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§ 1
Preamble
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Preamble
§ 1
Powers of government
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1
§ 2
Encroachment of power
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1
§ 3
Repealed
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2
§ 4
Acquisition of territory; disputed boundaries
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2
§ 5
Government originating in the people
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3
§ 6
Regulation of government; right to alter
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3
§ 7
Secession prohibited
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3
§ 8
Citizens of state
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3
§ 9
Subordination of military to civil power
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3
§ 10
Treason
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3
§ 11
Peaceful assemblage; right to petition government
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3
§ 12
Right to bear arms
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3
§ 12A
Right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife
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3
§ 13
Freedom of speech and press; libel
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3
§ 14
Due process
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3
§ 15
Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited; punishment for crime
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3
§ 16
Ex post facto laws; impairment of contract
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3
§ 17
Taking property for public use; due compensation
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3
§ 17A
Taking private property by eminent
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3
§ 18
Freedom of religion
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3
§ 19
Repealed
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3
§ 20
Specific term of office
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3
§ 21
Writ of habeas corpus
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3
§ 22
Double jeopardy
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3
§ 23
Searches and seizures
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3
§ 24
Open courts; remedy for injury
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3
§ 25
Access to courts
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3
§ 26
Rights of accused; state grand jury proceedings
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3
§ 26A
Victims’ rights; construction of provisions; legislative authority
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3
§ 27
Proceeding by indictment or information
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3
§ 28
Cruel or unusual punishment prohibited
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3
§ 29
Excessive bail prohibited; revocation or denial of bail
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3
§ 30
Imprisonment for debt
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3
§ 31
Trial by jury
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3
§ 32
Construction of enumerated rights
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3
§ 33
Composition of Legislature
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4
§ 34
Composition of House of Representatives
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4
§ 35
Composition of Senate
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4
§ 36
Sessions
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4
§ 37
Elections for members
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4
§ 38
Election of officers by each house
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4
§ 39
President pro tempore of Senate
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4
§ 40
Oath of office
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4
§ 41
Qualifications of House of Representatives members
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4
§ 42
Qualifications of Senators
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4
§ 43
Person liable for public monies ineligible for office
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4
§ 44
Ineligibility for office of person convicted of certain crimes
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4
§ 45
Member eligibility for offices created during term of office
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4
§ 46
Salaries of members
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4
§ 47
Fees or rewards prohibited
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4
§ 48
Immunity of members from arrest for certain crimes
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4
§ 49
Power of impeachment
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4
§ 50
Impeachment grounds
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4
§ 51
Removal from office
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4
§ 52
Persons to preside in impeachment proceedings
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4
§ 53
Removal of judges for reasonable cause
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4
§ 54
Quorum
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4
§ 55
Determination of rules by each house
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4
§ 56
Style of laws
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4
§ 57
Adjournments; meeting place
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4
§ 58
Open door policy; disorderly behavior
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4
§ 59
Introduction and passage of bills
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4
§ 60
Amendment of bill; orders, votes and resolutions
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4
§ 61
Amendment or revival by reference to title prohibited
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4
§ 62
Voting on amendments; adoption of committee reports
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4
§ 63
Maximum sum fixed in appropriation bill
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4
§ 64
Time limit and voting requirements for appropriations
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4
§ 65
Reconsideration of votes
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4
§ 66
Law granting donation or gratuity
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4
§ 67
Time limit for introducing new bill
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4
§ 68
Precedence and time limits for appropriation and revenue bills
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4
§ 69
Contents of appropriation bills
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4
§ 70
Votes required for passage of revenue or property assessment bills
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4
§ 71
Title of bill; committee recommendations
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4
§ 72
Approval or disapproval of bill by Governor; veto override process
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4
§ 73
Veto of parts of appropriations bill
