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Mississippi Constitution, Article 5

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Article 5, EXECUTIVE

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Miss. Const. art. 5, § 116 Section 116
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The chief executive power of this State shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for four years, and who shall be ineligible as his immediate successor in office.
Miss. Const. art. 5, § 117 Section 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.
Miss. Const. art. 5, § 118 Section 118
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The governor shall receive for his services such compensation as may be fixed by law, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during his term of office.
Miss. Const. art. 5, § 119 Section 119
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The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the State, and of the militia, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.

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Miss. Const. art. 5, § 120 Section 120

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The governor may require information, in writing, from the officers in the executive departments of the State on any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 121 The governor shall have power to convene the legislature in extraordinary session whenever in his judgment the public interest requires it

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The governor shall have power to convene the legislature in extraordinary session whenever in his judgment the public interest requires it. Should the governor deem it necessary to convene the legislature, he shall do so by public proclamation, in which he shall state the subject…

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 122 Section 122

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The governor shall, from time to time, give the legislature informatin of the state of the government, and recommend for consideration such measures as may be deemed necessary and expedient.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 123 Section 123

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The governor shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 124 Section 124

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In all criminal and penal cases, excepting those of treason and impeachment, the governor shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons, to remit fines, and in cases of forfeiture, to stay the collection, until the end of the next session of the legislature, and by and with the…

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 125 Section 125

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The governor shall have the power, and it is hereby made his duty, to suspend alleged defaulting State and county treasurers, and defaulting tax collectors, pending the investigation of their respective accounts, and to make temporary appointments of proper persons to fill the of…

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 126 Section 126

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There shall be a seal of the State kept by the governor, and used by him officially, and be called the great seal of the State of Mississippi.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 127 Section 127

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All commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the State of Mississippi, be sealed with the great seal of State, and be signed by the governor, and attested by the secretary of State.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 128 Section 128

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There shall be a lieutenant-governor, who shall be elected at the same time, in the same manner, and for the same term, and who shall possess the same qualifications as required of the governor.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 129 The lieutenant-governor shall, by virtue of his office, be president of the senate

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The lieutenant-governor shall, by virtue of his office, be president of the senate. In committee of the whole he may debate all questions, and when there is an equal division in the senate, or on a joint vote of both houses, he shall give the casting vote.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 130 Section 130

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The lieutenant-governor shall receive for his services the same compensation as the speaker of the house of representatives.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 131 Section 131

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When the office of the governor shall become vacant, by death or otherwise, the lieutenant-governor shall possess the powers and discharge the duties of said office. When the governor shall be absent from the State, or unable from protracted illness to perform the duties of the o…

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 132 Section 132

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In case the election for lieutenant governor shall be contested, the contest shall be tried and determined in the same manner as a contest for the office of governor.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 133 There shall be a secretary of state, who shall be elected as herein provided

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There shall be a secretary of state, who shall be elected as herein provided. He shall be at least twenty-five years ofage, a citizen of the State five years next preceding the day of his election, and he shall continue in office during the term of four years, and shall be keeper…

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 134 Section 134

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A State treasurer and an auditor of public accounts shall be elected as herein provided, who shall hold their offices for the term of four years, and shall possess the same qualifications as required for the secretary of state; they shall receive such compensation as may be provi…

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 135 Section 135

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There shall be a sheriff, coroner, treasurer, assessor and surveyor for each county, to be selected as elsewhere provided herein, who shall hold their offices for four years. The sheriff and treasurer shall be ineligible to immediately succeed themselves or each other in office.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 136 Section 136

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All officers named in this article shall hold their offices during the term for which they were selected, unless removed, and until their successors shall be duly qualified to enter on the discharge of their respective duties.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 137 Section 137

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It shall be the duty of the state treasurer, within ten days after the first day of January and July of each year, to publish a statement under oath, in some newspaper published at the seat of government, showing the condition of the treasury on said days, the balance on hand and…

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 138 Section 138

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The sheriff, coroner, treasurer, assessor, surveyor, clerks of the courts, and members of the board of supervisors of the several counties, and all other officers exercising local jurisdiction therein, shall be selected in the manner provided by law for each county.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 139 Section 139

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The legislature may empower the governor to remove and appoint officers, in any county or counties or municipal corporations, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 140 The governor of the State shall be chosen in the following manner

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The governor of the State shall be chosen in the following manner: On the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November of A. D., 1895, and on the first Tuesday after first Monday of November in every fourth year thereafter, until the day shall be changed by law, an election s…

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 141 Section 141

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If no person shall receive such majorities, then the house of representatives shall proceed to choose a governor from the two persons who shall have received the highest number of popular votes; the election shall be by viva voce vote, which shall be recorded in the journal, in s…

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 142 Section 142

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In case of an election of governor or any State officer by the house of representatives, no member of that house shall be eligible to receive any appointment from the governor or other State officer so elected, during the term for which he shall be selected.

Miss. Const. art. 5, § 143 Section 143

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All other State officers shall be elected at the same time, and in the same manner as provided for election of governor.