Mississippi Constitution

Article 4, § 42 — Qualifications of Senators

Mississippi Const. art. 4, § 42

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Miss. Const. art. 4, § 42.

Full Text

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, who shall not have been a qualified elector of the State four years, and who shall not be an actual resident of the district or territory he may be chosen to represent for two years before his election. The seat of a Senator shall be vacated upon his removal from the district from which he was elected.

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History

SOURCES: 1817 art III § 14; 1832 art III § 14; 1869 art IV § 5.

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