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4
§ 74
Referral of bill to committee
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4
§ 75
Enforcement of laws of general nature
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4
§ 76
Viva voce vote
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4
§ 77
Writs of election to fill legislative vacancies
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4
§ 78
Salary deductions for neglect of official duty
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4
§ 79
Sale of delinquent tax lands; right of redemption
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4
§ 80
Abuse of certain local government unit powers
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4
§ 81
Obstruction of navigable waters; certain construction projects authorized
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4
§ 82
Official bonds; fixing penalties
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4
§ 83
Fire safety in certain public places
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4
§ 84
Acquisition of land by nonresident aliens and corporations
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4
§ 85
Working of public roads by contract or by county prisoners
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4
§ 86
Care of insane and indigent sick
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4
§ 87
Special or local laws
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4
§ 88
Content of general laws
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4
§ 89
Standing committee for local and private legislation in each house
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4
§ 90
Matters provided for by general laws only
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4
§ 91
Uniform application of charges and fees
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4
§ 92
Salary of deceased officer
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4
§ 93
Retirement of officer on pay
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4
§ 94
Disability on account of coverture abolished
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4
§ 95
Donation or sale of state lands; railroad easements
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4
§ 96
Extra compensation and unauthorized payments prohibited
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4
§ 97
Revival of action barred by limitations prohibited
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4
§ 98
Repealed
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4
§ 99
Election of officers by Legislature
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4
§ 100
Release of obligation or liability owed to State or political subdivision
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4
§ 101
Seat of state government
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4
§ 102
Elections for State and county officers
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4
§ 103
Filling public officer vacancies;
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4
§ 104
Statutes of limitation not to run against State and political subdivisions
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4
§ 105
Repealed
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4
§ 106
State librarian
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4
§ 107
Bidding and other requirements for certain contracts
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4
§ 108
Termination of duties pertaining to office
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4
§ 109
Interest of public officer in contracts
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4
§ 110
Rights of way for private roads
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4
§ 111
Sale of land by decree or execution
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4
§ 112
Equal taxation; property tax assessments
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4
§ 113
Auditor’s statement of money expended at session
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4
§ 114
Election returns
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4
§ 115
Fiscal year; report of transactions; bonded indebtedness limitation
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4
§ 116
Governor; term of office
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5
§ 117
Eligibility to serve as Governor
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5
§ 118
Salary of Governor
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5
§ 119
Commander-in-chief of military
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5
§ 120
Report from officers of executive department
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5
§ 121
Convening of Legislature in extraordinary session
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5
§ 122
State of the government; recommending measures
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5
§ 123
Faithful execution of laws
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5
§ 124
Reprieves and pardons
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5
§ 125
Suspension of defaulting treasurers and tax collectors
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5
§ 126
Seal of state
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5
§ 127
Commissions
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5
§ 128
Lieutenant Governor; qualifications and term
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5
§ 129
Lieutenant Governor as president of Senate
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5
§ 130
Salary of Lieutenant Governor
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5
§ 131
Vacancy in office of Governor
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5
§ 132
Contested election for Lieutenant Governor
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5
§ 133
Secretary of State
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5
§ 134
State Treasurer; Auditor of Public Accounts
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5
§ 135
County officers
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5
§ 136
Continuation in office
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5
§ 137
Repealed
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5
§ 138
Selection of county officers
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5
§ 139
Removal and appointment of county and municipal officers
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5
§ 140
Election of Governor
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5
§ 141
Repealed
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5
§ 142
Repealed
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5
§ 143
Repealed
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5
§ 161
Concurrent jurisdiction of chancery and circuit court
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6
§ 144
Judicial power of state
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6
§ 145
Composition of Supreme Court
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6
§ 145A
Addition of judges to Supreme Court
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6
§ 145B
Further addition of judges to Supreme Court
