Creator: Legislature (RG 47).

Collection Summary: Docket books and folders listing bills introduced at a particular legislative session with columns for the title, author, when received by the committee, when reported (introduced) to the House, character of the report, sufficiency of title, and remarks. The docket books and folders may also include columns for passed in the House, sent to the Senate, passed in the Senate, and sent to Governor. These are usually fairly sketchy entries. The docket books usually include a roster of the committee members, and sometimes attendance at committee meetings, in the front inside cover. Also included are files with various committee reports and notices on committee actions.

Access Restrictions: The audiotapes of the Charity Hospitals Study Committee are not available to the public in their current format.  Arrangements must be made with an Image and Sound archivist for duplication of these materials before they may be heard. Transcripts of the meetings and hearings may be found in Box 15253.

Date(s): 1817-1989.

Volume: 23.00 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in April 2025.

Related Materials: TBD.

Record Group History: The Mississippi Legislature was first organized in 1800 to govern the Mississippi Territory. The Mississippi Legislature originally met in Natchez, Mississippi before moving to Washington, Mississippi in 1802 before ultimately moving to Jackson, Mississippi after Jackson became the new state capital in 1822. The Legislature is composed of the House of Representatives with 122 members and a Senate with 52 members. The House is led by a speaker selected by house members and the Senate is led by the Lieutenant Governor. Under the current 1890 Mississippi Constitution, the Legislature was only to regularly meet once every four years. The Legislature began meeting every two years in 1910 and started to meet yearly in 1968. Outside of regular sessions, the Legislature can be called into special sessions by the Governor of Mississippi to consider specific issues.

Collection Inventory
Box Content Box Number
Agriculture - Appropriations Committees: 1985 dockets32110
Agriculture - Highways and Highway Financing Committees: 1980 dockets30813
Agriculture - Judiciary A Committees: 1975 dockets30779
Agriculture Committee: 1892 and 1894-1900 docket book7019
Agriculture Committee: 1934 docket book7042
Annotated Code of 1892 Committee: 1892 docket book (few pages only)7019
Appropriations and Finance (Taxation) Committee: 1892 and 1894 docket book7019
Appropriations Committee: 1934 docket books #1 and #27042
Banks and Banking Committee: 1934 docket book7042
Banks and Banking - Local and Private Committees: 1985 dockets32111
Census and Apportionment Committee: 1934 docket book7054
Charity Hospitals, Special Committee to Study, audio recordings: 1977-198115255
Charity Hospitals, Special Committee to Study, correspondence: 1977-198115254
Charity Hospitals, Special Committee to Study, hospital files: 1977-198115253
Charity Hospitals, Special Committee to Study, reference materials: 1977-198115254
Charity Hospitals, Special Committee to Study, reports: 1977-198115253
Charity Hospitals, Special Committee to Study, transcripts: 1977-198115253
Claims Committee: 1934 docket book7054
Conservation of Natural Resources Committee: 1934 docket book7057
Constitution Committee: 1934 docket book7054
Corporations Committee: 1934 docket book7054
County Affairs Committee: 1934 docket book7054
County Affairs Committee: 1935 (ca.) docket book (one page of entries)7054
Drainage Committee: 1934 docket book7055
Education Committee: 1934 docket book7055
Education Study Committee files: 1980-198215500
Eleemosynary Institutions Committee: 1934 docket book7055
Fees and Salaries Committee: 1908-1910 docket book7019
Fees and Salaries Committee: 1934 docket book7055
Fisheries, Commerce, and Shipping Committee: 1934 docket book7055
Highway Finance, Study Committee on: 1979-198030932
Highway Finance, Study Committee on: 1979-1980 (oversized)30935
Highway Financing Committee: 1934 docket book7055
Insurance - Public Buildings, Grounds, and Lands Committees: 1980 dockets30814
Insurance Committee: 1934 docket book7055
Judiciary B - Ways and Means Committees: 1975 dockets30780
Judiciary Committee A: 1934 docket book7056
Judiciary Committee B: 1934 docket book7056
Judiciary Committee: 1896 and 1898 docket book7042
Judiciary Committee: 1899 docket book7049
Judiciary Committee: 1904 docket book7049
Judiciary en banc Committee: 1934 docket book7056
Levees Committee: 1934 docket book7056
Liquor Traffic Committee: 1934 docket book7056
Local and Private Legislation Committee: 1892-1897 docket book7042
Local and Private Legislation Committee: 1896-1898 docket book7019
Local and Private Legislation Committee: 1900 docket book7049
Local and Private Legislation Committee: 1934 docket books #1 and #27056
Military Affairs Committee: 1934 docket book7057
Military Affairs - Ways and Means Committees: 1985 dockets32112
Miss.-Tenn. boundary line, Select Committee on: 18364937
Municipalities Committee: 1934 docket book7057
Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals Committee report: 197830932
Penitentiary Committee: 1904 docket book7019
Penitentiary Committee: 1934 docket book7057
Pensions Committee: 1934 docket book7057
Property Tax Study Committee files: 1976-198915616
Property Tax Study Committee files: 1976-198915536
Property Tax Study Committee files: 1976-198915541
Public Health and Quarantine Committee: 1934 docket book7057
Public Lands Committee: 1934 docket book7057
Public Utilities - Ways and Means Committees: 1980 dockets30815
Railroads Committee: 1934 docket book7057
Railroads Committee Correspondence: 18804937
Registrations and Elections Committee: 1934 docket book7058
Reports to Speaker of House: 1817-1830s [dates approx.]4937
Road and Road Laws Committee: 1829 [date approx.]4937
Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Committee: 1934 docket book7058
Select Committee reports to Speaker: 1827 [date approx.]4937
Tax Study Committee files: 198415500
Taxation/Transportation Study Committee: 1977-197830919
University and Colleges Committee: 1934 docket book7058
Various committee reports: 1829 [date approx.]4937
Various committee reports: 1830s4937
Various committee reports: 1840-18494937
Various committee reports: 19084937
Ways and Means Committee regarding 2% Fund: 18524937
Ways and Means Committee files: 1971-197730917
Ways and Means Committee files: 1977-197930918
Ways and Means Committee files: 1979-1980, undated30919
Ways and Means Committee reports: 1829 [date approx.]4937
Ways and Means Committee report: 1875 [date approx.]4937
Ways and Means Committee: 1934 docket books #1 and #27058
Ways and Means Committee: 1935 docket book7058