Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-25
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 municipality 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 unless tolls are required for maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge or bridges due to the lack of funds from other sources than tolls. Such provisions shall not apply to common carriers, transportation companies, bus lines, and any one transporting passengers or freight for hire, but shall apply only to the use of highway portion of bridge by traveling public and, as respects any other use, the municipality may continue to fix and collect such tolls and charges as it may deem in the public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.151 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.151
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.151
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 23 in Itawamba County beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 178 and extending northerly to the Mississippi/Alabama state line is designated and shall be known as the “Tammy Wynette 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. § 65-15-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-3-71.343 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.343
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.343
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 488 located in Leake County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Highway 35 and extending east to Whit Alford Road is designated and shall be known as the “Hunky Cross Highway in Memory of Austin Morrow and Others that Have Lost Their Lives.”

(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. § 65-25-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-37
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers conferred by this article constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, and as bridges which are owned and operated by municipalities constitute public property used for public purposes, such bridges shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. No municipality shall be required to pay taxes or assessments upon any such bridge or any part thereof owned by it, whether located within or without the corporate limits of such municipality, and bonds issued under the provisions of this article, their transfer, and the income therefrom (including any profits made on the sale thereof) shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-92 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-92
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-92
Status: in_force

In order to acquire or improve real property for the establishment of road repair and maintenance facilities as authorized to be established and maintained on or before October 1, 1990, in Section 65-7-91 , the board of supervisors of any county may borrow money from any source and issue negotiable notes of the county in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in the aggregate. The notes shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the rate of interest authorized to be paid by counties on general obligation bonds and shall be sold in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-25 . The notes shall mature in approximately equal annual installments over a period not to exceed ten (10) years from the date of issuance thereof. The notes shall be repaid out of any available funds of the county. The notes shall not be considered when computing the limitation of indebtedness under Section 19-9-5 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85
Status: in_force

The processing agency may contract with a collection agency to collect unpaid toll evasion penalties, fees and charges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 39-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-27
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.30 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.30
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.30
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U. S. Highway 84 in Franklin County, Mississippi, beginning four (4) miles west of its intersection with U. S. Highway 98 and extending to a point six (6) miles west of the intersection of U. S. Highway 84 and U. S. Highway 98 shall be known and designated as the “George D. ‘Danny’ Nash, Jr., Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-29
Status: in_force

This chapter, as to the subject matters hereof, shall supersede all other laws, general, special, or local, including charters of municipalities. Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter shall have no power thereafter to issue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of Sections 59-7-1 to 59-7-21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , unless and until all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, and interest thereon, have been fully paid and discharged.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.103
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.28 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.28
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.28
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 53 from its intersection with U.S. Highway 49 in Harrison County as it extends northwesterly through Hancock County to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 26 in Pearl River County is hereby designated and henceforth shall be known as the “Larkin I. Smith Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 39-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-29
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall be used solely for the purposes herein provided, including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-111 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-111
Status: in_force

All monies from any source provided by law shall be covered and paid into the State Treasury as other public funds are paid, and it shall be the duty of the Department of Finance and Administration to advise the Mississippi Transportation Commission of the amount of money allotted to the commission on hand from time to time. It shall be the duty of the Department of Finance and Administration to place and allocate those funds so covered into the State Treasury in the State Highway Fund. The interest earned on the investment of any highway funds shall be paid into the State Highway Fund, except as otherwise provided in Section 15 of Laws, 2004, ch. 595. If any highway bonds or notes are issued, the Transportation Commission will adopt a resolution requesting the Bond Commission to issue such bonds or notes as may be authorized and a “bond and interest sinking fund” and “note fund” shall be kept separate from the highway fund by the State Treasurer pursuant to the bond resolution adopted by the State of Mississippi Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-21.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21.nr2
Status: in_force

One-half ( 1 / 2 ) of all ad valorem taxes collected by or for a county 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, 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, 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. § 65-3-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-47
Status: in_force

(1) The following segments of roads located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as a scenic route:

The access road beginning at a point of intersection with Interstate 55 at Exit 58 and running east to the intersection with Enid Dam Road, thence southerly along the route of the Enid Dam Road then to its intersection with U.S. Highway 51, thence running southerly along the route of U.S. Highway 51 to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 32, thence in an easterly direction to its intersection with Interstate 55 at Exit 57.

(2)(a) The State Highway Department may plan and erect suitable signs and markers along such route and along the interstate approaches to the area. Such signs shall be attractive and designed to invite and encourage tourism, recreation and camping in the area.

