shall provide by law for the appointment of a trustee for the La Bauve Fund at the University of Mississippi and for the perpetuation of
such fund. Such board shall have the power and authority to elect the heads of the various institutions of higher learning, and contract with all deans, professors and other members of the teaching staff, and all administrative employees of said institutions for a term not exceeding four (4) years; but said board shall have the power and authority to terminate any such contract at any time for malfeasance, inefficiency or contumacious conduct, but never for political reasons. Nothing herein contained shall in any way limit or take away the power the Legislature had and possessed, if any, at the time of the adoption of this amendment, to consolidate, abolish or change the status of any of the above named institutions. SOURCES: Laws 1942, ch. 342; Laws 1944, ch. 344; Laws 1987, ch. 673, effective December 4, 1987. NOTE: The 1944 amendment of this section was duly inserted by the Legislature in House Concurrent Resolution No. 13, Laws 1944, ch. 344. The 1987 amendment of Section 213-A was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 673. House Concurrent Resolution No. 19, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. MS Code �37-117-1 changed the name of Mississippi State College for Women to Mississippi University for Women; MS Code �37-121-1 changed the name of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College to Alcorn State University; MS Code �37-123-1 changed the name of Delta State College to Delta State University. SECTION 213-B. Repealed. The repeal of Section 213-B was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 671, House Concurrent Resolution No. 9, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. ARTICLE 9 MILITIA SECTION 214. Persons subject to military duty. SECTION 215. Organization of militia by legislature. SECTION 216. Appointment and removal of militia officers. SECTION 217. Governor as commander-in-chief. SECTION 218. Major-general; brigadier-general. SECTION 219. Adjutant-general. SECTION 220. Exemption of militia from arrest for certain offenses. SECTION 221. Appropriations for Mississippi national guard. SECTION 222. Support of Mississippi national guard by county boards supervisors. SECTION 214. SOURCES: 1869 art IX �1. SECTION 215. SOURCES: 1817 art "Militia �1; 1832 art "Militia" �1; 1869 art IX �2. SECTION 216. SECTION 217. SOURCES: 1817 art "Militia" �4; 1832 art "Militia" �4; 1869 art IX �5. SECTION 218. SOURCES: 1869 art IX �6. SECTION 219. SOURCES: 1869 art IX �7. SECTION 220. SOURCES: 1869 art IX �8. SECTION 221. SOURCES: 1817 art "Militia" �3; 1832 art "Militia" �3; 1869 art IX �4. SECTION 222. ARTICLE 10 THE PENITENTIARY AND PRISONS SECTION 223. Repealed SECTION 224. Employment of convicts on public roads, public works or public levee projects. SECTION 225. Placement of convicts on state farms; prison industries; reformatory schools; good behavior. SECTION 226. Hire or lease of county jail inmates. SECTION 223. Repealed. The repeal of Section 223 was proposed by Laws 1990, ch. 599, House Concurrent Resolution No. 99, Part II, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 6, 1990, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 19, 1990. SECTION 224. SECTION 225. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �28; Laws 1990, ch. 599, effective December 19, 1990 NOTE: The 1990 amendment to Section 225 was proposed by Laws 1990, ch. 599, House Concurrent Resolution No. 99, Part I, and upon ratification of the electorate on November 6, 1990, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 19, 1990. SECTION 226. ARTICLE 11 LEVEES SECTION 227. Maintenance of levee system. SECTION 228. Levee districts. SECTION 229. Boards of levee commissioners. SECTION 230. Commissioner qualifications and bond. SECTION 232. Duties and powers of commissioners. SECTION 233. Appropriation of private property. SECTION 234. Bills changing district boundaries or taxes. SECTION 235. Report by levee board. SECTION 236. Levee taxes. SECTION 237. System of levee taxation. SECTION 238. Property exempt from levee taxation. SECTION 239. Publication of itemized account. SECTION 227. SECTION 228. SECTION 229. And there shall also be a board of levee commissioners for the Mississippi levee district which shall consist of two members from each of the counties of Bolivar and Washington and one from each of the counties of Issaquena, Sharkey, and from that part of Humphreys county now embraced within the limits of said district. In the event of the formation of a new county, or counties out of the territory embraced in either or both of said levee districts, each new
county shall each be entitled to representation and membership in the proper board or boards. And in the counties having two judicial districts and from which said counties two levee commissioners are to be elected, at least one of the commissioners shall reside in the judicial districts through which the line of levee runs. SOURCES: Laws 1928, ch. 357. NOTE: Section 1 of Laws 1982, ch. 310, effective March 1, 1982, provides as follows: "The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners is hereby authorized to join the Lower Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association and pay dues annually. The board is also authorized to join any association or make contributions to any organization which, in its opinion, can contribute to the completion of flood control projects on the rivers in its district." SECTION 230. SECTION 231. The term of office of said commissioners shall be four years. SOURCES: Laws 1928, ch. 356. NOTE: Section 1 of Laws 1983, ch. 317, effective from and after April 15, 