Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-11
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the respective counties are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings privately owned bridges across rivers or other bodies of water where the said bridges form a link or part of any county, public road, or highway. The boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, contract to purchase and buy any such privately owned bridges at such price and upon such terms as may seem reasonable to the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-33
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to take over, maintain, and operate, as a part of the state highway system under its jurisdiction, any ferry now owned by and operated by, for, or under the authority of any county, county district, or municipality in this state where such ferry is located upon, or is a necessary link of, any designated state highway being maintained by the commission, if such county, county district, or municipality will transfer to said commission all property, real and personal, used by it in the operation of such ferry. In event any such ferries be so taken over by the commission, no toll or fee shall be charged for the use thereof by the public, and all costs of operation and maintenance shall be paid out of the State Highway Maintenance Fund.

Any county, county district, or municipality in this state now owning a ferry which the State Highway Commission may desire to take over under the provisions of this section is hereby authorized to transfer to the State Highway Commission any and all property, real and personal, used by it in the operation of such ferry, without further consideration than the acceptance of the same for public use, pursuant to an order of its governing authority. Any such property so taken over by the commission which may thereafter become unnecessary to the maintenance of traffic over the highway may be disposed of by the commission, in its discretion, and the proceeds paid into the State Highway Maintenance Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-201.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201.nr2
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of the State of Mississippi are authorized and empowered at their discretion to employ, as county engineer, a civil engineer or person qualified to perform the duties of a county engineer, and such assistant engineers as may be necessary. On all projects for the construction or reconstruction of a bridge which will cost more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or for the construction or reconstruction of roads which will cost more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per mile, the employment of an engineer qualified under the chapter on engineers shall be obligatory, whether the work is to be done by contract or otherwise; however, in obligatory cases the employment may be for the particular work rather than for a term.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 43-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-75
Status: in_force

(1) The notice of toll evasion violation shall be accompanied by a written notice of the toll evasion penalty due for that violation, the address of the person authorized to receive payment of the toll evasion penalty, an affidavit of nonliability and a statement that payment of the toll evasion penalty for the toll evasion violation may be sent through the mail.

(2) The schedule of toll evasion penalties for toll evasion violations shall be established by the governmental entity having jurisdiction over the toll road, but shall not exceed the amount of the unpaid toll plus One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per violation.

(3) Toll evasion penalties under this section may be collected as civil penalties.

(4) If the amount of the unpaid toll, along with any applicable toll evasion penalty, is received by the person authorized to receive the deposit of these fees and there is no contest as to that toll evasion violation pursuant to Sections 65-43-71 to 65-43-83 , the proceedings shall terminate.

(5) The amount of the unpaid toll, and any applicable penalties, shall be retained by or remitted to the governmental entity having jurisdiction over the toll road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 43-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-77
Status: in_force

The governmental entity shall establish a system of civil administrative adjudication to adjudicate the contest of any alleged instances of a vehicle's operation on a toll facility without the required toll having been paid, such system shall include a schedule of administrative fees and charges due in addition to the unpaid toll and/or penalty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-74 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-74
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-74
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to construct, maintain and/or repair roads, driveways and parking areas into and on all property owned by any public school district within such county, and the expenditure of funds for such construction, repairs and maintenance is hereby authorized from any available funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 43-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-15
Status: in_force

The principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be payable in the manner provided in this section. Such bonds shall bear such date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates (not to exceed the limits set forth in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972 ), be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature absolutely at such time or times not to exceed thirty (30) years from date of issue, be redeemable before maturity at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by resolution of the State Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-39
Status: in_force

When any county of this state has adopted or will adopt any sea wall or part of a sea wall constructed prior to October 31, 1931, by a municipality as a part of its general system as provided by Section 65-33-37 , and where said county has been unable to take care of or pay the maturing bonds and interest of said municipality from the gasoline tax as provided by said section, the said county may borrow funds necessary to pay outstanding maturing bonds and interest of the municipality issued for said sea wall, or walls. The said county may borrow said funds either upon certificates of indebtedness, notes, or bonds, as in its judgment it may see fit. Said obligation or bonds shall not be for a period longer than ten years and at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. Said obligations or bonds shall not be considered as included in any limitation now fixed by law upon the indebtedness of any county, and said obligations or bonds may be issued without notice and without an election on the question of the issuance of same. The said obligation or bonds issued hereunder shall be general obligations of the county and payable out of the gasoline tax when available, as provided in the cited section, and the general sea wall road protection laws. In the event of the failure of sufficient funds from the said gasoline tax, the county shall levy a special tax to pay said bonds. The board of supervisors issuing bonds hereunder may provide that the first obligations or bonds mature as long as three years from the date of their issuance, but all interest shall be paid semiannually. In the event of the failure to collect sufficient gasoline tax to pay said bonds or obligations authorized hereunder, the board of supervisors of the county are authorized to levy ad valorem taxes to pay same as other sea wall or road protection bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.334 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.334
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.334
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge on Mississippi Highway 609 located in Jackson County, Mississippi, known as the Old Fort Bayou Bridge, is designated and shall be known as the “Mark M. Seymour, Sr., Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-83
Status: in_force

Whenever the owners of not less than one-half of the land bordering on or adjacent to any section of road established shall petition for a survey and estimate of the cost of building the road in a substantial and permanent manner of stone, gravel, chert, slag, brick, a combination of such material, or of any material equally durable and economical, the board may cause a survey and estimate to be made by a licensed civil engineer. Whenever thereafter the petitioners shall present to the board a map or description of the land which in their opinion would be directly benefited by the construction of such road, together with the written requests of the owners of not less than three-fifths of such land asking that all lands so benefited be assessed in proportion to the benefit conferred to pay one-third of the cost of construction, the board may levy and collect a special tax on such lands sufficient to pay one third of the cost thereof. Such lands shall be known as the benefit district of such section of road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-319 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-319
Status: in_force

When the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for their payment and shall continue to be held for that purpose, the county or counties issuing such bonds shall cease to charge tolls for the use of such bridge or bridges; and thereafter such bridge or bridges shall be free.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 18-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-17
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the several boards of supervisors to properly maintain all local system roads in their respective counties after construction of any such roads under this chapter. It shall be the duty of the State Aid Engineer and his assistants to make annual maintenance inspections of completed projects, and such other periodic maintenance inspections as the State Aid Engineer shall deem necessary. If essential maintenance is not properly and regularly carried on, in the opinion of the State Aid Engineer, then notice thereof shall be given in writing to the board in default, and if such maintenance is not done and continued within sixty (60) days from date of such notice, then, and in such event, the State Aid Engineer may proceed to have done the necessary maintenance and repair work on such road and charge the same to any funds allocated to such county under the provisions of the Local System Road Program. If such failure to maintain continues, then such county shall be no longer eligible for monies under the Local System Road Program until proper maintenance is resumed by it, and notice of such withdrawal of local system road funds shall be duly given the State Treasurer; however, such ineligibility shall not affect payment under the Local System Road Program of progress or final estimates on contracts awarded before notice of such ineligibility.

Local system roads that have been hard surfaced through the use of local system road funds shall be eligible for local system road funds to provide one or more seal courses, as required. Local system roads in which the grading and drainage structures were constructed under the Local System Road Program and which have been subsequently hard surfaced by the county through the use of county funds under the supervision of the county engineer shall likewise be eligible for local system road funds to provide one or more seal courses as required, provided that the hard surfacing and underlying base were constructed in accordance with the then prevailing local system road standards and specifications. The county shall furnish the State Aid Engineer with sufficient engineering data, including borings and tests, if necessary, to substantiate the required thickness and quality of the base and surfacing. The correction of base defects and pavement breaks may be made part of the plans and contract documents for each sealing project.

Local system roads that were constructed in accordance with the then prevailing local system road standards and specifications shall be eligible for local system road funds for maintenance, repair and reconstruction, subject to the prior written approval of such work by the State Aid Engineer and subject to the work being completed in accordance with the prior written approval.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-29
Status: in_force

Any municipality, in addition to the revenues which may be received from the sale of bridge revenue bonds and from the collection of tolls and other bridge revenues derived under the provisions of this article, shall have authority to receive and accept from any federal agency, state, state agency, municipality, municipal agency, or other political subdivision grants for or in the aid of the construction or acquisition of any bridge, and to receive and accept contributions from any source of either money or property or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which such grants and contributions may be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-9
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county or political subdivision desiring to come under this article, whether such municipality be a special charter municipality or not, may so do and may own, operate, and maintain such toll bridge wholly within the State of Mississippi or partly within the State of Mississippi and partly within any adjoining state, together with all approaches to and from said bridge. This article shall apply to special charter cities simply by resolution of the governing authority thereof, either through resolution or ordinance, and without amendment to the charter of such municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-59
Status: in_force

All the public roads of any separate road district, or parts thereof, shall be worked by contract, if the board of supervisors of such county so elect, by an order entered to that effect on its minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-21
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors is further authorized and empowered to paint center line safety stripes on all state aid roads heretofore or hereafter constructed in the several counties, by the use of its own crews and facilities or by public contract. The striping shall be applied of the materials and in the manner as the State Aid Engineer shall require. The board, subject to the approval of the State Aid Engineer, may include such striping in the same contract for the completion of the state aid road itself, or by a separately advertised and awarded contract. Funds necessary to carry out this section shall be as provided in the construction of the state aid road itself. The State Aid Engineer is authorized to promulgate and adopt reasonable regulations he may deem necessary and requisite in carrying out the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.59
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 613 in Jackson County beginning at its intersection with Big Point Road and extending northerly approximately 11.3 miles to the Jackson/George County line is designated and shall be known as the “Bruce Wayne Evans Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-201
Status: in_force

When any person shall desire to have a private road laid out through the land of another, when necessary for ingress and egress, he shall apply by petition, stating the facts and reasons, to the special court of eminent domain created under Section 11-27-3 of the county where the land or part of it is located, and the case shall proceed as nearly as possible as provided in Title 11, Chapter 27 for the condemnation of private property for public use. The court sitting without a jury shall determine the reasonableness of the application. The owner of the property shall be a necessary party to the proceedings. If the court finds in favor of the petitioner, all damages that the jury determines the landowner should be compensated for shall be assessed against and shall be paid by the person applying for the private road, and he shall pay all the costs and expenses incurred in the proceedings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-53
Status: in_force

When the funds arising from the road district bonds shall have been expended in the construction of roads and the contracts for construction of roads have been completed, then the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase teams, implements and material, employ labor, work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made according to state law governing public purchases, as provided in Section 31-7-1 et seq. , and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. If the road district be composed of only a part of a supervisors district and the principal of the bonds issued does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to purchase and hire teams, implements and material and employ labor to build and work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to construct, work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made on and after competitive bids for the same, except as otherwise provided by law, and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may use any teams and implements which it owns to assist on the roads of such district; and the like authority may be granted by the board for the maintenance of the roads, as to those not under construction, during the period when the roads or some of them are being constructed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-309 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-309
Status: in_force

Any such county acting separately or jointly with another county is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, whenever it shall deem such construction expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-23-305 . Authority is hereby granted to any such county or counties to purchase, solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, such lands, rights of way, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights of any person, copartnership, association, railroad or other corporation, municipality, or political subdivision, deemed necessary for the construction of any such bridge, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it or them to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it or them and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of such county or counties. Any such county or counties may acquire such lands, rights of way, easements, and other interest in land by eminent domain in the manner now provided by law. The State of Mississippi hereby consents to the use of all lands lying under water, which are within the state and are necessary for the construction and operation of any such bridge and the approaches and appurtenances thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 26-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-29
Status: in_force

(1) Such general obligation bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by this chapter. Any resolution providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the bond commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular, special or adjourned meeting of the bond commission by a majority of its members.

