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Ms. Const. art. 4, § 100 — Article 4 / Section 100
MS Const., Article 4, Section 100
Status: in_force

. No obligation or liability of any person, association, or incorporation held or owned by this State, or levee board, or any county, city, or town thereof, shall ever be remitted, released or postponed, or in any way diminished by the legislature, nor shall such liability or obligation be extinquished except by payment thereof into the proper treasury; nor shall such liability, or obligation be exchanged or transferred except upon payment of its face value; but this shall not be construed to prevent the legislature from providing by general law for the compromise of doubtful claims.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 17 — Article 15 / Section 17
MS Const., Article 15, Section 17
Status: in_force

. Any commissioner of election, or any other officer or person acting as such or performing election duty, who shall wilfully or knowingly refuse or fail to perform the duties herein required of him, or who shall violate any provision of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 13 — Article 15 / Section 13
MS Const., Article 15, Section 13
Status: in_force

. No person shall take or remove any ballot from a polling place before the close of the polls. If any voter spoils a ballot he may obtain others, one at a time, not exceeding three in all, upon returning each spoiled one.
Ms. Const. art. 7, § 199 — Article 7 / Section 199
MS Const., Article 7, Section 199
Status: in_force

. The term corporation used in this article shall include all associations and all joint stock companies for pecuniary gain, having privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships.
Ms. Const. art. 11, § 238 — Article 11 / Section 238
MS Const., Article 11, Section 238
Status: in_force

. No property situated between the levee and the Mississippi river shall be taxed for levee purposes, nor shall damage be paid to any owner of land so situated because of it being left outside a levee.
Ms. Const. art. 5, § 136 — Article 5 / Section 136
MS Const., Article 5, Section 136
Status: in_force

. All officers named in this article shall hold their offices during the term for which they were selected, unless removed, and until their successors shall be duly qualified to enter on the discharge of their respective duties.
Ms. Const. art. 10, § 224 — Article 10 / Section 224
MS Const., Article 10, Section 224
Status: in_force

. The legislature may authorize the employment under State supervision, and the proper officers and employees of the State, of convicts on public roads or other public works, or by any levee board on any public levees, under such provisions and restrictions as it may from time to time see proper to impose; but said convicts shall not be let or hired to any contractor under said board, nor shall the working of convicts on public roads, or public works, or by any levee board ever interfere with the preparation for or the cultivation of any crop which it may be intended shall be cultivated by the said convicts, nor interfere with the good management of the State farm, nor put the State to any expense.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 282 — Article 15 / Section 282
MS Const., Article 15, Section 282
Status: in_force

. All recognizances, bonds, obligations, and all other instruments entered into, or executed, before the adoption of this constitution to the State of Mississippi, or to any State, county, public or municipal officer or body, shall remain binding and valid, and the rights and liabilities upon the same shall be continued and may be prosecuted as provided by law.
Ms. Const. art. 12, § 244 — Article 12 / Section 244
MS Const., Article 12, Section 244
Status: in_force

. On and after the first day of January, A. D., 1892, every elector shall, in addition to the foregoing qualifications, be able to read any section of the constitution of this State; or he shall be able to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. A new registration shall be made before the next ensuing election after January the first, A. D., 1892.
Ms. Const. art. 3, § 11 — Article 3 / Section 11
MS Const., Article 3, Section 11
Status: in_force

. The right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government on any subject shall never be impaired.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 274 — Article 15 / Section 274
MS Const., Article 15, Section 274
Status: in_force

. The laws of this State now in force, not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until amended or repealed by the legislature or until they expire by limitation. All statute laws of this State repugnant to the provisions of this constitution, except as provided in the next three sections, shall continue and remain in force until the first day of April, A. D., 1892, unless sooner repealed by the legislature.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 39 — Article 4 / Section 39
MS Const., Article 4, Section 39
Status: in_force

. The senate shall choose a president pro tempore to act in the absence or disability of its presiding officer. QUALIFICATIONS AND PRIVILEGES OF LEGISLATORS.
Ms. Const. art. 8, § 209 — Article 8 / Section 209
MS Const., Article 8, Section 209
Status: in_force

. It shall be the duty of the legislature to provide by law for the support of institutions for the education of the deaf, dumb, and blind
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 93 — Article 4 / Section 93
MS Const., Article 4, Section 93
Status: in_force

. The legislature shall not retire any officer on pay, or part pay, or make any grant to such retiring officer.
Ms. Const. art. 11, § 229 — Article 11 / Section 229
MS Const., Article 11, Section 229
Status: in_force

