Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-7-75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-75
Status: in_force

Whenever it is necessary to lay out a public highway at or near or along the line between two adjoining counties, and on account of the topography of the land it is not expedient to lay out said road on the line between said adjoining counties, then the boards of supervisors of both counties may lay out the road near the adjoining line between said counties, and both of said counties shall bear the expense of constructing and maintaining such public road in any proportion mutually agreed upon by the boards of supervisors of both of said counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-3-71.355 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.355
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.355
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 25 located in Leake County, Mississippi, beginning at Hopoca Road in Carthage, Mississippi, and extending north on Highway 25 for one (1) mile, is designated and shall be known as the “Kash Haiden McGraw Memorial Highway” in memory of Kash McGraw of Carthage, Mississippi.

(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. § 65-39-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-11-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-3
Status: in_force

When used in Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 , unless the context indicates otherwise:

(a) The term “construction” means the supervising, inspection, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway, including locating, surveying, mapping, costs of right of way, and elimination of hazards of railway grade crossings.

(b) The term “county highways” shall include all county roads now under the jurisdiction of or being maintained by the board of supervisors of any county, not including roads on the state maintained highway system, but including streets inside municipalities or urban areas of less than five thousand inhabitants according to the latest available federal census, and specifically including all “secondary and feeder roads” as defined by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626].
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-45
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall retain fifteen percent (15%) of the amount due the engineer employed upon a percentage basis until the road constructed under his supervision shall have been finally accepted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-205
Status: in_force

When the chancery court has established a bridge district as hereinabove provided, it shall appoint five owners of real property residing within the district to act as commissioners. Each commissioner shall take the oath of office required by section 268 of the Constitution of Mississippi , and shall also swear that he will not directly or indirectly be interested in any contract made by the board of commissioners and that he will well and truly assess all benefits resulting from said improvement.

No commissioner shall be eligible to discharge the duties of his office until the oath herein required has been taken.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 39-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-19
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the State Bond Commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the State Bond Commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-13-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-25
Status: in_force

All powers of the highway and street revenue bond authority shall be exercised by a board of trustees, to be composed as follows:

(a) Two members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the board of supervisors. These two members shall be qualified electors who reside within the supervisors district in which the facility is located.

(b) One member of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the board of supervisors and shall be a qualified elector not a resident of the supervisors district in which is located the proposed facility.

(c) Any municipality joining the authority, either during organization or afterwards, shall appoint two members of the board of trustees who shall be qualified electors in the municipality appointing them.

(d) One of the members of the board of trustees appointed under (a) above and one of the members of the board of trustees appointed under (c) above shall be appointed for an initial term of five years, but all other appointments shall be for a term of four years, or until appropriate successors in office have been appointed and have accepted appointment.

(e) At any time the membership of a board of trustees composed as outlined herein is of an equal number, the trustees themselves shall select, from any part of the county, one member at large who shall have all the rights and privileges as any other member and who shall serve for a period of four years.

(f) Members of the board of trustees of the authority may succeed themselves.

(g) No member shall be appointed by the board of supervisors who is not a qualified elector and bona fide resident of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-21
Status: in_force

All costs incident to the publication of the aforesaid notices and all other costs incident to the public hearing and election hereunder shall be borne by the parties filing the petition; and the board or boards of supervisors, in its or their discretion, may require the execution by the parties filing the petition of a cost bond in an amount and with good sureties to guarantee the payment of such costs. However, the board of supervisors may, in its discretion, pay the costs of the hearing and election, or such portion as it deems proper, if it considers the proposal to be of sufficient public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.390 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.390
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.390
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 7 located in Lafayette County, Mississippi, beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 7 North and County Road 299 in Oxford, Mississippi, and extending north for approximately one (1) mile to County Road 1018 in Oxford, Mississippi, shall be known as the “Johnny Morgan Memorial Highway” in memory of the late State Senator and President of the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors, Johnny Morgan.

(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. § 65-33-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-35
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred prior to the issuance and sale of bonds as hereinabove provided may be paid out of the general county fund or such other fund as the board of supervisors may select. The fund out of which such expense is paid shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of such bond issue when the bonds are issued and sold.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-23
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of Section 65-25-21 , any municipality other than the state may, by resolution or ordinance passed prior or subsequent to the issuance of its bonds under the provisions of this article, or by such trust indenture, covenant to contribute funds apart from bridge earnings to pay all or any part of the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating any bridge or bridges acquired, constructed, or improved by it under the provisions of this article, and may likewise covenant to make such contribution to the payment of bonds and the interest thereon issued pursuant to this article, by another municipality. Such covenant, authorized by such resolution, ordinance, or trust indenture, shall have the force of a contract between such municipality and the holders of the bonds issued on account of such bridge or bridges, and shall obligate the municipality to raise such funds. Any municipality in the state may aid any other municipality in the state and contribute funds to pay any part of the cost of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, repairing, and operating any bridge or bridges; and the twenty miles limitation contained in Section 65-25-3 shall have no application and shall not be construed to restrict such municipality from contributing such funds to aid the municipality which issues its revenue bonds as herein provided. But no such contribution shall be made unless authorized 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.

No municipality shall enter into any contract or covenant provided for in the first paragraph of this section without there being first held an election in which a majority of those voting shall authorize said covenant or contract to be entered into by said municipality.

The State of Mississippi, acting by and through the state highway commission as an agency thereof, may receive from the federal government or any agency thereof funds specifically allotted or appropriated by the federal government for constructing, acquiring, maintaining, and repairing bridges across the Mississippi River, which the state highway commission may by resolution allocate to pay the costs or any part thereof of constructing, acquiring, maintaining, repairing, and operating any bridge or bridges acquired, constructed, or improved under this article and to the payment of principal and interest of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Highway and Street Revenue Bond Authority Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-121 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-121
Status: repealed

(1) The board of supervisors of any county may, upon its own motion or upon the petition of any interested resident of the county, by resolution spread upon its minutes, declare any section of the county road system abandoned upon its finding that one or more of the following circumstances are applicable to the section in question:

(a) The section does not provide primary access to occupied properties;

(b) Traffic on the section has for a period of at least ten (10) consecutive years been intermittent and of such low volume that no substantial public purpose is being served thereby;

(c) The board of supervisors has, for a period of at least the previous five (5) consecutive years, not maintained such section as part of the county road system; or

(d) For any reason, the public interest or convenience does not require the section to remain open to the public or that it is in the public interest or convenience to close, vacate and abandon the section.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, before any section of the county road system may be abandoned as provided in this section, the board of supervisors shall hold a public hearing on the question of such abandonment and shall publish notice of such hearing at least two (2) times, not less than two (2) weeks prior to the date of the hearing, in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.

(3) Repealed.

(4) The resolution of the board of supervisors abandoning any section of the county road system will abrogate the easement theretofore owned, held, claimed or used by or on behalf of the general public but will not affect any private easements.

(5) Upon the abandonment of any section of the county road system, the board of supervisors shall post clearly visible signs at any intersection of the abandoned roadway with the county road system indicating that the abandoned section is no longer part of the county road system and is not maintained by the county. Once the required signs are posted, the county shall not be liable for the death of or injury to a vehicle owner, operator or passenger, or for damage to a vehicle or its contents, resulting from a dangerous condition on the abandoned section. If there exists a public railroad grade crossing or railroad bridge on the section of county road so abandoned, the county shall furnish the railroad or individual owning such railroad trackage with a copy of the resolution authorizing the abandonment and thereupon, the railroad company or individual owning such trackage may barricade the crossing or remove the bridge.

(6) From and after July 1, 2000, any proceedings under this section shall be documented in the official record of the county road system in accordance with the requirements of Section 65-7-4 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-17
Status: in_force

The owner or keeper of every toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, and plank road shall put up, in a convenient place, so as to be open and visible to travelers, a copy of the table of rates of toll established by the board of supervisors, printed, written, or painted in legible characters. For every day's failure to put up and keep exposed to view such table of rates, and for every overcharge made by him, such owner or keeper shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-15
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall authorize or permit the collection of tolls on any bridge heretofore made toll-free or on any existing bridge on which tolls are not at present collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-61
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the county in which a road district organized under this chapter is situated shall have plenary power of supervision and control over all of the official acts of the road commissioners and the road superintendent, and shall refuse to ratify or confirm any contract or report of any action of such commissioners or superintendent, when the same is reported to them, which is not for the best interest of such district. They shall require the letting of contracts and the purchase of teams, materials, lumber, supplies, and all other property for the use of the district to be made after advertisement and competitive bidding when such method is deemed likely to best subserve the interest of the district and be most economical.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-17
Status: in_force

All moneys received from any bridge revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the bridge or bridges, or to the appurtenant sinking fund, and there is hereby created and granted a lien upon such moneys until so applied, in favor of the holders of such bonds or the trustee hereinafter provided in respect of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 39-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-7
Status: in_force

The principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under Section 65-39-5 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 75-17-101 ), be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature absolutely at such time or times, 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. § 65-33-49 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-26-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 26-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-3
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:

(a) “General obligation bonds” shall mean bonds of the State of Mississippi, to the repayment of which, both as to principal and interest, the full faith, credit and taxing power of the State of Mississippi are irrevocably pledged until the principal and interest are paid in full.

(b) “Highway Commission” shall mean the State Highway Commission.

(c) “Bond commission” shall mean the state bond commission.

(d) “Corps of Engineers” shall mean the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

(e) “Bridge construction fund” shall mean the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway bridge construction fund as created by Section 65-26-25 .

(f) “Bond retirement fund” shall mean the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway bridge bond retirement fund created by Section 65-26-9 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-31
Status: in_force

Where contracts are let upon competitive bids, if the commissioners deem the bids too high, they are authorized to reject all bids.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-27
Status: in_force

Any holder of any bonds issued under the provisions of this article or of any of the coupons attached thereto, and the trustee under the trust indenture, if any, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by the trust indenture, may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust indenture, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this article, or by such resolution or trust indenture, to be performed by the municipality, its governing body, or by the state highway commission, or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of tolls for transit over such bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-143.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.1
Status: in_force

(1) The following segments of highway are designated as state highways and placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance; and such highways, 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:

Southern District--Simpson County:

Mississippi Highway 469 beginning at Harrisville near the old school building, Section 34, Township 2 North, Range 2 East, 7.2 miles north of its intersection with Mississippi Highway 28 at Union, thence .46 miles through Harrisville and ending at the beginning of state maintenance of Mississippi Highway 469 in Section 27, Township 2 North, Range 2 East.

Southern District--Simpson County:

Mississippi Highway 540 beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 541 and extending easterly for a distance of 1077.75 feet.

