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Miss. Const. art. 13, § 256.
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Repealed by Laws, 1962, 2d Extraordinary Session, ch. 57, eff February 13,
1963.
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.”
Laws, 1962, 1st Extraordinary Session, ch. 18, which proposed to amend
former § 256 of the Constitution, was not approved by the electorate.
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Repealed by Laws, 1962, 2d Extraordinary Session, ch. 57, eff February 13,
1963.
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.”
Laws, 1962, 1st Extraordinary Session, ch. 18, which proposed to amend
former § 256 of the Constitution, was not approved by the electorate.
History
NOTE: Former Section 256 read as follows: “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 at 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 them, shall together never have less than forty-four Representatives; nor shall the remaining counties of the state, or the territory now composing them, 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 said 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 of the Constitution was proposed by Laws, 1962, 2d Extraordinary Session, ch. 57, and the repeal became effective upon ratification of the proposal by the electorate on Feb. 5, 1963, and the certification thereof by a proclamation by the Secretary of State on Feb. 13, 1963. Laws, 1962, 2d Extraordinary Session, ch. 57, 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 serve to or be construed to shorten or otherwise affect the term of office of any Senator or Representative presently serving in that capacity.