(2) The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter shall be validated in the chancery court of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Chapter 13, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district, and other bonds. The necessary papers for such validation proceedings shall be transmitted to the state bond attorney by the secretary of the bond commission, and the required notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-301 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-301
Status: in_force

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Pearl River Bridge Revenue Bond Law”.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.153 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.153
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.153
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge located on D'Iberville Boulevard, also identified as Old Mississippi Highway 67, in Harrison County that traverses over Interstate 10 is designated and shall be known as the “Veteran's Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching, and at each end of, the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 41-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-73
Status: in_force

The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “William Faulkner Scenic Byway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. : Beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 30 and County Road 14 in Union County and continuing westerly along Mississippi Highway 30 to its intersection with County Road 229 in Lafayette County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall require the keeper of every toll bridge or ferry to give bond with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president and clerk of the board in a penalty, to be fixed by the board, of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and conditioned to keep the bridge or ferry at all times in good repair so as to secure the safe transportation, on the payment of the fixed tolls, of all persons and property, and in all things to comply with the law and the reasonable orders of the board regulating the keeping of such toll bridge or ferry, but saving to the keeper a reasonable time within which to repair damage done by a sudden freshet, storm, or other unforeseen accident.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-13
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Department of Transportation rest area located along U.S. Highway 49 in Wiggins, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “'Dizzy' Dean Rest Area.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the rest area, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at such rest area in memory of Dizzy's extraordinary contributions to the sport of baseball.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-311 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-311
Status: in_force

The governing body of any such county is hereby authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds of such county, if acting separately, and of such counties, if acting jointly, for the purpose of paying the cost, as hereinabove defined, of any one or more of such bridges, which resolution shall recite an estimate of such cost. The principal and interest of such bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund herein provided for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum, payable semiannually, shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty (40) years from their date or dates, as may be determined by the governing body of such county or counties, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the county or counties, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the governing body of such county or counties prior to the issuance of the bonds. The principal and interest of such bonds may be made payable in any lawful medium. The governing body of such county or counties shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. The bonds and any interest coupons attached thereto shall be executed in such manner as shall be determined by the governing body of the county or counties. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All bridge revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article are hereby declared to have, as between successive holders, all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the state. Provision may be made for the registration of any of the bonds in the name of the owner as to principal alone, in the manner now provided by law for the registration of bonds issued by a county. The governing body of such county or counties may sell such bonds at public or private sale in such manner and for such price as it or they may determine to be for the best interest of such county or counties, but no such sale shall be made at a price so low as to require the payment of interest on the money received therefor at more than six percent (6%) per annum, computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the bonds in accordance with standard tables of bond values. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the bridge or bridges, and shall be disbursed under such restrictions, if any, as the governing body of such county or counties thereof may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the bridge or bridges, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit, and unless otherwise provided in the trust indenture hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same bridge or bridges. If the proceeds of bonds issued for any bridge or bridges shall exceed the cost thereof, the surplus shall be paid into the fund hereinafter provided for the payment of principal and interest of such bonds. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, such county or counties may, under like restrictions, issue temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter. The governing body of any such county or counties may also provide for the replacement of any bond which shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost. Such bridge revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified and required by this article. The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition to the power conferred by any other law, general, special, or local, and this article, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full authority for the purpose hereof. In the discretion of the governing body of any such county or counties, bridge revenue bonds of a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of any one or more bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-45.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45.nr2
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Management Board shall notify the board of supervisors of each county of the amount of money to be available for expenditure in such county from any appropriation made by the state for the purpose of Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 . The board of supervisors, upon the receipt of such notice, shall deposit the amount available for such county into the county road and bridge fund. All funds which may be appropriated for the purpose of said sections shall be expended for materials and labor in construction and improvement of county roads and bridges selected by the board of supervisors of each county. However, the board of supervisors shall first select for construction and reconstruction all school bus routes and, next, rural mail routes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-11
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission, in its discretion, by order duly adopted and entered upon its official minutes, may authorize the Katrina Volunteers Memorial Fountain Committee, acting under board approved sponsorship of the Diamondhead Continuing Education, Inc., and at its own expense, to design, construct and maintain at a location approved by the commission on property of the welcome center near I-10 in western Hancock County, a fountain and suitable memorial in recognition and appreciation of the thousands of volunteers who donated their time and money to assist the citizens of Mississippi in recovering from the destruction and in the rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-27
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors in case the election shall result in favor of the creation of the district, at its next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting, to appoint three commissioners, who shall be qualified electors of the district and real estate owners therein, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the time of their appointment and until their successors are appointed by the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to have the management and supervision of the construction and maintenance of the roads built under the provisions hereof, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, and for their services shall be paid their actual expenses, not exceeding one hundred dollars each per annum. The board of supervisors may remove any commissioner, for cause or at pleasure, at any time and fill the vacancy thereby caused; and the board may, at any time after the roads within a district have been constructed by the proceeds of bonds sold, discontinue the commissioners, proceed to administer the fiscal affairs of the road district in the manner authorized by law, and make tax levies without recommendation of the commissioners on all taxable property in such district or districts. The commissioners may employ an attorney, if necessary, and pay him a reasonable compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-1
Status: in_force

(1) This section, relating to the establishment of a county road department, the employment of a county road manager and prescribing the powers and duties of the county road manager, shall not be mandatory in any county which is not required to operate under a countywide system of road administration; provided, however, such county may, by order of the board of supervisors, adopt all or part of the procedures prescribed by this section.

(2) The board of supervisors of each county shall establish a county road department. The board of supervisors shall adopt the general policies to be followed in administration of the county road department and shall appoint as administrative head of the county road department a county road manager who shall be educated or experienced in the construction and maintenance of highways, bridges and other facets of county highway responsibilities. Provided, however, that in any county which, on July 1, 1988, employed two (2) county road managers each of whom managed an administrative division of the county for road construction and maintenance, the board of supervisors may continue to employ two (2) county road managers. The county road manager shall not be a member of the board of supervisors. The county road manager, under the policies determined by the board of supervisors and subject to the board's general supervision and control, shall administer the county road department, superintend the working, construction and maintaining of the public roads and the building of bridges in such county, and carry out the general policies of the board in conformity with the estimates of expenditures fixed in the annual budget as finally adopted by the board or as thereafter revised by appropriate action of the board. All requisitions for the purchase and repair of all equipment, heavy equipment, machinery, supplies, commodities, materials and services for the county road department shall be prepared by the county road manager and submitted to the county department of purchasing for processing in accordance with the central purchasing system. The county road manager shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board of supervisors and may be removed from such position by a majority vote of the board.

(3) The county road manager shall receive such compensation, to be paid from the county road and bridge funds, as the board of supervisors shall determine. The county road manager, before entering upon his duties, shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty in such amount as may be approved by the board of supervisors, but not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).

(4) A county may appoint as county road manager the same person whom it has under the law employed as its county engineer for its state aid road system, provided that such county road manager is being compensated by the county for serving as county road manager and for all duties, if any, that he performs as county engineer by payment of an annual salary and not on the basis of a percentage of the cost of road projects.

(5) Nothing shall preclude one (1) person from serving two (2) or more counties as county road manager by agreement between such counties.

(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require new county personnel to be employed but, to the extent practicable, an existing county employee shall be appointed as the county road manager.

(7) The responsibility for construction and maintenance of all “local farm roads” (including bridges) as the same are defined in Sections 65-9-1 and 65-9-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 , together with all functions not vested by law in the county state aid engineer in the construction and maintenance of state aid roads shall be vested in the county's road department.

(8) The county road manager each year shall prepare, or shall assist the county administrator (if one has been appointed) in the preparation of, a tentative road budget containing all proposed expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year for construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges and the operation of the county road department. Such tentative road budget shall be submitted to the board of supervisors for incorporation, with such modification as the board may adopt, in the county budget, as prescribed by law.

(9) The county road manager shall employ, subject to approval of the board of supervisors, such assistants and employees as may be necessary in conformity with the budget and county policies and procedure with respect to personnel and subject to approval of the board as to salary or other compensation to be paid. He shall have supervision and jurisdiction over personnel and assignments of personnel engaged in the work of the road department. He may purchase, lease or hire such equipment and purchase such materials and supplies as may be necessary for operation of the county road department in conformity with the budget, in accordance with the central purchase system and existing laws and subject to approval of the board as to price or rental. He shall have jurisdiction over the assignment of equipment needed in performance of the work of the county road department.

(10) The board of supervisors may, by a majority vote of the entire board, supersede any act of the road manager or change, modify or revoke any act which has been completed by the road manager, provided the change, modification or revocation does not constitute a breach of contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.174 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.174
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.174
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 72 located in Alcorn County within the town limits of the Town of Glen, is designated and shall be known as the “William S. “Seth” Ricketts Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 18-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-5
Status: in_force

(1) There is established a Local System Road Program which shall be administered by the State Aid Engineer for the purpose of assisting the counties of this state in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads.

(2) Routes on which projects are performed under this chapter are not eligible for inclusion on the state aid system except in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-9-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 26-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-33
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted, but this chapter shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state whereunder projects of the character herein defined may be constructed or financed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-3
Status: in_force

Any county or city in this state is hereby authorized and empowered:

(a) To acquire by purchase or by condemnation and to construct, or partly acquire and partly construct, and to improve, operate, and maintain bridges wholly or partially within the state within such county or city or within twenty miles of the territory over which such county or city has jurisdiction and which are over the Mississippi River; and

(b) To issue bridge revenue bonds of such county or city, payable from bridge earnings, to pay the cost of such bridges.

No revenue bonds and no liens securing such bonds shall be repaid in whole or in part from any funds arising from taxation, nor shall any such bonds or liens given under authority of this article constitute a lien on any other property of a city or county other than the bridge constructed or acquired under this article or a pledge of the credit of such agency unless specifically so voted by a majority of the qualified electors voting in favor of same in an election held according to law for the purpose of so authorizing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Transportation Commission, at one time or from time to time, may declare by resolution the necessity for the issuance of general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi to provide funds for all costs incurred or to be incurred by the Transportation Commission and the Mississippi Department of Transportation in constructing and reconstructing highways and performing the projects authorized under Section 65-39-1 .

(2) The amount of bonds issued under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall not exceed Three Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($325,000,000.00).

(3) Upon the adoption of a resolution by the Mississippi Transportation Commission declaring the necessity for the issuance of any part or all of the general obligation bonds authorized by this section, the Transportation Commission shall deliver a certified copy of its resolution or resolutions to the State Bond Commission. Upon receipt of any such resolution, the State Bond Commission, in its discretion, may act as the issuing agent, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 43-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-77
Status: in_force

The governmental entity shall establish a system of civil administrative adjudication to adjudicate the contest of any alleged instances of a vehicle's operation on a toll facility without the required toll having been paid, such system shall include a schedule of administrative fees and charges due in addition to the unpaid toll and/or penalty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-21
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and directed to prepare all necessary surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for all projects upon county highways, to furnish engineering and technical assistance for the preparation of such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates, and to supervise the construction of all projects upon county highways under the provisions of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 ; the cost and expense of such surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and the supervision of projects shall be paid from the federal aid or state appropriated funds allocated for such project, or from any other funds that the county might have available for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-103
Status: in_force

The compact, when signed by the signatories of each state as herein provided, shall become binding upon the State of Mississippi and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-29
Status: in_force

(1) Federal aid secondary funds allocated to Mississippi and to be expended on the federal aid secondary system roads shall be expended as follows:

(a) Effective only upon the passage of an act of the Legislature providing state aid funds, federal aid secondary funds allocated to Mississippi and to be expended on the federal aid secondary system shall be divided between the Mississippi Department of Transportation and the several counties, so that fifty percent (50%) will be matched by the Mississippi Department of Transportation and expended on the federal aid secondary system roads on the state highway system, and fifty percent (50%) matched by the counties with state aid funds and expended on the federal aid secondary roads of the state aid road system.

(b) Such division will be made upon allocation by the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration after the Department of Transportation provides for the matching of the percent of such allotment as covered by federal act and available for financing in part the Mississippi Department of Transportation's Division of Highway Planning. The expenditure of all federal aid secondary funds shall be through and under the Department of Transportation, subject to and in accordance with all rules and regulations and applicable laws of the federal government.

(c) The amount of funds allocated to each county for use on State Aid System roads shall be apportioned among the counties of this state by the Mississippi Transportation Commission subject to and in accordance with applicable federal law, rules and regulations, and limited to such counties as recommended by the State Aid Engineer. The Mississippi Transportation Commission is authorized to finance from its own funds the preliminary surveys, engineering and plans for all work involving funds expended on federal aid secondary projects on the state aid road system, and the rights-of-way required for state aid system roads constructed with federal aid secondary funds shall be provided by the county receiving such aid from its funds other than state aid funds. The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall program federal aid secondary funds made available to the counties under this act on such projects and limited to such counties as recommended by the State Aid Engineer.

(2) Federal “safer off-system” funds, and/or any other available federal road funds, except the federal aid secondary funds hereinabove provided for separately, allocated to Mississippi and to be expended on county roads, but not on the designated state highway system, shall be expended as follows:

(a) Federal “safer off-system” funds and/or any such other available federal road funds shall be matched with available state aid funds and expended on such county roads.

(b) The expenditure of such federal “safer off-system” funds and all such other available federal road funds shall be through and under the Mississippi Department of Transportation, subject to, and in accordance with, all rules and regulations and applicable laws of the federal government.

(c) The amount of such federal “safer off-system” funds and/or all such other available federal road funds allocated to each county for use on such county roads shall be apportioned among the counties of this state by the Mississippi Transportation Commission in accordance with the formula in the manner provided in Section 65-9-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The Mississippi Transportation Commission will program such federal “safer off-system” funds and all such other available federal road funds made available to the counties on such projects and limited to such counties as recommended by the State Aid Engineer.