(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the highway segments described under subsection (1) of this section whenever such highway segments have been brought up to commission standards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 37-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-15
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, when all deficient bridges, as defined by Section 65-37-3(1)(a) , of a county have been replaced or are under contract for replacement or rehabilitation, then monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created under Section 65-37-13 , that are allocated to a particular county may be expended for (a) the purpose of paying the principal, interest and debt service on any bonds, notes or obligations issued or incurred by that county before the effective date of this chapter for the purpose of replacing or rehabilitating any bridge or drainage-related structure on any highway, road or street under the jurisdiction of that county, (b) on bridges in the State Aid Road System, or (c) if bridges in the State Aid Road System of that county are in sufficient repair, such monies may be utilized for the repair of roads on the State Aid Road System or local system roads, upon presentation to the State Aid Engineer of a resolution duly adopted and entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors of such county requesting such expenditure and reciting in the resolution such information as may be necessary for the State Aid Engineer to determine that the county is eligible for expenditure of funds under the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.324 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.324
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.324
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Old Highway 15/South Jackson Street in Houston, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 389 and extending northward to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 8, is designated and shall be known as the “Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Armis 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. § 65-19-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-25
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under authority hereof shall mature not later than twenty-five (25) years from the date of their issuance; shall bear interest at such rate or rates, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-101 , payable annually or semiannually, as the board of supervisors shall direct; shall be exempt from all taxes, and shall be payable in annual installments, the amount to be paid each year to be fixed by the board of supervisors when the bonds are issued. All such bonds, with interest coupons if any attached, shall be lithographed with suitable devices to prevent counterfeiting; shall be in denominations to be fixed by the board of supervisors; shall be registered by the clerk of the board of supervisors in a book to be kept for that purpose; shall be numbered as provided by the board of supervisors, and shall be signed by the president of the board and countersigned by the clerk, who shall impress the seal of the county upon each bond as it is issued. The coupons, if any, shall be lithographed with the facsimile signatures of the president and clerk of said board, and every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was authorized and the total amount authorized to be issued. Each bond shall be made payable to a person by name, or may be made payable to bearer without any name, such bonds to be entitled “Road bonds of ,” describing by name or number the territory created and organized into a road district. Such bonds shall not be sold for less than their face value; and the board of supervisors of each county shall levy annually a special tax upon all the taxable property of the district to be used exclusively in paying the interest on the bonds and providing a sinking fund for their redemption.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-70.5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-70.5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-70.5
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 65-1-70 shall not impute any liability of any kind or nature to the Mississippi State Highway Commission, the Mississippi State Highway Department or its agents, servants or employees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-45
Status: in_force

Where any county issues or has heretofore issued its bonds under this chapter or any previous statutes of a similar character for protection of any highway, there shall be paid into the treasury of such county fifty per cent (50%) of any license taxes which would otherwise be paid into the state highway fund collected by the state in such county on motor vehicles or drivers thereof, and fifty per cent (50%) of any excise taxes levied and collected in such county by the state on gasoline which would otherwise be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, to meet the interest and annual sinking fund on such bonds. Such funds shall be applied toward the liquidation of the interest and sinking fund accruing annually on such bonds, the other fifty per cent (50%) to go into the state treasury to the credit of the state highway commission, and, if such taxes in any year should be insufficient to cover such interest and sinking fund, the deficiency therein shall be supplied out of any other such funds collected by the state in such county and allotted by law to such county for road purposes. Nothing herein shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the state to pay the interest or principal on any bonds issued hereunder.

This section shall not apply to the tax collected from registration fees and the sale of automobile tags.

Of the surplus of such funds so paid into the treasuries of Harrison and Jackson Counties, the portions thereof hereinafter designated, to the extent necessary under the limitations hereinafter stated, shall be paid by Harrison and Jackson Counties to the state highway commission and shall be applied by said commission on the annual payments of principal of and interest on bonds to be issued by the state bond commission in an amount not to exceed seven million dollars ($7,000,000.00), for the construction, by the state highway commission, of a four-lane highway bridge across the Bay of Biloxi, to form a part of United States Highway No. 90, to the extent that two thirds of the total cost of principal and interest on such bonds shall be paid out of such surplus funds of Harrison County, and one third out of such surplus funds of Jackson County.

For the purpose of this section, such “surplus funds of Harrison County” shall be construed to be the amount paid to Harrison County under this section not pledged to the payment of principal and interest of bonds issued under this chapter, or any previous statutes of a similar character for the protection of any highway, and presently outstanding. “Surplus funds of Jackson County” shall be construed to be the amount paid to Jackson County under this section not pledged to the payment of principal and interest of bonds issued under this chapter, or any previous statutes of a similar character for the protection of any highway, and presently outstanding, and remaining after payment of principal and interest on bonds now issued or authorized by an election by Jackson County in connection with its Bayou Casotte development project under the authority of Senate Bill No. 1265, Extraordinary Session of 1954, as amended by Senate Bill No. 1624 enacted at the Regular 1958 Session of the Mississippi Legislature.

Annually, to the extent necessary to meet the annual requirements for the payment of principal of and interest on said bonds, Harrison County shall pay to the state highway commission not exceeding two thirds of its aforesaid annual surplus, as hereinabove defined; and, to the extent necessary and available, Jackson County shall annually pay to the state highway commission from such surplus funds an amount not exceeding one third of the annual requirements for bonds issued by the state bond commission, and such amounts as may be necessary to satisfy any deficiency in preceding annual payments required to be made under the provisions hereof.

Surplus funds remaining to both Harrison and Jackson Counties, after making the payments above directed, may be pledged, used, and expended in whole or part for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued and to be issued under the authority of Sections 59-9-1 to 59-9-83 ; however, unless and until so pledged all or any part of such surplus now or hereafter accumulated may be transferred by the board of supervisors to a fund designated the county port fund and shall be subject to expenditure by the county port authority or county development commission for the purposes and objects authorized by said sections. All expenditures made by the county port authority or county development commission shall be audited by the county auditor, who shall annually report such expenditures to the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-21
Status: in_force

The owner or keeper of any ferry established according to law, on any stream of water being the dividing line between two counties, shall have the right of landing on the opposite side of the stream in the other county and to unload any passengers, wagons, carriages and their loading, and stock of all kinds without any hindrance or molestation. Any person hindering or molesting such landing or unloading shall forfeit and pay to the owner or keeper of the ferry the sum of ten dollars for each offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-219 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-219
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-219
Status: in_force

If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to complete the improvement or to pay the bonds, both principal and interest, issued by the board of commissioners for such improvement, as the same shall become due and payable, the board of commissioners shall, from time to time, report the amount of the deficiency to the chancery court; and said commissioners shall make such levy or levies upon the property previously assessed for a sum or sums sufficient to complete the improvement and to pay the bonds and interest in the manner as the first levy above provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-51
Status: in_force

All contracts for the construction of projects under the terms and provisions of Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 shall be let and awarded by the board of supervisors in the manner and method now provided by law for the awarding of contracts for the improvement and construction of county roads and bridges. The cost and expense of the letting of such contracts shall be paid by the county, or from any funds provided for such purpose. In counties having sufficient equipment and labor, the boards of supervisors may build the roads and bridges in their respective districts or beats without the letting of contracts, and may pay for labor and material therefor out of any funds appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of the aforesaid sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.154 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.154
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.154
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 161 in Coahoma County beginning at its northern county line and extending southerly to its southern county line, is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway.”

(2) The segment of U.S. Highway 61 in Coahoma County, Mississippi, beginning at its northern intersection with Mississippi Highway 161 and extending southerly to its southern intersection with Mississippi Highway 161, is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway.”

(3) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 26-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-1
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is one of Mississippi's basic resources, and that the utilization, development, conservation and regulation of such waterway is necessary to promote and enhance the balanced economic development of the state.

It is further determined and declared that the use, development, conservation and regulation of waters of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway for domestic, municipal, commercial, industrial, agricultural and manufacturing purposes, for recreational uses, transportation, economic development, irrigation, navigation and pollution abatement are, as a matter of public policy, for the general welfare of the entire people of the state.

The provisions of this chapter are determined to be necessary and essential to the accomplishment of the aforesaid purposes, and that this chapter operates on a subject in which the state-at-large is interested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-35
Status: in_force

The tax assessor, when ordered so to do by the board of supervisors, shall make a separate assessment of all the taxable property of the district or part of districts or territory forming a road district. In making such assessment, it shall not be necessary for him to reassess the property in the road district, but he shall copy from the assessment rolls in use at the time, or mark and separate thereon, all the property and persons in the district or parts of districts forming a road district, so that the county tax collector, in collecting the taxes levied on such road district, may easily ascertain the property and persons situated therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-55
Status: in_force

Any person who uses such road while the same is closed, or removes such obstruction or sign, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and shall be responsible in damages to the highway commission for all damage done to the highway in violation of Section 65-7-53 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-59
Status: in_force

The report of the committee may be set aside by the board of supervisors, for sufficient cause, and a new committee appointed at the discretion of the board; but if confirmed, the report shall be entered at large in the minutes of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-303 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-303
Status: in_force

There is hereby granted to the Governor and to the members of the authority for Mississippi all the powers provided for in the compact. All officers of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions which are necessary or incidental to carrying out the purpose of the compact.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.378 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.378
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.378
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway U.S. Highway 278, also known as Noah Curtis Street, located in Shannon, Lee County, Mississippi, extending for a distance of approximately one (1) mile in the westerly direction from the eastern entrance of Shannon Primary School to a point immediately west of the on-ramp interchange with U.S. Highway 45, is designated and shall be known as the “Johnny R. Patterson 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. § 65-3-71.325 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.325
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.325
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 389 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with County Road 82 and extending one (1) mile south, is designated as the “Jimmy Porter 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. § 65-3-71.90 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.90
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.90
Status: in_force

(1) U.S. Highway 80 within the State of Mississippi is designated and shall be known as the “Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway” in honor and memory of and in gratitude, recognition and appreciation for sacrifices and contributions made by the veterans of the Korean War.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching U.S. Highway 80.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-53
Status: in_force

(1) In any county maintaining a sea wall or road protection structure under the provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors may borrow funds not in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) in addition to the one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) authorized under Section 65-33-51 , at the rate of interest not exceeding four per cent per annum, in addition to such sums as have heretofore been borrowed for the purpose of constructing, repairing, strengthening, or maintaining the road protection structure or sea wall of the county, including the raising of the roadbed as recommended and approved by the Mississippi State Highway Commission, and to construct retaining walls for such raised roadbeds and to pump by hydraulic fill, or otherwise, a sand beach adjacent to such retaining wall or sea wall structure. Such board of supervisors shall have the authority to acquire by purchase or otherwise a dredge boat and to use and operate it for the purpose of pumping a sand beach adjacent to such sea wall or road protection structure or for the maintenance thereof; however, said board of supervisors shall not pay for same out of any funds provided under this section. The funds or amount borrowed for the purposes provided in this section shall be repaid within a period of fifteen 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 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, which sources of revenue and taxes are irrevocably pledged toward the repayment of any monies borrowed or any bonds issued under the provisions of this section. The money herein authorized to be borrowed by such board of supervisors may be borrowed from any person, firm, corporation, governmental lending agency, or from any sinking funds of such county; 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 three 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, fifteen per cent of the qualified electors of the county shall file with such board of supervisors a petition in writing requesting an election on the question of borrowing money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order, then such money shall not be borrowed unless authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of such county voting in an election to be ordered by such board of supervisors for that purpose. Notice of such election shall be given and such election shall be held and conducted as provided by law in connection with elections for the submission of bond issues in such county. If such proposition shall fail to receive such majority vote at such election, then no further proceedings for the borrowing of such money shall be had or taken within a period of six months from and after the date of such election. If, however, no such petition shall be so filed, or if at such election such petition shall be assented to by a majority vote, then such board of supervisors shall be authorized to borrow such money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order as published. 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 five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) in addition to such sums as may heretofore have been borrowed for the purposes herein enumerated, or either of them, and especially in addition to any sums that may have heretofore been borrowed or in addition to any bonds that may have heretofore been issued under authority of Section 65-33-51 . Any attorneys' fees paid for the issuance of said bonds shall be paid out of the general fund of said county.

(2) The board of supervisors is hereby given full power and authority to meet and do and grant any request of the United States beach erosion board of the United States army engineers by and under Public Law 727, 79th Congress, Chapter 960, 2nd Session, and to assure either or both the following:

(a) Assure maintenance of the sea wall and drainage facilities, and of the beach by artificial replenishment, during the useful life of these works, as may be required to serve their intended purpose;

(b) Provide, at the county's own expense, all necessary land, easements, and rights of way;

(c) To hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages that may arise either before, during, or after prosecution of the work;

(d) To prevent, by ordinance, any water pollution that would endanger the health of the bathers;

(e) To assume perpetual ownership of any beach construction and its administration for public use only, and that the board of supervisors is given full power and authority to do any and all things necessary in and about the repair and reconstruction, or construction or maintenance of the sea wall and sloping beach adjacent thereto, built under the authority of this section, and it is given such power to cooperate with the requirements of the United States government to receive any grant or grants of money from congress or to contribute any grant or grants to the United States army engineers in and about this construction and maintenance, and it is further given full power and authority to employ engineers, lawyers, or any other professional or technical help in and about the completion of this project. In the event the county engineer is selected to do any or all of said work, the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to pay and allow him such reasonable fees or salary which, in its opinion, is necessary, just, and commensurate to work done by him.

It is further given full power and authority to let, by competitive bids, any contract for the repair of said wall, or for the installation and drainage, and for the construction of any additional section of wall, together with any artificial beach adjacent to said wall, and for the raising of any roadbeds and the construction of any such retaining wall.

The intent and purpose of this section is to give unto the respective boards the full power and authority to carry out all the provisions herein, and to act independently, jointly, or severally with the United States government by and under Public Law 727, 79th Congress.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any county with an assessed valuation of less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-19
Status: in_force

After the selection and determination of the projects in the manner prescribed in Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 , the State Highway Commission shall prepare and submit to the commissioner of public roads of the public roads administration for approval detailed programs of such proposed projects for the utilization of any apportionment of funds made to the state under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 3 of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626], same to be done in the manner and in the form required by the applicable federal laws, rules, and regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-63
Status: in_force

The said commissioners maintaining the roads may, in case of emergency, repair such roads and bridges and keep the same in a proper state of repair without waiting until due advertisement shall be made; however, the amount so expended by them shall not in any one instance exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 39-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-31
Status: in_force

No elected or appointed official shall derive or receive, directly or indirectly, any income, compensation or pecuniary benefit, as a result of such elected or appointed official's duties under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 that provides for the issuance of bonds by the state, or any political subdivision thereof, contrary to the provisions of Section 109, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, or Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-23-215 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-25-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-59
Status: in_force

The bridge commission shall be subject to the same type of audit as the boards of supervisors of the counties of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-319 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-3-71.238 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.238
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.238
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 63 in Greene County beginning at the ambulance response station, which is near the community of Sand Hill, and extending northerly to the Wayne County line is designated and shall be known as the “Alan Smith and Dennis Rushing 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. § 65-9-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-3-71.54 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.54
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.54
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge on Mississippi Highway 537 in Jones County that spans Reedy Creek that is located approximately two and one-tenths (2.1) miles north of Fifth Avenue in Laurel, is designated and shall be known as the “E.C. Gable Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate plaques at each end of the bridge, and suitable marker along and approaching the bridge, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is authorized to contract with the Department of Economic and Community Development, on terms and conditions agreeable between the two (2) state agencies, for the operation of one or more of such hospitality stations constructed under the provisions of this chapter. The commission and the department are further authorized to enter into agreement with an adjoining state for the operation of a hospitality station on an interstate highway where the states' boundary is the Mississippi River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Mississippi River and a national military park in the State of Mississippi, or where the states' boundary is the Pearl River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Pearl River and the buffer zone to a test facility operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the State of Mississippi. The commission and the department are authorized to pay whatever expenses may be agreed upon between the two (2) states as to the fair share of the operating and maintenance cost of the hospitality station operated primarily for the benefit of the state. Such contracts and agreements shall provide for the furnishing of suitable personnel for the operation of such stations and that such stations shall be kept supplied with such information, pamphlets and other materials as will advertise and publicize the history, commerce, industry, natural resources and tourist attractions of this state. Such information, pamphlets and other materials shall be available to the traveling public and shall be distributed by the personnel employed to operate such stations. The agency operating such hospitality stations shall provide for the free distribution to the traveling public of such literature, pamphlets, refreshments and other items that may be of interest to tourists in such manner as deemed to be in the best interest of promoting the tourist trade in this state. Such agency may sell, or contract for the sale of, merchandise on the premises of any hospitality station, provided such sale or contract for sale is subject to any applicable federal laws and Section 43-3-93 . Revenue derived from such sales shall be paid into the special revolving fund established pursuant to Section 57-1-66 and shall be expended to promote and market Mississippi and to maintain and improve hospitality stations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-37
Status: in_force

Each separate road district shall receive a fair portion of the convict labor assigned to the roads of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-3-71.379 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.379
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.379
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 25 located in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, beginning at County Road 150 in Iuka, Mississippi, and extending north for one (1) mile, is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Kelly S. Segars, Sr. and Martha Segars Memorial Highway” in memory of Dr. Kelly S. Segars, Sr. and Martha Segars, who were known for their significant lifelong contributions to the development, growth and health of the citizens of Tishomingo County.

(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. § 65-3-71.258 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.258
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.258
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 57 in Jackson County within the City of Gautier beginning at its intersection with Brown Road and extending northerly to its intersection with Interstate 10 is designated and shall be known as the “James Donovan Gautier Jr. 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. § 65-3-307 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-307
Status: in_force

The authority shall have the power to apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; but, in the absence of the consent of Congress and until such consent is secured, the compact shall be binding upon the State of Mississippi in all respects permitted by law for the party states, without the consent of Congress, to cooperate for the purpose enumerated in the compact and in the manner provided therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-1-2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-2
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created the Mississippi Department of Transportation, which shall include the following offices:

(a) Office of Administrative Services.

(b) Office of Highways.

(c) Office of State Aid Road Construction.

(d) Office of Intermodal Planning.

(e) Office of Enforcement.

(2) Each office shall be composed of such bureaus as deemed necessary by the executive director of the department.

(3) The department is designated as the single state agency to receive and expend any funds made available by the United States Department of Transportation or any agency of the federal government for transportation purposes and to cooperate with federal, state, interstate and local agencies, organizations and persons performing activities relating to transportation. This subsection shall not apply to motor carrier safety assistance program funds made available by the federal government to the Public Service Commission.

(4) The powers, duties and responsibilities of the State Highway Department with respect to the construction and maintenance of the state highway system are transferred to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

(5) The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Development Authority with respect to aeronautics are transferred to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

(6) The powers, duties and responsibilities of the State Tax Commission with respect to the weighing of motor vehicles along the highways of this state at inspection stations and by means of portable scales are transferred to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

(7) The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Development Authority with respect to transportation matters, except with respect to ports, are transferred to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

(8) The powers, duties and responsibilities of the State Aid Engineer and the Office of State Aid Road Construction are transferred to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

(9) All powers, duties and responsibilities of the Public Service Commission with regard to railroads, except rate-making authority, are transferred to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The Mississippi Transportation Commission may perform any act and issue any rule, regulation or order which the commission is permitted to do by the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 USCS et seq.). A copy of any new rule, regulation or order passed by the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall be furnished to members of the Transportation Committees of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate. Individuals, corporations or companies affected by the order, rule or regulation shall be notified in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law.

(10) All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocation or other funds of all those agencies, boards, commissions, departments, offices, bureaus and divisions that are transferred by Chapter 496, Laws of 1992, shall be transferred to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The transfer of segregated or special funds shall be made in such a manner that the relation between program and revenue source as provided by law shall be retained.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-33-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-53
Status: in_force

(1) In any county maintaining a sea wall or road protection structure under the provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors may borrow funds not in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) in addition to the one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) authorized under Section 65-33-51 , at the rate of interest not exceeding four per cent per annum, in addition to such sums as have heretofore been borrowed for the purpose of constructing, repairing, strengthening, or maintaining the road protection structure or sea wall of the county, including the raising of the roadbed as recommended and approved by the Mississippi State Highway Commission, and to construct retaining walls for such raised roadbeds and to pump by hydraulic fill, or otherwise, a sand beach adjacent to such retaining wall or sea wall structure. Such board of supervisors shall have the authority to acquire by purchase or otherwise a dredge boat and to use and operate it for the purpose of pumping a sand beach adjacent to such sea wall or road protection structure or for the maintenance thereof; however, said board of supervisors shall not pay for same out of any funds provided under this section. The funds or amount borrowed for the purposes provided in this section shall be repaid within a period of fifteen 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 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, which sources of revenue and taxes are irrevocably pledged toward the repayment of any monies borrowed or any bonds issued under the provisions of this section. The money herein authorized to be borrowed by such board of supervisors may be borrowed from any person, firm, corporation, governmental lending agency, or from any sinking funds of such county; 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 three 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, fifteen per cent of the qualified electors of the county shall file with such board of supervisors a petition in writing requesting an election on the question of borrowing money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order, then such money shall not be borrowed unless authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of such county voting in an election to be ordered by such board of supervisors for that purpose. Notice of such election shall be given and such election shall be held and conducted as provided by law in connection with elections for the submission of bond issues in such county. If such proposition shall fail to receive such majority vote at such election, then no further proceedings for the borrowing of such money shall be had or taken within a period of six months from and after the date of such election. If, however, no such petition shall be so filed, or if at such election such petition shall be assented to by a majority vote, then such board of supervisors shall be authorized to borrow such money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order as published. 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 five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) in addition to such sums as may heretofore have been borrowed for the purposes herein enumerated, or either of them, and especially in addition to any sums that may have heretofore been borrowed or in addition to any bonds that may have heretofore been issued under authority of Section 65-33-51 . Any attorneys' fees paid for the issuance of said bonds shall be paid out of the general fund of said county.