(b) The State Highway Department may establish and maintain rest and observation areas along the designated route and may invite the participation of and cooperate with any state, county or municipal agency to assist in the promotion and development of the scenic route hereinabove designated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-25
Status: in_force

In any county where tolls collected for the use of a bridge or bridges are allocated to the payment of the bonds issued for the construction of said bridge, interest, sinking fund, and the expense of operating and maintaining said bridge or bridges, if the tolls so collected are more than sufficient to meet the payment of said bonds as they severally mature, the interest thereon, the sinking fund, and the expenses of operating and maintaining said bridge or bridges, the board of supervisors may, in their discretion, transfer to the county road and bridge fund any excess of tolls collected over and above the amount necessary to pay the maturing bonds, interest, sinking fund, and expenses of maintaining and operating said bridge or bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.117 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.117
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.117
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Wayne County beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 184 and extending northeasterly to the Mississippi/Alabama state line is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. W.W. Walley 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. § 65-1-307 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-307
Status: in_force

(1) The person named in the complaint and declaration of taking may apply to the court for disbursement of the money deposited in the court, or any part thereof, as full compensation, or as a credit against just compensation without prejudice to further proceedings in the cause to determine just compensation. Upon such application, the judge, unless there is a dispute as to title, shall order that the money deposited be paid forthwith to the person entitled thereto in accordance with the application. The judge shall have power to make such orders with respect to encumbrances, liens, rents, taxes, assessments, insurance and other charges, if any, as shall be just and equitable.

(2) No notice to the Transportation Department of the hearing upon the application for disbursement of deposit shall be necessary, but a copy of the order disbursing the deposit shall be served upon the secretary of the Transportation Commission, or such other process agents as may be designated by the Transportation Department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-27
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.377 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.377
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.377
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 35 North located in Marion County, Mississippi, traversing the county in and around the Bunker Hill Community, is designated and shall be known as the “Sheriff J.V. Polk 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. § 65-3-37.3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-37.3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37.3
Status: in_force

For the purpose of directing motorists to the Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument in Pike County, Mississippi, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along certain highway segments approaching the monument as follows:

(a) At Exit 8 of Interstate 55, on both the northbound and the southbound sides, to indicate the turn onto Mississippi Highway 568; and

(b) On Mississippi Highway 568 to indicate the turn onto Easley Road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-33
Status: in_force

All wheeled vehicles traveling over or upon said roads so designated by said signal or signboards, when operated by steam, gas, or electricity, shall be equipped with a whistle, horn, or other signal which shall be duly sounded upon approaching said danger zones, so indicated by said signal or signboards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.248 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.248
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.248
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Kiln Delisle Road between Silver Creek Road and Koch Ranch Road that is part of the state highway system in Hancock County is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Michael Lee Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of Kiln Delisle Road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-29
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such commissioners, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, to determine and fix what road or roads shall be constructed, or constructed and maintained, or maintained in the district out of the proceeds of the sale of bonds and the levy of taxes. It shall be their duty to let all contracts for the construction, or for the construction and maintenance, or for the maintenance of such roads in the manner provided by law for the letting of contracts for public work by the board of supervisors. It shall be their duty to employ a competent engineer to survey and lay out the road or roads in the district as they shall determine upon, whose duty it shall be to make an estimate of the cost of constructing and maintaining such highway or highways for each separate mile covered by such survey and to report the survey and estimate to said commissioners before contracts are let for the construction or for the construction and maintenance of such highway or highways. Said commissioners shall have the power to adopt or reject such survey and estimate and in the latter event to have another made. When adopted, it shall be their duty to report the same to the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to order the clerk of said board to file the same among the records of the office, spread the same on the minutes of the board, and make an order adopting such survey and estimate so reported and adopted by the commissioners. All of said acts of said commissioners shall be subject to ratification or rejection by the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.386 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.386
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.386
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 30 located in Prentiss County, Mississippi, extending for a total distance of approximately one (1) mile, consisting of a distance of one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile in the easterly direction of Mississippi Highway 30 and a distance of one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile in the westerly direction of Mississippi Highway 30 from Prentiss County, Mississippi, with the central point of beginning in both the easterly and westerly directions being the location of the home of Mr. J.P. Davis, shall be known as the “J.P. Davis 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. § 65-3-71.363 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.363
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.363
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Interstate 220 North located in Hinds County, Mississippi, beginning at the Highway 49 intersection in Jackson, Mississippi, and extending north for one (1) mile, is designated and shall be known as the “Senator Douglas Anderson Memorial Highway” in honor of former Mississippi Senator Mr. Douglas Anderson of Jackson, 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. § 65-39-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-37
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission may require the Mississippi Department of Transportation to provide the twenty percent (20%) state matching share and federal nonparticipating costs for Special Category Projects as provided for in Public Law 102-240 (the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991). In addition to any other authorized use, such funds may be expended for Special Category Projects within Public Law 102-240 as set forth in Section 1103 “High Cost Bridge Projects,” Section 1104 “Congestion Relief Projects,” Section 1105 “High Priority Corridors on National Highway System,” Section 1106 “Rural and Urban Access Projects,” Section 1107 “Innovative Projects,” and Section 1108 “Priority Intermodal Projects.” The department shall use funds obtained pursuant to this section for the specific purpose of facilitating the use of additional eighty percent (80%) federal funds provided to the Mississippi Department of Transportation from the Congress of the United States throughout each of the five (5) Congressional Districts of the State of Mississippi. The department also shall utilize any funds obtained pursuant to this section to provide the state matching share and nonparticipating share for preliminary engineering and right-of-way acquisition work for all projects so authorized and shall provide the state share and nonparticipating portion for all projects for which the federal share of the construction is provided through funds not within the normal annual apportionment of the Highway Trust Fund to the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-21-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-19
Status: in_force