(3) Federal aid off-system highway funds allocated to Mississippi, (except federal aid secondary funds and federal “safer off-system” funds provided for separately in subsections (1) and (2) of this section), including federal bridge replacement funds and other special grants made available for expenditure of county roads, shall be expended as follows:

(a) Federal aid off-system highway funds expended on state aid roads shall be matched with available state aid funds and/or other available local funds, or as otherwise provided in Section 65-1-70, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(b) Federal aid off-system highway funds available for expenditure on roads not on the state aid system and not eligible for inclusion on the state aid system shall be matched with available local funds, or as otherwise provided in Section 65-9-17 or Section 65-1-70, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(c) The expenditure of all federal off-system highway funds on county roads shall be programmed by the Mississippi Transportation Commission, subject to and in accordance with applicable federal law, rules and regulations, and limited to such county projects as recommended by the State Aid Engineer. The State Aid Engineer is authorized to assign state aid personnel to administer off-system construction projects and other special federal aid program requirements in the same manner and under the same provisions and conditions as other projects authorized under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-1
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission, county boards of supervisors and/or the governing authorities of municipalities (hereinafter referred to as governmental entities), in their discretion, may construct, operate and maintain, individually or jointly with other governmental entities, one or more new toll roads or toll bridges in the state for motor vehicle traffic, including toll booths and related facilities, at those locations where an alternate untolled route exists. All such highways, pavement, bridges, drainage-related structures and other infrastructure comprising the projects shall be built and maintained in accordance with not less than the minimum highway design, construction and maintenance standards established by the contracting governmental entity for such highways, infrastructure and facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.329 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.329
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.329
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of United States Highway 61 located in Jefferson County, Mississippi, beginning at the Town of Fayette and extending northerly for one (1) mile is designated and shall be known as the “Highway Patrol Lieutenant Troy Morris Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-143.3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.3
Status: in_force

(1) The following highway is designated as a state highway and placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Section 65-3-3 , and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

Northern District--DeSoto County:

That segment of road beginning at the intersection of Mississippi 301 and Mississippi 304 and extending southerly to Arkabutla Dam.

(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way, are removed or relocated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.233 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.233
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.233
Status: in_force

(1) The entire segment of U.S. Highway 72 in Tishomingo, Alcorn, Tippah, Benton and Marshall Counties, Mississippi, beginning at the Mississippi-Tennessee state line, and ending at the Mississippi-Alabama state line, is designated and shall be known as the “Veterans Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-27
Status: in_force

Whenever any county is ineligible for state aid under the provisions of this chapter for a continuous period of four (4) years, then such county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the funds in the State Aid Road Fund theretofore allocated to it; and the balance of such funds so theretofore allocated to it shall be reallocated pro rata between all other eligible counties in the same relative proportions as those specified in any law providing state aid road funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-21
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality issuing its bonds under the provisions of this article is hereby authorized to fix and to revise from time to time tolls for transit over such bridges, to charge and collect the same, and to contract with any person, partnership, association, or corporation desiring the use of any bridge, its approaches, appurtenances, or any part thereof for placing thereon water, gas, oil pipe lines, telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, railroad or street railway tracks, or for any other purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rates, and charges for such use. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted, in respect of the aggregate of tolls from the bridge or bridges for which a single issue of bonds is issued, as to provide a fund sufficient, with other revenues of the bridge or bridges, if any, to pay (a) the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge or bridges unless such cost shall be otherwise provided for, and (b) the bonds and the interest thereon as the same become due, subject, however, to any applicable law or regulation of the United States of America now in force or hereafter to be enacted or made. Such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state commission, board, bureau, or agency. The tolls from the bridge or bridges for which a single issue of bonds is issued, except such part thereof as may be required to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge or bridges and to provide such reserves therefor as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, shall be set aside at such regular intervals as may be provided in such resolution or such trust indenture, in a sinking fund which is hereby pledged to, and charged with the payment of, (1) the interest upon such bonds as such interest shall fall due, (2) the principal of the bonds as the same shall fall due, (3) the necessary fiscal agency charges for paying principal and interest, and (4) any premium upon bonds retired by call or purchase as herein provided. The use and disposition of such sinking fund shall be subject to such regulations as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or in the trust indenture, but, except as may otherwise be provided in such resolution or trust indenture, such sinking fund shall be a fund for the benefit of all bonds without distinction or priority of one over another. Subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or of the trust indenture, any moneys in such sinking fund in excess of an amount equal to one year's interest on all bonds then outstanding may be applied to the purchase or redemption of bonds. All bonds so purchased or redeemed shall forthwith be cancelled and shall not again be issued.

Upon the letting of a contract for the construction of a bridge under the provisions of this article, it shall be the duty of state highway commission to proceed with the construction of any highways which may be necessary to connect such bridge with the highway system of the state and to complete the construction of such connecting highway or highways on or before the date such bridge shall be opened for traffic.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.70 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.70
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.70
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 19 in Lauderdale and Newton Counties, beginning at the Alabama state line and extending northwesterly to the Neshoba county line, shall be known as “Veterans Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 26-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the issuance and sale of such bonds, the Bond Commission shall transfer the principal proceeds of any such sale or sales to the bridge construction fund hereby created in the state treasury. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or combined projects, which shall include costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds, and shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Highway Commission under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.

(2) Any revenues transferred to the bridge construction fund from the bond retirement fund as provided in this chapter shall be expended for the construction of any bridges described in Section 65-26-5 upon the order of the Highway Commission. Such revenues shall not be commingled with any other funds in the bridge construction fund but shall be kept separate and distinct therefrom.

(3) Any funds in the bridge construction fund which are not needed to make current payments to meet contractual obligations shall be invested in interest-bearing certificates of deposit in accordance with the provisions of Section 27-105-33 , except interest so earned shall be credited to the bridge construction fund.

(4) When all contracts for bridge construction are paid in full then all funds in the bridge construction fund and all funds invested as provided in subsection (3) of this section shall be transferred to the bond retirement fund and no further diversion or transfer of said funds shall be made to the bridge construction fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33
Status: in_force

The public highway or highways so surveyed and adopted by such commissioners shall be constructed and maintained out of the proceeds of the aforementioned bonds, proceeds of such bonds to be used alone in their construction and maintenance. The board of supervisors shall levy an annual tax, on the recommendation of the commissioners, on all the taxable property in the district not exceeding three mills on the dollar, which shall be used to supplement the general fund of the county in maintaining said road or roads and the culverts, bridges, and levees therein. For the purpose of paying such bonds and interest and so maintaining said roads, the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed by law, levy the tax for the same, and it shall be the duty of the county auditor to keep a separate account of such funds so raised from the other funds of the county; and it shall be the duty of the county depository, which shall be the treasurer of such funds and liable on its bond therefor, to keep a separate account thereof. All allowances against said special funds shall be made by the board of supervisors on the recommendation of the commissioners, and special warrants prepared for the purpose shall be issued against said funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 43-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-33
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-13
Status: in_force

In connection with the issuance of bonds or other obligations by any municipality and county pursuant to this chapter, or in order to secure the payment of said bonds or other obligations, such county or municipality shall have power:

(a) To accept grants from the United States of America, the president of the United States, the federal emergency administration of public works, or such other agencies, instrumentalities, or corporations as may be designated or created to make grants or loans (hereinafter termed “federal agency”) pursuant to the National Industrial Recovery Act and any further act of the congress of the United States providing for the construction of useful public works (hereinafter termed “National Industrial Recovery Act”) for or in aid of work, development, or improvement authorized by this chapter.

(b) To make such contracts and execute such instruments containing such provisions, covenants, and conditions as, in the discretion of the authorities of any such municipalities or county, may be necessary, proper, or advisable for the purpose of obtaining or securing grants, loans, or other financial assistance from any federal agency pursuant to the National Industrial Recovery Act; to make such further, different, or additional contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient in or for the furtherance of any work, development, or improvement, including but not limited to all property, real and personal, appurtenant thereto or connected therewith and the existing work, development, or improvement, if any, to which the work, development, or improvement authorized by this chapter is an extension, addition, betterment, or embellishment (hereinafter termed “work, development, or improvement”); to carry out and perform the terms and conditions of any such contract or instrument.

(c) To pledge all or any part of the fees, rents, tolls, revenues, or other charges received or receivable by such municipality or county or ferry commission from any work, development, or improvement to which its right then exists or the right to which may thereafter come into existence.

(d) To covenant against the pledging of all or any part of the fees, rents, tolls, revenues, or other charges received or receivable by such municipality or county or ferry commission, if any, from any work, transportation development, or improvement to which its right then exists or the right to which may thereafter come into existence.

(e) To covenant against the encumbering of all or any part of any work, development, or improvement, or against permitting or suffering any lien thereon.

(f) To covenant as to what other or additional debt may be incurred by such municipality or county.

(g) To provide for the preparation, specifications, terms, form, registration, extension, execution, and authentication of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.

(h) To provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.

(i) To covenant as to the fees, rents, revenues, or tolls to be charged, the amount to be raised each year or other period of time, and as to the use and disbursement to be made thereof.

(j) To covenant to set aside or to pay over reserves and sinking funds and as to the disposal thereof.

(k) To redeem prior to maturity, with or without premium, bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, to covenant for their prior redemption, and to provide the terms and conditions thereof.

(l) To covenant against extending the time for the payment of the interest on or principal of the bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, directly or indirectly, by any means or in any manner.

(m) To covenant as to books of account of such municipality or county, as to the inspection and audit thereof, and as to the accounting method.

(n) To covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the breach by such municipality or county of any covenant, condition, or obligation assumed pursuant to this chapter.

(o) To make such covenants and do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable in order to secure any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, or in the absolute discretion of the authorities of such municipality or county in order to make such bonds or other obligations more marketable, notwithstanding that such covenants, acts, or things may not be enumerated herein or expressly authorized herein; it being the intention hereby to give the authorities of any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter the power to do all things in the issuance of said bonds or other obligations and for their execution that may not be inconsistent with the constitution of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.382 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.382
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.382
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 513 South located in Stonewall, Clarke County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Church Street, and running northwesterly for a distance of approximately one (1) mile, more or less, to the Chickasawhay River in Enterprise, Clarke County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Lance Corporal Mac Hamburg, USMC, Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of the highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 18-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-5
Status: in_force

(1) There is established a Local System Road Program which shall be administered by the State Aid Engineer for the purpose of assisting the counties of this state in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads.

(2) Routes on which projects are performed under this chapter are not eligible for inclusion on the state aid system except in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-9-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-23
Status: in_force

Such accounting controls and safeguards, including those already provided in this chapter, may be required of each board of supervisors as, in the discretion of the State Aid Engineer, may be deemed necessary; but general and uniform rules and regulations thereasto shall be first promulgated by said State Aid Engineer, only with the advice and approval of the State Auditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-45.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45.nr2
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Management Board shall notify the board of supervisors of each county of the amount of money to be available for expenditure in such county from any appropriation made by the state for the purpose of Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 . The board of supervisors, upon the receipt of such notice, shall deposit the amount available for such county into the county road and bridge fund. All funds which may be appropriated for the purpose of said sections shall be expended for materials and labor in construction and improvement of county roads and bridges selected by the board of supervisors of each county. However, the board of supervisors shall first select for construction and reconstruction all school bus routes and, next, rural mail routes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-49 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-49
Status: in_force

In those counties operating under this chapter, the board of supervisors may borrow funds not in excess of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000.00) at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, in addition to such sums as may have heretofore been borrowed, for the purpose of extending, constructing, repairing, or maintaining the road protection of the county or to protect by sea wall or road protection any street, highway, road, or avenue connected therewith extending to or along the side of a harbor or to a boat landing or dock, which, in the judgment of the board of supervisors of such county, should be so protected either for an existing or a contemplated road, street, highway, or avenue. Such board of supervisors shall have authority to acquire by purchase or otherwise a dredge boat and use and operate the same for the purpose of pumping a sand beach adjacent to such sea wall or road protection structure, and to pay for same out of any funds provided under this section or any funds collected under Section 65-33-47 . The funds or amount borrowed for the purpose provided for in this section shall be paid within a period of ten years from the date borrowed, and shall be paid out of the funds collected under this chapter. All bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness maturing each year and the interest thereon, however, shall be first provided for and paid out of said funds. The loans authorized herein shall not be subject to other limitations, restrictions, or provisions of the general laws governing the borrowing of money, amounts of indebtedness, budget, and election; and said loans may be made by the board of supervisors of such county either by issuance of county bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness which shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county issuing the same and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter. The money herein authorized to be borrowed may be borrowed by such board of supervisors from any person, firm, corporation, governmental lending agency, or from any sinking funds of such county, provided that if the money be borrowed from any sinking fund, it shall be repaid before the sinking fund from which it is borrowed, when supplemented by funds paid into same, is needed. Before the board of supervisors shall borrow money under this section, it shall spread on its minutes an order reciting such intention and shall thereafter publish a copy of such order, in two weekly issues of some newspaper having a general circulation in the county. If, within fifteen days after the first publication of a copy of such order, twenty-five per cent of the qualified electors of the county petition the board of supervisors for an election to determine whether or not the adoption of such order should be annulled, such election shall be ordered by such board of supervisors. If at such election a majority of those voting vote in favor of the adoption of such order, the same shall be valid and effective; but if a majority shall vote against such order, it shall be annulled and shall be ineffective, and no further effort shall be made to borrow funds under this section by such board for a period of six months from the date of such election. If no such petition be presented within fifteen days after the first publication of a copy of such order, such order shall be valid and effective. The amount authorized to be borrowed under this section may be borrowed at any time and in any amount, but the total borrowed shall not exceed three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000.00) in addition to such sums as may heretofore have been borrowed for the purposes herein enumerated, or either of them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.203 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.203
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.203
Status: in_force

(1) The Gluckstadt interchange on Interstate 55 in Madison County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Adam Lee Weisenberger Memorial Interchange.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 26-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-11
Status: in_force