(2) The board of supervisors is hereby given full power and authority to meet and do and grant any request of the United States beach erosion board of the United States army engineers by and under Public Law 727, 79th Congress, Chapter 960, 2nd Session, and to assure either or both the following:

(a) Assure maintenance of the sea wall and drainage facilities, and of the beach by artificial replenishment, during the useful life of these works, as may be required to serve their intended purpose;

(b) Provide, at the county's own expense, all necessary land, easements, and rights of way;

(c) To hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages that may arise either before, during, or after prosecution of the work;

(d) To prevent, by ordinance, any water pollution that would endanger the health of the bathers;

(e) To assume perpetual ownership of any beach construction and its administration for public use only, and that the board of supervisors is given full power and authority to do any and all things necessary in and about the repair and reconstruction, or construction or maintenance of the sea wall and sloping beach adjacent thereto, built under the authority of this section, and it is given such power to cooperate with the requirements of the United States government to receive any grant or grants of money from congress or to contribute any grant or grants to the United States army engineers in and about this construction and maintenance, and it is further given full power and authority to employ engineers, lawyers, or any other professional or technical help in and about the completion of this project. In the event the county engineer is selected to do any or all of said work, the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to pay and allow him such reasonable fees or salary which, in its opinion, is necessary, just, and commensurate to work done by him.

It is further given full power and authority to let, by competitive bids, any contract for the repair of said wall, or for the installation and drainage, and for the construction of any additional section of wall, together with any artificial beach adjacent to said wall, and for the raising of any roadbeds and the construction of any such retaining wall.

The intent and purpose of this section is to give unto the respective boards the full power and authority to carry out all the provisions herein, and to act independently, jointly, or severally with the United States government by and under Public Law 727, 79th Congress.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any county with an assessed valuation of less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-49 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-49
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all road overseers and road commissioners whose road is affected by the order of the board of supervisors provided by Sections 65-7-43 to 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. § 65-37-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-3
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection:

(a) “ Deficient bridge ” means a bridge with a condition rating of fair or less for its deck, superstructure or substructure, as determined by National Bridge Inspection Standards and that is included on the latest annual bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction.

(b) “ Local system road miles ” means all highways, roads and streets within a county, including highways, roads and streets within incorporated municipalities of the county, that are not included on the designated state highway system.

(c) “ Local system bridge ” means a bridge that is included on the latest annual official bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction, excluding bridges on the state aid road system, the municipal urban system and the rural major collector system.

(d) “ Bridge ” means a bridge that is included on the latest annual official bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction.

(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), from the funds on deposit and credited to the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created in Section 65-37-13 , each county shall be allocated a percentage of such funds as they become available, which percentage shall be based:

(i) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total number of deficient bridges in the county bears to the total number of deficient bridges in all counties of the state; and

(ii) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total number of local system road miles in the county bears to the total number of local system road miles in all counties of the state.

(b) From the funds on deposit and credited to the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created in Section 65-37-13 , which are deposited into this fund after July 1, 2021, each county shall be allocated a percentage of such funds as they become available, which percentage shall be based:

(i) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total number of local system bridges in the county bears to the total number of local system bridges in all counties of the state; and

(ii) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in the county bears to the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in all counties of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-17-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201
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 Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or for the construction or reconstruction of roads which will cost more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per mile, the employment of an engineer qualified under the chapter on engineers shall be obligatory, whether the work is being done by the county or by a separate district, and 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. § 65-29-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-19
Status: in_force

The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by Section 65-29-11 shall be vested in, and may be exercised from time to time by, the governing body of any municipality or county described in said section. Such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the governing body of any such municipality and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding twenty-five years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding six per centum per annum, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of prior redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution or resolutions shall provide. Such bonds or other obligations may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the governing body of such municipality or county shall determine, provided that the interest cost to maturity of the money received from any issue of said bonds or other obligations shall not exceed six per centum per annum. Such bonds or other obligations may be issued by any municipality or county described in Section 65-29-11 in a principal amount not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, for any purpose or purposes authorized by said section. Such municipality or county shall have the power out of any funds available to purchase any bonds or other obligations issued by it pursuant to this chapter, and all bonds or other obligations so purchased shall be cancelled and no bonds or other obligations shall be issued in lieu thereof. In anticipation of the issuance of the definitive bonds authorized by this chapter, any such municipality or county may issue interim certificates. Such interim certificates shall be in such form, contain such terms, conditions, or provisions, bear such dates or date, and evidence such agreement or agreements relating to their discharge by payment or by the delivery of the definitive bonds, as such municipality or county by resolution of its governing body may determine. Any bonds, interim certificates, or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-19.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19.nr2
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 are located shall transfer any or all of said funds to the county road or bridge fund to be used and expended in working and maintaining the roads of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-127 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-7-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-83
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may, by consent of or agreement with the proper governing authorities of any municipality within such county, assume concurrent jurisdiction over any street in such municipality for maintenance purposes where such street is a continuation of or intersects a local or county road already under the jurisdiction of such board of supervisors.

Such consent or agreement to the assumption of said concurrent jurisdiction shall be entered into only by the entering of an order on the minutes of both of said boards.

The liability heretofore imposed by law upon any municipality for or on account of the negligent construction or maintenance of any municipal street shall not be changed, diminished, or increased in any way by the provisions of this section.

Said boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, authorize the use of county-owned machinery and equipment in the construction and maintenance of municipal streets, whether or not said streets intersect a local or county road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter the several boards of supervisors are hereby clothed with the power and authority, and it is made their duty, to exercise the right of eminent domain in order to procure the right of way for such roads, streets, highways, sea walls, breakwaters, bulkheads, sloping beach, and such other devices as may be adopted for the protection of such highways. They shall have the power to pass all necessary ordinances for the preservation and protection of any such road, sea wall, sloping beach, or other device constructed hereunder, and the violation of such ordinances shall constitute, and be punished as, a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-5
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors of its own motion initiates the proceedings, it shall make a careful preliminary estimate of the probable amount of the bonds of the proposed district that will be required to be issued by the district; and if the proposal be made by petition, then the petitioners shall make a like estimate and recite the same in their petition or petitions. The preliminary orders of the board in either case shall recite the said proposed or probable amount of the bonds to be issued, and the notice required under Section 65-19-3 shall contain a like recital. But said estimates, whether by the board or by the petitioners, shall be deemed no more than estimates and, if the district be created, shall not be controlling upon the amount of bonds subsequently to be issued, whether more or less, as future necessity may require.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-125 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-125
Status: in_force

(1) The management entity of the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area, upon direction of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area and in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Transportation, is authorized to erect appropriate signs and markers along public streets, roads, highways and interstates within the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area.

(2) The funding for the signs and markers and the erection of the signs and markers shall be made from any funds available to the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area or from any gifts, grants or donations received by the board of directors for the purpose of providing the signs and markers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.215 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.215
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.215
Status: in_force

(1) The intersection on Mississippi Highway 18 and Siwell Road in Hinds County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Broderick Rashad Danti Dixon Intersection.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-57
Status: in_force

In any county wherein a seawall or road protection structure is maintained under the provisions of this chapter, which has invested surplus funds belonging to a road protection bond and interest sinking fund in the purchase of any notes, certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other interest bearing obligations issued under the authority of Section 65-33-49 , or refunding bonds issued or authorized to be issued in lieu thereof, and such notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or refunding bonds are now held by such county for the use and benefit of such fund, and the board of supervisors of such county finds, by order spread upon its minutes, that the needs of such sinking fund demands it, or that it is to the best interest of the county to reduce such obligations so held to cash, such board of supervisors may authorize to be issued and issue and sell new road protection bonds in the aggregate amount of such notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness so held and authorized for the purpose of providing funds with which to take up, redeem, and cancel such obligations now held in such sinking fund. Upon the issuance of such road protection bonds, the said bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, and refunding bonds issued under authority of said section shall be cancelled.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-13
Status: in_force

In event the board of supervisors and the owners of such bridges cannot agree upon the price to be paid therefor, then the board of supervisors may condemn such bridge as a necessary part of the public road or highway of which said bridge connects and forms a part, and the amount to be paid for such bridge by the county shall be ascertained and determined in the manner now provided by law for the owners of land obtaining compensation for land taken for a public county road. All proceedings of the board of supervisors in assessing the amount to be paid the owners of such bridges may be reviewed by the circuit court; and the owner of such bridge so condemned by the county may appeal from the action of the board to the circuit court, where all questions of damages may be tried anew in the same respect as provided by law for appeals from action of the board of supervisors in assessing damages to the owners of land where land is taken for public county roads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-15
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality is hereby authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds of such municipality for the purpose of paying the cost as hereinabove defined of any one or more 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 years from their date or dates, as may be determined by the governing body of such municipality, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the municipality, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the governing body of such municipality 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 municipality 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 municipality. 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 shall have and 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 and also as to both principal and interest and for the issuance of new coupon bonds in exchange for bonds registered as to both principal and interest. The governing body of such municipality may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of such municipality, 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 per centum 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 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, the municipality 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 municipality 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 or to any charter, shall be deemed full authority for the purpose hereof. In the discretion of the governing body of any municipality, 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. § 65-23-331 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-331
Status: in_force

Such bonds may be issued for the purpose stated above and, regardless of the amount thereof, same shall not be subject to the limitations as to amount of bonded debt based upon amount of the assessed value of taxable property in a county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.218 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.218
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.218
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 9 in Choctaw County, Mississippi, beginning at the Choctaw-Webster County Line and extending southerly to the corporate limits of the Town of Ackerman is designated and shall be known as the “Phyllis A. Graham-Steven B. Moss Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-21
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 may be validated in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided by Chapter 13, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district and other bonds. The notice to taxpayers required by such statutes shall be published in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-81 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-81
Status: in_force

(1) If the payment of the amount of the unpaid toll, and any applicable toll evasion penalty, is not received by the person authorized to receive payment of these fees by the time and date fixed for appearance on the notice of toll evasion violation, the processing agency shall deliver to the registered owner a final notice of toll evasion violation.

