MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 5-1-11. Election of officers of house of representatives.

Having selected some member for the chair pro tempore, the house of representatives shall then choose, by a viva voce vote of a majority of the members present, the votes being entered on the journal, a speaker, and a clerk.

SOURCES: Codes, 1857, ch. 5, art. 3; 1871, Sec. 330; 1880, Sec. 173; 1892, Sec. 2650; 1906, Sec. 3010; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 5398; 1930, Sec. 5333; 1942, Sec. 3330; Laws, 1964, ch. 484; 1971, ch. 416, Sec. 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 23, 1971).


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