An ordinance shall not contain more than one (1) subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. An ordinance shall be amended by section or sections, and the original section or sections shall thereby be repealed. Each amendment to a section or sections of an ordinance shall have a title which clearly indicates the subject matter or matters of the amendment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-9
Ordinances shall not contain more than one subject; amendments
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Steverson v. City of Vicksburg, Miss. (1994)
Most recently applied in Steverson v. City of Vicksburg, Miss. (March 1994)
Codes, 1892, § 3008; 1906, § 3406; Hemingway’s 1917, § 5936; 1930, § 2544; 1942, § 3374-74; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 74; Laws, 1982, ch. 372, § 1, eff from and after passage (appr…
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