1983 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965), provides as follows: "Section 2, Laws 1930, ch. 85, as amended by Section 1, Laws of 1968, ch. 574, is amended as follows:" "SECTION 2. (a) Except as may be herein otherwise provided, the general laws for the election of county officers shall apply to govern the election of the commissioners of said levee district from their respective counties and parts of counties. (b) The County Election Commissioners shall have printed on the ballot for any election provided for hereunder the name of any candidate who shall have been requested to be a candidate for the office of commissioner from his county by a petition filed not less than thirty (30) days previous to the date of the election and signed by not less than fifty (50) qualified electors of the county and of the levee district wherein the candidates resides. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, if ten (10) days prior to the date of the election, only one (1) person shall have qualified as a candidate for the office of levee commissioner, the County Election Commissioners shall certify to the Board of Levee Commissioners that there is but one (1) candidate. Thereupon, the County Election Commissioners shall dispense with the election and appoint that one (1) candidate in lieu of an election. The clerk of the board shall certify to the Secretary of State the fact of such appointment in lieu of an election, and the person so appointed shall be commissioned by the Governor." SECTION 232. SOURCES: Laws 1900, ch. 200. SECTION 233. SECTION 234. SECTION 235. SECTION 236. SECTION 237. SECTION 238. SECTION 239. ARTICLE 12 FRANCHISE SECTION 240. Elections to be by ballot. SECTION 241. Qualifications for electors. SECTION 241-A. Repealed. SECTION 242. Voter registration. SECTION 243. Repealed. SECTION 244. Repealed. SECTION 244-A. Additional qualifications for voter registration. SECTION 245. Elector qualifications in municipal elections. SECTION 246. Regulation of elections. SECTION 247. Securing fairness in party primary elections and conventions. SECTION 248. Remedies for illegal or improper registration. SECTION 249. Registration required to vote. SECTION 250. Qualified electors eligible for office. SECTION 251. Time of registration. SECTION 252. Terms of office; general election dates. SECTION 253. Restoration of right of suffrage after crime. SECTION 240. SOURCES: 1869 art VII �1. SECTION 241. SOURCES: Laws 1935, ch. 117; Laws 1950, ch. 569; Laws 1952, ch. 441; Laws 1968, ch. 614; Laws 1972, ch. 626, effective November 22, 1972. NOTE: The 1968 amendment to Section 241 was proposed by House Concurrent Resolution No. 5 of the 1968 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification of the electorate on June 4, 1968, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on June 13, 1968. The 1972 amendment to Section 241 was proposed by Laws 1972, ch. 626, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 502, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1972, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 22, 1972. SECTION 241-A. Repealed. "In addition to all other qualifications required of a person to be entitled to register for the purpose of becoming a qualified elector, such person shall be of good moral character. The legislature shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this section by appropriate legislation." Former Section 241-A was proposed as an additional section by Laws 1960, ch. 550, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1960, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 23, 1960. The proposal for the repeal of this section was made by Laws 1965, ch. 40, Extraordinary Session, and upon the repeal being ratified by the electorate on the third Tuesday of August, 1965, the Secretary of State issued a proclamation setting out the fact that former Section 241-A stood repealed. SECTION 242. SOURCES: 1869 art VII �3; Laws 1965, ch. 40, Extraordinary Session, effective August 31, 1965. NOTE: The 1965 amendment to Section 242 to provide that the legislature shall prescribe the form of oath to be taken by persons offering to register to vote was proposed by Laws 1965, ch. 40, Extraordinary Session, and upon ratification by the electorate on the third Tuesday in August, 1965, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on August 31, 1965. SECTION 243. Repealed. The repeal of Section 243 was proposed by Laws 1975, ch. 524, House Concurrent Resolution No. 46, and upon ratification of the electorate on November 4, 1975, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1975. SECTION 244. Repealed. An amendment to Section 244, which eliminated and amended certain qualifications for voting, was proposed by Laws 1965, ch. 40, Extraordinary Session, and upon ratification by the electorate on the third Tuesday August, 1965, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on August 31, 1965. The repeal of Section 244 was proposed by Laws 1975, ch. 523, House Concurrent Resolution No. 45, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 4, 1975, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1975. SECTION 244-A. SOURCES: Laws 1965, ch. 40, Extraordinary Session, effective August 31, 1965. NOTE: The amendment adding Section 244-A, to confer upon the Legislature power to prescribe and enforce additional qualifications to be required of persons to register and vote in addition to those set forth in the Constitution, was proposed by Laws 1965, ch. 40, Extraordinary Session, and upon ratification by the electorate on the third Tuesday in August, 1965, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on August 31, 1965. SECTION 245. SECTION 246. SECTION 247. SECTION 248.
