Article II, Mississippi Constitution

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Article 2 of the Mississippi Constitution is entitled Boundaries of the State

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Repealed.

NOTE: Former Section 3 stated the limits and boundaries of the state of Mississippi.

The repeal of Section 3 was proposed by Laws of 1990, Ch. 692, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 520, 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.

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: Acquisition of Territory; Disputed Boundaries 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 coterminus states whenever such disputes arise.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Mississippi SOS, "Mississippi Constitution" (HTML)
• Mississippi SOS, "Mississippi Constitution" (PDF)
• Mississippi Department of Archives and History, "Mississippi History Timeline"
• Mississippi History Now, "Constitutions of Mississippi"
• Mississippi History Now, "Mississippi Constitution of 1890"
• Mississippi History Now, "Mississippi Constitution of 1868"
• Mississippi History Now, "Mississippi Constitution of 1832"
• Mississippi History Now, "Mississippi Constitution of 1817"

Additional reading

• Winkle, John W. (2014). The Mississippi State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press
• L.A. Times, "148 years later, Mississippi ratifies amendment banning slavery"