When a bridge over any stream or other water will connect two or more districts in any county and the districts so connected shall desire to join in defraying the costs and expenses incident to the building and construction of said bridge, or if only one of said districts shall desire to defray said costs and expenses, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of such county, upon petition of twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of said districts or, in the case last mentioned, of the district, to order an election to be held on a day to be fixed by it, submitting to the qualified electors of the districts or the district affected, as the case may be, the proposal of said board of supervisors to issue bonds for said purpose against all the taxable property in said districts or district, as the case may be. Said board shall give notice of such election to issue such bonds by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in said county for three consecutive weeks, which said election shall be held, conducted, and certified as required by law for the holding of general elections, so far as applicable. The tickets to be used in said election shall have printed thereon the purposes for and the amount of said proposed bond issue, after which shall be printed thereon “for the issuance of the bonds” and below that thereon “against the issuance of the bonds.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-33
Status: in_force

If the bonds issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 are to be sold on sealed bids at public sale, notice of the sale shall be published at least two (2) times, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson selected by the State Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-3-71.82 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.82
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.82
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Interstate Highway 10 in Hancock County beginning at the Mississippi/Louisiana state line and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 43 is designated and shall be known as the “Stephen E. Ambrose Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-47
Status: in_force

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

Any such county may exempt from the payment of the additional tax levied on the distribution of gasoline, any and all gasoline which may be consumed by boats engaged in fishing, by boats in commerce between the states or in necessary duties as instrumentalities of the United States government, gasoline purchased for agricultural purposes or domestic purposes, as was defined by Section 12, Chapter 264, Laws of 1946. Such exemption shall be contained in the order of such board of supervisors levying the tax on such gasoline and, when such exemption is granted in such order, then no additional tax shall be required from the person distributing gasoline direct to consumers using same in operating boats for fishing, in commerce, or as instrumentalities of the United States government. When a distributor is entitled to the said exemption, he shall, when reporting and remitting to the auditor for the regular gasoline tax, report also in detail with respect to the distributions exempted from said additional tax in the same manner as is required in the section on exemptions and allowances in the chapter on gasoline taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county shall have the right, upon the application of any member thereof or any overseer, road commissioner or the county road manager, to condemn any dead or dangerous trees or timber near any public road which endangers the safety of the public travel. On the failure or refusal of the owner to cut and remove such trees or timbers, the board may assess the value thereof and pay or tender the owner of such trees or timber the said assessed value thereof by warrant on the county treasury, and such trees or timber shall be cut, felled or removed by the proper authorities working or maintaining such road. The owner of such trees or timber shall have five (5) days' notice of such assessment and, if dissatisfied with such valuation, an appeal may be had to the circuit court as in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-57
Status: in_force

The said commission shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the political subdivision. Should said governing body not create the said commission, or should it determine following its creation to revoke the authority of and terminate the said commission, then the powers and authority hereby reposed shall vest in and be exercised by such governing body, the board of supervisors of said county or the governing authority of said city. Such governing body shall by appropriate order fix or approve the rules and regulations of the commission which shall assure that all the costs of administering the bridge properties shall be exclusively borne from bridge revenues and not from any funds derived from taxation; and said governing authority shall by appropriate order fix or approve the compensation, if any, of the commissioners and the extra fees and reasonable allowances to be paid to the clerk of said governing authority to reasonably compensate such clerk for the extra services and work hereby required. The combined total of all of such costs of administering and handling said funds, as above in this section particularized, shall not exceed seven and one-half percent (7 1 / 2 %) of the aggregate sum of the funds received from such bridge revenues and regulated by the provisions hereof; if the commission not be created or be discontinued, such percentage shall be not more than five percent (5%), and no member of the board of supervisors or governing body of such municipality shall be authorized by Sections 65-25-49 to 65-25-61 to receive any additional compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-39
Status: in_force