. There shall be a board of levee commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, which shall consist of two members from each of the counties of Coahoma and Tunica, and one member from each of the remaining counties or parts of counties, now or hereafter embraced within the limits of said district, and the governor may appoint a stockholder in the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas ​ Railway Company as an additional commissioner; 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 and Sharkey. In the event of the formation of a new county or counties out of territory embraced in either or both of said levee districts such new counties shall each be entitled to representation and membership in the proper board or boards.
Ms. Const. art. 5, § 124 — Article 5 / Section 124
MS Const., Article 5, Section 124
Status: in_force

. In all criminal and penal cases, excepting those of treason and impeachment, the governor shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons, to remit fines, and in cases of forfeiture, to stay the collection, until the end of the next session of the legislature, and by and with the consent of the senate to remit forfeitures. In cases of treason, he shall have power to grant reprieves, by and with the consent of the senate, but may respite the sentence until the end of the next session of the legislature; but no pardon shall be granted ​ before conviction, and in cases of felony after conviction no pardon shall be granted until the applicant therefor shall have published for thirty days, in some newspaper in the county where the crime was committed, and in case there be no newspaper published in said county, then in an adjoining county, his petition for pardon, setting forth therein the reasons why such pardon should be granted.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 85 — Article 4 / Section 85
MS Const., Article 4, Section 85
Status: in_force

. The legislature shall provide by general law for the working of public roads by contract or by county prisoners, or both. Such law may be put in operation only by a vote of the board of supervisors in those counties where it may be desirable.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 14 — Article 15 / Section 14
MS Const., Article 15, Section 14
Status: in_force

. Any voter who declares to the person or persons having the official ballots that by reason of blindness or other physical disability he is unable to mark his ballot, shall upon request secure the assistance of said person or one of the election inspectors in the marking thereof, and such person or officer shall certify on the outside of said ballot that it was ​ marked with his assistance and shall not otherwise give information in regard to the same.
Ms. Const. art. 7, § 185 — Article 7 / Section 185
MS Const., Article 7, Section 185
Status: in_force

. The rolling stock, belonging to any railroad ​ company or corporation in this State, shall be considered personal property and shall be liable to execution and sale as such.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 2 — Article 15 / Section 2
MS Const., Article 15, Section 2
Status: in_force

. That the board of supervisors of Pearl River county is authorized, in its discretion, to have made an assesment of the lands of said county during the year 1891 in the same manner in all respects as is provided by law for a general assessment of lands; which assessment when so made, and approved by the board of supervisors, shall have the same force and effect as though made at the time fixed by law for the assessment of lands. Adopted by the Convention November 1, 1890. S. S. CALHOON, President . Attest: R. E. Wilson , Secretary. EXEMPTION ORDINANCE. Be it ordained by the people of Mississippi in Convention assembled—
Ms. Const. art. 14, § 260 — Article 14 / Section 260
MS Const., Article 14, Section 260
Status: in_force

. No new county shall be formed unless a majority of the qualified electors voting in each part of the county or counties proposed to be dismembered and embraced in the new county, shall separately vote therefor; nor shall the boundary of any judicial district in a county be changed unless at an election held for that purpose, two-thirds of those voting assent thereto. The elections provided for in ​ this and the section next preceding shall not be held in any county oftener than once in four years. No new county shall contain less than four hundred square miles; nor shall any existing county be reduced below that size.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 83 — Article 4 / Section 83
MS Const., Article 4, Section 83
Status: in_force

. The legislature shall enact laws to secure the safety of persons from fires in hotels, theatres and other public places of resort.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 74 — Article 4 / Section 74
MS Const., Article 4, Section 74
Status: in_force

. No bill shall become a law until it shall have been referred to a committee of each house and returned therefrom with a recommendation in writing.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 283 — Article 15 / Section 283
MS Const., Article 15, Section 283
Status: in_force

. All crimes and misdemeanors, and penal actions shall be tried, prosecuted and punished as though no change had taken place, until otherwise provided by law.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 89 — Article 4 / Section 89
MS Const., Article 4, Section 89
Status: in_force

