21-13-9 - Ordinances shall not contain more than one subject; amendments. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 21-13-9. Ordinances shall not contain more than one subject; amendments.
 

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 An ordinance shall be amended by section or sections, and the original section or sections shall thereby be repealed.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. 
 

Sources: 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 (approved March 22, 1982).