The Mississippi Constitution of 1890
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Article 1 – Distribution of Powers 1890 Constitution of Mississippi
Adopted November 1, A.D. 1890. We, the
people of Mississippi, in Convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and
invoking His blessing on our work, do ordain and establish this Constitution. ARTICLE 1 – DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS Section 1. The
powers of the government of the State of Mississippi shall be divided into
three distinct departments, and each of them confided to a separate
magistracy, to-wit: those which are legislative to one; those which are
judicial to another; and those which are executive to another. Sec. 2. No person
or collection of persons, being one, or belonging to one, of these
departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the
others. The acceptance of an office in either of said departments shall, of
itself, and at once, vacate any and all offices held by the person so
accepting in either of the other
departments.
Return To Top ARTICLE 2 – BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE Sec. 3. The limits and boundaries of the State of Mississippi are as follows, to-wit: Beginning on the Mississippi river (meaning thereby the center of said river or thread of the stream) where the southern boundary line of the State of Tennessee strikes the same, as run by B. A. Ludlow, D. W. Connelly and W. Petrie, commissioners appointed for that purpose on the part of the State of Mississippi in A.D., 1837, and J. D. Graham and Austin Miller, commissioners appointed for that purpose on the part of Tennessee; thence east along the said boundary line of the State of Tennessee to a point on the west bank of the Tennessee river, six four-pole chains south of and above the mouth of Yellow Creek; thence up the said river to the mouth of Bear Creek; thence by a direct line to what was formerly the northwest corner of the county of Washington, Alabama; thence on a direct line to a point ten miles east of the Pascagoula river on the Gulf of Mexico; thence westwardly, including all the islands within six leagues of the shore, to the most eastern junction of Pearl river with Lake Borgne; thence up said Pearl river to the thirty-first degree of north latitude; thence west along the said degree of latitude to the middle or thread of the stream of the Mississippi river; thence up the middle of the Mississippi river, or thread of the stream, to the place of beginning, including all islands lying east of the thread of the stream of said river, and also including any lands which were at any time heretofore a part of this State. Return To Top Sec. 4. The
legislature shall have power to consent to the acquisition of additional
territory by the State and to make the same a part thereof; and the
legislature may settle disputed boundaries between this State and its
coterminous States whenever such disputes arise. Sec. 5. All
political power is vested in, and derived from, the people; all government of
right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is
instituted solely for the good of the whole. Adopted by the
Convention November 1, 1890. S. S. Calhoon, President. Adopted by the
Convention November 1, 1890. S. S. Calhoon, President. |
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