When any county of this state has adopted or will adopt any sea wall or part of a sea wall constructed prior to October 31, 1931, by a municipality as a part of its general system as provided by Section 65-33-37 , and where said county has been unable to take care of or pay the maturing bonds and interest of said municipality from the gasoline tax as provided by said section, the said county may borrow funds necessary to pay outstanding maturing bonds and interest of the municipality issued for said sea wall, or walls. The said county may borrow said funds either upon certificates of indebtedness, notes, or bonds, as in its judgment it may see fit. Said obligation or bonds shall not be for a period longer than ten years and at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. Said obligations or bonds shall not be considered as included in any limitation now fixed by law upon the indebtedness of any county, and said obligations or bonds may be issued without notice and without an election on the question of the issuance of same. The said obligation or bonds issued hereunder shall be general obligations of the county and payable out of the gasoline tax when available, as provided in the cited section, and the general sea wall road protection laws. In the event of the failure of sufficient funds from the said gasoline tax, the county shall levy a special tax to pay said bonds. The board of supervisors issuing bonds hereunder may provide that the first obligations or bonds mature as long as three years from the date of their issuance, but all interest shall be paid semiannually. In the event of the failure to collect sufficient gasoline tax to pay said bonds or obligations authorized hereunder, the board of supervisors of the county are authorized to levy ad valorem taxes to pay same as other sea wall or road protection bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the several counties of the state shall forthwith erect or cause to be erected, at all forks, crossroads or road intersections on all of the state highways and all other principal roads within their county, sign or guide boards in compliance with specifications theretofore furnished by the state highway department or state highway engineer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-9.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9.nr2
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the state in which there are county road bonds, seawall bonds, or road protection bonds outstanding which were issued for the purpose of building bridges or constructing public roads may, in its discretion, in addition to all other lawful uses, use such county's share, or any part thereof, of the funds heretofore or hereafter derived from the tax on gasoline and the road and bridge privilege tax for the further purpose of paying interest and principal of such county road bonds heretofore issued for any of the said above stated purposes. However, nothing in this section shall in anywise affect Section 65-33-45 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-77
Status: in_force

The road superintendent shall have the power to purchase nails, lumber, tools, and other things necessary, where the need for the same is immediate and the value of said purchase does not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). In cases of emergency he shall have power to contract for the immediate repair of a bridge, causeway, culvert, or a bad place in the road, provided such contract is not for a sum greater than fifty dollars ($50.00) and the need of the repair immediate and urgent. Such purchases and contracts shall be subject to ratification by the road commissioners and the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.100 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.100
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.100
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 6 within the corporate limits of Oxford, Lafayette County, between the Old Taylor Road Exit and the South Lamar Exit is designated and shall be known as “Amie Ewing Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-47
Status: in_force

Any person going upon any public road or bridge in such county with any kind of vehicle, or who shall cause any vehicle to be driven upon any public road or bridge in such county, in violation of such regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), and shall moreover be liable civilly to any county or road district for any damage done to such roads or bridges by such illegal act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-7-99 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-99
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-99
Status: in_force

Any county, or road district organized and operating under any road law of the state, is authorized and empowered to purchase and hold, or to lease, any land containing gravel, sand, clay, chert, or other road building material to be used in the construction and maintenance of roads, and to sell off any of such road building material in excess of its own needs. Such land or lease is to be held in the name of the county when purchased or leased by the county, and to be held in the name of the county for the use of the road district when the purchase or lease is made for the district, but no purchase shall be made by a district except with the consent of the board of supervisors. Such land or lease is to be paid for out of the proper county fund when purchased or leased by the county, and to be paid for out of any funds belonging to the road district when the purchase or lease is for the district, and any funds arising from the sale of material is to be turned back into the fund from which the purchase price was made. And the necessary roads or other means to reach and use the property aforesaid may be constructed and maintained by the county or road district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.138 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-27-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 27-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-13
Status: in_force

The owner or keeper of every ferry shall at all times be provided with good and tight boats suited to the ferry, sufficient in size, strength, steadiness, and accommodation for the safe and speedy transportation of passengers, vehicles, horses, cattle, and goods, well furnished with all necessary machinery, oars, poles, and other appliances, and men, prudent, skilful and competent to such business and service; and the banks and landing places shall be kept in good order, so as to be safe and easy for travelers. If any owner or keeper of a ferry shall convey or attempt to carry any person over any ferry in a boat not good and sufficient and furnished and manned according to law, or without having such banks and landing places in good order, he shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each offense, besides being liable to the parties injured for any damages sustained.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.4 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.4
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.4
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-21-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-19
Status: in_force