The Highway Commission may levy tolls on any bridge provided for in Section 65-26-5 where the highway commission determines such tolls to be feasible. Tolls shall be levied only at such time as is provided for in subsection (3)(b)(iii) of Section 65-26-19 . The revenue derived from any tolls shall be deposited directly into the bond retirement fund, and shall be used only to defray the costs incident to the collection of such tolls, the construction, maintenance and equipment of toll stations and to retire bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or to reimburse the State of Mississippi for any advances or expenditures in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the principal of and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 or to reimburse the State of Mississippi for any expenditures on the principal of and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (2) of Section 65-26-15 . Any tolls shall be collected until terminated as provided by subsection (3) of Section 65-26-19 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 37-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-5
Status: in_force

In administering the provisions of this chapter, the State Aid Engineer shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To supervise the use of all funds made available under this chapter for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on local road systems;

(b) To review and certify all projects for which funds are authorized to be made available under this chapter for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on local road systems;

(c) To requisition monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund and pay and distribute those monies on a project-by-project basis in accordance with the allocation formula established by Section 65-37-3 ;

(d) To insure that each four-year plan submitted by a county to the State Aid Engineer and the funds allocated to a county under this chapter provide for an equitable distribution of projects and funds among the county and incorporated municipalities located therein based upon the number and costs of deficient bridges in both the county and the municipalities;

(e) To establish and require specific designs and standards to be followed by the counties in replacing and rehabilitating bridges under this chapter, which designs and standards shall equal or exceed the design and standards prescribed for bridges on the State Aid Road System;

(f) To maintain an accurate record of all local bridge replacement and rehabilitation funds allocated to counties and of the number of bridges replaced or rehabilitated, their location and the costs for each project. Such records shall be kept separate from other records of the Office of State Aid Road Construction;

(g) To periodically notify the counties of bridges eligible for replacement and rehabilitation under the provisions of this chapter;

(h) To adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this chapter; and

(i) To file annually with the Legislature a report detailing how monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund were spent during the preceding fiscal year in each county, including in the incorporated municipalities of each county, the number of projects approved and constructed, the length of bridges completed and the cost per foot of each bridge constructed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-7
Status: in_force

The Division of State Aid Road Construction of the Mississippi State Highway Department, is hereby authorized and empowered to own and operate seven passenger automobiles, the same to be purchased, owned, and operated in strict accordance with the provisions of Sections 25-1-77 to 25-1-93, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.120 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.120
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.120
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 305 in Tate County from its intersection with Mississippi 306 to its intersection with Pryor Road shall be known as the “W.C. ‘Bill’ Hancock Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-3
Status: in_force

The board shall levy annually a tax upon the taxable property of such county to be used for road and bridge purposes; and the tax collector shall collect such taxes at the time and in the manner state, county, and other taxes are collected. All laws for the enforcement of the collection of other taxes shall apply to the collection of such taxes, and the tax collector's bond shall cover the same in like manner. When such taxes are collected, they shall be paid into the county depository as other taxes, and in like manner shall be covered by the bond of the county depository. Such funds shall be kept as a separate road fund and shall be paid out only on allowances and warrants of the board of supervisors for said purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-91 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-91
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may purchase or lease land upon which to establish stations for the working of the public roads, and may erect on the land barns, sheds, and other necessary buildings for the working of the public roads; but the board shall not purchase over ten (10) acres of land for any one (1) station. If the board is unable to purchase or lease, upon terms satisfactory to it, a site selected by it for a station, or in case it is unable to agree with any landowner as to the amount of compensation he shall receive for any land so selected, then the board may proceed to obtain not more than two (2) acres of said site by eminent domain, and the right of eminent domain for no more than two (2) acres is hereby conferred upon the boards of supervisors for said purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-109 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-109
Status: in_force

All road authorities and contractors in counties, parts of counties, and municipalities in this state who construct, build, or repair public roads and streets with oyster shells shall, within ten days after the foundation is laid for such road, put a surface of crushed shells or other surfacing equal thereto for the purpose of making such roads smooth; and each half mile in rural districts and each block in cities shall be surfaced within said time after the foundation of such road shall be laid. All surface repair work shall be done with crushed shell, or material equal thereto, where the foundation is laid with such uncrushed oyster shells, so that said road shall be made smooth and traversable without injury to animal or vehicle. Where foundation is repaired with uncrushed shells, the surfacing shall be done as soon as reasonably possible, not to exceed ten days after such foundation is laid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-19
Status: in_force

Every ferryman shall have authority to keep out or put out of his ferry boat or other vessel any person who shall attempt or press to enter or stay in his boat or vessel contrary to his orders. Any person so doing, contrary to order, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-47
Status: in_force

The governing body of such county or city shall cause to be kept separate minutes and records of the operation of such bridge properties available for public inspection, which minutes from time to time shall show the approval or disapproval of the actions of said commission. Concerning the management and operation of said bridge by the commission and the governing body of said city or county, there shall be no obligation on said commission, nor shall there be any general obligation on said city or county, other than from the revenues derived from the operation of said bridge properties and as may be set forth or provided for in the trust indenture or resolution under which the revenue bonds of such governing body were issued for the acquisition of said bridge properties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-59
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the authority of Sections 65-33-57 and 65-33-59 shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county issuing the same; shall mature within fifteen years of their date of issuance in such annual maturities and denominations as the board of supervisors may direct; shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed five and one half per centum per annum, payable semiannually; may be issued without notice or an election therefor; and shall not be subject to any limitation relative to amount of bonded debt. Such bonds and the interest thereon shall be payable both as to principal and interest from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any of the provisions of House Bill No. 287 [ch. 130] as enacted at the Regular 1938 Session of the Mississippi Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the several counties of the state shall forthwith erect or cause to be erected, at all forks, crossroads or road intersections on all of the state highways and all other principal roads within their county, sign or guide boards in compliance with specifications theretofore furnished by the state highway department or state highway engineer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-31
Status: in_force

The highway and street revenue bond authority, through its trustees, is hereby empowered:

(a) To develop one or more projects under the authority provided by this chapter.

(b) To construct and maintain highways and streets, including roadways, drainageways, bases, pavements, culverts, bridges, driveways, turnouts, ramps, overpasses, underpasses, intersections, and all other facilities necessary to provide for safe and convenient use by automotive and truck traffic.

(c) To acquire and develop land or any interest in land or property; acquire, construct, improve, install, reconstruct, cause to be constructed, extend, expand, maintain, use, operate all facilities of any kind necessary or convenient for the purposes of this chapter.

(d) To make or cause to be made or to cooperate in making engineering surveys, feasibility studies, and cost-benefit estimates relating to the works contemplated by this chapter.

(e) To employ engineers, attorneys, and all agents and employees necessary to the exercising of the powers, rights, privileges, or functions conferred upon the authority by this chapter, and to properly finance, construct, operate, and maintain the project and the services it renders, and to pay reasonable compensation for such services.

(f) To acquire by condemnation easements for traffic thoroughfares or utility rights of way, subject to the specific recommendation and approval of the board of supervisors; but for no other purpose shall the right of condemnation be allowed.

(g) To apply for and accept government grants and loans, whether federal, state, or local, when such are available; to borrow from other federal, state and municipal agencies and from private persons or groups, including corporations.

(h) To make contracts and to execute instruments necessary to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred upon the authority by this chapter.

(i) To enter into contracts and agreements with any federal agencies, public agencies, or political subdivisions of any kind, including municipalities, corporations, districts, or others for any financing, construction, operation, or maintenance requirements.

(j) To fix and to revise from time to time tolls and other charges for transit over, or use of, the facility, and to charge and collect same; and to contract with any person, partnership, corporation, or association desiring to use its properties for any purpose to fix the terms, conditions, rates, and charges for such use. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted, in respect of the aggregate of tolls from the project for which a single issue of bonds is issued, as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues of the project, if any, to pay (1) the cost of maintaining, repairing, operating such project and collecting tolls, and (2) the bonds and the interest thereon as the same become due. Such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state commission, board, bureau or agency, except such bureau or agency that might participate in the financing of the cost of any such project.

(k) To designate the locations, and establish, limit, and control such points of ingress to and egress from each project as may be necessary or desirable in the judgment of the authority to insure the proper operation and maintenance of such project, and to prohibit entrance to such project from any point or points not so designated.

(l) To construct highway and railroad crossings at grade or by means of grade separation structures.

(m) To sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(n) To adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal.

(o) To make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs.

(p) To employ a general manager, who shall, at the discretion of the board of trustees, have the power to employ and discharge employees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.380 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.380
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.380
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 446 located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, extending for a distance of approximately one (1) mile in the easterly direction from its point of intersection with Shaw-Skene Road to its point of intersection with Gilbert Road, is designated and shall be known as the “H.M. ‘Mack’ Grimmett Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.81 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.81
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.81
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 18 in Jasper County beginning at the corporate limits of the Town of Bay Springs and extending northeasterly approximately twenty (20) miles to the Rose Hill community shall be known as the “Sheriff Tom Royce Green Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of Mississippi Highway 18 described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.135 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.135
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.135
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge on U.S. Highway 90 in Jackson County that spans the East Pascagoula River is designated and shall be known as the “Jackson County Veterans Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Transportation Department shall erect and maintain an appropriate plaque at each end of the bridge and suitable markers along and approaching the bridge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-51
Status: in_force

The road commissioners shall have general direction and supervision over the highways, bridges, and culverts of their district and the laying out, constructing, working, and maintenance of the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-129 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-129
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is authorized to use any monies in the State Highway Department Fund that are not appropriated or otherwise encumbered for any other purpose, to match federal funds that are made available for preliminary engineering of the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge or for any other project in connection with preliminary engineering, including environmental impact studies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-27
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors of any county notify the State Highway Commission that it refuses to accept the benefits of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 on the terms and conditions specified therein and in the federal laws, rules, and regulations, or if any county shall fail to submit a description of recommended projects as required by Section 65-11-15 , the amount of the appropriation made by the state for the purposes hereof and the amount available from federal aid funds which has been apportioned to such county may be expended in the discretion of the State Highway Commission on any other highway, state or county, on the approved system of secondary and feeder roads within or without such county; however, the Highway Commission may grant an additional three months for the filing of the description of projects, provided such extension shall not cause a lapse of federal aid funds apportioned to this state by reason of the expiration of a federal fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-73
Status: in_force

The road superintendent shall have the custody, care, and control of all the teams, machinery, materials, supplies, and any and all property owned or hired by the district and used in working the road. It shall be his duty to care for and preserve the same, and he and his bondsmen shall be responsible for the proper care and safekeeping of such property and the economical use of the supplies and materials. He shall make a monthly report to the commissioners, which shall be forwarded by them with their recommendations or criticisms to the board of supervisors. Such report shall be a complete inventory of such property, showing the present number, amount, and condition of such property and what was used since his preceding report.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-53
Status: in_force

When the funds arising from the road district bonds shall have been expended in the construction of roads and the contracts for construction of roads have been completed, then the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase teams, implements and material, employ labor, work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made according to state law governing public purchases, as provided in Section 31-7-1 et seq. , and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. If the road district be composed of only a part of a supervisors district and the principal of the bonds issued does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to purchase and hire teams, implements and material and employ labor to build and work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to construct, work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made on and after competitive bids for the same, except as otherwise provided by law, and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may use any teams and implements which it owns to assist on the roads of such district; and the like authority may be granted by the board for the maintenance of the roads, as to those not under construction, during the period when the roads or some of them are being constructed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85
Status: in_force

The processing agency may contract with a collection agency to collect unpaid toll evasion penalties, fees and charges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.367 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.367
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.367
Status: in_force

(1) The intersection of Indiana Avenue and South Frontage Road in Warren County, Mississippi, and extending west to Halls Ferry Road for approximately one and one-half (1- 1 / 2 ) miles, is designated as the “Dr. Bill Pierce Memorial Frontage Road” in memory of the late Dr. Paul Williamson “Bill” Pierce, III.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of road described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-1
Status: in_force

All bridges and culverts hereafter built, rebuilt, or placed in the traveled way of any public road in this state shall conform to the design standards in effect at the time of design and shall extend across the full width of the crown of the roadway. On roads having a design width greater than sixteen feet (16’), bridges shall be not less than sixteen feet (16’) wide. All bridges hereafter built or rebuilt shall be built with railings or barriers and appropriate hazard marking signs on either side. This section shall not apply to public highways in this state within the area of, or contingent to, any national forest or reforestation project, which have been or may be taken over, constructed, or reconstructed by a department of the national government, may have bridges or culverts the width of said highways, bridges and culverts be less than twelve feet (12’) wide.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-77
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the board of supervisors of any county finds that any public road, bridge, or causeway located in a contiguous county and leading therefrom and into that county is not properly worked or is not kept in good repair by the county in which same is located, and finds that its own county would be benefited by the proper working and repairing of such public road, bridge, or causeway, then in such event the board of supervisors of the county which would be benefited is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to cause to be constructed, improved, worked, repaired, and maintained, at the expense of the county which would be benefited, any such public road, bridge, or causeway for a distance not exceeding three and one-half miles beyond the line of the county which would be benefited, provided that the board of supervisors of the county in which such public road, bridge, or causeway is located shall consent thereto. The board of supervisors of any county which would be benefited is authorized and empowered, for and in the name of such county, to make all necessary contracts for the construction, improving, working, repairing, or maintaining of such public road, bridge, or causeway as herein provided, and to pay for the same either out of the general funds of the benefited county or out of the proceeds of the bonds of such benefited county, issued as otherwise provided by law, either for such purpose or for such purpose and any other lawful purpose. In instances where one or more, or parts of one or more, townships of any county are cut off from convenient communication with the county seat of last said county, either by the interposition of the territory of a contiguous county or by a watercourse or other body of water or by both, then the board of supervisors of the county which would be benefited or whose communication with its county seat is so obstructed or interfered with as aforesaid may, at its discretion and with the consent of the board of supervisors of such contiguous county, lay out, open, construct, improve, work, repair, and maintain, or construct, improve, work, repair, or maintain if already laid out, opened, or established, as much as three and one-half miles in length of road in or through a contiguous county, and pay for the same as hereinabove provided.

