MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE XIV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§257 | COMMENCEMENT OF POLITICAL YEAR
§258 | CREDIT OF STATE
§259 | REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEAT
§260 | FORMATION OF NEW COUNTY; CHANGING JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
§261 | EXPENSES OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS; FINES, FORFEITURES AND COSTS
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§262 | ASYLUMS FOR THE AGED OR INFIRM
§263 | REPEALED
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The repeal of Section 263 of Article 14 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Laws, 1987, ch. 672 (House Concurrent Resolution No. 13), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was deleted from the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987.
§263A | MARRIAGE DEFINED AS ONLY BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN
§264 | QUALIFICATIONS OF GRAND AND PETIT JURORS
After February 1, 1973, grand jurors may serve both in termtime and vacation and any circuit judge may empanel a grand jury in termtime or in vacation.
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The 1972 amendment to Section 264 of Article 14 of the Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Laws, 1972, ch. 538, being House Concurrent Resolution No. 4 of the 1972 regular session of the Legislature, and upon ratification by the electorate, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 22, 1972.
§265 | DENIAL OF SUPREME BEING DISQUALIFICATION TO HOLD OFFICE
§266 | HOLDING OFFICE UNDER FEDERAL OR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
§267 | DEVOTION OF TIME TO OFFICE
§268 | OATH OF OFFICE
“I, ________ , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Mississippi, and obey the laws thereof; that I am not disqualified from holding the office of ________; that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
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“Section 269. Every devise or bequest of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest therein, of freehold or less than freehold, either present or future, vested or contingent, or of any money directed to be raised by the sale thereof, contained in any last will and testament, or codicil, or other testamentary writing, in favor of any religious or ecclesiastical corporation, sole or aggregate, or any religious or ecclesiastical society, or to any religious denomination or association of persons, or to any person or body politic, in trust, either express or implied, secret or resulting, either for the use and benefit of such religious corporation, society, denomination, or association, or for the purpose of being given or appropriated to charitable uses or purposes, shall be null and void, and the heir at law shall take the same property so devised or bequeathed, as though no testamentary disposition had been made.”The repeal of Section 269 of the Constitution was proposed by a concurrent resolution passed at the 1938 extraordinary session of the legislature, and, upon ratification of the proposal by the electorate on November 7, 1939, the repeal became effective by virtue of Laws, 1940, ch. 325.
§269 | REPEALED
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“Section 269. Every devise or bequest of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest therein, of freehold or less than freehold, either present or future, vested or contingent, or of any money directed to be raised by the sale thereof, contained in any last will and testament, or codicil, or other testamentary writing, in favor of any religious or ecclesiastical corporation, sole or aggregate, or any religious or ecclesiastical society, or to any religious denomination or association of persons, or to any person or body politic, in trust, either express or implied, secret or resulting, either for the use and benefit of such religious corporation, society, denomination, or association, or for the purpose of being given or appropriated to charitable uses or purposes, shall be null and void, and the heir at law shall take the same property so devised or bequeathed, as though no testamentary disposition had been made.”The repeal of Section 269 of the Constitution was proposed by a concurrent resolution passed at the 1938 extraordinary session of the legislature, and, upon ratification of the proposal by the electorate on November 7, 1939, the repeal became effective by virtue of Laws, 1940, ch. 325.
§270 | REPEALED
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“Section 270. Any person may, by will, bequeath or devise all or any portion of his estate to any charitable, religious, educational or civil institutions, subject to any statutory rights of surviving spouses and minor children and such other exceptions as may be prescribed by general law; provided that, in all cases, the will containing such bequest or devise must be executed at least one hundred and eighty (180) days before the death of the testator, or such bequest or devise shall be void.The 1987 amendment was proposed by Laws, 1987, ch. 670 (House Concurrent Resolution No. 7), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was inserted as part of the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987.
“Provided, however, that any land devised, not in violation of this section, to any charitable, religious, educational, or civil institution may be legally owned, and further may be held by the devisee for a period of not longer than ten (10) years after such devise becomes effective as a fee simple or possessory interest, during which time such land and improvements thereon shall be taxed as any other land held by any other person, unless exempted by some specific statute.”
The repeal of Section 270 of Article 14 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Laws, 1992, ch. 614 (House Concurrent Resolution No. 86), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1992, was deleted from the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992.
§271 | CONSOLIDATION OF COUNTIES
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§272 | REPEALED
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The repeal of Section 272 of Article 14 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Laws, 1990, ch. 691 (Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 519), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 6, 1990, was deleted from the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 19, 1990.122
§272A | RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
(2) Legislation shall not be enacted increasing benefits under the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi and the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System in any manner unless funds are available therefor, or unless concurrent provisions are made for funding any such increase in accordance with a prior certification of the cost by the board of trustees of the systems based on accepted actuarial standards.
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