SECTION 249. SECTION 250. SOURCES: Laws 1962, ch. 640, effective November 16, 1962. NOTE: The 1962 amendment to Section 250 was proposed by Laws 1962, ch. 640, and upon ratification by the electorate at an election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1962, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 16, 1962. SECTION 251. SECTION 252. SECTION 253. ARTICLE 13 APPORTIONMENT SECTION 254. Senatorial and representative districts. SECTION 255. Repealed. SECTION 256. Repealed. SECTION 254. SOURCES: Laws 1962, ch. 57, 2nd Extraordinary Session, effective February 13, 1963; Laws 1977, 2nd Extraordinary Session, ch. 27, effective November 30, 1979. NOTE: Laws of 1962, ch. 18, 1st Extraordinary Session, which proposed the repeal of this section, was not approved by the electorate. The 1962 amendment to Section 254 was proposed by Laws 1962, ch. 57, 2nd Extraordinary Session, and upon ratification by the electorate on February 5, 1963, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on February 13, 1963. Laws 1962, ch. 57, 2nd Extraordinary Session, also provides as follows: "Be it further resolved, that it is the intenet of this resolution to provide by constitutional amendment for the apportionment of Senators and Representatives to be elected in 1963 to take office the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January, 1964, and thereafter, and nothing contained herein shall serve to or be construed to shorten or otherwise affect the term of office of any Senator or Representative presently serving in that capacity. The constitutional amendments submitted herewith shall, if approved, be self-executing for the purpose of providing for senatorial and legislative representation to be elected in 1963 in the event implementing legislation is not enacted and approved." In a 1966 decision of a three-judge federal court, Connor v Johnson, 256 F supp 962, supp op 265 F Supp 492, the provisions of this section, as amended, were declared to be unconstitutional and invalid for all future elections of members of the House of Representatives. The 1977 amendment to Section 254 was proposed by Laws 1977, ch. 27, 2nd Extraordinary Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 507, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 6, 1979, was inserted by the Secretary of State on November 30, 1979. SECTION 255.
Repealed. Laws of 1962, ch. 18, 1st Extraordinary Session, which also proposed to amend this section, was not approved by the electorate. The 1962 amendment to Section 255 was proposed by Laws 1962, ch. 57, 2nd Extraordinary Session, and upon ratification by the electorate on February 5, 1963, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on February 13, 1963. Laws 1962, ch. 57, 2nd Extraordinary Session also provides as follows: "Be it further resolved, that it is the intent of this resolution to provide by constitutional amendment for the apportionment of Senators and Representatives to be elected in 1963 to take office the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January, 1964, and thereafter, and nothing contained herein shall seve to or be construed to shorten or otherwise affect the term of office of any Senator or Representative presently serving in that capacity. The constitutional amendments submitted herewith shall, if approved, be self-executing for the purpose of providing for senatorial and legislative representation to be elected in 1963 in the event implementing legislation is not enacted and approved." In a 1966 decision of a three-judge federal court, Connor v Johnson, 256 F Supp 962, supp op 265 F Supp 492, the provisions of this section, as amended, were declared to be unconstitutional and invalid for all future elections of members of the House of Representatives. The repeal of Section 255 was proposed by Laws 1977, ch. 27, 2nd Extraordinary Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 57, and upon ratitication by the electorate on November 6, 1979, was deleted from the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 30, 1979. SECTION 256. Repealed. "SECTION 256. The legislature may, at the first session after the Federal census of 1900, and decennially, thereafter, make a new apportionment of senators and representatives. At each apportionment each county then organized shall have a least one representative. The counties of Tishomingo, Alcorn, Prentiss, Lee, Itawamba, Tippah, Union, Benton, Marshall, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Monroe, Chickasaw, Calhoun, Yalobusha, Grenada, Carroll, Montgomery, Choctaw, Webster, Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha, or the territory now composing them, shall together never have less than forty-four representatives. The counties of Attala, Winston, Noxubee, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Rankin, Clarke, Jasper, Smith, Simpson, Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln, Lawrence, Covington, Jones, Wayne, Greene, Perry, Marion, Pike, Pearl River, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson, or the territory now composing then, shall together never have less than forty-four representatives; nor shall the remaining counties of the state, or the territory now composing then, ever have less than forty-four representatives. A reduction in the number of senators and representatives may be made by the legislature if the same be uniform in each of the three divisions; but the number of representatives shall not be less than one hundred, nor more than one hundred and thirty-three, nor the number of senators less than thirty, nor more than forty-five, provided that new counties hereafter created shall be given at least one representative until the next succeeding apportionment." The repeal of Section 256 proposed by Laws 1962, ch. 57, 2nd Extraordinary Session, became effective upon ratification of the proposal by the electorate on February 5, 1963, and the certification thereof by a proclamation of the Secretary of State on February 13, 1963. ARTICLE 14 GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 257. Commencement of political year. SECTION 258. Credit of state. SECTION 259. Removal of county seat. SECTION 260. Formation of new county; changing judicial districts. SECTION 261. Expenses of criminal prosecutions; fines, forfeitures and costs. SECTION 262. Asylums for the aged or infirm. SECTION 263. Repealed. SECTION 264. Qualifications of grand and petit jurors. SECTION 265. Denial of Supreme Being disqualification