(2) Whenever the board of supervisors of any county finds by order or resolution entered upon its minutes that it is to the best interest of the citizens of said county for it so to do, that a public necessity therefor exists, and that said county would be benefited thereby, it is authorized and empowered in its discretion to cause to be constructed or reconstructed, at the expense of such county, such portion as it may elect of any public road lying in a contiguous county which extends from the county line of such county into such contiguous county, together with one or more connecting roads leading therefrom located in the contiguous county. The construction or reconstruction of the public road lying in a contiguous county which extends from the county line of such county into such contiguous county may be paid for out of county road funds, state aid road funds, or such other funds as may be available therefor. However, state aid road funds shall not be used to construct or reconstruct any connecting road located in the contiguous county, and the county constructing or reconstructing said connecting roads may pay therefor only from county road funds or such funds as may be available therefor other than state aid road funds. In the event state aid funds are used in connection with the exercise of the power and authority granted in this subsection, the state aid engineer's duties, responsibilities, and authority with respect thereto shall be the same as that provided by the law governing state aid projects.

Before exercising any rights or authority granted in this subsection, the board of supervisors of the county proposing to take advantage of the authority herein contained shall secure the consent of the board of supervisors of the contiguous county, which consent shall be evidenced by an order or resolution of the board of supervisors of the contiguous county and spread upon its minutes.

(3) The boards of supervisors of any two adjoining counties may, by an agreement spread upon the minutes of the board of each of such counties, join together in the construction, reconstruction, improvement, working, repair, or maintenance of any public road, bridge, or causeway, including the approaches to such bridge or causeway, located partly in each of such counties, or benefiting each of such counties, for a distance of not exceeding three and one-half miles beyond the county line in either of such counties, and may jointly perform such work or jointly award contracts therefor and jointly pay the cost thereof, as provided in said agreement between said boards, from funds authorized by law for roads, bridges, or causeways located entirely within either of such counties. Such an agreement may be terminated in whole or in part by a succeeding board of supervisors of either of such counties, provided, however, that each of such counties shall remain obligated to pay its respective part of any outstanding obligations connected with or arising from said joint project. Unless the board of each county agrees otherwise, upon termination of such an agreement the responsibilities of future construction, reconstruction, improvement, working, repair, or maintenance on such road, bridge, or causeway shall be that of the county in which the respective parts thereof are located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-5
Status: in_force

The several counties of this state bordering on the tide water of the Gulf of Mexico are authorized and empowered, in the discretion of the boards of supervisors of such counties or of any of them, to provide for the proper illumination of all such bridges and other parts of any of the public highways running in, through, or across said counties or any of them as, in the discretion of said boards of supervisors, may be deemed reasonable and necessary. Said boards of supervisors may and shall have authority to appropriate a reasonable and proper sum, to be paid out of the general county fund, for payment of the expenses of providing said system of illumination and the maintenance thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 13-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-35
Status: in_force

All such bonds issued by the authority shall be secured solely by pledge of the net revenues which may now or hereafter come to the authority. Such bonds shall not constitute general obligations of the State of Mississippi or of the county supervisors district or municipalities comprising the authority, and such bonds shall not be secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of said state, county, district, or municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-143.17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.17
Status: in_force

The following segment of highway is deleted from the state highway system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and returned to the jurisdiction of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Canton, Madison County, Mississippi:

Central District--Madison County:

Mississippi 16 beginning at its intersection with U.S. 51 and extending easterly to its intersection with U.S. 43 on the east side of the City of Canton.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-3
Status: in_force

All public roads shall be kept open and worked to the width required by law and, when necessary, shall be raised in the middle and sloped toward the ditches or sides, which shall be kept open and of sufficient size and proper fall to drain the road bed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-15
Status: in_force

The highway authorities of the state, city, county, town, or village are authorized to enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in their respective jurisdictions, to facilitate the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-9
Status: in_force

(1)(a) A special fund, to be designated as the “Toll Road Revenue Bond Fund,” is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund.

(b) Monies deposited into the fund shall be disbursed, in the discretion of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, to pay the costs incurred in defraying the expenses of projects authorized pursuant to Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 .

(2) Amounts deposited into such special fund shall be disbursed to pay the expenses described in subsection (1) of this section. If any monies in the special fund are not used within six (6) years after the date the proceeds of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 are deposited into such fund, then the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall provide an accounting of such unused monies to the State Bond Commission. Promptly after the State Bond Commission has certified, by resolution duly adopted, that the projects for which the revenue bonds have been issued shall have been completed, abandoned or cannot be completed in a timely fashion, any amounts remaining in such special fund shall be applied to pay debt service on the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , in accordance with the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds and as directed by the State Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county of the state of the second class, having a population of more than fifty thousand according to the 1930 federal census, situated wholly within a levee district, and in which there is situated a city of more than fourteen thousand population, is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to construct or assist in the construction of any streets of any village or town of less than five hundred population in said county, and to pay for same out of the highway maintenance fund or any other county fund available to said county for highway construction purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county of the state of the second class, having a population of more than fifty thousand according to the 1930 federal census, situated wholly within a levee district, and in which there is situated a city of more than fourteen thousand population, is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to construct or assist in the construction of any streets of any village or town of less than five hundred population in said county, and to pay for same out of the highway maintenance fund or any other county fund available to said county for highway construction purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 18-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-7
Status: in_force

The Local System Road Program shall be administered by the State Aid Engineer. In administering the program, the State Aid Engineer shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To supervise the use of all funds made available for the purposes of this chapter for use on local system roads in the State of Mississippi;

(b) To allocate to each county that county's share of all monies made available under the provisions of this chapter but only when the county has complied with the provisions of this chapter and only when the county is eligible for the allocation of monies under the Local System Road Program;

(c) To keep and compile records of all expenditures on local system roads to which money is disbursed under the provisions of this chapter, which records must be kept separate and apart from other state aid records;

(d) To approve the construction of local system roads, including roadbeds, grades and drainage, before authorizing the release of funds under this chapter;

(e) To establish such rules and regulations as the State Aid Engineer determines as necessary to implement the provisions of the Local System Road Program; and

(f) To report to the Legislature, no later than January 1 of each year, on the Local System Road Program. Such report shall include what projects were approved and constructed, the number of miles constructed or improved and the cost per mile for such construction and improvement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.242 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.242
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.242
Status: in_force

(1) The following segments of Mississippi Highway 550 shall be designated as the “Peyton Coleman Flowers Memorial Highway”:

(a) The segment beginning at the eastern most point of the school zone near Loyd Star Attendance Center and extending one (1) mile easterly; and

(b) The segment beginning at the western most point of the school zone near Loyd Star Attendance Center and extending one (1) mile westerly.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in Sections 65-43-71 through 65-43-85 and Section 65-43-6 :

(a) “ Toll facility operator ” means any private company contracting with a governmental entity to collect tolls or fees for the use of any toll road or toll bridge as authorized under Section 65-43-3 ;

(b) “ Processing agency ” means a governmental entity, or a toll facility operator designated by any governmental entity, responsible for the processing of the notices of toll evasions and notices of delinquent toll evasions and penalties. A processing agency may include a public agency or private vendor with which any governmental entity contracts for the processing of notices of toll evasions and notices of delinquent toll evasions;

(c) “ Toll facility ” means any road or bridge for which tolls or fees are charged for the use thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 18-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Local System Road Program.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.103
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 1 within the corporate limits of the City of Rosedale, Bolivar County, is designated and shall be known as “Joe Pope Boulevard.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.335 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.335
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.335
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 35 located in Smith County, Mississippi, beginning fifteen hundredths (.15) of a mile north of its intersection with Cottonwood Drive and extending southerly to a point one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile south of its intersection with Cottonwood Drive, is designated and shall be known as the “Senator Billy H. Thames Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-15
Status: in_force

Every ferryman shall give constant and diligent attendance at his ferry and shall not deny or unreasonably delay carrying over any passenger, horse, cattle, carriage, or goods; and all passengers shall be received into the ferryboat and carried over the ferry in the order of their arrival, or first coming to the ferry. Any ferryman offending against this provision shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars for every offense, and shall be liable to an action for damages at the suit of the party aggrieved; but a ferryman shall not be obliged to pass the ferry when it appears to be dangerous to do so on account of a storm or freshet. All public officers and such as go on public and urgent occasions--as posts, expresses, physicians, and the like--shall be carried over first, or with the first.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-21
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be placed to the credit of such municipality, county, ferry commission, or trustee in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system, may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations, and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose or purposes set forth in the original resolution of the governing body of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality or county shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and officially on bond for such diversion. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-45.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45.nr2
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Management Board shall notify the board of supervisors of each county of the amount of money to be available for expenditure in such county from any appropriation made by the state for the purpose of Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 . The board of supervisors, upon the receipt of such notice, shall deposit the amount available for such county into the county road and bridge fund. All funds which may be appropriated for the purpose of said sections shall be expended for materials and labor in construction and improvement of county roads and bridges selected by the board of supervisors of each county. However, the board of supervisors shall first select for construction and reconstruction all school bus routes and, next, rural mail routes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-103
Status: in_force

The compact, when signed by the signatories of each state as herein provided, shall become binding upon the State of Mississippi and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-17
Status: in_force

(1) The state hospitality station constructed and located in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, on the Mississippi River at 4210 Washington Street, is designated and shall be known as the “Commissioner Dick Hall Hospitality Station.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the hospitality station, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at the rest area describing Dick Hall's public service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 43-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-75
Status: in_force

(1) The notice of toll evasion violation shall be accompanied by a written notice of the toll evasion penalty due for that violation, the address of the person authorized to receive payment of the toll evasion penalty, an affidavit of nonliability and a statement that payment of the toll evasion penalty for the toll evasion violation may be sent through the mail.

(2) The schedule of toll evasion penalties for toll evasion violations shall be established by the governmental entity having jurisdiction over the toll road, but shall not exceed the amount of the unpaid toll plus One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per violation.

(3) Toll evasion penalties under this section may be collected as civil penalties.

(4) If the amount of the unpaid toll, along with any applicable toll evasion penalty, is received by the person authorized to receive the deposit of these fees and there is no contest as to that toll evasion violation pursuant to Sections 65-43-71 to 65-43-83 , the proceedings shall terminate.

(5) The amount of the unpaid toll, and any applicable penalties, shall be retained by or remitted to the governmental entity having jurisdiction over the toll road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) The word “bridge” shall be deemed to include the structure and the superstructure of the bridge, the approaches thereto, and adjacent roadways across the flood plain of the Pearl River and also all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof.

(b) The term “governing body” shall mean the board of supervisors of a county or counties.

(c) The term “cost of bridge,” as applied to a bridge to be constructed pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such construction, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for eighteen months after acceptance of the completed work by the governing body of such county or counties, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and of legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and the construction of the bridge and the placing of the bridge in operation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-69
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors are authorized to acquire rights of way for the roads proposed to be constructed in said district, in the manner now prescribed by law for the acquisition of the rights of way for roads. Such rights of way shall be of necessary width, and if it be deemed necessary to acquire rights of way for such roads in excess of thirty feet, then the board of supervisors is authorized to acquire same up to any width deemed by them to be necessary for such road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-147 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-147
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-147
Status: in_force

Any link or part of the legislatively designated state highway system on July 1, 1981 that is removed from that system by appropriate statute shall revert for all purposes to the jurisdiction of the county and political subdivision in which it lies, and the link so removed may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of the county in which it lies, be and become a part of the state aid roads system and be governed by the statutes regulating that system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-41
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for any person to drive a wagon, carriage, or other vehicle of any description drawn by animal power or to ride, leap, or drive any horse, mule, or any description of cattle over or upon any bridge erected in any county by authority of the board of supervisors or in a city, town, or village at a faster gait than a walk; and every person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, fined five dollars ($5.00). But the board of supervisors or municipal authorities shall cause to be fixed up and kept at each end of the bridge, in some conspicuous place, a board on which shall be painted in large letters, “five dollars ($5.00) fine for riding or driving any animal over this bridge at a faster gait than a walk”; and on neglect of such notice, such fine shall not be incurred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-17
Status: in_force

Any party aggrieved by the order of the board of supervisors creating a road district or bringing territory therein, as herein provided, may appeal to the circuit court from the order of said board of supervisors as now provided by law for appeals from the orders of boards of supervisors, or may sue at law or in equity for relief therefrom; however, no action or suit attacking the validity of the said order, or in any manner questioning the same, shall be begun after the expiration of sixty days from the date of making or entering the said order. From and after the expiration of said period of sixty days, if no suit be filed or appeal taken as herein provided, the determination of the board of supervisors as to said matters shall be final, and the territory defined in said order of said board of supervisors shall constitute a road and taxing district of the state to which is delegated the power hereinafter mentioned to levy general ad valorem taxes upon all of the taxable property of said district assessed for state and county taxes, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining or repairing roads and highways, or for the payment of the principal and interest of any bonds issued for that purpose in the manner provided by the general laws.

