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Mississippi Constitution, Article 15

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Article 15, AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

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Miss. Const. art. 15, § 1 Section 1
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That all permanent factories hereafter established in this State while this section is in force, for working cotton, wool, silk, furs or metals, and all others manufacturing implements or articles of use in a finished state, shall be exempt from taxation for a period of ten years…
Miss. Const. art. 15, § 2 Section 2
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That the board of supervisors of Pearl River county is authorized, in its discretion, to have made an assesment of the lands of said county during the year 1891 in the same manner in all respects as is provided by law for a general assessment of lands; which assessment when so ma…
Miss. Const. art. 15, § 3 Section 3
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After the proper officer has been notified of the nominatian, as hereinbefore specified, of any candidate for office, said officer shall not omit the name from the ballot unless upon the written request of the candidate so nominated made at least ten days before the election.
Miss. Const. art. 15, § 4 Section 4
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Every ballot printed by virtue of this ordinance shall contain the names of all candidates nominated as hereinbefore specified and not duly withdrawn. The arrangement of the names of all of the candidates and the order in which the titles of the various officers to be voted for s…

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Miss. Const. art. 15, § 5 Section 5

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All official ballots intended for use at any voting precinct or place of voting shall be fastened together in convenient numbers and in some secure manner, but in such way that such ballots may be detached for use. A record of the number of official ballots printed and furnished …

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 6 Section 6

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The officers charged with distributing or printing and distributing the official ballots, shall ascertain from the circuit clerk or other proper officer, at least ten days before the day of election, the number of registered voters in each election district, and shall also prepar…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 7 Section 7

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The said commissioner of election shall appoint one or more deputy commissioners, from the respective election districts and deliver to them the proper number of ballots and cards of instruction, not less than one day before the election, and the deputy commissioners so selected …

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 8 Section 8

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In case the official ballot prepared, shall be lost or destroyed, or in case of the death of any candidate whose name has been printed on the official ballot, the said commissioner, or his deputy shall have like ballots furnished in place of those lost or destroyed, if time remai…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 9 Section 9

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The deputy commissioners receiving the ballots from said commissioner shall distribute the same to the electors of the proper districts in the manner herein provided; and in case the said deputy commissioner shall fail to have said ballots at the election precincts at the proper …

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 10 Section 10

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The sheriffs of the several counties in this State shall procure for their respective counties a sufficient number of voting compartments, shelves and tables for the use of electors, which shall be so arranged that it shall be impossible for one voter at one table, shelf or comp…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 11 Section 11

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The deputy commissioners having the official ballots shall remain at a place convenient to the tables, shelves and compartments, for the distribution of ballots. When requested by each of the voters, the deputy commissioners aforesaid shall hand him an official ballot.

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 12 Section 12

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On receiving his ballot the voter shall forthwith go into one of the voting compartments, and shall prepare his ballot by marking with ink in the appropriate margin or place, a cross (x) opposite the name of the candidate of his choice, for each office to be filled, or by filling…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 13 No person shall take or remove any ballot from a polling place before the close of the polls

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No person shall take or remove any ballot from a polling place before the close of the polls. If any voter spoils a ballot he may obtain others, one at a time, not exceeding three in all, upon returning each spoiled one.

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 14 Section 14

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Any voter who declares to the person or persons having the official ballots that by reason of blindness or other physical disability he is unable to mark his ballot, shall upon request secure the assistance of said person or one of the election inspectors in the marking thereof, …

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 15 Section 15

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If the voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or if for any reason it is impossible to determine from the ballot the voter's choice for any office voted for, his ballot so cast shall not be counted. No ballot not provided in accordance with this…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 16 Section 16

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Any voter who shall, except as herein provided, allow his ballot to be seen by any person, or who shall make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot, or who shall place any mark upon his ballot by which it may be afterwards identified as the one voted by him, or …

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 17 Section 17

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Any commissioner of election, or any other officer or person acting as such or performing election duty, who shall wilfully or knowingly refuse or fail to perform the duties herein required of him, or who shall violate any provision of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdeme…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 18 Section 18

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The legislature shall have power to enact laws on the subjects of this ordinance, necessary for its efficiency, and not inconsistent with its true intent and meaning. After January 1st, 1896, this ordinance may be repealed or amended by the legislature; but shall not be amended s…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 19 Section 19

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The boards of supervisors of the several counties, and the municipal authorities of the cities and towns of the State, are authorized to allow reasonable compensation to officers for services under this ordinance. Adopted by the Convention November 1, 1890. S. S. CALHOON, Preside…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 273 Section 273

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Whenever two-thirds of each house of the legislature shall deem any change, alteration, or amendment necessary to this constitution, such proposed change, alteration or amendment shall be read and passed by a two-thirds vote of each house respectively, on each day, for three sev…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 274 Section 274

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The laws of this State now in force, not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until amended or repealed by the legislature or until they expire by limitation. All statute laws of this State repugnant to the provisions of this constitution, except as provided in t…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 275 Section 275

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All laws of this State which are repugnant to the following portions of this constitution, shall be repealed by the adoption of this constitution, to-wit: laws repugnant to: (a) All the ordinances of this convention. (b) The provisions of section 183, prohibiting counties, cities…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 276 Section 276

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All laws of the State which are repugnant to the provisions of sections 240 to 253, inclusive, of Article 12, on the subject of franchise and elections, shall be and remain in force until the first day of January, A. D., 1891, and no longer.

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 277 Section 277

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All laws of this State which are repugnant to the provisions of Article 13, sections 254 to 256, inclusive, on the subject of the apportionment of representatives and senators in the legislature, shall be and remain in force until the first day of October, A. D., 1891, but no lo…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 278 Section 278

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The governor shall as soon as practicable, appoint three suitable persons learned in the law, as commissioners whose duty it shall be to prepare and draft such general laws as are contemplated in this constitution and such other laws as shall be necessary and proper to put into o…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 279 Section 279

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All writs, actions, causes of action, proceedings, prosecutions and rights of individuals and bodies corporate and of the State, and charters of incorporation, shall continue; and all indictments which shall have been found or which shall hereafter be found, and all prosecutions …

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 280 Section 280

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For the trial and determination of all suits civil and criminal, begun before the adoption of this constitution, the several courts of this State shall continue to exercise in said suits the powers and jurisdictions heretofore exercised by them; for all other matters said courts …

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 281 Section 281

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All fines, penalties, forfeitures and escheats accruing to the State of Mississippi under the constitution and laws heretofore in force shall accrue to the use of the State of Mississippi under this constitution, except as herein otherwise provided.

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 282 Section 282

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All recognizances, bonds, obligations, and all other instruments entered into, or executed, before the adoption of this constitution to the State of Mississippi, or to any State, county, public or municipal officer or body, shall remain binding and valid, and the rights and liabi…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 283 Section 283

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All crimes and misdemeanors, and penal actions shall be tried, prosecuted and punished as though no change had taken place, until otherwise provided by law.

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 284 Section 284

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All officers, State, district, county and municipal, now in office in this State, shall be entitled to hold the respective offices now held by them, except as otherwise herein provided, and until the expiration of the time for which they were respectively elected or appointed; a…

Miss. Const. art. 15, § 285 Section 285

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The adoption of this constitution shall not have the effect, nor shall it be construed, to revive or put in force any law heretofore abrogated or repealed. This Constitution, adopted by the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, shall be in force and effect from and after…