Mississippi Constitution
Article 5, § 117 — Eligibility to serve as Governor
Mississippi Const. art. 5, § 117
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Miss. Const. art. 5, § 117.
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The Governor shall be at least thirty years of age, and shall have been a citizen of the United States twenty years, and shall have resided in this State five years next preceding the day of his election.
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History
SOURCES: 1817 art IV § 3; 1832 art V § 3; 1869 art V § 3.
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