When a bridge over any stream or other water will connect two or more districts in any county and the districts so connected shall desire to join in defraying the costs and expenses incident to the building and construction of said bridge, or if only one of said districts shall desire to defray said costs and expenses, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of such county, upon petition of twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of said districts or, in the case last mentioned, of the district, to order an election to be held on a day to be fixed by it, submitting to the qualified electors of the districts or the district affected, as the case may be, the proposal of said board of supervisors to issue bonds for said purpose against all the taxable property in said districts or district, as the case may be. Said board shall give notice of such election to issue such bonds by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in said county for three consecutive weeks, which said election shall be held, conducted, and certified as required by law for the holding of general elections, so far as applicable. The tickets to be used in said election shall have printed thereon the purposes for and the amount of said proposed bond issue, after which shall be printed thereon “for the issuance of the bonds” and below that thereon “against the issuance of the bonds.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-135 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-135
Status: in_force

The following highway is deleted from the state highway system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and returned to the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors of Clay County:

Northern District--Clay County:

Mississippi Highway 389 beginning at the Clay/Oktibbeha County line and extending northerly to Montpelier.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-75
Status: in_force

The reports of the road commissioners and the road superintendent shall be kept on file by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be open to inspection of any resident or taxpayer of such road district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-217 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-217
Status: in_force

After the board of commissioners has completed the assessment as hereinabove provided, it shall have the authority and is hereby directed to levy a tax upon the taxable property of the district, as it may consider necessary to be levied to pay the preliminary expenses of said district. When the rate of taxation is determined by the commissioners, it shall be filed with the tax collector of the county wherein such property is situated, together with a copy of the assessment hereinabove required, which shall be a warrant for the collection of such taxes. The taxes herein levied shall be collected by the tax collector of the county, along with other taxes of the county. For collecting such taxes, the tax collector shall receive the same compensation as is provided by law for the collection of state and county taxes, and the taxes so collected shall be paid over by the tax collector to the board of commissioners of the district at the same time he is required to make settlement with the county for general taxes.

All taxes levied under the provisions of this article shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as state and county taxes and, upon default, the tax collector shall certify such delinquent taxes to the board of commissioners and shall also file a copy of such delinquent taxes with the clerk of the chancery court, as is now required to be filed for other delinquent taxes. The board of commissioners shall have the same authority and it is hereby required to enforce the collection of delinquent taxes, penalties, and costs by proceeding in the chancery court of the county in which the lands are situated, and may have the lands subject to such tax sold by order of the chancery court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-53
Status: in_force

The commissioners appointed by such governing body or municipality, or the commissioners whose terms are continued in force as above authorized, shall, subject to the approval of such governing body, have the following authority, powers, and rights: Said commission shall manage and control the affairs of the bridge as a separate proprietary venture, apart from other public roads and bridges within the county, and shall provide for the regular inspection, repair, maintenance, and upkeep of said bridge and its approaches, which expenses and all liabilities which may exist or later come into being or be claimed to exist shall be wholly borne from the bridge properties themselves and the revenues received from the lease of such properties to private or public utilities. In connection with operating the affairs of the said bridge and maintaining the same, said commission is vested with the following powers and authority, subject to the veto power or approval of the governing body owning the said bridge, viz: (1) Contracts and purchases shall be made on the same basis and under the same requirements of advertisement for bids as those made by the board of supervisors; (2) the commissioners may employ a superintendent or manager of the bridge properties and fix the amount of his salary, and either employ or delegate to said manager the employment of subordinate personnel and provide for the wages and compensation of such employees, and, should the commission so determine, may require the manager or other employees to post bond in such sum as the commission may designate for the faithful discharge of their duties as such employees; however, the number of persons employed in an election year shall not exceed the average number employed during the preceding three (3) years, except that additional employees may be hired on a temporary basis in cases of emergency when the specific reasons therefor shall be entered on the minutes of the commission; (3) provide for an adequate bookkeeping system pertinent to the affairs of said bridge and for regular audits, with the revenues derived following the freeing of said bridge to vehicular traffic, if any there be over and above cost of operating and maintaining the said bridge, to be kept by the clerk of the said board or treasurer of the said municipality in a separate account and to so remain, properly invested in the same manner as sinking funds of the county or municipality may be invested, said assets to be subject to bear and discharge the liabilities of the said bridge and not to be utilized for any other or different purpose until a period of at least five (5) years following the freeing of the said bridge from tolls (unless sooner there be another free bridge constructed and opened to public travel crossing said Mississippi River located not more than one (1) mile from said bridge, in which event that factor, rather than the five-year time limit, shall be determinative), and then not until a determination is made by the board or governing authority that such funds, to the extent amassed, will not be further needed for operational maintenance purposes; and that said audits thus caused to be made shall be done by a certified public accountant or accountants duly qualified under the laws of this state; (4) that, without in anywise sacrificing or waiving the entire exempt status of the said bridge properties from ad valorem taxation, to pay a sum or sums in lieu of ad valorem taxes which, by agreement with the taxing authorities of this or any neighboring state, will in no event exceed in any year a sum equaling more than one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the average amount paid per year by way of such taxes or in lieu thereof over the five-year period preceding June 15, 1966; (5) employ nationally recognized engineers and such other professional assistance as may be deemed necessary, and to pay reasonable compensation for such services; (6) to have and exercise any other authority and right conferred by existing laws, state or federal, applicable to the operation of such bridge; and (7) fulfill the requirements of any outstanding lease contracts to the extent that the bridge properties will permit and the revenues to be derived from such leases will allow, but without incurring any pecuniary liability on the part of the governing authorities or taxpayers generally.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-15
Status: in_force