. There shall be appointed in each house of the legislature a standing committee on local and private legislation; the house committee to consist of seven representatives, and the senate committee, of five senators. No local or private bill shall be passed by either house until it shall have been referred to said committee thereof, and shall have been reported back with a recommendation in writing that it do pass, stating affirmatively the reasons therefor, and why the end to be accomplished should not be reached by a general law, or by a proceeding in court; or if the recommendation of the committee be that the bill do not pass, then it shall not pass the house to which it is so reported unless it be voted for by a majority of all the members elected thereto. If a bill is passed in conformity to the requirements hereof, other than such as are prohibited in the next section, the courts shall not, because of its local, special or private nature, refuse to enforce it.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 111 — Article 4 / Section 111
MS Const., Article 4, Section 111
Status: in_force

. All lands comprising a single tract sold in pursuance of decree of court, or execution, shall be first offered in subdivisions not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, or one-quarter section, and then offered as an entirety, and the price bid for the latter shall control only when it shall exceed the aggregate of the bids for the same in subdivisions as aforesaid; but the chancery court, in cases before it, may decree otherwise if deemed advisable to do so.
Ms. Const. art. 5, § 129 — Article 5 / Section 129
MS Const., Article 5, Section 129
Status: in_force

. The lieutenant-governor shall, by virtue of his office, be president of the senate. In committee of the whole he may debate all questions, and when there is an equal division in the senate, or on a joint vote of both houses, he shall give the casting vote.
Ms. Const. art. 11, § 227 — Article 11 / Section 227
MS Const., Article 11, Section 227
Status: in_force

. A levee system shall be maintained in the State as provided in this article.
Ms. Const. art. 3, § 6 — Article 3 / Section 6
MS Const., Article 3, Section 6
Status: in_force

. The people of this State have the inherent, sole and exclusive right to regulate the internal government and police thereof, and to alter and abolish their constitution and form of government whenever they may deem it necessary to their safety and happiness; provided, such change be not repugnant to the constitution of the United States.
Ms. Const. art. 12, § 245 — Article 12 / Section 245
MS Const., Article 12, Section 245
Status: in_force

. Electors in municipal elections shall possess all the qualifications herein prescribed, and such additional qualifications as may be provided by law.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 72 — Article 4 / Section 72
MS Const., Article 4, Section 72
Status: in_force

. Every bill which shall pass both houses shall be presented to the governor of the State. If he approve, he shall sign it, but if he does not approve, he shall return it, with his objection, to the house in which it originated, which shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other house, by which, likewise, it shall be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall become a law; but in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for, and against the bill, shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor, within five days, (Sunday excepted), after it has been presented to him, it shall become a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature, by adjournment, prevent its return; in which case it shall be a law unless sent back within three days after the beginning of the next session of the legislature. No bill shall be approved when the legislature is not in session.
Ms. Const. art. 14, § 268 — Article 14 / Section 268
MS Const., Article 14, Section 268
Status: in_force

. All officers elected or appointed to any office in this State, except judges and members of the legislature, shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties thereof, take and subscribe the following oath: “I ———————— , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of Mississippi, and obey the laws thereof; that I am not disqualified from holding the ​ office of —————————— ; that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
Ms. Const. art. 5, § 125 — Article 5 / Section 125
MS Const., Article 5, Section 125
Status: in_force

. The governor shall have the power, and it is hereby made his duty, to suspend alleged defaulting State and county treasurers, and defaulting tax collectors, pending the investigation of their respective accounts, and to make temporary appointments of proper persons to fill the offices while such investigations are being made, and the legislature shall provide for the enforcement of this provision by appropriate legislation.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 69 — Article 4 / Section 69
MS Const., Article 4, Section 69
Status: in_force

. General appropriation bills shall contain only the appropriations to defray the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the government, to pay interest on State bonds, and to support the common schools. All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills, each embracing but one subject. Legislation shall not be engrafted on appropriation bills, but the same may prescribe the conditions on which the money may be drawn, and for what purposes paid.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 16 — Article 15 / Section 16
MS Const., Article 15, Section 16
Status: in_force

. Any voter who shall, except as herein provided, allow his ballot to be seen by any person, or who shall make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot, or who shall place any mark upon his ballot by which it may be afterwards identified as the one voted by him, or any person who shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when inside said inclosed space or when marking his ballot, or who shall endeavor to induce any voter before voting to show how he marks or has marked his ballot, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and the election officers shall cause any person so doing to be arrested and carried before the proper officer or tribunal for commitment and trial for such offense.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 62 — Article 4 / Section 62
MS Const., Article 4, Section 62
Status: in_force

. No amendment to bills by one house shall be concurred in by the other, except by a vote of a majority thereof, taken by yeas and nays and the names of those voting for and against recorded upon the journals; and reports of committees of conference shall in like manner be adopted in each house.
Ms. Const. art. 9, § 219 — Article 9 / Section 219
MS Const., Article 9, Section 219
Status: in_force

. The adjutant-general, and other staff officers to the commander-in-chief, shall be appointed by the governor, and their appointment shall expire with the governor's term of office, and the legislature shall provide by law a salary for the adjutant-general commensurate with the duties of said office.
Ms. Const. art. 3, § 7 — Article 3 / Section 7
MS Const., Article 3, Section 7
Status: in_force

. The right to withdraw from the Federal Union on account of any real or supposed grievance, shall never be assumed by this State, nor shall any law be passed in derogation of the paramount allegiance of the citizens of this State to the government of the United States.
Ms. Const. art. 14, § 270 — Article 14 / Section 270
MS Const., Article 14, Section 270
Status: in_force

. Every legacy, gift or bequest, of money or personal property, or of any interest, benefit or use therein, either direct, implied or otherwise, contained in any last will and testament or codocil , in favor of any religious or ecclesiastical corporation, sole or aggregate, or any religious or ecclesiastical society, or to any religious denomination or association, either for its own use or benefit, or for the purpose of being given or appropriated to charitable uses, shall be null and void, and the distributees shall take the same as though no such testamentary disposition had been made.
Ms. Const. art. 14, § 261 — Article 14 / Section 261
MS Const., Article 14, Section 261
Status: in_force

. The expenses of criminal prosecutions, except those before justices of the peace, shall be borne by the county in which such prosecutions shall be begun; and all net fines and forfeitures shall be paid into the treasury of such county. Defendants in cases of conviction may be taxed with the costs.
Ms. Const. art. 3, § 10 — Article 3 / Section 10
MS Const., Article 3, Section 10
Status: in_force

. Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against the same or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted ​ of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 49 — Article 4 / Section 49
MS Const., Article 4, Section 49
Status: in_force

. The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment; but two-thirds of all the members present must concur therein. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate, and, when sitting for that purpose, the senators shall be sworn to do justice according to law and the evidence.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 11 — Article 15 / Section 11
MS Const., Article 15, Section 11
Status: in_force

. The deputy commissioners having the official ballots shall remain at a place convenient to the tables, shelves and compartments, for the distribution of ballots. When requested by each of the voters, the deputy commissioners aforesaid shall hand him an official ballot.
Ms. Const. art. 15, § 279 — Article 15 / Section 279
MS Const., Article 15, Section 279
Status: in_force

. All writs, actions, causes of action, proceedings, prosecutions and rights of individuals and bodies corporate and of the State, and charters of incorporation, shall continue; and all indictments which shall have been found or which shall hereafter be found, and all prosecutions begun, or that may be begun, for any crime or offense committed before the adoption of this constitution may be proceeded with and upon as if no change had taken place.
Ms. Const. art. 6, § 157 — Article 6 / Section 157
MS Const., Article 6, Section 157
Status: in_force

. All causes that may be brought in the circuit court whereof the chancery court has exclusive jurisdiction shall be transferred to the chancery court.
Ms. Const. art. 5, § 133 — Article 5 / Section 133
MS Const., Article 5, Section 133
Status: in_force

. There shall be a secretary of state, who shall be elected as herein provided. He shall be at least twenty-five years ofage, a citizen of the State five years next preceding the day of his election, and he shall continue in office during the term of four years, and shall be keeper of the capitol; he shall keep a correct register of all official acts and proceedings of the governor; and shall, when required, lay the same, and all papers, minutes and vouchers relative thereto, before the legislature, and he shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by law. He shall receive such compensation as shall be prescribed.
Ms. Const. art. 14, § 265 — Article 14 / Section 265
MS Const., Article 14, Section 265
Status: in_force

. No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this State.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 54 — Article 4 / Section 54
MS Const., Article 4, Section 54
Status: in_force

. A majority of each house shall constitute a quo ​ rum to do business; but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each shall provide.
Ms. Const. art. 4, § 97 — Article 4 / Section 97
MS Const., Article 4, Section 97
Status: in_force

. The legislature shall have no power to revive any remedy which may have become barred by lapse of time, or by any statute of limitation of this State.
Ms. Const. art. 11, § 237 — Article 11 / Section 237
MS Const., Article 11, Section 237
Status: in_force

. The legislature shall have full power to provide such system of taxation for said levee districts as it shall from time to time deem wise and proper.