OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,


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IN obedience to an act of the Legisa-
ture of the State of Mississippi, approved
March 3, 1916, |, Wilson Hemingway,
Secretary of State, do hereby publish and
make known the following "Act to amend
the constitution the State of Mississippi" >"
AN ACT to amend the Constitution of the


State of Mississippi.


81. Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Mississippi, (wo-thirds of
each branch concurrlng, That the seventh
article of the Constitution of this State,
under the title or head " General Provi-
sions," be so altered and changed by the
addition thereto of the following section,
viz: " Section 10. No bank charter shall
hereafter be granted by the Legislature
of this State, nor shall any bank charter
heretofore granted in this State, be re-
newed, extended or altered, except foI
s purposes of liquidation.''


y. And be At further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of State,
at least six months preceding The general
election in November, 1917, to give no
tice, by advertising in three or more pub
lie newspapers, printed in this Stale, of
this act. and the alteration hereby propos-
ed to be made to the Constitution of this
State; and at said election, the qualified
electors voting for members of the Legis
lature, shall vote for or against the alter
alton herein proposed to be made in the
Constitution in the following manner, viz /:
those voting for the alteration herein pro.
posed, shall write on their tickets the
words '' No BankS, amendment" and those
voting against it, shall write on their tick
cts the words "BaRhS, no Gmendment'


50. And be 1t further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of SherifTs of the seve-
raj counties in this State to make returns
of the votes given for and against said al
teratIon, and also the whole number of
votes gwen for members of the Legisla-
ture, to the Secretary of State, TO be by
HIM laid before the next succeeding Lee
glsIatur9; and if it shall appear that a
majority of those voting for members of
the Legislature shall have voted for the
alteration herein proposed, the alteration
or amendment contained in this act shall
be inserted by said Legislature In the Con-
stituton of this State as a part thereof
| Approved March 3, 1876.


The editor of the Tribune will please
publish the above.


Resp'y. WN. HEMINGWAY,


Secretary Of State.