to hold office. SECTION 267. Devotion of time to office. SECTION 268. Oath of office. SECTION 270. Repealed. SECTION 271. Consolidation of counties. SECTION 272. Repealed. SECTION 272-A. Retirement systems. SECTION 257. The political year of the state of Mississippi shall commence on the first Monday of January in each year. SOURCES: 1869 art IV �6, and art XII �1. SECTION 258. SOURCES: 1832 art VII �9; 1869 art XII �5 and amendment 1. SECTION 259. SECTION 260. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �19; 1832 art VII �17; 1869 art IV �37. SECTION 261. SOURCES: Laws 1966, ch. 732, effective June 20, 1966. NOTE: The 1966 amendment to Section 261 was proposed by Laws 1966, ch. 732, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 115, adopted at the regular session of the 1966 Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on June 7, 1966, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on June 20, 1966. SECTION 262. SOURCES: 1869 art XII �29. SECTION 263. Repealed. The repeal of Section 263 was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 672, House Concurrent Resolution No. 13, and upon
ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. SECTION 264. SOURCES: Laws 1960, ch. 502; Laws 1972, ch. 538, effective November 22, 1972. NOTE: The 1960 amendment to Section 264 was proposed by Laws 1960, ch. 502, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1960, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 23, 1960. The 1972 amendment to Section 264 was proposed by Laws 1972, ch. 538, House Concurrent Resolution No. 4 of the 1972 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification of the electorate was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 22, 1972. SECTION 265. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �6; 1832 art VII �5; 1869 art XII �3. SECTION 266. SOURCES: 1817 art III �27 and art VI �15; 1832 art VII �13; 1869 art XII �3. SECTION 267. SECTION 268. SOURCES: 1817 art VI �1; 1832 art VII �1; 1869 art XII �26. SECTION 269. Repealed. "SECTION 269. Every devise or bequest of lands, tenemants, or hereditaments, or any interest therein, of freehold or less than freehold, either present or future, vested or contingent, or of any money directed to be raised by the sale therof, contained in any last will and testament, or codicil, or other testamentary writing, in favor of any religious or ecclesiastical corporation, sole or aggregate, or any religious or ecclesiastical society, or to any religious denomination or association or persons, or to any person or body politic, in trust, either express or implied, secret or resulting, either for the use and benefit of such religious corporation, society, denomination, or association, or for the purpose of being given or appropriated to charitable uses or purposes, shall be null and void, and the heir at law shall take the same property so devised or bequeathed, as though no testamentary disposition had been made." The repeal of Section 269 was proposed by a concurrent resolution passed at
the 1938 Extraordinary Session of the Legislature, and upon ratification of the proposal by the electorate on November 7, 1939, the repeal became effective by virtue of Laws 1940, ch 325. SECTION 270. Repealed. "SECTION 270. Any person may, by will, bequeath or devise all or any portion of his estate to any charitable, religious, educational or civil institutions, subject to any statutory rights of surviving spouses and minor children and such other exceptions as may be prescribed by general law; provided that, in all cases, the will containing such bequest or devise must be executed at least one hundred and eighty (180) days before the death of the testator, or such bequest or devise shall be void. Provided, however, that any land devised, not in violation of this section, to any charitable, religious, educational, or civil institution may be legally owned, and further may be held by the devisee for a period of not longer than ten (10) years after such devise becomes effective as a fee simple or possessory interest, during which time such land and improvements thereon shall be taxed as any other land held by any other person, unless exempted by some specific statute." The 1987 amendment was proposed by Laws 1987, ch. 670, House Concurrent Resolution No. 7, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987. The repeal of Section 270 was proposed by Laws 1992, ch. 614, House Concurrent Resolution No. 86, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1992, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992. SECTION 271. SOURCES: Laws 1966, ch. 691, effective November 23, 1966. NOTE: The 1966 amendment to Section 271, which vests the Legislature with exclusive authority to consolidate existing counties, was proposed by House Concurrent Resolution No. 36, adopted at the 1966 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 8, 1966, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 23, 1966. SECTION
272. Repealed. The repeal of Section 272 was proposed by Laws 1990, ch. 691, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 519, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 6, 1990, was deleted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 19, 1990. SECTION 272-A. (2) Legislation shall not be enacted increasing benefits under the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi and the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System in any manner unless funds are available therefor, or unless concurrent provisions are made for funding any such increase in accordance with a prior certification of the cost by the board of trustees of the systems based on accepted actuarial standards. SOURCES: Laws 1985, ch. 618, effective November 20, 1986. NOTE: The insertion of Section 272-A was proposed by Laws 1985, ch. 618, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 518, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 4, 1986, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 20, 1986. ARTICLE 15 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION Beginning Section IN GENERAL 273 ADDITIONAL SECTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MISSISSIPPI NOT BEING AMENDMENTS OF PREVIOUS SECTIONS 286 IN GENERAL SECTION 273. Amendment process. SECTION 274. Laws to remain in force. SECTION 275. Repeal of laws repugnant to Constitution. SECTION 276. Laws repugnant to franchise and election provisions. SECTION 277. Laws repugnant to apportionment provisions. SECTION 278. Appointment of persons to draft laws. SECTION 279. Continuation of writs, actions and causes of actions. SECTION 280. Jurisdiction of courts in preexisting actions. SECTION 281. Accrual of fines, penalties and forfeitures. SECTION 282. Preexisting bonds remain binding. SECTION 283. Crimes and misdemeanors. SECTION 284. Continuation in office. SECTION 285. Abrogated or repealed laws not revived. SECTION 273. (2) Whenever two-thirds (2/3) of each house of the Legislature, which
