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Article 6, § 168 — Clerks of court

Mississippi Const. art. 6, § 168

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Miss. Const. art. 6, § 168.

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The clerk of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the Supreme Court in the manner and for a term as shall be provided by the Legislature, and the clerk of the circuit court and the clerk of the chancery court shall be selected in each county in the manner provided by law, and shall hold office for the term of four (4) years, and the Legislature shall provide by law what duties shall be performed during vacation by the clerks of the circuit and chancery courts, subject to the approval of the court.

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History

SOURCES: 1869 art VI § 19; Laws, 1976, ch. 616, eff December 8, 1976. NOTE: The 1976 amendment to Section 168 of Article 6 of the Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Laws, 1976, ch. 616, being Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 548, and upon ratification by the electorate on November 2, 1976, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1976.

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Mississippi Const. art. 6, § 168, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/constitution/ms/6/168.