(2) Delivery of a final notice of toll evasion violation under this section shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the registered owner, or by personal delivery. If delivery by certified mail or personal delivery is refused by the registered owner, then the processing agency may publish the notice of delinquent toll evasion for two (2) weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county of the registered owner's last known residence.

(3) The final notice of toll evasion violation shall contain the information specified in Section 65-43-73 , and shall also contain a notice to the registered owner that he must either:

(a) Pay the amount of the unpaid toll, and any applicable penalty, or

(b) Provide proof of payment of the unpaid toll, and any applicable penalty or an affidavit of nonliability.

(4) If the registered owner fails to pay the toll evasion penalty, as required, the registered owner shall be deemed responsible for the violation and the amount of the unpaid toll and any administrative fees or charges which shall be due to the governmental entity by the registered owner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-7-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-83
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may, by consent of or agreement with the proper governing authorities of any municipality within such county, assume concurrent jurisdiction over any street in such municipality for maintenance purposes where such street is a continuation of or intersects a local or county road already under the jurisdiction of such board of supervisors.

Such consent or agreement to the assumption of said concurrent jurisdiction shall be entered into only by the entering of an order on the minutes of both of said boards.

The liability heretofore imposed by law upon any municipality for or on account of the negligent construction or maintenance of any municipal street shall not be changed, diminished, or increased in any way by the provisions of this section.

Said boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, authorize the use of county-owned machinery and equipment in the construction and maintenance of municipal streets, whether or not said streets intersect a local or county road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-13
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, whenever it shall deem such construction expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-25-3 . Such municipality is hereby authorized to purchase within this state and within any adjoining state, solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, such lands, structures, rights of way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights of any person, copartnership, association, railroad or other corporation, or 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 to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of such municipality. 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. § 65-17-103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-103
Status: in_force

The road accountant shall attend all meetings of the board of supervisors, and shall at each regular meeting submit to said board an estimate of the amount of money required to pay the said labor employed on the said road and bridge work, transportation charges, and repair bills. Said board shall examine said estimate and shall set aside for the current month a fund to be known as the “road labor” fund, which sum shall be placed to the credit of the said fund in the county depository, subject to the order of the road accountant; and said road accountant shall use the said fund to pay off the said labor and all freight bills. At each regular meeting of the board of supervisors the road accountant shall make a report to the said board, showing all disbursements by him and proper receipts therefor. The board of supervisors shall carefully audit the said report, and if they shall find any payment or payments or any disbursements so made by the road accountant to be illegal or improper, said board may deduct any and all such payments from the salary of the road accountant, or they may cause suit to be filed on his bond for the recovery of any such sum so illegally or improperly paid out by the road accountant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-31
Status: in_force

Any county, acting through its board of supervisors, may enter into an agreement with any other county or counties, or with any road or highway district, or any other public agency for the expenditure of a part or all of the moneys available pursuant to Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 for expenditure in such county or any public highway outside the boundaries of such county, if such highway is eligible for federal aid under subsection (b) of Section 3 of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. In that event, the state highway commission is authorized and empowered to expend such moneys in accordance with such agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-301 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-301
Status: in_force

The Governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Arkansas and the State of Alabama; and the Legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification of such compact, which compact is as follows:

U.S. HIGHWAY 82 FOUR LANE CONSTRUCTION COMPACT

ARTICLE I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and ensure the four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states and to establish a joint interstate authority to assist that effort.

ARTICLE II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the states ratifying it whenever the State of Mississippi and either the State of Arkansas or the State of Alabama have ratified it and Congress has given consent thereto.

ARTICLE III. The states which are parties to this compact (referred to as “party states”) do hereby establish and create a joint agency which shall be known as the U.S. Highway 82 Four Lane Construction Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the authority”). The membership of such authority shall consist of one (1) representative named by the highway department of each party state and three (3) other citizens of each party state to be selected in the manner provided by laws enacted by the party states. The members of the authority shall not be compensated for service on the authority, but each of the members shall be entitled to actual and reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings, or incurred otherwise in the performance of his duties as a member of the authority. The members of the authority shall hold regular quarterly meetings and such special meetings as its business may require. They shall choose annually a chairman and vice-chairman from among their members, and the chairmanship shall rotate each year among the party states in order of their acceptance of this compact. The secretary of the authority (hereinafter provided for) shall notify each member in writing of all meetings of the authority in such a manner and under such rules and regulations as the authority may prescribe. The authority shall adopt rules and regulations for the transaction of its business; and the secretary shall keep a record of all its business and shall furnish a copy thereof to each member of the authority. It shall be the duty of the authority, in general, to promote, encourage and coordinate the efforts of the party states to secure the timely four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states. Toward this end, the authority shall have power to hold hearings; to conduct studies and surveys of all problems, benefits, and other matters associated with the four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states, and to make reports thereon; to acquire, by gift, grant or otherwise, from local, state, federal or private sources such money or property as may be provided for the proper performance of their function, and to hold and dispose of same; to cooperate with other public or private groups, whether local, state, regional or national, having an interest in the four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states; to formulate and execute plans and policies for emphasizing the purpose of this compact before the Congress of the United States and other appropriate officers and agencies of the United States; and to exercise such other powers as may be appropriate to enable it to accomplish its functions and duties in connection with the four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states.

ARTICLE IV. The authority shall appoint a secretary, who shall be a person familiar with the nature, procedures and significance of the four lane completion and the informational, educational and publicity methods of stimulating general interest in such construction, and who shall be the compact administrator. The term of office of the secretary shall be at the pleasure of the authority, and such officer shall receive such compensation as the authority shall prescribe. The secretary shall maintain custody of the authority's books, records and papers, which shall be kept by the secretary at the office of the authority, and shall perform all functions and duties and exercise all powers and duties which may be delegated to the secretary by the authority.

ARTICLE V. Each party state agrees that its Legislature may, in its discretion, from time to time make available and pay over to the authority funds for the establishment and operation of the authority. The contribution of each party state will be in equal amounts.

ARTICLE VI. Nothing in this compact shall be construed so as to conflict with any existing statute, or to limit the powers of any party state, or to repeal or prevent legislation, or to authorize or permit curtailment or diminution of any other highway construction project, or to affect any existing or future cooperative arrangement or relationship between any federal agency and a party state.

ARTICLE VII. This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each party state until the Legislature or Governor of each or either state takes action to withdraw therefrom; provided that such withdrawal shall not become effective until six (6) months after the date of the action taken by the Legislature or the Governor. Notice of such action shall be given to the other party state or states by the party state which takes such action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.207
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.207
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 364 in Prentiss County beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 365 and extending to its intersection with County Road 2201 is designated and shall be known as the “Oliver Wendell Pinson Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of Mississippi Highway 364.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-3-71.143 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.143
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.143
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 72 within the corporate limits of the Town of Burnsville is designated and shall be known as the “Bobby H. Johnson 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).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-31
Status: in_force

When any governing board of a political subdivision of the state or the governing board of a municipality must physically close a bridge or bridges under its jurisdiction in order for the state, a political subdivision of the state and/or a municipality of the state to receive or continue to receive federal transportation funding, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall direct by written notice such governing board to physically close the bridge or bridges within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such notice. The governing board shall retain jurisdiction of such bridge or bridges and is responsible for all costs associated with the closed bridge or bridges, including closure and maintenance costs. Any such bridge or bridges shall remain closed until the bridge is able to be reopened in a condition that does not reduce the amount that the state, a political subdivision of the state and/or a municipality of the state shall receive or continue to receive in federal transportation funding. Any political subdivision of the state or municipality of the state whose governing board fails to comply with the directive provided under this section shall not be eligible for funding provided under Section 27-67-35 and shall remain ineligible until the governing board is in compliance with such directive.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-5
Status: in_force

No failure to strictly comply with the provisions of this chapter, such as the invalidity of any contract or other like irregularity, shall in any manner affect the validity of the assessment of the ad valorem tax hereby provided, but the validity of such assessments shall be tested by the same rules of law that the validity of other assessments are determined by.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-3
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby set up for designation by cooperative action of the state and counties a state aid system of roads (including bridges and ferries), as classified and defined in Section 65-9-1 , which system shall be designated by the several boards of supervisors in their respective counties, with the consent and approval of the State Aid Engineer, to a total mileage not in excess of twenty-five thousand eight hundred fifty-seven and four-hundredths (25,857.04) miles not including any municipal streets, except that a state aid route may be extended into a municipality in order to make a convenient and orderly connection with the nearest paved or surfaced street or highway capable of carrying the traffic originating on or destined for such state aid route and thereby making a systematic connection with the highway and street systems of the state and its political subdivisions. Such system may be modified or revised from time to time by mutual agreement between the said boards of supervisors and the State Aid Engineer. Mileage on the state aid system shall be allocated to the several counties of the state in the following proportions:

(a) One-third ( 1 / 3 ) shall be allocated to all counties in equal shares;

(b) One-third ( 1 / 3 ) shall be allocated to counties based on the proportion that the total number of rural road miles in a county bears to the total number of rural road miles in all counties of the State; and

(c) One-third ( 1 / 3 ) shall be allocated to counties based on the proportion that the rural population of the county bears to the total rural population in all counties of the state, according to the latest federal decennial census.

(2) If the number of miles allocated to any county in accordance with the formula specified in subsection (1) of this section for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1994 is less than the number of miles allocated to that county for fiscal year 1994, then each county in that situation shall be allocated an additional number of miles that, when added to the number of miles allocated to the county in accordance with the formula specified in subsection (1) of this section, will be equal to the number of miles allocated to the county for fiscal year 1994.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-55
Status: in_force

(1) In any county maintaining a sea wall or road protection structure under provisions of this chapter and having an assessed valuation of five million dollars or less, the board of supervisors may borrow funds not in excess of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00), at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent per annum, in addition to such sums as have heretofore been borrowed for the purpose of constructing, repairing, strengthening, or maintaining the road protection structure or sea wall of the county. Such board of supervisors shall have the authority to own a dredge boat and to use and operate it for the purpose of pumping a sand beach adjacent to such sea wall or road protection structure or for the maintenance thereof, and to pay for same out of any funds provided under this section. The funds or amount borrowed for the purposes provided in this section shall be repaid within a period of twenty 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 bond, notes, or certificates of indebtedness which shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county issuing 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 by such board of supervisors may be borrowed from any person, firm, corporation, governmental lending agency, or from any sinking funds of such county; 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 call an election and submit the question of issuing bonds under this section to the qualified voters of such county in accordance with the present laws of issuing bonds. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in said election vote to issue said bonds, then the board of supervisors shall proceed to issue so much or such parts of said bonds not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00).