two-thirds (2/3) shall consist of not less than a majority of the members elected to each house, shall deem any change, alteration or amendment necessary to this Constitution, such proposed amendment, change or alteration shall be read and passed by two-thirds (2/3) vote of each house, as herein provided; public notice shall then be given by the Secretary of State at least thirty (30) days preceding an election, at which the qualified electors shall vote directly for or against such change,
alteration or amendment, and if more than one (1) amendment shall be submitted at one (1) time, they shall be submitted in such manner and form that the people may vote for or against each amendment separately; and, notwithstanding the division of the Constitution into sections, the Legislature may provide in its resolution for one or more amendments pertaining and relating to the same subject or subject matter, and may provide for one or more amendments to an article of the Constitution
pertaining and relating to the same subject or subject matter, which may be included in and voted on as one (1) amendment; and if it shall appear that a majority of the qualified electors voting directly for or against the same shall have voted for the proposed change, alteration or amendment, then it shall be inserted as a part of the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State certifying that it received the majority vote required by the Constitution; and the resolution may fix the
date and direct the calling of elections for the purposes hereof. (3) The people reserve unto themselves the power to propose and enact constitutional amendments by initiative An initiative to amend the Constitution may be proposed by a petition signed over a twelve-month period by qualified electors equal in number to at least twelve percent (12%) of the votes for all candidates for Governor in the last gubernatorial election. The signatures of the qualified electors from any
congressional district shall not exceed one-fifth (1/5) of the total number of signatures required to qualify an initiative petition for placement upon the ballot. If an initiative petition contains signatures from a single congressional district which exceed one-fifth (1/5) of the total number of required signatures, the excess number of signatures from that congressional district shall not be considered by the Secretary of State in determining whether the petition qualifies for placement on
the ballot. (4) The sponsor of an initiative shall identify in the text of the initiative the amount and source of revenue required to implement the initiative. If the initiative requires a reduction in any source of government revenue, or a reallocation of funding from currently funded programs, the sponsor shall identify in the text of the initiative the program or programs whose funding must be reduced or eliminated to implement the initiative. Compliance with this requirement
shall not be a violation of the subject matter requirements of this section of the Constitution. (5) The initiative process shall not be used: (a) For the proposal, modification or repeal of any portion of the Bill of Rights of this Constitution; (b) To amend or repeal any law or any provision of the Constitution relating to the Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System; (c) To amend or repeal the constitutional guarantee that the right of any
person to work shall not be denied or abridged on account of membership or nonmembership in any labor union or organization; or (d) To modify the initiative process for proposing amendments to this Constitution. (6) The Secretary of State shall file with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate the complete text of the certified initiative on the first day of the regular session. A constitutional initiative may be adopted by a majority vote of each house of
the Legislature. If the initiative is adopted, amended or rejected by the Legislature; or if no action is taken within four (4) months of the date that the initiative is filed with the Legislature, the Secretary of State shall place the initiative on the ballot for the next statewide general election. The chief legislative budget officer shall prepare a fiscal analysis of each initiative and each legislative alternative. A summary of each fiscal analysis shall appear on the ballot.
(7) If the Legislature amends an initiative, the amended version and the original initiative shall be submitted to the electors. An initiative or legislative alternative must receive a majority of the votes thereon and not less than forty percent (40%) of the total votes cast at the election at which the measure was submitted to be approved. If conflicting initiatives or legislative alternatives are approved at the same election, the initiative or legislative alternative receiving the
highest number of affirmative votes shall prevail. (8) If an initiative measure proposed to the Legislature has been rejected by the Legislature and an alternative measure is passed by the Legislature in lieu thereof, the ballot titles of both such measures shall be so printed on the official ballots that a voter can express separately two (2) preferences: First, by voting for the approval of either measure or against both measures, and, secondly, by voting for one measure or the other measure. If the majority of those voting on the first issue is against both measures, then both measures fail, but in that case the votes on the second issue nevertheless shall be carefully counted and made public. If a majority voting on the first issue is for the approval of either measure, then the measure receiving a majority of the votes on the second issue and also receiving not less than forty percent (40%) of the total votes cast at the election at which the measure was submitted for approval shall be law. Any person who votes for the ratification of either measure on the first issue must vote for one (l) of the measures on the second issue in order for the ballot to be valid. Any person who votes against both measures on the first issue may vote but shall not be required to vote for any of the measures on the second issue in order for the ballot.to be valid. Substantially the following form shall be a compliance with this subsection: INITIATED BY PETITION AND ALTERNATIVE BY LEGISLATURE Initiative Measure No.____, entitled (here insert the ballot title of the Alternative Measure No.____A, entitled (here insert the ballot title of the alternative measure). VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF EITHER, OR AGAINST BOTH: FOR APPROVAL OF EITHER Initiative No.____ OR Alternative No.____A ( ) AND Alternative No. ____A ( ) AND VOTE FOR ONE FOR