If under the foregoing sections an election is held and the majority vote in favor of the district proposed, the appeal to the circuit court hereinabove mentioned shall not lie or, if taken, shall be dismissed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.130 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.130
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.130
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge on Interstate 59 in the City of Laurel in Jones County between Beacon Street to the south of the bridge and Fourth Avenue to the north of the bridge shall be known as the “David R. Brown Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate plaques at each end of the bridge, and suitable markers along and approaching the bridge, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-69
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors are authorized to acquire rights of way for the roads proposed to be constructed in said district, in the manner now prescribed by law for the acquisition of the rights of way for roads. Such rights of way shall be of necessary width, and if it be deemed necessary to acquire rights of way for such roads in excess of thirty feet, then the board of supervisors is authorized to acquire same up to any width deemed by them to be necessary for such road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-25
Status: in_force

In any county where tolls collected for the use of a bridge or bridges are allocated to the payment of the bonds issued for the construction of said bridge, interest, sinking fund, and the expense of operating and maintaining said bridge or bridges, if the tolls so collected are more than sufficient to meet the payment of said bonds as they severally mature, the interest thereon, the sinking fund, and the expenses of operating and maintaining said bridge or bridges, the board of supervisors may, in their discretion, transfer to the county road and bridge fund any excess of tolls collected over and above the amount necessary to pay the maturing bonds, interest, sinking fund, and expenses of maintaining and operating said bridge or bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 43-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be used solely for the purposes provided in Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-79 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-79
Status: in_force

All the provisions of law in respect to roads and bridges, so far as applicable and where not in conflict with the special provisions in respect to separate road districts, shall govern in said road districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-215 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-215
Status: in_force

When the assessment of benefits is completed the board of commissioners shall subscribe such assessment and file it with the chancery clerk of the county wherein the land is situated, where it may be preserved and kept as a public record. Upon the filing of said assessment of benefits, the chancery clerk of such county shall give notice of such filing by publication once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper having general circulation in the county or counties in which the lands of the district are situated. Said notice shall include a day, not less than thirty days from the date of filing the assessment and not more than forty-five days from the date of filing the assessment, at which time property owners may appear and file objections to such assessment. The board of commissioners shall meet on the date set out in such notice, to hear such objections and to make such corrections and adjustments as may be proper in the case, and shall equalize the assessments according to the benefits to be derived from the special improvement herein provided. After having heard the objections and equalized the assessments, the board of commissioners shall enter its order making such assessments final. Any property owner within the district who feels aggrieved by the order making the assessment final shall have the right, within ten days after said order has been entered, to appeal the assessment to the chancery court of the county in which such property is situated. The appeal from the assessment may be heard by the chancellor in term time or in vacation, and after hearing thereof the chancellor shall enter such order as may be proper in the case. Appeals may be taken from the final order of the chancellor within the time and in the manner now provided by law for appeals from any decree of the court.

When the assessment of benefits has been made final and filed as hereinabove provided, the property owner shall have the right to pay such assessment of benefits in full at any time within sixty days after it became final; but if he does not avail himself of this privilege, the assessment of benefits shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-29
Status: in_force

At such intervals on said road as may be deemed extremely dangerous, such board shall be double faced, with said inscription on each side thereof, and shall be placed in such manner as to be easily seen by travelers at night when proper lights upon vehicles are reflected thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-59
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall not expend any of said funds for machinery or other equipment or tools.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 39-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-33
Status: in_force

Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers granted, but Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 26-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-11
Status: in_force

The Highway Commission may levy tolls on any bridge provided for in Section 65-26-5 where the highway commission determines such tolls to be feasible. Tolls shall be levied only at such time as is provided for in subsection (3)(b)(iii) of Section 65-26-19 . The revenue derived from any tolls shall be deposited directly into the bond retirement fund, and shall be used only to defray the costs incident to the collection of such tolls, the construction, maintenance and equipment of toll stations and to retire bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or to reimburse the State of Mississippi for any advances or expenditures in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the principal of and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 or to reimburse the State of Mississippi for any expenditures on the principal of and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (2) of Section 65-26-15 . Any tolls shall be collected until terminated as provided by subsection (3) of Section 65-26-19 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-4 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 43-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-4
Status: in_force

On or before January 10 of each year the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall submit a detailed report to the Chairman of the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and the Chairman of the House Transportation Committee describing and evaluating the financial and operational performance by a company with which the commission has contracted under Chapter 44, Laws of 2008, First Extraordinary Session, of the company's duties and responsibilities regarding the construction, operation and maintenance of a toll road or toll bridge project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-13
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such board to exercise a continuing supervision over all public lands, works, and road protection. All bonds issued under the provisions of Section 65-33-7 and all obligations and expenses necessarily incurred in connection there with shall be paid out of the funds made available for road protection purposes under this chapter.

Any attorneys' fees paid in connection with or in consideration of the issuance of any bonds under the terms of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 , shall not exceed one half of one per cent of ( 1 / 2 of 1%) the total amount of each bond issue.

The cost of the maintenance of any such causeway or causeways, bridge or bridges, road and roads shall be defrayed out of funds provided under Section 65-33-47 , or general county fund, or from tolls or revenues derived from any bridge or bridges, causeway or causeways, or facilities provided for herein. Said county shall insure the causeway or causeways, bridge or bridges, against such perils as the board may deem proper, such insurance to be written by an insurance company or companies authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi, and the premiums therefor shall be payable out of funds provided under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-201
Status: in_force

When any person shall desire to have a private road laid out through the land of another, when necessary for ingress and egress, he shall apply by petition, stating the facts and reasons, to the special court of eminent domain created under Section 11-27-3 of the county where the land or part of it is located, and the case shall proceed as nearly as possible as provided in Title 11, Chapter 27 for the condemnation of private property for public use. The court sitting without a jury shall determine the reasonableness of the application. The owner of the property shall be a necessary party to the proceedings. If the court finds in favor of the petitioner, all damages that the jury determines the landowner should be compensated for shall be assessed against and shall be paid by the person applying for the private road, and he shall pay all the costs and expenses incurred in the proceedings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-213 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-213
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall proceed to assess the lands within the district, shall inscribe in a book the description of each tract, piece, and parcel of land, shall assess the benefits to accrue to each tract, piece, and parcel of land by reason of such improvement, and shall enter such assessment of the benefits to be derived opposite the description thereof. The assessment shall embrace not merely the lands but all public and corporate roads, railroads, tramroads, and other improvements on the land that will be benefited by the improvement. They shall place opposite each tract, piece, and parcel of land the supposed name of the owner, as shown by the last general assessment of lands within the county; but a mistake in name shall not vitiate or invalidate the assessment, and they may correct evident errors which occur in the assessment list.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-65
Status: in_force

The damages assessed and allowed by the board shall be paid out of the county treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-15
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Department of Transportation rest area located along U.S. Highway 49 in Pocahontas, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Capers, Blake, Scales Rest Area.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the rest area, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at such rest area.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 18-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-11
Status: in_force

(1) In order for a county to be eligible to utilize its Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program allocation or any of its state aid road funds for the Local System Road Program, a county must meet the following conditions:

(a) The county has employed a county engineer, together with such other technical assistance as is necessary to carry out the duties of this chapter, the same as provided under the provisions of Section 65-9-15 , for its state aid road system and, through its official minutes, has authorized the county engineer to perform the necessary engineering services connected with the Local System Road Program. The county engineer shall prepare the necessary plans and designs for all construction projects, including state aid projects and projects provided under this chapter. He also shall provide engineering supervision for the construction of such projects and shall approve all estimate payments made on the projects. Engineering cost for any project performed under the Local System Road Program may be paid from any funds allocated to a county under the program; however, the maximum fee paid to an engineer shall not exceed twelve percent (12%) of the final construction cost. No such cost shall be reimbursed to the county before the letting of the project; and

(b) The county has presented a plan for the construction, reconstruction and paving of a local system road which plan has been made and approved by the county engineer of the county, showing the specific road or project to be improved, stating the condition of the existing roadbed, drainage and bridges and outlining the type of construction or reconstruction to be made and the designs and specifications therefor including the paving of the road and the sources of revenue to be used and the sources and types of material to be used thereon. The plan shall be presented to the State Aid Engineer for the initial approval of the beginning of a project to receive monies.

(2) After the initial approval of the plan and plans as specified in subsection (1)(b) of this section has been made by the State Aid Engineer, the county shall be eligible to receive all funds made available to the county under the Local System Road Program to be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction or paving of the local system road. The project may be done either by contract or by using county equipment and employees. It shall be according to the original plan or any amendments thereto which have been approved by the State Aid Engineer. The board may use county equipment and employees if the construction can be accomplished at a more reasonable cost than can be achieved by contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 26-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-37
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the Transportation Commission in issuing, selling and validating bonds herein provided for, and said Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to expend any sum not to exceed Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) on approval by the State Bond Commission from the proceeds derived from the sale of bonds authorized in subsections (1) and (2) of Section 65-26-15 , or from other funds available to the Transportation Commission, to pay the cost of approving attorney's fees, validating, printing and cost of delivery of bonds authorized under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.265 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.265
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.265
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 49 East in Leflore County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 8 and extending northerly for two (2) miles is designated and shall be known as the “Highway Patrolman Tommy E. Kendall Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.

Additionally, the Mississippi Department of Transportation is hereby directed to erect a suitable memorial along such segment at a site to be chosen with the approval of the survivors and family of Highway Patrolman Tommy E. Kendall.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-213 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-213
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall proceed to assess the lands within the district, shall inscribe in a book the description of each tract, piece, and parcel of land, shall assess the benefits to accrue to each tract, piece, and parcel of land by reason of such improvement, and shall enter such assessment of the benefits to be derived opposite the description thereof. The assessment shall embrace not merely the lands but all public and corporate roads, railroads, tramroads, and other improvements on the land that will be benefited by the improvement. They shall place opposite each tract, piece, and parcel of land the supposed name of the owner, as shown by the last general assessment of lands within the county; but a mistake in name shall not vitiate or invalidate the assessment, and they may correct evident errors which occur in the assessment list.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-41
Status: in_force

It being recognized that county roads and bridges of the various counties of the state have deteriorated to a considerable extent during the past several years, and it being further recognized that the selection, construction, and improvement of a system of all-weather county roads and bridges is a matter of primary state-wide concern, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of Sections 65-11-39 to 65-11-59 to provide for a county rural road and bridge construction program in addition and supplemental to that provided by cooperation with the Federal Highway Act of 1944, in addition to that provided by Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-207
Status: in_force

The commissioners hereinabove provided shall receive the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for each day, or major fraction thereof, in which they are called upon to attend the meetings of the board, together with necessary travel expenses not to exceed six cents (6¢) per mile for miles actually travelled while engaged in the business of their office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-17
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the several counties and the State Highway Commission are hereby authorized and directed to enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with each other and with any appropriate federal agency that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 and that may be necessary to enable the state and counties to participate in and avail themselves of any funds apportioned to the state under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. The boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission are further authorized and directed to do any and all other things that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of said sections, within their respective jurisdictions. It is hereby expressly declared that nothing contained in the cited sections shall be deemed to convert any highway into a state highway or to place same on the state highway system unless and until such highway is placed on the state system in the manner prescribed by law; nor shall any action or step taken under the provisions of such sections (including the improvement or construction of any county highway) convert any highway into a state highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.18 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.18
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.18
Status: in_force

From and after June 18, 1991, the Mississippi River Bridge on U.S. Highway 49 near Lula, Mississippi, from its easternmost point westward to the Arkansas state line, shall be named and designated the “Hernando de Soto Commemorative Bridge” in recognition, observation and commemoration of Spanish Explorer Hernando de Soto who discovered the Mississippi River on May 8, 1541, and subsequently crossed the river on June 18, 1541.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-35
Status: in_force

In addition to any authority granted to the Division of State Aid Road Construction in Chapter 9, Title 65, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and notwithstanding any general prohibition contained therein with respect to the administration by the division of certain federal funds on designated state highways, the division is authorized and empowered to administer a project utilizing available federal and state funds to reconstruct that portion of designated Mississippi Highway 407 in Attala County, Mississippi, that spans Tibby Creek in Section 25, Township 16 North, Range 9 East, jurisdiction for the maintenance of which is, on April 17, 2017, vested in Attala County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-2-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-2-17
Status: in_force

Either party may appeal to the Supreme Court from the decision of the judge of the circuit court within the same period of time and following the same procedure as used in appeals from the order of the board to the circuit court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-79 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-79
Status: in_force

(1) Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the adjudicative process set forth in Section 65-43-77 , may appeal such decision within ten (10) days from the date of the postmark appearing on the notice of final decision mailed to the contestant. The appeal shall be initiated by the filing of a written notice of appeal accompanied by a bill of exceptions which shall embody the facts, order and decision of the adjudicative body and which shall be signed by the party executing the final decision appealed from. The contestant shall file the notice of appeal and bill of exceptions in the circuit court of the county in which the alleged violation took place and the court shall hear and determine the same on the case as presented by the bill of exceptions as an appellate court and shall affirm or reverse the final decision. A copy of that notice and bill of exceptions must be provided to all parties or their attorneys of record and the lower authority whose order or judgment is being appealed. A certificate of service must accompany the written notice of appeal. If the decision be reversed, the circuit court shall render such order or judgment and certify same to that body; and the costs shall be awarded as in other cases. The contents of the adjudicative body's official file in the case, including a copy of the notice of toll evasion violation, shall be made a part of the record on appeal and shall constitute prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. A copy of the written notice of appeal shall be served by the contestant by certified mail, return receipt requested, upon the adjudicative body by service upon the party executing the final decision.