(2) The board of supervisors is given full power and authority to do any and all things necessary in its opinion to obtain funds from the United States government by and under Public Law 727, 79th Congress, Chapter 960, 2nd Session, or under any other law, and in and about the solicitation and preparation of any application; and it may do any and all things necessary in the promotion of obtaining relief under this act of congress for such county, and it is further given authority to assure the United States government, the United States beach erosion board, and the United States army engineers the following:

(1) Assure maintenance of the sea wall and drainage facilities, and of the beach by artificial replenishment, during the useful life of these works, as may be required to serve their intended purpose;

(2) Provide, at the county's own expense, all necessary land, easements, and rights of way;

(3) To hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages that may arise either before, during, or after prosecution of the work;

(4) To prevent, by ordinance, any water pollution that would endanger the health of the bathers;

(5) To assume perpetual ownership of any beach construction and its administration for public use only.

The intent and purpose of this section is to give unto the respective boards of supervisors the full power and authority to carry out all of the provisions herein, and to act independently, jointly, or severally with the United States government by and under Public Law 727, 79th Congress, or other laws.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 31-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-7
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized, in the event private donations are made available therefor, to erect an appropriate commemorative sign at the state hospitality station located on federal Interstate Highway 20 east of Meridian, Mississippi, to read as follows:

“WELCOME TO MISSISSIPPI BIRTHPLACE OF JIMMIE RODGERS THE FATHER OF COUNTRY MUSIC”

Such sign shall be attractive and designed to invite and encourage tourism and recreation in the state.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized to accept and expend private donations for the purchase, installation and maintenance of the sign authorized hereunder. No state funds shall be expended for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-5
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors of its own motion initiates the proceedings, it shall make a careful preliminary estimate of the probable amount of the bonds of the proposed district that will be required to be issued by the district; and if the proposal be made by petition, then the petitioners shall make a like estimate and recite the same in their petition or petitions. The preliminary orders of the board in either case shall recite the said proposed or probable amount of the bonds to be issued, and the notice required under Section 65-19-3 shall contain a like recital. But said estimates, whether by the board or by the petitioners, shall be deemed no more than estimates and, if the district be created, shall not be controlling upon the amount of bonds subsequently to be issued, whether more or less, as future necessity may require.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-11-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-1
Status: in_force

Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 shall be known as the “County Highway Aid Law of 1946.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-39
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is hereby authorized, without further process of law, to certify to the Fiscal Management Board the necessity for warrants, and the board is hereby authorized and directed to issue such warrants payable out of any funds authorized by Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 for such purpose, in such amounts as may be necessary to pay when due the principal of and interest on all bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 ; and the State Treasurer shall forward the necessary amount to the designated place or places of payment of such bonds in ample time to discharge such bonds, or the interest thereon, on the due dates thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-25
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into or ratify agreements with the transportation departments of the adjoining states for the construction or maintenance, or both, of connections on any part of the interstate highway system, state designated highway system or state aid road system at or near the boundaries of the State of Mississippi, the cost of such construction and maintenance to be apportioned between the states according to the benefits to be derived by each of the states as determined by such agreements.

The powers conferred by this section are supplemental to the powers of the commission now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-9
Status: in_force

Any county which embraces more than five miles of the shoreline of any existing reservoir, the construction of which was financed by revenue bonds, and any town, city, or supervisors district within such county, and any agency of the state or state department is hereby authorized and empowered separately or jointly to create or join a highway and street revenue bond authority as outlined in Section 65-13-11 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.220 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.220
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.220
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 15 in Choctaw County beginning at a point located three thousand four hundred (3,400) feet south of its intersection with West Reform-Sturgis Road and East Reform-Sturgis Road and extending northerly for six thousand six hundred (6,600) feet to a point three thousand two hundred (3,200) feet north of its intersection with West Reform-Sturgis Road and East Reform-Sturgis Road is designated and shall be known as the “Anthony Lucas 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. § 65-3-71.281 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.281
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.281
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 98 in Pike County, Mississippi, beginning at the western city limits of Summit and extending westerly to the Pike County line, is designated and shall be known as the “Casey Lynne Casanova 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. § 65-3-71.13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.13
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 350 from its intersection with Kendrick Road in Alcorn County extending eastwardly to Mississippi Highway 25 in Tishomingo County is hereby designated the “Fred J. Vann Memorial Highway.”

(2) That portion of U.S. Highway 72 within Alcorn County is hereby designated the “Dr. Fayette C. Williams Memorial Highway.”

(3) That portion of Mississippi Highway 39 from its intersection with U.S. Interstate Highway 20/59 in Lauderdale County extending northerly to its intersection with Old U.S. Highway 45 to Marion is hereby designated and henceforth shall be known as the “Bilbo Anders Memorial Drive.”

(4) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-3-71.190 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.190
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.190
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 8 in Sunflower County from the city limits of Ruleville, Mississippi, to the east side of the Sunflower River Bridge is designated and shall be known as the Robert L. “Bob” Crook Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of Mississippi Highway 8.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-3
Status: in_force

The owner of the soil over which any toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road is established shall have the preference over all other persons to be licensed to keep the same, upon complying with the law and the orders of the board of supervisors within the time fixed by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-25
Status: in_force

Said ferries may be maintained, purchased, and operated, or either, by the board of supervisors of each county which comes in under this chapter or by a ferry commission consisting of not more than three members, which ferry commission may be designated by the board of supervisors of each county. Such commission, if so designated, shall receive a salary of not to exceed four hundred ($400.00) dollars each per annum, to be paid out of the funds hereinabove designated as being set aside for ferry purposes.

Where said ferriage fund is being supplemented by funds as herein provided from any municipality or municipalities within said county, and said ferriage and other things pertaining thereto are to be supervised and operated by a ferry commission, then said commission shall be composed of the president of the board of supervisors of said county, the mayor or mayors of any such municipality or municipalities that may contribute to said fund as herein provided, and one other person to be chosen by the governor and who shall serve during the tenure of such ferry operation, shall act as chairman of said commission, and shall be the only member of said commission to receive compensation, such compensation to be paid out of funds hereinabove designated and set aside for ferry purposes and shall be fixed at $1,200.00 per annum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-68 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-68
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-68
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 42 lying in Jefferson Davis County shall be designated and henceforth shall be known as the “George Walter Holloway Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along Mississippi Highway 42 at the entrances to Jefferson Davis County and at the exits from the town of Prentiss.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-1
Status: in_force

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Mississippi River Bridge Revenue Bond Law”.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-73
Status: in_force

In any county in the State of Mississippi in which there is located a branch experiment station, the boards of supervisors of such counties are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to open up, lay out, construct, and maintain public roads into and across the land owned by the State of Mississippi and used in connection with said branch experiment station. No petition shall be required to have such road opened up, laid out, constructed, and maintained, but the boards of supervisors of such counties are authorized to proceed with such work when requested so to do by the manager in charge of said branch experiment station. Boards of supervisors are hereby authorized to expend the funds of said county in opening up, laying out, constructing, and maintaining said roads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-33-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-31
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall become necessary to construct, widen, or protect any highway under the provisions hereof, the road protection commission shall make publication for thirty days in some newspaper published in the county wherein such improvements are made, setting forth the commencement and termination, with a general outline of the nature and extent thereof. When any owner of land or other person shall claim compensation for land taken for such purpose, or for damage sustained by the construction, widening, improvement, or protection of such road or highway, he shall petition the board of supervisors in writing within thirty days after the expiration of the time provided for such publication, setting forth the nature and character of the damages claimed. Thereupon the board shall, on five days' notice to petitioner, go on the premises and assess the damages sustained by him. The finding of the board shall be in writing, signed by the members agreeing to it, and must be entered on the minutes at the next meeting; but if the damages sustained and claimed be less than the cost of assessing, the board may allow the same without inquiry.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-19-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-19
Status: in_force

The elections hereinbefore mentioned shall be held and conducted according to the provisions of Chapter 5, Title 23, Mississippi Code of 1972 , so far as applicable, the tickets to be used in said election to contain the following: “For the creation of the district” and, either below or above on the ticket, “Against the creation of the district.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 26-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-13
Status: in_force

(1) A state special improvement ad valorem tax of one (1) mill on the dollar for the year 1976 and for each year thereafter until eliminated as provided in subsection (4) of this section is hereby levied by the State of Mississippi on all taxable property in the counties of Tishomingo, Prentiss, Itawamba, Monroe, Clay and Lowndes of the State of Mississippi.

(2) The tax levied by subsection (1) of this section shall be a supplemental special improvement tax levy and shall be in addition to any other state, county, municipal or other ad valorem tax being levied in any such county. The tax shall not be reimbursable under any provisions of the Homestead Exemption Law of this state.

(3) The proceeds of the tax levied by subsection (1) of this section shall be paid to the State Tax Commission which shall deposit the proceeds into the bridge bond retirement fund. The proceeds of the tax shall be used only to retire any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or to reimburse the State of Mississippi for any advances or expenditures in excess of the state share.

