Sundra Daniels
POL 215
February 26, 2013
Sarah West
Constitution and Systems of the State
In all States there is a constitution in black and white as an official document for the state administration. All States constitution forms definite structures of government for the State, given to these organs with their authorities, and disagree with State government and new authorities. The overall nature of State constitutions is centered upon the kinds of influences that State government holds and exercise.
According to our textbook, a state constitution nowadays follows more closely to the developed-law custom and the Model State Constitution than those earlier (Bowman & Kearney, 2011). They are shorter, more brief, and modest, and they have lesser inaccuracies, relics, and flaws (Bowman & Kearney, 2011).
When Mississippi turns into a United States territory in 1789, its chief government was made up of a territorial governor, a secretary to the governor, and three judges. At the time Washington Mississippi functioned as the first Mississippi establishment was conscripted and sent to the United States Congress for the terrains admittance in the Union as a state. In 1817, December 10th, Mississippi comes to be the twentieth state, and ever since then Mississippi’s residents and administrators formed the state government into how it is in this present day.
The Mississippi Constitution that is presently in use was approved in 1890, November 1. This article was its succeeding revisions; set the structure for the state government and frameworks the sense of duty and everyday jobs of its administrators. Similar to the federal ranks, Mississippi has three divisions of governments: the executive division, the legislative division, and judicial division. The three divisions labor together and have checks and balances in contradiction of each other so that no division becomes too robust. The Executive Division is the leading law implementation division of state government. It is built up of a bureau of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer, commissioner of agriculture and commerce, commissioner of insurance, three public service commissioners, and three transportation commissioners. These agencies are in authority of definite jobs of state government. The jobs holders are selected for four year terms and can be re-elected with the immunity of the governor and lieutenant governor who can only be elected for two sequential terms.
As chief executive office of the state, the governor is charged with offering a balance financial plan to the Mississippi Legislature for its consideration. The governor can either sign a law or reject all bills approved by the state legislature. Moreover, the governor functions as the commander-in-chief of Mississippi militia. The governor assigns administrators to numerous governments positions as the bylaws have need of.
The lieutenant governor leads the state Senate and chooses in the result of a draw. He or She too aids as an associate of the Senate Rules and Joint Legislative Budget Committees, assigns standing committees of the Senate, and speak of all bills to committee for attention. If the position of the governor comes to be available, by death or a long illness, the lieutenant governor will have the authority to release the sense of duty of the office.
The secretary of state is in control of making sure that certain companies in the state run under the law. He or She also have something to do with state owned properties such as 16th Section School Trust Lands and guaranteeing fairness, correct ballot votes throughout the state of Mississippi, in addition to reproducing official papers dealing with the performances of the state legislative between other authorized official papers, as well as, the Mississippi and Statistical Register, ordinarily identified as the Blue Book.
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