(2) If no written notice of appeal of the final decision is filed within the period set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the decision shall be deemed final.

(3) If the toll evasion penalty, along with the amount of the unpaid toll, have not been paid and the decision resulting from the judicial review of the final decision is adverse to the contestant, the processing agency may, promptly after the decision becomes final, proceed to collect the penalty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-27
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into or ratify cooperative agreements with the various counties and municipalities in any county through which any of the highways on the interstate highway system, the state designated highway system or the state aid road system may traverse for the construction or maintenance, or both, of connections between such systems and county roads or streets of the municipalities, or interconnections between such systems, the cost of the construction and maintenance of such connections to be apportioned between the Transportation Commission and the county or municipality according to the benefits to be derived by each as determined by such agreement or agreements.

The powers conferred by this section are supplemental to the powers of the commission now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 39-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-27
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.364 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.364
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.364
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge on Hutchins Landing Road in Adams County, Mississippi, that is currently referred to as the Second Creek Bridge, is designated as the “Boyd Sojourner Memorial Bridge” in memory of the late former Adams County Supervisor Alexander Boyd Sojourner.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of road described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-323 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-323
Status: in_force

Any county or counties, acting pursuant to the terms of this article, in addition to the revenues which may be received from the sale of bridge revenue bonds and from the collection of tolls and other bridge revenues derived under the provisions of this article, shall have authority to receive and accept from any federal agency, or state, or state agency, or other political subdivisions, loans or grants for or in the aid of the construction or acquisition of any bridge, and to receive and accept contributions from any source of either money or property or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which such grants and contributions may be made.

Authority is hereby granted to any such county or counties to secure loans to finance planning of the bridges herein authorized from any governmental agency, repayable solely from the sale of said revenue bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.237 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.237
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.237
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge that spans the Coldwater River on Mississippi Highway 309 in Marshall County is designated and shall be known as the “Charles Foster Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-91 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-91
Status: in_force

Upon demand for arbitration by any party to a contract with the Mississippi Transportation Commission for the construction of any building, highway or work, or the doing of any repairs, such arbitration shall proceed in all respects and shall have the same effect as authorized and provided by Sections 11-15-1 through 11-15-37 . Any arbitration decision shall be binding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-323 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-323
Status: in_force

An order of the court shall fix the time and place for the hearing either in term time or vacation, and a certified copy shall be given to the court administrator. If the hearing is set during term time, it shall be given priority over any other matter and shall utilize the regular jury panel that has been summoned. If the hearing is set in vacation, the order of the court shall direct the clerk to summon the necessary jurors to appear at the time and place designated by the order.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 18-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term “local system road” means a road that is included on the county road system as designated under Section 65-7-4 that (a) is functionally classified as a local rural road in accordance with policies on geometric design of highways and streets adopted and published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; (b) provides access to the state aid system, the federal aid system or the designated state highway system; and (c) has an average daily traffic count of four hundred (400) vehicles or less. The term “local system road” includes all drainage related structures except bridges that are included on the National Bridge Inspection Inventory maintained by the Office of State Aid Road Construction. The term “local system road” does not include a road or highway on the designated state highway system or on the state aid road system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.47
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge which is to be constructed over Interstate Highway 59 at Lincoln Road in the City of Hattiesburg and Lamar County shall be known and shall be designated as the “Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of Mississippi, Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs approaching each end of the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section reflecting its name, and shall allow officers or official representatives of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of Mississippi, to affix a memorial plaque at some suitable location on the bridge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 41-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-51
Status: in_force

The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Grand Gulf-Raymond Scenic Byway,” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

Beginning at the Grand Gulf Military Monument on the Mississippi River then east along the historic Back Grand Gulf Road to Frasier Road, following east along Frasier Road to Y-Camp Road, following east along Y-Camp Road to Ingleside-Karnac Ferry Road through the community of Ingleside to Highway 61, then the route continues one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile north of Highway 61, eastward along Willows Road to the community of Willows, then northeastward along the Old Port Gibson Road terminating at the Raymond Military Park at the City of Raymond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 41-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Corridor ” means a highway, road or street right-of-way and the adjacent area that is visible from and extends along the highway, road or street;

(b) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Transportation;

(c) “Intrinsic qualities,” as related to scenic byways, include:

(i) Scenic: Beauty, whether natural or man-made. The quality of the feature is measured by how memorable, distinctive, unique, uninterrupted and unified a scenic byway is;

(ii) Natural: Minimal disturbance of the natural ecological features that are associated with the region;

(iii) Historic: Landscapes, buildings, structures or other visual evidence of the past other than just a site;

(iv) Cultural: Visual evidence of the unique customs, traditions, folklore or rituals of a currently existing human group;

(v) Archeological: Visual evidence of the unique customs, traditions, folklores or rituals of a no longer existing human group;

(vi) Recreational: Use of a scenic byway or its corridor for recreational activities like jogging, biking, roadside picnics or for direct access to recreational sites like campgrounds, lakes, etc.;

(d) “ Program ” means the Mississippi Scenic Byways Program created under the provisions of this chapter;

(e) “ Scenic byway ” means a public highway, road or street, including the corridor through which it passes, that has been designated as a scenic byway in order to develop, promote and maintain its intrinsic qualities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-201
Status: in_force

When fifty or more owners of real property within a proposed district shall file a petition with the chancery court of the county in which the largest portion of the lands of the proposed district are situated, seeking to establish a bridge district for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating an interstate bridge and the approaches thereto embracing their property, said petition shall describe the region or area to be embraced within said district and describe generally the location of said bridge, the proposed plan of financing the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge, together with a general idea of its character and expenses, accompanied by a certificate or resolution from the Mississippi State Highway Commission showing the need and necessity for the construction of such bridge; then it shall be the duty of the clerk of the chancery court to enter upon its records an evidence of having filed the petition. After having filed said petition, said property owners or their representatives shall apply to the chancellor in vacation or term time for an order fixing a day and date for a hearing on said petition to determine whether or not the petition should be granted or denied. The chancery clerk, after having received the order fixing a day and date for such hearing, shall thereupon give notice by publication once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in the county or counties within which the lands of the proposed district are situated, notifying all persons owning property therein to appear before the chancery court on the day and date fixed by said court to show cause in favor of or against the establishment of said district. At the time named in said notice, the chancery court shall meet and hear all property owners within the proposed district who wish to appear for or against the establishment of the district. If it is deemed to the best interest of the owners of real property within said district that the same shall be created under the provisions of this article the court shall enter an order establishing the district as an interstate bridge district, which shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of this article. Any landowner feeling aggrieved by the order of the court shall have the right of appeal within thirty days from the date the order was entered, and such appeal may be prosecuted in the manner now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33
Status: in_force

The public highway or highways so surveyed and adopted by such commissioners shall be constructed and maintained out of the proceeds of the aforementioned bonds, proceeds of such bonds to be used alone in their construction and maintenance. The board of supervisors shall levy an annual tax, on the recommendation of the commissioners, on all the taxable property in the district not exceeding three mills on the dollar, which shall be used to supplement the general fund of the county in maintaining said road or roads and the culverts, bridges, and levees therein. For the purpose of paying such bonds and interest and so maintaining said roads, the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed by law, levy the tax for the same, and it shall be the duty of the county auditor to keep a separate account of such funds so raised from the other funds of the county; and it shall be the duty of the county depository, which shall be the treasurer of such funds and liable on its bond therefor, to keep a separate account thereof. All allowances against said special funds shall be made by the board of supervisors on the recommendation of the commissioners, and special warrants prepared for the purpose shall be issued against said funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-7
Status: in_force

Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following respective definitions:

(a) “Highway and street revenue bond authority” or “authority” means an instrumentality through which certain municipalities intend to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(b) “Trustee” shall refer to the board of trustees of the highway and street revenue bond authority created by this chapter.

(c) “Governing body” shall refer to the board of supervisors of a county, mayor and board of aldermen of towns and cities, directors of districts, commissioners and other governing bodies of any municipal government or agency located in the State of Mississippi.

(d) “Highways and streets” shall be deemed to include roadways, pavements, culverts, bridges, driveways, and also all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof.

(e) The term “cost” shall include the cost of all construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities constructed; and shall embrace the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such construction; financing charges; interest prior to and during construction and for eighteen months after acceptance of the completed work by the highway and street revenue bond authority; cost of traffic estimates, engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise; administrative expense; and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and the construction and the placing of the completed facility in operation.

(f) “Develop” shall refer to the initiation, creation, studying, planning, purchasing, financing, constructing, building, surveying, platting, and otherwise bringing into being facilities planned and designed to serve the purposes of this chapter.

(g) “Project” shall mean any section, part, phase, or other subdivision of the total work involved in the construction of highways and streets as outlined in this chapter.

(h) “Sealed bid procedure” shall refer to the procedure designated under Section 31-19-25 Mississippi Code of 1972 , wherein the governing authority advertises for the sale of bonds, and as supplemented herein.

(i) “Revenues” shall mean all charges, rentals, tolls, rates, gifts, grants, moneys, volunteer assessments, and all other funds coming into the possession of the authority by virtue of the provisions of this chapter, except the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued hereunder. “Net revenues” shall mean the revenues after payment of costs and expenses of operation and maintenance of the project and related facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.8 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.8
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.8
Status: in_force

Upon completion of construction of the new bridge over the Yazoo River on U. S. Highway 49 West in Yazoo County, Mississippi, between Yazoo City and Louise, such bridge shall be known and shall be designated as the “John Sharp Williams Memorial Bridge,” and the State Highway Department shall erect suitable markers along and approaching such bridge to reflect the name thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-1
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission, county boards of supervisors and/or the governing authorities of municipalities (hereinafter referred to as governmental entities), in their discretion, may construct, operate and maintain, individually or jointly with other governmental entities, one or more new toll roads or toll bridges in the state for motor vehicle traffic, including toll booths and related facilities, at those locations where an alternate untolled route exists. All such highways, pavement, bridges, drainage-related structures and other infrastructure comprising the projects shall be built and maintained in accordance with not less than the minimum highway design, construction and maintenance standards established by the contracting governmental entity for such highways, infrastructure and facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-33
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.4 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.4
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.4
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of highway added to the state highway system in Chapter 298, General Laws of 1954, more particularly described as beginning on U.S. 78 at or near Red Banks, thence through the business district of Red Banks, and ending on U.S. 78, shall be designated and henceforth known as the George M. Yarbrough Highway.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-63
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall have power, whenever necessary, to drain water off the public roads through and over the adjacent lands, and damages may be allowed and paid to the owners of said adjacent lands in the same manner as is provided in regard to locating public roads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.205
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge on Mississippi Highway 15 in Chickasaw County within the City of Houston at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 8 is designated and shall be known as the “Representative William E. ‘Billy’ Bowles Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs and markers along and approaching, and at each end of, the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-103
Status: in_force

The compact, when signed by the signatories of each state as herein provided, shall become binding upon the State of Mississippi and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of one or more counties, acting individually or jointly by agreement with the private owner or owners, may purchase and maintain toll-free one or more toll bridges in one or more counties. However, this section and 65-21-17 shall not apply to any interstate bridge, nor the bridge across the Pascagoula River at Pascagoula, Mississippi, nor to any bridge on any designated state highway maintained in whole or in part by the state highway department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-41
Status: in_force

The payment to the contractors for the construction of the roads adopted by said commission, when the roads are constructed or maintained by contract, shall be made by the board of supervisors on certificates issued by the engineer or superintendent and approved by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7
Status: in_force

At the time and place named in said notice, or at any other time or place not later than fifteen days thereafter which may be designated by said board, said board of supervisors shall meet and shall hear remonstrances or objections to the creation of said road district or to the bringing of any part of said territory within the district, shall pass upon and determine the sufficiency of the petition, the boundaries of the district to be created, or the territory to be placed therein, and shall make such orders as justice and equity shall require. The board of supervisors upon said hearing is hereby vested with full authority to decline to create the district or to exclude from said district any lands named in its previous order or in said petition which, in the discretion of said board, should not be included in said district. If it be determined to create the district, the order to that effect shall clearly define the territory to be included therein, which territory and district may be described by a reference to supervisors' districts or to fixed and known boundaries of the county or of any subdivision thereof, or by specifying the lands included by range, township, and section or lot, or by defining the metes and bounds. The said order shall designate said district or territory by some suitable name, or the district or territory may be designated “road district No.__________ of __________ county, or road district of __________ county.”