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6
§ 146
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court
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6
§ 147
Reversal of judgment for want of jurisdiction; remand
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6
§ 148
Holding of Supreme Court at seat of government
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6
§ 149
Term of office of Supreme Court judges
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6
§ 149A
Divisions of Supreme Court
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6
§ 150
Eligibility requirements for Supreme Court judges
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6
§ 151
Repealed
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6
§ 152
Circuit and chancery court districts
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6
§ 153
Election and terms of circuit and chancery court judges
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6
§ 154
Qualifications for circuit or chancery court judges
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6
§ 155
Judicial oath of office
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6
§ 156
Jurisdiction of circuit court
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6
§ 157
Exclusive jurisdiction of chancery court; transfer
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6
§ 158
Holding of circuit court
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6
§ 159
Jurisdiction of chancery court
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6
§ 160
Additional jurisdiction of chancery court
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6
§ 162
Transfer to circuit court
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6
§ 163
Certification of transferred causes
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6
§ 164
Holding of chancery court
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6
§ 165
Disqualification of judges
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6
§ 166
Compensation of judges
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6
§ 167
Civil officers as conservators of peace
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6
§ 168
Clerks of court
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6
§ 169
Style of process
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6
§ 170
County districts; board of supervisors
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6
§ 171
Justice court judges; jurisdiction
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6
§ 172
Establishment and abolishment of inferior courts
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6
§ 172A
Court order for tax levy or tax increase prohibited
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6
§ 173
Attorney General
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6
§ 174
District attorneys
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6
§ 175
Liability and punishment of public officers
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6
§ 176
Qualifications for member of board of supervisors
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6
§ 177
Vacancy in office of judge or chancellor
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6
§ 177A
Commission on Judicial Performance
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6
§ 178
Formation; charter of incorporation
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7
§ 179
Compliance with provisions
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7
§ 180
Organization
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7
§ 181
Taxation
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7
§ 182
Tax exemptions
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7
§ 183
Subscription to capital stock by counties or municipalities
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7
§ 184
Railroads
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7
§ 185
Rolling-stock as personal property subject to execution and sale
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7
§ 186
Telephone, telegraph and railroad charges
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7
§ 187
Repealed
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7
§ 188
Free or discounted tickets to public officers
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7
§ 189
Repealed
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7
§ 190
Eminent domain; police powers
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7
§ 191
Protection of corporate employees
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7
§ 192
Public utilities may be exempted from municipal tax; duration
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7
§ 193
Remedy for injury to railroad employee
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7
§ 194
Repealed
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7
§ 195
Common carriers designated
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7
§ 196
Repealed
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7
§ 197
Repealed
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7
§ 198
Trusts, combinations, contracts and agreements inimical to public welfare
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7
§ 198A
Right to work; labor unions
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7
§ 199
“Corporation” defined
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7
§ 200
Enforcement of provisions
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7
§ 201
Free public schools
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8
§ 202
State Superintendent of Public Education
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8
§ 203
State Board of Education
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8
§ 204
County superintendents of education
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8
§ 205
Repealed
Art.
8
§ 206
State common-school fund; additional tax levy by district
Art.
8
§ 206A
Establishment of education improvement trust fund
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8
§ 207
Repealed
Art.
8
§ 208
Control of funds by religious sect; certain appropriations prohibited
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8
§ 209
Institutions for education of deaf, dumb and blind
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8
§ 210
Sale of public school supplies
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8
§ 211
Sixteenth section lands
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8
§ 212
Interest rate on Chickasaw School Fund and other educational trust funds
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8
§ 213
Agricultural and mechanical colleges
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8
§ 213A
State institutions of higher learning
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8
§ 213B
Repealed
Art.
8
§ 214
Persons subject to military duty
Art.
9
§ 215
Organization of militia by Legislature
Art.
9
§ 216
Appointment and removal of militia officers
Art.
9
§ 217
Governor as Commander-in-Chief
Art.
9
§ 218
Major-general; brigadier-general
Art.
9
§ 219
Adjutant-general
Art.
9
§ 220
Exemption of militia from arrest for certain offenses
Art.