Except as herein to the contrary provided, such counties, acting by and through their respective boards of supervisors in the performance of the powers and duties hereunder granted and provided, shall have and may exercise all powers and rights, including but not limited to the right of eminent domain heretofore granted by and under this chapter.

The provisions of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 are additional and supplemental to all other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to counties, and no county shall be deemed to be required to issue bonds under the provisions hereof. Unless and until a county shall have issued bonds under the provisions hereof, such county shall not be obligated by any of the provisions of said sections, and may avail itself of any law now or hereafter enacted and which may contain other and different provisions concerning the application of the revenues herein referred to.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-29
Status: in_force

For the purpose of the construction and operation of the bridges mentioned in Section 65-21-27 , the board of supervisors of the county, in the construction and management of same shall be vested with all the powers and authority provided by law for bridging streams of the county, including the levy of taxes and the issuance of bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.115 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.115
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.115
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 90 in the City of Pass Christian between Davis Avenue and Market Street is designated and shall be known as the “James C. Simpson, Sr., 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. § 65-17-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-7
Status: in_force

Such highway commissioner shall, from time to time as required by the board of supervisors, report to the board his acts and doings touching his official duties, and all of his acts shall be subject to the approval or rejection of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-3-99 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-99
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-99
Status: in_force

Whenever, by legislation, any highway, street or road under the jurisdiction of a county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state is placed on the designated state highway system under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, such highway, street or road shall become a state highway but, unless otherwise specifically provided by law, shall remain under the jurisdiction of the county, municipality or other political subdivision for construction and maintenance purposes until brought up to applicable construction standards as required by the commission and the Department of Transportation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, levy annually an ad valorem tax on all taxable property of the county, to be used for constructing and maintaining all bridges and culverts on the public roads throughout the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-61
Status: in_force

(1) Mississippi Highway 588, situated between Collins, Mississippi, and Ellisville, Mississippi, shall be designated and henceforth known as the James Duncan Arrington Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching said highway and, further, to erect a suitable memorial marker between Collins, Mississippi, and Ellisville, Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.219 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.219
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.219
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of United States Highway 82 in Webster County beginning at its easternmost intersection with Mississippi Highway 182 and extending westerly to its westernmost intersection with Mississippi Highway 182 is designated and shall be known as the “Keith Alan Crenshaw 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. § 65-19-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-55
Status: in_force