If at the time of the said hearing twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of such proposed district petition against its creation or against the amount of the bonds proposed, then the district shall not be created unless at an election, ordered by the board of supervisors for the purpose, a majority of the qualified voters of such district, voting in such election, vote in favor of the creation of the district; the board of its own motion may order an election with like effect as if ordered under the foregoing proviso.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-47
Status: in_force

Where any county issues or has heretofore issued the bonds of the county under this chapter or any previous statutes of a similar character, an excise tax of not exceeding three cents per gallon, in addition to any such tax levied and collected by the state in such counties, for the distribution of gasoline, may be collected by such counties. Such collection shall be made at the time and in the manner provided for the collection of the gasoline tax generally and shall be remitted by the auditor of the county at the same time as is remitted the amount due to the county out of the regular gasoline tax. The additional funds so derived shall be applied first towards any deficiency in the amount collected by the state and paid to such county which may be necessary for the liquidation of the interest accruing on, and to provide a sinking fund for the retirement of, such bonds issued by municipalities for road protection and refunds as hereinbefore provided. Any overplus or parts thereof may be used in the construction of road protection pavements or hard surfaced aprons to any existing road protection heretofore constructed, or to increase the strength or stability of any such existing road protection, or in the construction of additional road protection, or in the repair and maintenance of existing road protection, or road protection hereafter constructed, as the board of supervisors may elect. The taxes hereinabove provided for, upon the faith of which bonds may be issued, shall be levied and collected annually in an amount estimated to be equal to the interest and sinking fund on said bonds and shall not, until said bonds with interest thereon shall have been paid, be lowered beyond that amount which is estimated to be necessary to produce annually a sum sufficient to pay interest and provide a sinking fund, requirements on such bond issue or issues, provided such tax shall not exceed such reasonable sum as may be legally levied and collected; said tax and sinking fund may be used by the board of supervisors to retire bonds issued by municipalities for road protection purposes and refunds as hereinbefore provided.

Any such county may exempt from the payment of the additional tax levied on the distribution of gasoline, any and all gasoline which may be consumed by boats engaged in fishing, by boats in commerce between the states or in necessary duties as instrumentalities of the United States government, gasoline purchased for agricultural purposes or domestic purposes, as was defined by Section 12, Chapter 264, Laws of 1946. Such exemption shall be contained in the order of such board of supervisors levying the tax on such gasoline and, when such exemption is granted in such order, then no additional tax shall be required from the person distributing gasoline direct to consumers using same in operating boats for fishing, in commerce, or as instrumentalities of the United States government. When a distributor is entitled to the said exemption, he shall, when reporting and remitting to the auditor for the regular gasoline tax, report also in detail with respect to the distributions exempted from said additional tax in the same manner as is required in the section on exemptions and allowances in the chapter on gasoline taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-55
Status: in_force

The governing body of such county or city shall cause to be kept separate minutes and records of the operation of such bridge properties available for public inspection, which minutes from time to time shall show the approval or disapproval of the actions of said commission. Concerning the management and operation of said bridge by the commission and the governing body of said city or county, there shall be no obligation on said commission, nor shall there be any general obligation on said city or county, other than from the revenues to be derived from the operation of said bridge properties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-73
Status: in_force

The road superintendent shall have the custody, care, and control of all the teams, machinery, materials, supplies, and any and all property owned or hired by the district and used in working the road. It shall be his duty to care for and preserve the same, and he and his bondsmen shall be responsible for the proper care and safekeeping of such property and the economical use of the supplies and materials. He shall make a monthly report to the commissioners, which shall be forwarded by them with their recommendations or criticisms to the board of supervisors. Such report shall be a complete inventory of such property, showing the present number, amount, and condition of such property and what was used since his preceding report.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-5
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the Mississippi Department of Transportation an office to be called the Office of State Aid Road Construction, for the purpose and charged with the duty of administering this chapter. The office shall be administered by a state aid engineer and such assistant engineers or other employees as may be provided in this chapter. Whenever the term “Division of State Aid Road Construction” appears in the laws of this state, it shall mean the Office of State Aid Road Construction.

All duties, powers and responsibilities for the administration and management of the Office of State Aid Road Construction shall be vested in and performed exclusively by the State Aid Engineer.

All of the powers of the State Aid Engineer herein provided are with reference to the expenditures of state aid funds and are not intended to interfere in any way with the constitutional jurisdiction of any board of supervisors. In order to obtain state aid funds, however, and whenever any state aid funds are being used, the provisions of this chapter shall have full force and effect.

The State Aid Engineer shall adopt a complete, detailed and itemized budget for the Office of State Aid Road Construction, as may be required by the Legislative Budget Office, separate and apart from the budget of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Copies of the detailed budget shall be filed with the Governor, the Legislative Budget Office and the State Fiscal Management Board on or before April 30 of each year, and shall cover anticipated construction and administrative expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. No expenditures shall be made in excess of the budget amount approved and appropriated by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17
Status: in_force

(1) The proceeds of the bonds issued under Section 65-39-5 and the proceeds of notes issued under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1 shall be deposited in a special fund that is created in the State Treasury to be known as the “Gaming Counties State Assisted Infrastructure Fund.”

(2) Unexpended amounts remaining in the special fund created in subsection (1) of this section at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in such special fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.

(3) Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or notes under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1 , the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to the special fund created in subsection (1) of this section. The proceeds of such bonds or notes shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Transportation Commission, and shall be issued under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds or notes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.372 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.372
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.372
Status: in_force

(1) A segment of U.S. Highway 45 located within the incorporated city limits of Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi, extending for a distance of approximately one (1) mile shall be designated and shall be known as the “Sergeant Travis S. Cooper Memorial Highway.” The mayor and the board of aldermen for the City of Macon shall specify the exact segment of highway for the designation and make the designation known to the Mississippi Department of Transportation for the purpose of subsection (2) of this section.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-105 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-105
Status: in_force

The road accountant shall be the purchasing agent of the county and, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, shall purchase all materials, implements, and supplies used in such road and bridge work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19
Status: in_force

Where bonds have been issued by any road district, separate road district or special road district, and said bonds and interest thereon have been paid and there remains in the sinking fund or maintenance fund of such district any balance of funds collected for the purpose of paying such bonds or interest, the board of supervisors of the county in which such district or districts is located may, in its discretion, transfer any or all of said funds to the county road or bridge fund or any supervisors district road or bridge fund, to be used and expended in working and maintaining the roads of the district for which such bonds were issued, or may, without such transfer, spend such funds for maintenance of roads within the district from which said funds were collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.309 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.309
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.309
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of United States Highway 61 within the city limits of Shaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Andrew and Mary Lou Hawkins Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-37
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers conferred by this article constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, and as bridges which are owned and operated by municipalities constitute public property used for public purposes, such bridges shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. No municipality shall be required to pay taxes or assessments upon any such bridge or any part thereof owned by it, whether located within or without the corporate limits of such municipality, and bonds issued under the provisions of this article, their transfer, and the income therefrom (including any profits made on the sale thereof) shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-29
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such commissioners, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, to determine and fix what road or roads shall be constructed, or constructed and maintained, or maintained in the district out of the proceeds of the sale of bonds and the levy of taxes. It shall be their duty to let all contracts for the construction, or for the construction and maintenance, or for the maintenance of such roads in the manner provided by law for the letting of contracts for public work by the board of supervisors. It shall be their duty to employ a competent engineer to survey and lay out the road or roads in the district as they shall determine upon, whose duty it shall be to make an estimate of the cost of constructing and maintaining such highway or highways for each separate mile covered by such survey and to report the survey and estimate to said commissioners before contracts are let for the construction or for the construction and maintenance of such highway or highways. Said commissioners shall have the power to adopt or reject such survey and estimate and in the latter event to have another made. When adopted, it shall be their duty to report the same to the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to order the clerk of said board to file the same among the records of the office, spread the same on the minutes of the board, and make an order adopting such survey and estimate so reported and adopted by the commissioners. All of said acts of said commissioners shall be subject to ratification or rejection by the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-49.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-49.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-49.nr2
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county road manager whenever a county road is affected by the order of the board of supervisors provided by Sections 65-7-43 through 65-7-47 to see that a notice thereof is posted at conspicuous places on such road at intervals of not less than two (2) miles and at the approaches to any bridge affected thereby; but a failure to post such notice shall not be allowed as a defense to a criminal prosecution or civil suit under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.8 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-143.8
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.8
Status: in_force

(1) The following segment of highway is designated as a state highway and placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Section 65-3-3 , and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

Central District--Rankin County:

A three-mile section of Old U.S. 49 beginning at U.S. 80 and extending southerly to new U.S. 49 in the City of Richland.

(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way, are removed or relocated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-15
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission shall notify the board of supervisors of each county of the amount of money to be available for expenditure in such county from said federal apportionment, and of the amount of money available from the appropriation made to the State Highway Fund as the state's share of the federal aid program on secondary and feeder roads. Within three months after the receipt of such notice, the board of supervisors of each county shall submit to the State Highway Commission a description of the recommended projects on county highways in such county which are approved by the county and recommended for selection and designation for participation in federal aid under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. In the selection of such projects and in the recommendation of the order of their improvement, the boards of supervisors shall select projects which will be of the greatest benefit to the county as a whole, judged from the standpoint of relative use and importance, without regard to district or beat lines, insofar as same is consistent with the rules and regulations of the public roads administration of the federal works agency. All such projects and the order of their inauguration shall be subject to the approval of the State Highway Commission as provided in section 65-11-13 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county shall have the right, upon the application of any member thereof or any overseer, road commissioner or the county road manager, to condemn any dead or dangerous trees or timber near any public road which endangers the safety of the public travel. On the failure or refusal of the owner to cut and remove such trees or timbers, the board may assess the value thereof and pay or tender the owner of such trees or timber the said assessed value thereof by warrant on the county treasury, and such trees or timber shall be cut, felled or removed by the proper authorities working or maintaining such road. The owner of such trees or timber shall have five (5) days' notice of such assessment and, if dissatisfied with such valuation, an appeal may be had to the circuit court as in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-3
Status: in_force

Any county or city in this state is hereby authorized and empowered:

(a) To acquire by purchase or by condemnation and to construct, or partly acquire and partly construct, and to improve, operate, and maintain bridges wholly or partially within the state within such county or city or within twenty miles of the territory over which such county or city has jurisdiction and which are over the Mississippi River; and

(b) To issue bridge revenue bonds of such county or city, payable from bridge earnings, to pay the cost of such bridges.

No revenue bonds and no liens securing such bonds shall be repaid in whole or in part from any funds arising from taxation, nor shall any such bonds or liens given under authority of this article constitute a lien on any other property of a city or county other than the bridge constructed or acquired under this article or a pledge of the credit of such agency unless specifically so voted by a majority of the qualified electors voting in favor of same in an election held according to law for the purpose of so authorizing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-35
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 shall be executed on behalf of the state by the manual or facsimile signature of the Chairman of the State Bond Commission and shall be countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary of the State Bond Commission. All coupons shall be executed on behalf of the state by the facsimile signatures of the Chairman and Secretary of the State Bond Commission. If the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of the bonds, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-21
Status: in_force

This article, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare of municipalities, counties, and other political agencies of the State of Mississippi, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-127 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-127
Status: in_force

When the Governor shall have executed said compact on behalf of this state and shall cause a verified copy thereof to be filed with the Secretary of State, and when said compact shall have been ratified by the State of Arkansas, then said compact shall become operative and effective as between the States of Arkansas and Mississippi. The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to take such action as may be necessary to complete the exchange of official documents between this state and the State of Arkansas with respect to ratifying said compact.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 39-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-23
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce all rights granted under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-23
Status: in_force

When a bridge shall be necessary over a stream or any other body of water which divides one county from another, or a bridge over a river or any other body of water flowing from one county into another shall be necessary at the intersection of the river and the line between the counties, (or necessary to two or more counties and within five miles of each of said counties), the boards of supervisors of all interested counties to which it may be necessary may join in the agreement for building, repairing, and keeping the same. The charge therefor shall be defrayed by all such interested counties as may be agreed upon by the boards of all of said counties; and if the board of supervisors of one county refuses to join in the agreement, the other county or counties may construct the bridge, with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county refusing or failing to join, and have exclusive control of it and charge toll thereon against citizens of the county not joining in the building. The will of the several boards of supervisors hereunder shall be expressed by a resolution duly adopted, entered on the minutes, and published in a newspaper in the county, if there be one; if there be no newspaper in the county, then in a newspaper in an adjoining county, for three weeks before such resolution shall take effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-13.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13.nr2
Status: in_force

No existing law providing methods for the construction or maintenance of any public highway, bridges or culverts of the county shall be affected by Section 65-15-9 ; and it does not supersede or impair the obligation of any county to levy a sufficient legal ad valorem tax for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public highways, bridges or culverts, or a sufficient ad valorem tax to pay the interest or principal of any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued for the purpose of building bridges and constructing public roads. Nor does it supersede or impair any right to issue bonds for any purpose, and it shall not alter, amend or repeal any statute except insofar as such statutes are inconsistent herewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be used solely for the purposes provided in Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds.