no case shall the entire poll tax exceed in any one year three dollars on each poll. No criminal proceedings shall be allowed to enforce the collection of the poll tax.

Sec. 244. On and after the first day of January, A. D. 1892, every elector shall, in addition to the foregoing qualifications, be able to read any section of the Constitution of this State; or he shall be able to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. A new registration shall be made before the next ensuing election after January the first, A. D. 1892.

Sec. 245. Electors in municipal elections shall possess all the qualifications herein prescribed, and such additional qualifications as may be provided by law.

Sec. 246. Prior to the first day of January, A. D. 1896, the elections by the people in this State shall be regulated by an ordinance of this convention.

Sec. 247. The Legislature shall enact laws to secure fairness in party primary elections, conventions or other methods of naming party candidates.

Sec. 248. Suitable remedies by appeal or otherwise shall be provided by law to correct illegal or improper registration and to secure the elective franchise to those who may be illegally or improperly denied the same.

Sec. 249. No one shall be allowed to vote for members of the Legislature or other officers who has not been duly registered under the Constitution and laws of this State, by an officer of this State, legally authorized to register the voters thereof. And registration under the Constitution and laws of this State by the proper officers of this State is hereby declared to be an essential and necessary qualification to vote at any and all elections.

Sec. 250. All qualified electors and no others shall be eligible to office except as otherwise provided in this Constitution.

Sec. 251. Electors shall not be registered within four months next before any election at which they may offer to vote; but appeals may be heard and determined and revision take place at any time prior to the election; and no person who, in respect to age and residence, would become entitled to vote, within the said four months, shall be excluded from registration on account of his want of qualification at the time of registration.

Sec. 252. The term of office of all elective officers under this Constitution shall be four years, except as otherwise provided herein. A general election for all elective officers shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, A. D. 1895, and every four (4) years thereafter: Provided, the Legislature may change the day and date of general elections to any day and date in October, November or December.

Sec. 253. The Legislature may, by a two-thirds vote of both houses, of all members elected, restore the right of suffrage to any person disqualified by reason of crime; but the reasons therefor shall be spread upon the journals, and the vote shall be by yeas and nays.

ARTICLE XIII.

Apportionment.

Sec. 254. The number of Representatives in the lower house of the Legislature shall be one hundred and thirty-three, to be apportioned as follows:

First The counties of Choctaw, Covington, Greene, Hancock, Issaquena, Jones, Lawrence, Leflore, Marion, Neshoba, Pearl River, Perry, Quitman, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tishomingo, Tunica, Wayne and Webster, each shall have one Representative.

Second The counties of Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Clay, Coahoma, De Soto, Kemper, Lafay ette, Madison, Newton, Pike, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Rankin, Tate, Union, Wilkinson and Yalobusha, each shall have two Representatives.

Third The counties of Copiah, Holmes, Marshall, Monroe, Noxubee, Panola, Warren and Washington, each shall have three Representatives.

Fourth-The counties of Franklin and Lincoln, each shall have one Representative and a floater between them.

Fifth The counties of Tippah and Benton each shall have one Representative and a floater between them.

Sixth The counties of Claiborne and Jefferson each shall have one Representative and a floater between them.

Seventh- The counties of Clarke and Jasper each shall have one Representative and a floater between them.

Eighth The counties of Grenada and Montgomery each shall have one Representative and a floater between them.

Ninth- The counties of Leake and Winston each shall have

one Representative and a floater between them.

Tenth

The counties of Harrison and Jackson each shall have one Representative and a floater between them.

Eleventh - The county of Yazoo shall have three Representatives, and the county of Hinds shall have three Representatives, and they shall have a floater between them.

Twelfth The county of Lauderdale shall have three Representatives, one to be elected by the city of Meridian, one by the county outside the city limits, and one by the whole county, including Meridian.

Thirteenth The county of Adams, outside of the city of Natchez, shall have one Representative, and the city of Natchez one Representative.

Fourteenth- The county of Lowndes shall have three Representatives, two of whom shall be elected by that part of the county east of the Tombigbee river, and one by that portion of the county west of said river.

Fifteenth The county of Oktibbeha shall have two Repre sentatives, one of whom shall be elected by that portion of the county east of the line running north and south between ranges thirteen and fourteen, and the other by that portion of the county west of said line.

Sixteenth- The county of Lee shall have two Representatives, the county of Itawamba one, and a floater between them.