(4) The state special improvement ad valorem tax levied pursuant to this section shall cease to be levied or collected for any fiscal year after the 1986 fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.222 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.222
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.222
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 90 in Jackson County within the City of Gautier beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 57 and extending easterly to its intersection with Beasley Road, is designated and shall be known as the “MSgt. Scott E. Pruitt 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. § 65-15-1.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-1.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-1.nr2
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may raise funds for working, constructing, reconstructing and maintaining public roads or for building bridges by an ad valorem tax on all assessed taxable property in the county, or by a bond issue, or by either or both of said methods.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-47
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county, at its next regular or special meeting after receipt of notice of the amount of money apportioned such county, shall spread upon the minutes of such meeting the roads and bridges selected by it to be constructed or improved in its respective district or beat. In the selection of such projects the boards of supervisors shall select roads and bridges which will be of the greatest benefit to the district or beat as a whole, judged from the standpoint of relative use and importance. However, if the board of supervisors selects a portion of the federal aid farm-to-market system, as set up in Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37 , then the road shall be built up to the specifications for the federal aid farm-to-market system, and the funds made available under Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 shall be expended under the provisions of the former sections. No reference is intended to any order of the board of supervisors heretofore made with reference to farm-to-market roads in the respective counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-107
Status: in_force

The road accountant shall keep a complete set of books, showing in detail all receipts and disbursements had or made by him. With every report made by him to the board of supervisors as hereinbefore required, he shall submit a trial balance of the said books, showing in detail all his transactions as such road accountant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-7-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-53
Status: in_force

Whenever in the discretion of the board of supervisors of any county it seems proper so to do, the board may, by order on its minutes, authorize the commission of any road district within the county, or the engineer of such commission, to forbid the use of any hard surfaced road, or portion thereof, when under construction or repair. The Highway Commission or its engineer, when so authorized by the board of supervisors, may close said road or any portion thereof to travel by an obstruction placed thereon in such manner as to indicate its closing, or by a sign marked “closed by order of the Highway Commission.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-81 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-81
Status: in_force

Where any public highway being constructed, improved, or maintained by any separate road district shall run or extend into or through any incorporated municipality within the said district, such highway may be constructed, improved, and maintained the same within as without the corporate limits of said municipality. With the consent of and in conjunction with the road commissioners, the said municipality may, out of its own funds, add such street crossings or make improvements, such as grading, culverts, graveling, paving, or other improvements, as it may desire; the mayor and board of aldermen shall, by an order spread upon their minutes, consent for the work to be done by the commissioners. This section shall not be construed as any limitation upon those sections of this title in reference to state highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-25
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state are required, within sixty days after receipt of a petition signed by twenty-five or more regular travelers of any public highway within their respective county, to have prepared and properly posted along said highway certain sign or signal boards at such intervals as may be deemed necessary to avoid danger for speedy travel, not exceeding four to the mile, with such inscriptions written thereon as will sufficiently warn the traveling public of the danger zones thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-1
Status: in_force

An ad valorem tax of two mills on each dollar of the total assessed valuation of all the taxable property in each county or counties in the State of Mississippi in which there is located a city or town upon any river or waters, which rivers or waters separate two United States highways, which highways are separated by such water but are otherwise connected by the streets of a municipality in said county connecting said highways except for said water, is hereby levied on all said taxable property in said county in or for each year in which the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality or county pursuant to this chapter becomes due. The receipts from said two-mill tax shall be withheld by the tax collector of said county, or by any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, from receipts from state ad valorem taxes now in effect or which may be hereafter levied, so long as said state ad valorem shall be not less than the said two-mill tax herein levied. If no state ad valorem taxes equal to or greater than the said two-mill tax herein levied is levied, then, and in that event, the said two-mill tax herein levied shall continue to be levied and collected as herein provided in each such county or counties in or for each year in which the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality pursuant to this chapter becomes due.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.387 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.387
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.387
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 9 located in Webster County, Mississippi, extending from North Lake Circle in Eupora, Mississippi, in a northern direction for approximately one (1) mile to Dump Road in Eupora, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “CW2 William H. “Bill” Seaborn, Jr. Memorial Highway” in memory of the late CW2 William H. “Bill” Seaborn, Jr., who was the recipient of four (4) military medals and who valiantly sacrificed his life in the Vietnam War.

(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. § 65-27-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-21
Status: in_force

The owner or keeper of any ferry established according to law, on any stream of water being the dividing line between two counties, shall have the right of landing on the opposite side of the stream in the other county and to unload any passengers, wagons, carriages and their loading, and stock of all kinds without any hindrance or molestation. Any person hindering or molesting such landing or unloading shall forfeit and pay to the owner or keeper of the ferry the sum of ten dollars for each offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-3-71.85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.85
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 149 (Old Highway 49) within the corporate limits of the Town of D'Lo, Simpson County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “D'Lo World War II 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. § 65-21-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-13
Status: in_force

In event the board of supervisors and the owners of such bridges cannot agree upon the price to be paid therefor, then the board of supervisors may condemn such bridge as a necessary part of the public road or highway of which said bridge connects and forms a part, and the amount to be paid for such bridge by the county shall be ascertained and determined in the manner now provided by law for the owners of land obtaining compensation for land taken for a public county road. All proceedings of the board of supervisors in assessing the amount to be paid the owners of such bridges may be reviewed by the circuit court; and the owner of such bridge so condemned by the county may appeal from the action of the board to the circuit court, where all questions of damages may be tried anew in the same respect as provided by law for appeals from action of the board of supervisors in assessing damages to the owners of land where land is taken for public county roads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21
Status: in_force

One-half ( 1 / 2 ) of all ad valorem taxes collected by or for a county or a separate or special road district on property within a municipality (the streets of which are worked at the expense of the municipal treasury, or worked by municipal authority) for road purposes of such county or district, not including taxes for the purposes of paying bonds issued for road purposes or the interest thereon or for creating a bond and interest fund for retiring the same, shall be paid over to the treasurer of such municipality for said municipality.

Any municipality may contract with its board of supervisors, or any member thereof, whereby work may be performed on the streets maintained by said municipality in lieu of the refund of one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the road taxes collected under this section and in such event such agreement shall be spread at large upon the minutes of both the governing authorities of such municipality and the board of supervisors of such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.66 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.66
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.66
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 15 / 25 in Winston County is designated and shall be known as “Veterans' Memorial Drive.”

(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. § 65-39-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-23-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-17
Status: in_force

Any municipality, county, parish, highway commission, or other political authority in an adjoining state which has been properly authorized by the laws of that state and the United States may exercise in the State of Mississippi any and all the powers granted in this article to municipalities and other public bodies in Mississippi, subject to the conditions and requirements of this article. In event that the powers granted under this article are exercised solely by a municipality or county, then same shall be exercised by the governing authority of such municipality or county; and in the event that same are exercised jointly, then same shall be exercised jointly by the governing authorities of such political subdivisions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-93 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-93
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-93
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered to use any available road funds of the county or beat to match any available federal funds for the purpose of building, hard surfacing, or graveling the roads of the respective county or beats of the county. Roads designated as school transportation routes shall be given preference.

The board of supervisors of any county is authorized and empowered to permit the use of county labor, machinery, and equipment, and to appropriate funds from the county's part of the gasoline money for purposes provided in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-3-71.141 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.141
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.141
Status: in_force

(1) The Dorsey-Fawn Grove intersection in Itawamba County on United States Highway 78 (future I-22) shall be known as “Phyllis Hawkins Harper Interchange.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection described in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-43-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-73
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not use any toll facility without payment of tolls, except as specifically provided by statute, ordinance, regulation or rule of a governing entity.

(2) If a vehicle is found by automated devices, visual observation, or otherwise to have evaded tolls on any toll facility, the processing agency shall, within thirty (30) days of the violation, forward to the registered owner of the vehicle involved in the violation, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal delivery, a notice of toll evasion violation setting forth the violation, including reference to the statute, ordinance, regulation or rule violated, the approximate time and location of the violation and the amount of the toll owed by the violator. Included with the notice of toll evasion violation shall be an affidavit of nonliability that complies with the requirements of Section 65-43-81 . In the case of joint ownership of a motor vehicle, the notice must be mailed to the first name appearing on the registration, unless the first name is a business organization, in which case the second name appearing on the registration may be used. Mailing the notice to the address provided for notice or personal delivery constitutes legal notification to the violator. If accurate information concerning the identity and address of the registered owner of the vehicle is not available to the processing agency within thirty (30) days of the violation, the processing agency shall have an additional forty-five (45) calendar days to obtain such information and forward the notice of toll evasion violation. If after ninety (90) calendar days of the violation the processing agency has not obtained accurate information concerning the identity and address of the registered owner of the vehicle, the processing agency may publish the notice of the toll evasion for two (2) weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county of the registered owner's last known residence. This publication shall constitute legal notification to the violator. The notice of toll evasion violation shall also set forth the following:

(a) The vehicle license plate number;

(b) If practicable, the registration expiration date and the make of the vehicle;

(c) A clear and concise explanation of the procedures for contesting the violation and appealing an adverse decision.

(3) A violation of subsection (1) of this section is an infraction subject to a penalty established pursuant to Section 65-43-75 . The collection of civil penalties shall be governed by the civil administrative procedures set forth in Section 65-43-77 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 15-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-23
Status: in_force

Where a levy is made for road purposes as provided in Section 65-15-21 , the tax assessor of the county shall set up a column on the assessment rolls of said county or district, which shall show the exact amount of the assessed valuation of the property within the corporate limits of a municipality which maintains its own streets and which pays the road taxes authorized to be levied under the aforesaid section. When said taxes are collected by the tax collector of the county, he shall isolate and separate the proportionate part of said taxes going to said municipality under the provisions of said section and shall cover same into the municipal treasury monthly, as provided by law.

Where any municipality may be entitled to a portion of any road tax under the laws in effect prior to the adoption of this section which has not yet been paid to it, such municipality shall be entitled to receive payment thereof on application to the board of supervisors of the county in which it is located, and the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to pay to such municipality its portion of such tax.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-51
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is hereby directed to designate the bridge located at the interchange of U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 82 in Leland, Mississippi, as the “Donnie Gene Kelley Memorial Bridge” and to place appropriate markers at each end of the bridge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 43-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-3
Status: in_force

(1)(a) In addition to and as an alternative to any other authority granted by law, including, but not limited to, Section 65-43-1 , any governmental entities, as defined in Section 65-43-1 , in their discretion, may contract, individually or jointly with other governmental entities, with any persons, corporations, partnerships or other businesses licensed to do business in the State of Mississippi (hereinafter referred to as “companies” or “company”) for the purpose of designing, financing, constructing, operating and maintaining one or more new toll roads or toll bridges in the state for motor vehicle traffic, including tollbooths and related facilities, at those locations where an alternate untolled route exists. Such contracts may provide that the governmental entities may grant certain rights (including, but not limited to, the right to exclusively operate and maintain) in land held by the governmental entities, whether in fee simple, as an easement or other interest, to a company for design, construction, operation and/or maintenance of roadways, highways or bridges for motor vehicle traffic, tollbooths and related facilities. 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. The contracting governmental entity shall conduct periodic inspections of any such project throughout the term of the contract to ensure compliance by the company. Failure of a company to comply with minimum standards established for the project by the contracting governmental entity shall constitute a breach and shall subject the company to liability on its bond or security or to rescission of the contract in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract.

(b) A governmental entity may not enter into a contract under this section with (i) any company designated as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to Presidential Executive Order 13224 or Section 302 of the federal Antiterrorism or Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, (ii) any company under the control of a so-designated foreign terrorist organization, or (iii) any company controlled by a foreign person if to do so would violate any order of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States under the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007, H.R. 566 , 110th Cong. (2007), Public Law 110-49, 121 Stat. 246. These requirements also shall apply to any proposed transfer or assignment of any contract entered into under this section.

