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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-07-22
ARTICLE XII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Section l. The political year of the State of
Mississippi shall commence on the first Mon
day of January in each year, and the general
election shall be holden on the first Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday in November
biennially.
Sec. 2. The Legislature shall pass laws to
exclude from office, and from suffrage, those
who shall hereafter be convicted of bribery,
perjury, forgery, or other hi gin crimes or mis-
demeanors; and every person shall be dis
qualified from holding any Office, or place of
honor profit or trust, under the authority Of
this State who shall be convicted of having
fion or appointment,
Sec 8. No person who denies the existence
Supreme Being shall hold any Office in this
State.
Sec. 4. The Legislature shall provide by law
for the indictment and trial of persons charged
with the commission of felony, in any county
other than that in which the offence was COM
mltted, whenever owing TO prejudice, or any
other cause impartial grand or petit jury
cannot be empannelledin the county in which
the offence was committed.
Sec. 5. The credit of the State shall not be
pledged or loaned in aid of any person,
ISOLATION, or corporation; shall the State,
hereafter, become a stakeholder in any corpora
ton association.
See. 8. The term of Office of all county,
township, and precinct officers, shall expire
within thirty days after this Constitution shall
have been ratified, and the Governor shall, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
Office shall continue until the Legislature shall
provide, by law, for an election of said officers;
Provided, The present ineumbents of all
county, township, district and beat Offices
shall hold their respective Offices until their
successors are legally appointed or elected,
and duly qualified.
Sec Z. III all cases, not otherwise provided
for in this Constitution, the Legislature may
determine the mode of filing all vacancies in
all Offices and shall define their respective
powers, and provide suitable compensation
for all officers
Sec. s. The Legislature, at its first session,
shall provide by law for the sale Of all delin-
quent tax lands The courts shall apply the
same liberal principles in favor of such titles
as in sale by execution
Sec. 8. No laws of general feature, unless
otherwise provided for, shall be enforced until
sixty days after the passage thereof.
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Legisla-
tnre 70 regulate by law, the Eases in which
deductions shall be made from salaries Of pub
lie officers for neglect of duty in their official
capacity, and the amount of said deduction
Sec. IL. The Legislature, at its first session
under this Constitution. shall have authority
to designate. by law, such loyal paper or pa
pers, in each Circuit Court District as shah
publishAil legal advertising, and such ofieial
printing as shall be required, By law, in such
Circuit Court District. and FIX the cOmpensa-
tion therefor
Sec. Il. No cooperate body shall. hereafter,
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OATH OF OFFICE.

i, --------------, 90 sOlemniV swear for
afirm) that l will faithfully support and true
allegiance bear the Constitution of the United
States, and the State of MiSsissippe and obey
the laws thereof; that / am not disqualified
from holding Office blythe Constitution of the
United States, the State of Mississippi !;
that have never as a member of any Con-
vention voted for or signed any ordinance of
secession; that have never as a member of
any State Legislature, voted for the call Of any
Convention that passed any such ordinance
that will faithfully discharge the duties of
the Office upon which am about to enter. So
help me God.
Sec. q. 1t shall be the duty of the Legisla-
ture to provide by law for the support of insti-
buttons for the Education of the Deaf Dumb
and Blind and also, for the treatment and
care of the Insane.
Sec. %. The Legislature shall provide Hous-
es of Refuge for the correction and reforma-
ton of Juvenile offenders.
Sec. %. The County Boards shall have power
TO provide farms an Asylum for those per-
sons, who by reason of age, infirmity or other
misfortune may have claims upon the sympa-
thy and aid of society.
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pofntment shah expire with the Governors
term Of Office
Sec 8 The militia shall be exempt FROM ar
rest during their attendance On mnsters, and
in going to and returning from the same, ex-
eept in case OF treason, felony or breach OF
the peace.
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ARTICLE x.
IxTrRrAL TMPRoTEnEsrs.

Section l. The Legislature Al its first regu-
lar session AFTER the adoption Of this Consutu-
ton shall provide for the organization Of a
Board Of Pnblic Works prescribe ITS duties,
AZ the compensation Of it's members, and all
ofheers employed upon public works IN the
State
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ARTICLE XIII.
oRDINAxcE AND ssuEDrLE.
NODE OF REVISING THE CONSTITUTION

Whenever two-thirds of each branch of the
Legislature shall deem any change, alteration,
or amendment necessary to this Constitution,
such proposed change, alteration or amend
ment shall be read and passed bya two-thirds
vote of each House respectively on each day
for three several days; public notice shall
then be given by the Secretary of State at
least three months preceding the next general
election, at which the qualified electors shall
vote directly for or against such change, al
teration, or amendment; and if more than
one amendment shall be submitted at one time,
they shall be submitted in such manner and
form that the people maysvote for or against
each amendment separately; and if it shall
appear that a majority of the qualified cleo
tors voting for members of the Legislature
shall have voted for the proposed change, al
teration, or ame ndment, then it shall be inser-
ted by the next succeeding Legislature as a
part of this Constitution, and not otherwise.
Provided, That no amendment which may
be made prior to the year one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-fve shall in any manner
affect the eighteenth section Of the Bill of
Rights.
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A fan, weighing two and half tons, and
making five hundred revolutions a minute
ventilates Farwell Hall, Chicago.
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SCHEDULE.

Section !. The Ordinance of Secession of
the State of Mississippi, passed January 9th.
1851. is hereby declared TO be null and void.
The present and all previous Constitutions of
the State of Mississippi, hereby declared
TO be repealed and annulled by this Consiitu-
ton.
Sec = All laws now in force in this State,
not enacted in furtherance of secession and
rebellion, and not rePugnant to this Constitu-
uon, shall continue in operation until they
expire by their own limitation, or be altered
or repealed by the Legislatures except the
hereinafter mentioned laws to-wit:
An act to change the name of the county of
Jones, and for other purposes" approved De-
cember I, A. D., 1855
An act to establish a ferry across the Mis-
sissipPi river, at Vicksburg, approved No
vember ., A. d. 1865.
An act TO provide for the removal and To-
cation. Of the seat of Justice of Scott county.
approved November g. A. D. 1865.
An act supplemental to an act entitled an
act 10 provide for the removal and location of
the seat of Justice of Scott county. approved
Nov November s, 1864, approved December /, A. D,
Sec J. The Legislature shall provide for the
removal OF causes now pending in the courts
q o.; lhls state TO courts created by or under
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Sec. a Immediately upon the adjournment
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Thomas Yates,
Successor to Jacob Riley)
On the LeVee, Rock Island.
Brass and Iron Work.
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AND
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LEVEE, NEAR FERRY LANDING.
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stock Of Brass and Iron Goods, such as SteAu
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Steam and Gas work promptly attended 10 Anc
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Gas attsrt supplied
he has screw cutting machine, which cuts
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ExrnAcrs PROM REVIEWS OF THIS WORK.

EXTRACrs PROM REVIEWS OF THIS WORK.
Gums on MAsHooD,-Itd doveIopes the fearful
shoals on which large proportion of human
happiness Is wrecked, and furnishes a chart by
which they may be avoided and escaped. For
tunate for country would it be did its youth
put into practice the PhilaDthropio and scientific
msKims here laid doWn-one cause Of mstrimo-
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land and the race Of the eneryate be succeeded
by renewal Of the hardy, vigorous spirits Of
the olden dme.-London Chronicle.
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The public school building at ChannAhon
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The new postmstrcss Of Pi,tsGeld, Pike
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II Gi.mor VINO gave his life for his couu,
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THE PEMBROKE LEGACY.

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