{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-5-1-15","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 5-1-15","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 5-1-15","body":"The senate shall proceed, by viva voce vote of a majority of the senators present, to elect a secretary, a sergeant-at-arms and a doorkeeper. The votes shall be entered on the journal. In like manner the senate shall proceed to choose a president of the senate pro tempore, who shall preside in the absence of the lieutenant governor.","path":["MS Code","Title 5"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"2206d31930f99d1068581bb099aa20ca98826ec83982e17fa783b1d081cdc309","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-5-1-13","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-5-1-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}