Seventeenth-In counties divided into legislative districts, any citizen of the county eligible for election to the House of Representatives shall be eligible to represent any district thereof.

The Senate.

Sec. 255. The number of Senators shall be forty-five and are apportioned as follows:

First The counties of Hancock, Harrison and Jackson shall constitute the first district, and elect one Senator.

Second

The counties of Wayne, Jones, Perry and Greene the second district, and elect one Senator.

Third — The counties of Jasper and Clarke the third district, and elect one Senator.

Fourth-The counties of Simpson, Covington, Marion and Pearl River the fourth district, and elect one Senator.

Fifth- The counties of Rankin and Smith the fifth district, and elect one Senator.

Sixth

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-The counties of Pike and Franklin the sixth district, and elect one Senator.

Seventh The counties of Amite and Wilkinson the seventh district, and elect one Senator.

Eighth The counties of Lincoln and Lawrence the eighth district, and elect one Senator.

The county of Adams the ninth district, and elect one

Tenth- - The counties of Claiborne and Jefferson the tenth dis trict, and elect one Senator.

Eleventh - The county of Copiah the eleventh district, and elect one Senator.

Twelfth The counties of Hinds and Warren the twelfth district, and elect one Senator each and a Senator between them, to be chosen from the counties alternately, beginning with Hinds. Thirteenth The counties of Scott and Newton the thirteenth district, and elect one Senator.

Fourteenth- The county of Lauderdale the fourteenth district, and elect one Senator.

Fifteenth - The counties of Kemper and Winston the fifteenth district, and elect one Senator.

Sixteenth- The county of Noxubee the sixteenth district, and elect one Senator.

Seventeenth

The counties of Leake and Neshoba the seventeenth district, and elect one Senator.

Eighteenth-The county of Madison the eighteenth district, and elect one Senator.

Nineteenth-The county of Yazoo the nineteenth district, and elect one Senator.

Twentieth-The counties of Sharkey and Issaquena the twen tieth district, and elect one Senator.

Twenty-first-The county of Holmes the twenty-first district. and elect one Senator.

Twenty-second-The county of Attala the twenty-second district, and elect one Senator.

Twenty-third - The counties of Oktibbeha and Choctaw the twenty-third district, and elect one Senator.

Twenty-fourth-The counties of Clay and Webster the twentyfourth district, and elect one Senator.

Twenty-fifth-The county of Lowndes the twenty-fifth district, and elect one Senator.

Twenty-sixth-The counties of Carroll and Montgomery the twenty-sixth district and elect one Senator.

Twenty-seventh- The counties of Leflore and Tallahatchie the twenty-seventh district, and elect one Senator.

Twenty-eighth-The counties of Yallobusha and Grenada the twenty-eighth district, and elect one Senator.

Twenty-ninth-The counties of Washington and Sunflower the twenty-ninth district; the county of Washington shall elect one Senator, and the counties of Washington and Sunflower a Senator between them.

Thirtieth — The county of Bolivar the thirtieth district, and elect one Senator.

Thirty-first-The counties of Chickasaw, Calhoun and Pontotoc the thirty-first district, and elect two Senators; both Senators shall at no time be chosen from the same county.

Thirty-second-The county of Lafayette the thirty-second district, and elect one Senator.

Thirty-third

The county of Panola the thirty-third district, and elect one Senator.

Thirty-fourth-The counties of Coahoma, Tunica and Quitman the thirty-fourth district, and elect one Senator.

Thirty-fifth-The county of De Soto the thirty-fifth district, and elect one Senator.

Thirty-sixth-The counties of Union, Tippah, Benton, Marshall and Tate the thirty-sixth district, and elect three Senators. The counties of Tate and Benton shall be entitled to one; the counties of Union and Tippah one, and the county of Marshall

one.

Thirty-seventh- The counties of Tishomingo, Alcorn and Prentiss the thirty-seventh district, and elect one Senator.

Thirty-eighth-The counties of Monroe, Lee and Itawamba the thirty-eighth district, and elect two Senators, one of whom shall be a resident of the county of Monroe and the other a resident of Lee or Itawamba counties.

Sec. 256. The Legislature may at the first session after the State census of 1895 and decennially thereafter, make a new apportionment of Senators and Representatives. At each apportionment, each county then organized shall have at least one Representative. New counties afterwards created shall be repre