Initiative Measure No. ____ ( ) (9) No more than five (5) initiative proposals shall be submitted to the voters on a single ballot, and the first five (5) initiative proposals submitted to the Secretary of State with sufficient petitions shall be the proposals which are submitted to the voters. The sufficiency of petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the Secretary of State, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the state,
which shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all such cases. (10) An initiative approved by the electors shall take effect thirty (30) days from the date of the official declaration of the vote by the Secretary of State, unless the measure provides otherwise. (11) If any amendment to the Constitution proposed by initiative petition is rejected by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon, no initiative petition proposing the same, or substantially the
same, amendment shall be submitted to the electors for at least two (2) years after the date of the election on such amendment. (12) The Legislature shall provide by law the manner in which initiative petitions shall be circulated, presented and certified. (13) The Legislature may enact laws to carry out the provisions of this section but shall in no way restrict or impair the provisions of this section or the powers herein reserved to the people. SOURCES: 1817 art "Mode of Revising," etc. �1; 1832 art "Mode of Revising," etc. �1; 1869 art 13; Laws 1912, ch. 416; Laws 1959, ch. 78, Extraordinary Session; Laws 1989, ch. 702; Laws 1992, ch. 715, effective December 8, 1992. NOTE: The 1958 amendment to Section 273 was proposed by Laws 1958, ch. 629 for submission to the electors of the state in an election held on August 26, 1958, and upon ratification by the electorate at said election, was inserted by Laws 1959, ch. 78, Extraordinary Session. The 1989 amendment to Section 273 was proposed by Laws 1989, ch. 702, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 513. The electorate, however, rejected the proposed amendment on June 20, 1989. The 1992 amendment of Section 273 was proposed by Laws 1992, ch. 715, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 516, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1992, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992. Laws 1998, ch. 619, House Concurrent Resolution No. 61, provides in pertinent part: "BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the following amendment to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 is proposed to the qualified electors of the state: Amend Section 273, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, to read as follows:" "SECTION 273. (1) Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed by the Legislature or by initiative of the people. (a) For the proposal, modification or repeal of any portion of the Bill of Rights of this Constitution; (b) To amend or repeal any law or any provision of the Constitution relating to the Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System; (c) To amend or repeal the constitutional guarantee that the right of any person to work
shall not be denied or abridged on account of membership or nonmembership in any labor union or organization; or (d) To modify the initiative process for proposing amendments to this Constitution. (6) The Secretary of State shall file with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate the complete text of the certified initiative on the first day of the regular session. A constitutional initiative may be adopted by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature. If the initiative is adopted, amended or rejected by the Legislature; or if no action is taken within four (4) months of the date that the initiative is filed with the Legislature, the Secretary of State shall place the initiative on the ballot for the next statewide general election. The chief legislative budget officer shall prepare a fiscal analysis of each initiative and each legislative alternative. A summary of each fiscal analysis shall appear on the ballot. (7) If the Legislature amends an initiative, the amended version and the original initiative shall be submitted to the electors. An initiative or legislative alternative must receive a majority of the votes thereon and not less than forty percent (40%) of the total votes cast at the election at which the measure was submitted to be approved. If conflicting initiatives or legislative alternatives are approved at the same election, the initiative or legislative alternative receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall prevail. (8) If an initiative measure proposed to the Legislature has been rejected by the Legislature and an alternative measure is passed by the Legislature in lieu thereof, the ballot titles of both such measures shall be so printed on the official ballots that a voter can express separately two (2) preferences: First, by voting for the approval of either measure or against both measures, and, secondly, by voting for one measure or the other measure. If the majority of those voting on the first issue is against both measures, then both measures fail, but in that case the votes on the second issue nevertheless shall be carefully counted and made public. If a majority voting on the first issue is for the approval of either measure, then the measure receiving a majority of the votes on the second issue and also receiving not less than forty percent (40%) of the total votes cast at the election at which the measure was submitted for approval shall be law. Any person who votes for the ratification of either measure on the first issue must vote for one (l) of the measures on the second issue in order for the ballot to be valid. Any person who votes against both measures on the first issue may vote but shall not be required to vote for any of the measures on the second issue in order for the ballot.to be valid. Substantially the following form shall be a compliance with this subsection: INITIATED BY PETITION AND ALTERNATIVE BY LEGISLATURE Initiative Measure No.____, entitled (here insert the ballot title of the initiative measure). Alternative Measure No.____A, entitled (here insert the ballot title of the alternative measure). VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF EITHER, OR AGAINST BOTH: FOR APPROVAL OF EITHER Initiative No.____ OR Alternative No.____A ( ) AND Alternative No. ____A ( ) AND VOTE FOR ONE FOR Initiative Measure No.