When the funds raised in any separate road district by bond issue have been expended and the contracts for road construction have been completed under the methods of building roads authorized by law, it shall be lawful for the road commissioners of any such road district, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, to turn over to the county in which such road district is situated the roads so constructed. It shall then become the duty of the board of supervisors of such county to maintain and keep up such roads in place and stead of and in the same manner as the road commissioners of such district, and manage in place of said commissioners all of the fiscal affairs of said road district. The funds of each district shall be kept separate and applied to the district in which it was collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.251 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.251
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.251
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 51 in Tate County beginning at the north corporate limits of the City of Senatobia and extending northerly to the south corporate limits of the Town of Coldwater is designated and shall be known as the “Sergeant Eric Andrew Lentz 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. § 65-21-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-11
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the respective counties are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings privately owned bridges across rivers or other bodies of water where the said bridges form a link or part of any county, public road, or highway. The boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, contract to purchase and buy any such privately owned bridges at such price and upon such terms as may seem reasonable to the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) Amounts deposited into such special fund shall be disbursed to pay the expenses described in subsection (1) of this section. If any monies in the special fund are not used within six (6) years after the date the proceeds of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 are deposited into such fund, then the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall provide an accounting of such unused monies to the State Bond Commission. Promptly after the State Bond Commission has certified, by resolution duly adopted, that the projects for which the revenue bonds have been issued shall have been completed, abandoned or cannot be completed in a timely fashion, any amounts remaining in such special fund shall be applied to pay debt service on the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , in accordance with the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds and as directed by the State Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-3-71.197 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.197
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.197
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 63 beginning at the boundary between George County and Greene County and extending northerly to the overpass at Mississippi Highway 163 is designated and shall be known as the “Senator George Cecil McLeod, 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. § 65-26-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 26-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-37
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the Transportation Commission in issuing, selling and validating bonds herein provided for, and said Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to expend any sum not to exceed Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) on approval by the State Bond Commission from the proceeds derived from the sale of bonds authorized in subsections (1) and (2) of Section 65-26-15 , or from other funds available to the Transportation Commission, to pay the cost of approving attorney's fees, validating, printing and cost of delivery of bonds authorized under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-105 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-105
Status: in_force

Before any road, or any part thereof, or any bridge shall be let out to contract where the amount of the contract will exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), the road commissioner, or engineer if there be one, shall inspect the road or part thereof or the bridge so proposed to be contracted, and shall carefully note the character and amount of work needed on same and all else necessary to make same a good and acceptable highway. The road commissioner, or engineer if there be one, shall then prepare detailed plans and specifications for the construction or reconstruction or working of same by contract, which shall be presented to the board of supervisors for approval. The plans and specifications shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors for the inspection of prospective bidders, prior to the first public letting under the terms hereof at a regular meeting to be named; and at any time prior to the acceptance of bids, the board may alter the plans and specifications submitted, and thereupon readvertise.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-55
Status: in_force

When the funds raised in any separate road district by bond issue have been expended and the contracts for road construction have been completed under the methods of building roads authorized by law, it shall be lawful for the road commissioners of any such road district, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, to turn over to the county in which such road district is situated the roads so constructed. It shall then become the duty of the board of supervisors of such county to maintain and keep up such roads in place and stead of and in the same manner as the road commissioners of such district, and manage in place of said commissioners all of the fiscal affairs of said road district. The funds of each district shall be kept separate and applied to the district in which it was collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county of the state of the second class, having a population of more than fifty thousand according to the 1930 federal census, situated wholly within a levee district, and in which there is situated a city of more than fourteen thousand population, is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to construct or assist in the construction of any streets of any village or town of less than five hundred population in said county, and to pay for same out of the highway maintenance fund or any other county fund available to said county for highway construction purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-27-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-11
Status: in_force

Any county or municipality authorized to construct bridges and issue bridge revenue bonds to pay the cost thereof is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase any competing ferry or ferries within fifteen miles of any such bridge, and to include the cost thereof as a part of the cost of construction of such bridge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107
Status: in_force

The commission shall have power to apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; but in the absence of such consent of Congress and until the same shall have been secured, the compact shall be binding upon the State of Mississippi in all respects permitted by law for the two States of Arkansas and Mississippi without the consent of Congress to cooperate, for the purposes enumerated in the compact and in the manner provided therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.294 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.294
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.294
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 1 in Washington County, Mississippi, that extends one (1) mile north and one (1) mile south of the intersection of Mississippi Highway 1 and James Crossing Road is designated and shall be known as “Sonny Merideth 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. § 65-3-99 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-99
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-99
Status: in_force

Whenever, by legislation, any highway, street or road under the jurisdiction of a county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state is placed on the designated state highway system under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, such highway, street or road shall become a state highway but, unless otherwise specifically provided by law, shall remain under the jurisdiction of the county, municipality or other political subdivision for construction and maintenance purposes until brought up to applicable construction standards as required by the commission and the Department of Transportation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-315 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-315
Status: in_force

(1) The judge may appoint some competent attorney to appear for and protect the rights of any party or parties in interest who are unknown or whose residence is unknown and who have not appeared in the proceeding represented by an attorney or agent. The judge shall appoint guardians ad litem for these parties who are minors, incompetents, or other parties who may be under a disability and without general guardian. The judge may make additional parties as he deems necessary to the complete determination of the proceeding and may enter such other orders, either in law or equity, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

(2) Upon the coming on of the cause for hearing pursuant to Section 65-1-311 , or upon the coming on of the cause for trial, the judge, in order that the material ends of justice may be served, upon his own motion or upon motion of any of the parties thereto and upon proper showing that the effect of condemnation upon the subject property cannot presently be determined, may continue the cause until the highway project under which the appropriation occurred is open to traffic or until such earlier time as, in the opinion of the judge, the effect of condemnation upon the property may be determined.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-5
Status: in_force

