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§ 5-1-61. Joint convention; place and time of assemblage

When by the constitution or laws a joint meeting of the senate and house of representatives is required, they shall assemble with their secretary and clerk in the hall of the house of representatives on the day and hour previously agreed on by a concurrent resolution or as fixed by law.

§ 5-1-65. Joint convention; presiding officers and records

When the two houses shall be assembled in joint convention the president of the senate shall preside, and the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives shall each keep a perfect and complete record of the proceedings of the convention. On the re-assembling of the two houses in their respective […]

§ 5-1-67. Joint convention; rules

The rules of the house of representatives and the joint rules of the two houses, as far as the same may be applicable, shall be the rules for the government of the joint convention.

§ 5-1-69. Joint convention; votes and elections

All votes in the joint convention shall be taken by yeas and nays, and all elections shall be viva voce. In taking the same it shall be the duty of the secretary of the senate to call the names of the members of the senate, after which the clerk of the house of representatives shall […]

§ 5-1-71. Joint convention; majority to elect

The person who receives a majority of all the votes of the joint convention, a majority of all the members elected to both houses being present and voting, shall be duly elected. When more than one officer is to be elected the vote shall be so taken as to elect only one at a time.

§ 5-1-73. Joint convention; punishment of members

Any member of either house who may be guilty of disorderly behavior in the presence of the joint convention, may be punished by the house of which he is a member in the same manner as if the offense were committed in the presence of his house.

§ 5-1-41. Remuneration of legislators

Beginning with the 1986 Regular Session of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, each Senator and Representative of the Legislature shall receive as compensation at each regular session the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and the mileage allowance provided by Section 25-3-41, for each mile of the distance by the most direct route […]

§ 5-1-43. Remuneration of lieutenant governor and speaker of the house

The salary of the Lieutenant Governor and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) annually, and they shall receive for attending each extraordinary or called session the same compensation and mileage as is provided for members of the Legislature. However, in the event the Lieutenant Governor serving on […]

§ 5-1-45. Remuneration of the president pro tempore of the senate

Beginning on June 4, 1997, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00). The salary provided for the President Pro Tempore under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature under Section […]