____ ( ) (9) No more than five (5) initiative proposals shall be submitted to the voters on a single ballot, and the first five (5) initiative proposals submitted to the Secretary of State with sufficient petitions shall be the proposals which are submitted to the voters. The sufficiency of petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the Secretary of State, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the state, which shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all such cases. (10) An initiative approved by the electors shall take effect thirty (30) days from the date of the official declaration of the vote by the Secretary of State, unless the measure provides otherwise. (11) If any amendment to the Constitution proposed by initiative petition is rejected by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon, no initiative petition proposing the same, or substantially the same, amendment shall be submitted to the electors for at least two (2) years after the date of the election on such amendment. (12) The Legislature shall provide by law the manner in which initiative petitions shall be circulated, presented and certified. To prevent signature fraud and to maintain the integrity of the initiative process the state has a compelling interest in insuring that no person shall circulate an initiative petition or obtain signatures on an initiative petition unless the person is a resident of this state at the time of circulation. For the purposes of this subsection the term "resident" means a person who is domiciled in Mississippi as evidenced by an intent to maintain a principal dwelling place in Mississippi indefinitely and to return to Mississippi if temporarily absent, coupled with an act or acts consistent with that intent. Every person who circulates an initiative petition shall print and sign his name on each page of an initiative petition, or on a separate page attached to each, certifying that he was a resident of this state at the time of circulating the petition. The Secretary of State shall refuse to accept for filing any page of an initiative petition upon which the signatures appearing thereon were obtained by a person who was not a resident of this state at the time of circulatin the petition, and an initiative measure shall not be placed on the ballot if the Secretary of State determines that without such signatures the petition clearly bears an insufficient number of signatures. The provisions of this subsection (12) shall be applicable to all initiative measures that have not been placed on the ballot at the time this proposed amendment is ratified by the electorate. (13) The Legislature may enact laws to carry out the provisions of this section but shall in no way restrict or impair the provisions of this section or the powers herein reserved to the people. "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 1998, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law." "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows: "This proposed constitutional amendment provides that only a person who is a resident of this state may circulate an initiative petition or obtain signatures on an initiative petition for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Mississippi Constitution." "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this resolution, immediately upon adoption by the Legislature, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended." SOURCES:
Laws 1998, ch. 619, House Concurrent Resolution No. 61, effective November 30, 1998. Schedule That no inconvenience may arise from the changes in the Constitution of this state, in order to carry the new Constitution into complete operation, it is hereby declared that ---- SECTION 274. SECTION 275. (a) All the
ordinances of this convention; (b) The provisions of Section 183, prohibiting counties, cities, and towns from voting subscriptions to railroad and other corporations or associations; (c) The provisions of Sections 223 to 226, inclusive, of Article 10, prohibiting the leasing of penitentiary convicts. SECTION 276. SECTION 277. SECTION 278. SECTION 279. SECTION 280. SECTION 281. SECTION 282. SECTION 283. SECTION 284. SECTION 285. This Constitution, adopted by the people of Mississippi
in convention assembled, shall be in force and effect from and after this, the first day of November, A.D. 1890. S. S. CALHOON, R. F. ABBAY, Delegate from Tunica county. J. L. ALCORN, Delegate from Coahoma county. R. H. ALLEN, Delegate from Tishomingo county. D. B. ARNOLD, Delegate from Panola county. ARTHUR ABBINGTON, Delegate from Jones county. JNO. A. BAILEY, Delegate
from Lauderdale county. JNO. R. BAIRD, Delegate from Sunflower county. W. L. BASSETT, Delegate from Neshoba county. D. R. BARNETT, Delegate from Yazoo county. T. P. BELL, Delegate from Kemper county. J. R. BINFORD, Delegate from Montgomery county. H. I. BIRD, Delegate from Lawrence county. JOHN A. BLAIR, Delegate from state at large. B. B. BOONE, Delegate from Prentiss county. J. B. BOOTHE,
Delegate from state at large. W. A. BOYD, Delegate from Tippah county. D. BUNCH, Delegate from Yazoo county. R. B. CAMPBELL, Delegate from Washington county. J. P. CARTER, Delegate from Perry county. J. B. CHRISMAN, Delegate from Lincoln county. C. S. COFFEY, Delegate from Jefferson county. J. W. CUTRER, Delegate from Coahoma county. MARYE DABNEY, Delegate from Warren county. R. A. DEAN, Delegate
from Lafayette county. WALTER M. DENNY, Delegate from Jackson county. GEO. G. DILLARD, Delegate from Noxubee county. GEO. L. DONALD, Delegate from Clarke county. G. W. DYER, Delegate from Panola county. J. W. EDWARDS, Delegate from Oktibbeha county. A. J. ERVIN, Delegate from Lowndes county. W. S. ESKRIDGE, Delegate from Tallahatchie county. W. S. FARISH, Delegate from Issaquena county. D. S.
FEARING, Delegate from Hinds county. W. S. FEATHERSTON, Delegate from Marshall county. J. E. FERGUSON, Delegate from Newton county. JNO. W. FEWELL, Delegate from state at large. GEO. J. FINLEY, Delegate from Marshall county. J. D. FONTAINE, Delegate from Pontotoc county. T. S. FORD, Delegate from state at large. J. Z. GEORGE, Delegate from state at large. F. M. GLASS, Delegate from Attala county. A.
