Mississippi § 31-1-7 - Kinds of type to be used.
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§ 31-1-7. Kinds of type to be used.
The following kinds of type shall be used: The acts of the Legislature shall be set in eight- or ten-point type, solid or leaded, as the Secretary of State may direct; the journals of the Senate and the House shall be set in eight-point type, solid; the department reports, miscellaneous books, pamphlets, and Governor’s messages, and the like shall be set in ten-point, eight-point and/or six-point, or other sizes of type, within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The matters of spacing between paragraphs, and of style and type of marginal or headnotes shall be within the discretion of the Secretary of State.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 31-1-7 ("Kinds of type to be used.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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