§ 5-1-33. Provision of manuscripts and indexes of House and Senate journals
The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall prepare and furnish to the Secretary of State a true copy of the manuscripts of the journals of their respective houses together with complete indexes to the journals. The Secretary of State shall transmit the manuscripts of the journals and the […]
§ 5-1-35. Duty of the sergeant-at-arms
The sergeant-at-arms of the senate shall give a general supervision, under the direction of the presiding officer. He shall attend the sittings thereof, preserve order, execute its commands and all process issued by its authority, and shall have control of the doorkeeper. He shall see that the hall of the senate and the committee rooms […]
§ 5-1-39. Dismissal of officers and servants
Each house shall have power at any time to dismiss any or all of its officers and servants elected or appointed by it, and to elect or appoint others in their places.
§ 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 […]
§ 5-1-46. Remuneration of the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives
Beginning on June 4, 1997, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00). The salary provided for the Speaker Pro Tempore under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature […]
§ 5-1-19. Officers of the legislature and committee chairmen authorized to administer oaths
The lieutenant-governor, the president pro tempore of the senate, the secretary of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the clerk thereof, may administer oaths to the officers of their respective houses, and each shall take the oath of office prescribed by section two hundred and sixty-eight of the constitution. Each of […]
§ 5-1-21. Subpoena for witnesses
A subpoena requiring the attendance of any witness before either house of the legislature, or a committee thereof, may be issued by the presiding officer or the chairman of any committee before which the attendance of the witness is desired. Such subpoena may be served by any person who might be a witness in the […]
§ 5-1-23. Proceedings against recalcitrant witnesses
If any witness neglects or refuses to obey a subpoena, or, appearing, refuses to testify, the senate or house may, by a resolution entered on its journal, commit him for contempt, the commitment not to extend beyond the final adjournment of the session; and any witness neglecting and refusing to attend in obedience to a […]