9
§ 221
Appropriations for Mississippi National Guard
Art.
9
§ 222
Support of Mississippi national guard by county boards of supervisors
Art.
9
§ 223
Repealed
Art.
10
§ 224
Employment of convicts on public roads, public works or public levee projects
Art.
10
§ 225
Placement of convicts on state farms; prison industries; reformatory schools; good behavior
Art.
10
§ 226
Hire or lease of county jail inmates
Art.
10
§ 227
Maintenance of levee system
Art.
11
§ 228
Levee districts
Art.
11
§ 229
Boards of levee commissioners
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11
§ 230
Commissioner qualifications and bond
Art.
11
§ 231
Election of commissioners
Art.
11
§ 232
Duties and powers of commissioners
Art.
11
§ 233
Appropriation of private property
Art.
11
§ 234
Bills changing district boundaries or taxes
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11
§ 235
Report by levee board
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11
§ 236
Levee taxes
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11
§ 237
System of levee taxation
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11
§ 238
Property exempt from levee taxation
Art.
11
§ 239
Publication of itemized account
Art.
11
§ 240
Elections to be by ballot
Art.
12
§ 241
Qualifications for electors
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12
§ 241A
Repealed
Art.
12
§ 242
Voter registration
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12
§ 243
Repealed
Art.
12
§ 244
Repealed
Art.
12
§ 244A
Additional qualifications for voter registration
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12
§ 245
Elector qualifications in municipal elections
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12
§ 246
Regulation of elections
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12
§ 247
Securing fairness in party primary elections and conventions
Art.
12
§ 248
Remedies for illegal or improper registration
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12
§ 249
Registration required to vote
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12
§ 249A
Government issued photo identification required to vote
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12
§ 250
Qualified electors eligible for office
Art.
12
§ 251
Time of registration
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12
§ 252
Terms of office; general election dates
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12
§ 253
Restoration of right of suffrage after crime
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12
§ 254
Senatorial and Representative districts
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13
§ 255
Repealed
Art.
13
§ 256
Repealed
Art.
13
§ 257
Commencement of political year
Art.
14
§ 258
Credit of State
Art.
14
§ 259
Removal of county seat
Art.
14
§ 260
Formation of new county; changing judicial districts
Art.
14
§ 261
Expenses of criminal prosecutions; fines, forfeitures and costs
Art.
14
§ 262
Asylums for the aged or infirm
Art.
14
§ 263
Repealed
Art.
14
§ 263A
Marriage defined as only between a man and a woman
Art.
14
§ 264
Qualifications of grand and petit jurors
Art.
14
§ 265
Denial of Supreme Being disqualification to hold office
Art.
14
§ 266
Holding office under federal or foreign government
Art.
14
§ 267
Devotion of time to office
Art.
14
§ 268
Oath of office
Art.
14
§ 269
Repealed
Art.
14
§ 270
Repealed
Art.
14
§ 271
Consolidation of counties
Art.
14
§ 272
Repealed
Art.
14
§ 272A
Retirement systems
Art.
14
§ 273
Amendment process
Art.
15
§ 285
Abrogated or repealed laws not revived
Art.
15
§ 274
Laws to remain in force
Art.
15
§ 275
Repeal of laws repugnant to Constitution
Art.
15
§ 276
Laws repugnant to franchise and election provisions
Art.
15
§ 277
Laws repugnant to apportionment provisions
Art.
15
§ 278
Appointment of persons to draft laws
Art.
15
§ 279
Continuation of writs, actions and causes of action
Art.
15
§ 280
Jurisdiction of courts in preexisting actions
Art.
15
§ 281
Accrual of fines, penalties and forfeitures
Art.
15
§ 282
Preexisting bonds remain binding
Art.
15
§ 283
Crimes and misdemeanors
Art.
15
§ 284
Continuation in office
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15
§ 288.10
Severability of article
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16
§ 286
Renumbered
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15
§ 287
Renumbered
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15