B. GUYNES, Delegate from Copiah county. D. T. GUYTON, Delegate from Attala county. F. M. HAMBLET, Delegate from Quitman county. J. G. HAMILTON, Delegate from Yazoo and Holmes counties. T. L. HANNAH, Delegate from Choctaw county. W. P. HARRIS, Delegate from Hinds county. T. T. HART, Delegate from Hinds county. N. C. HATHORN, Delegate from Covington county. JOHN HENDERSON, Delegate from Clay county. ELLIOT
HENDERSON, Delegate from Harrison county. PATRICK HENRY, Delegate from state at large. C. K. HOLLAND, Delegate from Calhoun county. H. S. HOOKER, Delegate from Holmes county. R. G. HUDSON, Delegate from state at large. THOS. D. ISOM, Delegate from Lafayette county. J. H. JAMISON, Delegate from Noxubee county. D. S. JOHNSON, Delegate from Chickasaw county. JAMES HENRY JONES, Delegate from state at large. WALTER L. KEIRN, Delegate from Holmes county. JAMES KENNEDY, Delegate from Clay county. J. KITTRELL, Delegate from Greene county. W. J. LACEY, Delegate from Chickasaw county. ROBERT CHARLES LEE, Delegate from Madison county. S. D. LEE, Delegate from Oktibbeha county. T. P. LEE, Delegate from Yazoo county. GEO. H. LESTER, Delegate from Yalobusha county. W. F. LOVE, Delegate from Amite county. L. W. MAGRUDER, Delegate from state at large. E. J. MARETT, Delegate from Marshall county. C. B. MARTIN, Delegate from Alcorn and Prentiss counties. EDWARD MAYES, Delegate from state at large. MONROE McCLURG, Delegate from Carroll county. WILL T. McDONALD, Delegate from Benton county. T. J. McDONELL, Delegate from Monroe county. J. H. McGEHEE, Delegate from Franklin county. G. T. McGEHEE, Delegate from
Wilkinson county. F. A. McLAIN, Delegate from Amite and Pike counties. WM. C. McLEAN, Delegate from Grenada county. A. G. McLAURIN, Delegate from Smith county. A. J. McLAURIN, Delegate from Rankin county. H. J. McLAURIN, Delegate from Sharkey county. J. S. McNEILLY, Delegate from state at large. GEO. P. MELCHOIR, Delegate from Bolivar county. T. L. MENDENHALL, Delegate from Simpson county. IRVIN
MILLER, Delegate from Leake county. ISAIAH T. MONTGOMERY, Delegate from Bolivar county. W. H. MORGAN, Delegate from Leflore county. J. L. MORRIS, Delegate from Wayne county. H. L. MULDROW, Delegate from state at large. J. R. MURFF, Delegate from Monroe county. T. V. NOLAND, Delegate from Wilkinson county. J. W. ODOM, Delegate from DeSoto county. S. E. PACKWOOD, Delegate from Pike county. J. K. P.
PALMER, Delegate from Scott county. ROBT. C. PATTY, Delegate from Noxubee county. A. J. PAXTON, Delegate from Washington county. C. O. POTTER, Delegate from Union county. SAM POWELL, Delegate from DeSoto county. J. R. PURYEAR, Delegate from Tate county. JNO. H. REAGAN, Delegate from Leake and Newton counties. CHAS. K. REGAN, Delegate from Claiborne county. L. P. REYNOLDS, Delegate from Alcorn county. L. J. RHODES, Delegate from Lee county. W. C. RICHARDS, Delegate from Lowndes county. S. W. ROBINSON, Delegate from Rankin county. J. P. ROBINSON, Delegate from Union county. J. J. ROTTENBERRY, Delegate from Yalobusha county. J. S. SEXTON, Delegate from state at large. JNO. M. SIMONTON, Delegate from Lee county. H. F. SIMRALL, Delegate from Warren county. JNO. F. SMITH, Delegate from Jasper county. MURRAY F. SMITH, Delegate from Warren county. W. F. SPENCE, Delegate from Hancock county. H. M. STREET, Delegate from Lauderdale county. T. W. SULLIVAN, Delegate from Carroll county. E. O. SYKES, Delegate from Monroe county. ALLEN TALBOTT, Delegate from Benton and Tippah counties. R. H. TAYLOR, Delegate from Panola county. R. H. THOMPSON, Delegate from Lincoln and Jefferson counties. STEVE H. TURNER,
Delegate from Itawamba county. T. S. WARD, Delegate from Madison county. O. C. WATSON, Delegate from Winston county. W. C. WILKINSON, Delegate from Copiah county. FRANK K. WINCHESTER, Delegate from Adams county. WM. D. WITHERSPOON, Delegate from Lauderdale, Kemper, and Clarke counties. W. P. WYATT, Delegate from Tate county. WM. G. YERGER, Delegate from Washington county. Attest: R. E. Wilson, Secretary. Delegates Who Refused to Sign the Constitution - Gen. William T. Martin, of Adams; Frank Burkett, of Chickasaw; and John E. Gore, of Webster. Delegate Absent and Not Signing - A. G. Webb of Marion. Delegate Who Died During the Convention - N. D. Guerry, of Lowndes. Total, 134. ADDITIONAL SECTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MISSISSIPPI NOT BEING AMENDMENTS OF PREVIOUS SECTIONS SECTION 286, 287. Renumbered. These sections of the Constitution as heretofore published are numbered herein 145A, and 149A, respectively. NOTE - These sections of the Constitution as heretofore published are numbered herein 145-A and 149-A, respectively. What did the Constitution of 1869?With a specificity not present in previous constitutions, the Constitution of 1869 required the legislature to divide the state into school districts and provide for the creation of school boards that could legislate, a provision allowing the boards to raises taxes to provide for the construction and operation of the ...
What did the Constitution of 1869 created in Texas?Texas's new constitution, ratified by voters in November 1869, gave support to public education and granted suffrage to adult male African Americans.
What was the outcome of the constitutional convention of 1868 to 1869?Under auspices of the Congressional Reconstruction Acts of 1867, a constitutional convention met in 1868 and 1869 but was unable to successfully draft a constitution. Under the orders of the federal military officers, the work of the convention was edited and published as the Constitution of 1869.
How did the 1875 constitution change the Legislature?The constitution also reduced the governor's powers, which Davis had recently increased; established a ceiling on the state debt; declared that the Legislature would meet biennially instead of every year; and provided for the election of district and supreme court judges as well as the reduction of terms of some state ...
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