(2)(a) Every contract entered into by a governmental entity under this section (except for contracts entered into with another governmental entity or following termination of a predecessor contract entered into under this section), at a minimum, must provide for the design and construction of a new toll road or toll bridge project and may also provide for the financing, acquisition, lease, maintenance, and/or operation of a new toll road or toll bridge project.

(b) If a governmental entity enters into a contract with a company as authorized by this section, such governmental entity shall use a competitive procurement process that provides the best value for the governmental entity. The governmental entity may accept unsolicited proposals for a proposed new toll road or solicit proposals in accordance with this section.

(c) A governmental entity shall publish a request for competing proposals and qualifications in a newspaper having a general circulation within such governmental entity or, if the governmental entity is the Mississippi Transportation Commission, shall publish the request in a newspaper having a general circulation at the seat of government and, if the governmental entity has a website, shall post the request on such website. Such request shall include the criteria used to evaluate the proposals, the relative weight given to the criteria and a deadline by which proposals must be received. At a minimum, a proposal submitted in response to such request must contain:

(i) Information regarding the proposed project location, scope and limits;

(ii) Information regarding the company's qualifications, experience, technical competence, and capability to develop the project; and

(iii) A proposed financial plan for the proposed project that includes, at a minimum, the projected project costs, projected revenues and proposed sources of funds.

A governmental entity may interview a company submitting a solicited or unsolicited proposal. In evaluating such proposals, a governmental entity may solicit input from other sources regarding such proposals.

(d) The governmental entity shall rank each proposal based on the criteria described in the request for proposals and select the company whose proposal offers the best value to the governmental entity. The governmental entity may enter into discussions with the company whose proposal offers the best value. If at any point during the discussions it appears to the governmental entity that the highest ranking proposal will not provide the governmental entity with the overall best value, the governmental entity may enter into discussions with the company submitting the next highest ranking proposal.

(e) The governmental entity may withdraw a request for competing proposals and qualifications at any time and for any reason and may reject any one (1) or all proposals. In either case, the governmental entity may then publish a new request for competing proposals and qualifications. A governmental entity shall not be required to pay any company for the costs of preparing or submitting proposals.

(f) The governmental entity shall prescribe the general form of a contract authorized by this section and may include any matter the governmental entity considers advantageous to it. The governmental entity and the company shall negotiate the specific terms of the contract.

(g) Except as provided under this subsection (2), no such contract entered into hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 65-1-8 , Section 31-7-13 or any other public bid or public procurement laws of this state.

(h) The Transportation Commission shall evaluate each proposal based on the criteria established by the commission. The Transportation Commission shall approve or disapprove a proposal within ninety (90) days after receipt of the proposal. If the Transportation Commission needs additional information, it may delay approval for an additional sixty (60) days.

(i) Any right or interest arising under or as a result of any contract entered into under this section by a governmental entity with a company involving a franchise, license agreement, concession agreement, operating agreement, construction agreement, design agreement and/or any other similar contractual arrangement in connection with the financing, design, construction, acquisition, maintenance and/or operation of a toll road or toll bridge project shall not constitute any right, title or interest in land or other real property or real estate or in personal property within the meaning of Article 1, Chapter 35, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972 , in the toll road or toll bridge project, including tollbooths and related toll facilities (including, but not limited to, land, pavement, drainage-related structures, and other infrastructure and property related thereto) in which a governmental entity is the title owner of such property and/or holder of easements, rights-of-way and/or other interests for such toll road or toll bridge project.

(3) Every contract entered into by a governmental entity under this section shall require a company to enter into bond and provide such security as the governmental entity determines may be necessary or advisable to ensure timely completion and proper execution and performance of the contract. The term of the contract shall not exceed fifty (50) years, with the exception of extensions, automatic renewals or other contractual terms as agreed to by the governmental entity in the original or a subsequent agreement. The governmental entities are authorized to acquire such property or interests in property as may be necessary, by gift, purchase or eminent domain, for construction and maintenance of the highways or bridges built pursuant to contracts entered into under this section. Upon expiration, termination or rescission of the contract, any and all rights and/or interests that the company may have in the land, infrastructure, facilities or other improvements to the property subject to contract shall terminate and automatically, by operation of law, be returned or conveyed to and vested in the State of Mississippi or the contracting governmental entity. Upon termination, expiration or rescission of the contract, the collection of tolls shall cease.

(4) The governmental entity having jurisdiction over the toll highway or bridge may, after notice and public hearing, establish, charge and collect motor vehicle operator tolls for use of the highway or bridge and its facilities. Alternatively, during the term of any contract entered into under this section, the company may establish, charge and collect motor vehicle operators tolls for use of the highway or bridge and its facilities. The amount of such tolls, and any modification thereto, shall be subject to approval by the contracting governmental entity after notice and public hearing. All such contracts entered into with the Mississippi Transportation Commission may require a company to pay a percentage or other specified portion of all tolls collected to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. If bonds are issued pursuant to Section 65-43-13 , then all such tolls paid to the department shall be deposited into the special bond sinking fund under Section 65-43-11 , and may be expended only as authorized by the Legislature. If bonds are not issued pursuant to Section 65-43-13 , then all such tolls paid to the department shall be deposited into the department's highway fund to be used by the department for the construction and maintenance of highways.

(5) If a toll road is a designated evacuation route and a declaration of a state of emergency is issued by the President of the United States or by the Governor, the collection of tolls shall cease until the termination of the state of emergency.

(6) All statutes of this state relating to vehicle and traffic regulation and control shall be applicable to motor vehicles operated upon highways and bridges constructed under this section and shall be enforceable by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or any other law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over such highways and bridges.

(7) The State of Mississippi, the Mississippi Transportation Commission, the Mississippi Department of Transportation, counties, municipalities or any other agency or political subdivision, or any officer or employee thereof, shall not be liable for any tortious act or omission arising out of the construction, maintenance or operation of any highway or bridge project under the provisions of this section where the act or omission occurs during the term of any such contract entered into by the Mississippi Transportation Commission or other governmental entity and a company.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-47
Status: in_force

The commissioners are hereby authorized to loan out any surplus funds of the district, and where such loans are secured by real estate, they shall be made in the manner and under the terms and provisions of the laws now relating to the loan of funds of the sixteenth sections; or they may purchase the bonds or evidences of debts of this state or of any county, municipality, drainage or road district situated in the State of Mississippi, or notes or bonds of the United States, or accept same as security for loans therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-25-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-7
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, whenever it shall deem such purchase expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-25-3 , or any such toll bridge partly constructed, or any franchises, easements, permits, or contracts for the construction of any such bridge, or any such toll bridge or facilities thereof which may be under lease in whole or in part and which may be so acquired subject to the terms of such lease, all upon such terms and at such prices as may be reasonable and can be agreed upon between such municipality and the owner thereof, title thereto to be taken in the name of such municipality. For the purpose of paying the cost of such acquisition, any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bridge revenue bonds as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-7
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized, in the event private donations are made available therefor, to erect an appropriate commemorative sign at the state hospitality station located on federal Interstate Highway 20 east of Meridian, Mississippi, to read as follows:

“WELCOME TO MISSISSIPPI BIRTHPLACE OF JIMMIE RODGERS THE FATHER OF COUNTRY MUSIC”

Such sign shall be attractive and designed to invite and encourage tourism and recreation in the state.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized to accept and expend private donations for the purchase, installation and maintenance of the sign authorized hereunder. No state funds shall be expended for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-7
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, general, special or local. This article, without reference to any other statute or to any charter, shall be deemed full authority to purchase, build, improve, own, and operate the revenue producing system by this article authorized; to fix, maintain, and collect toll rates for the facilities afforded by such toll bridge; and to issue and sell bonds by this article authorized; and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, any provision of the laws of the state or any charter of any municipality to the contrary notwithstanding. Where no funds are pledged as security for bonds to be issued by the municipality or other political subdivision other than the revenues arising from the tolls of the bridge to be purchased, erected, or extended, bonds may be authorized and issued under this article by ordinance incorporating the terms and conditions of said bonds passed by the governing authority of such municipality, county, taxing district, or other political subdivision, which article, resolution, or ordinance shall be spread in full upon the minutes of such political subdivision. It shall not be necessary to submit same to an election of the qualified voters of such political subdivision unless moneys for the payment of such bonds or interest thereon or maintenance of such bridge, or construction thereof, shall be pledged from taxes or other funds other than the revenue alone arising from the tolls collected on such bridge. In such event the proposition for the pledging of such additional funds and the issuance of such bonds shall be submitted for the approval of same to the voters of the municipality or other political subdivision at a special election called therefor according to law, and after a majority of the qualified electors voting at said election have voted in favor of the proposed bond issue. Where bonds have been authorized under this article, it shall not be necessary to make publication of any ordinance, resolution, notice, or proceedings relating thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-3
Status: in_force

When used in Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 , unless the context indicates otherwise:

(a) The term “construction” means the supervising, inspection, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway, including locating, surveying, mapping, costs of right of way, and elimination of hazards of railway grade crossings.

(b) The term “county highways” shall include all county roads now under the jurisdiction of or being maintained by the board of supervisors of any county, not including roads on the state maintained highway system, but including streets inside municipalities or urban areas of less than five thousand inhabitants according to the latest available federal census, and specifically including all “secondary and feeder roads” as defined by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626].
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.138 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.138
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.138
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 16 in Leake County beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 16 and Mississippi Highway 35 and extending easterly to the Leake/Neshoba county line is designated and shall be known as “Van T. Barfoot Medal of Honor Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-19
Status: in_force

Contracts for the construction of state aid road projects shall be advertised and let by the board of supervisors of any county desiring so to do, in the manner now required by law but subject to the approval of the State Aid Engineer; however, during the last six months of the boards of supervisors' terms of office, no contracts for state aid projects shall be awarded unless construction programs embracing such projects shall have been adopted by the boards and approved by the State Aid Engineer in writing prior to July 1 of said year. Before advertising for bids, detailed plans and specifications covering the work proposed to be done shall be prepared and filed in the chancery clerk's office of the interested county and in the office of the State Aid Engineer; and copies shall be subject to inspection by any party during all office hours, and shall be made available to all prospective bidders upon such reasonable terms and conditions as may be required by the State Aid Engineer. All plans and specifications shall be initially prepared by the county engineer, subject to the approval or disapproval of the State Aid Engineer. All rights of way necessary for such projects shall be acquired and paid for by the boards of supervisors in the manner now provided by law for the acquisition of rights of way, including gift, purchase, deed, dedication, and eminent domain; however, the cost of such rights of way shall not be considered to be a part of the cost of any project within the meaning of section 65-9-17 . The acts of the boards of supervisors in heretofore acquiring rights of way for such projects, and all rights of way heretofore acquired for such projects are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated.