CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
PREAMBLE
Article 1 - DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS
Article 2 - BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE
Article 3 - BILL OF RIGHTS
Article 4 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Section 54 Quorum.
Section 55 Determination of rules by each house.
Section 56 Style of laws.
Section 57 Adjournments;
meeting place.
Section 58 Open
door policy; disorderly behavior.
Section 59 Introduction
and passage of bills.
Section 60 Amendment
of bill; orders, votes and resolutions.
Section 61 Amendment
or revival by reference to title prohibited.
Section 62 Voting
on amendments; adoption of committee reports.
Section 63 Maximum
sum fixed in appropriation bill.
Section 64 Time limit and voting requirements for appropriations.
Section 65 Reconsideration of votes.
Section 66 Law
granting donation or gratuity.
Section 67 Time
limit for introducing new bill.
Section 68 Precedence
and time limits for appropriation and revenue bills.
Section 69 Contents
of appropriation bills.
Section 70 Votes
required for passage of revenue or property assessment bills.
Section 71 Title
of bill; committee recommendations.
Section 72 Approval
or disapproval of bill by Governor; veto override process.
Section 73 Veto
of parts of appropriations bill.
Section 74 Referral
of bill to committee.
Section 75 Enforcement
of laws of general nature.
Section 76 Viva
voce vote.
Section 77 Writs
of election to fill legislative vacancies.
Section 78 Salary
deductions for neglect of official duty.
Section 79 Sale
of delinquent tax lands; right of redemption.
Section 80 Abuse
of certain local government unit powers.
Section 81 Obstruction
of navigable waters; certain construction projects authorized.
Section 82 Official
bonds; fixing penalties.
Section 83 Fire
safety in certain public places.
Section 84 Acquisition
of land by nonresident aliens and corporations.
Section 85 Working
of public roads by contract or by county prisoners.
Section 86 Care
of insane and indigent sick.
Section 87 Special
or local laws.
Section 88 Content
of general laws.
Section 89 Standing
committee for local and private legislation in each house.
Section 90 Matters
provided for by general laws only.
Section 91 Uniform
application of charges and fees.
Section 92 Salary of deceased officer.
Section 93 Retirement of officer on pay.
Section 94 Disability on account of coverture abolished.
Section 95 Donation or sale of state lands; railroad easements.
Section 96 Extra compensation and unauthorized payments prohibited.
Section 97 Revival of action barred by limitations prohibited.
Section 98 Repealed.
Section 99 Election of officers by legislature.
Section 100 Release of obligation or liability owed to State or political subdivision.
Section 101 Seat of state government.
Section 102 Elections for state and county officers.
Section 103 Filling public officer vacancies; compensation and powers of officers.
Section 104 Statutes of limitation not to run against state and political subdivisions.
Section 105 Repealed.
Section 106 State librarian.
Section 107 Bidding and other requirements for certain contracts.
Section 108 Termination of duties pertaining to office.
Section 109 Interest of public officer in contracts.
Section 110 Rights of way for private roads.
Section 111 Sale of land by decree or execution.
Section 112 Equal taxation; property tax assessments.
Section 113 Auditor's statement of money expended at session.
Section 114 Election returns.
Section 115 Fiscal year; report of transactions; bonded indebtedness limitation.
Article 5 - EXECUTIVE
Article 6 - JUDICIARY
Article 7 - CORPORATIONS
Article 8 - EDUCATION
Article 9 - MILITIA
Article 10 - THE PENITENTIARY AND PRISONS
Section 223 Repealed.
Section 224 Employment of convicts on public roads, public works or public levee projects.
Section 225 Placement of convicts on state farms; prison industries; reformatory schools; good behavior.
Section 226 Hire or lease of county jail inmates.
Article 11 -LEVEES
Article 12 - FRANCHISE
Article 13 - APPORTIONMENT
Article 14 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 15 - AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION