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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