The several counties of this state bordering on the tide water of the Gulf of Mexico are authorized and empowered, in the discretion of the boards of supervisors of such counties or of any of them, to provide for the proper illumination of all such bridges and other parts of any of the public highways running in, through, or across said counties or any of them as, in the discretion of said boards of supervisors, may be deemed reasonable and necessary. Said boards of supervisors may and shall have authority to appropriate a reasonable and proper sum, to be paid out of the general county fund, for payment of the expenses of providing said system of illumination and the maintenance thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-41
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by the authority shall be and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for public funds of counties, cities, towns, school districts, banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, and for funds of the Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System. Such bonds shall be eligible to secure the deposit of any and all public funds of cities, towns, villages, counties, school districts, or other political corporations or subdivisions of the State of Mississippi; and such bonds shall be lawful and sufficient security for said deposits to the extent of their value, when accompanied by all unmatured coupons appurtenant thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-1
Status: in_force

All bridges and culverts hereafter built, rebuilt, or placed in the traveled way of any public road in this state shall conform to the design standards in effect at the time of design and shall extend across the full width of the crown of the roadway. On roads having a design width greater than sixteen feet (16’), bridges shall be not less than sixteen feet (16’) wide. All bridges hereafter built or rebuilt shall be built with railings or barriers and appropriate hazard marking signs on either side. This section shall not apply to public highways in this state within the area of, or contingent to, any national forest or reforestation project, which have been or may be taken over, constructed, or reconstructed by a department of the national government, may have bridges or culverts the width of said highways, bridges and culverts be less than twelve feet (12’) wide.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-23
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter, by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust in such form, with such validity, and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements, and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of which are provided by this chapter. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality or county shall prescribe the provisions, covenants, and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants, and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.224 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.224
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.224
Status: in_force

(1) That section of Mississippi Highway 26 within the corporate limits of the City of Wiggins, Mississippi, beginning from First Street and extending easterly to the corporate limits of the City of Wiggins is designated and shall be known as the “Bond-Breland-Fite Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that section of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-315 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-315
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the governing body of any such county or counties issuing bonds under the provisions of this article, each or any issue of such bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between such county or counties and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state. Said trust indenture may, in the discretion of the governing body, convey or mortgage the revenues, the bridge, or any part thereof.

Either the resolution providing for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds or such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of such county or counties and the governing body thereof in relation to the construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the bridges, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys; and it may also provide that the bridge or bridges shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers employed or designated by the governing body of such county or counties and satisfactory to the original purchasers of the bonds issued therefor, and may also require that the security given by contractors and by any depository of the proceeds of the bonds or revenues of the bridges or other moneys pertaining thereto be satisfactory to such purchasers. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state to act as such depository and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the governing body of such county or counties. Such indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations. Except as in this article otherwise provided, the governing body of such county or counties may provide, by resolution or by such trust indenture, for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the revenues of the bridges to such officer, board, or depository as it may determine for the custody thereof, and for the method of disbursement thereof with such safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the bridge or bridges affected by such indenture.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-9
Status: in_force

Engineering costs for any project performed under this chapter, including the salaries or fees of the engineer, may be paid from the Local Bridge Replacement Rehabilitation Fund allocations to a county; however, the maximum fee paid to an engineer from the fund shall not exceed twelve percent (12%) of the final construction cost, with the methods of payment to be approved by the State Aid Engineer under regulations promulgated by the State Aid Engineer. No such costs shall be paid to an engineer before the letting of the project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-209 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-209
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall have the power to employ engineers, attorneys, auditors, manager or superintendent, and such other employees as may be necessary for the orderly function of such district, and to fix their respective compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-71
Status: in_force

Where the board of supervisors of any county uses the right of way or ditch banks or any levee of any drainage district created in this state, it may pay to the treasurer of the respective drainage districts the value of any right of way taken for road purposes, as done with private individuals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-117.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-117.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-117.nr2
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of supervisors shall inspect every road and bridge in the county under the jurisdiction of the county not later than December 31, 1989, and, thereafter, not less than once each fiscal year. Each member shall file with the clerk of the board a report, under oath, of the condition of the roads and bridges inspected by him with recommendations by him for a four-year plan for construction and major maintenance of such roads and bridges. Based upon such reports, the board of supervisors shall, on or before February 1, 1990, and on or before February 1 of each year thereafter, adopt and spread upon its minutes a four-year plan for the construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges. The plan may be amended at any time by a vote of the majority of the members of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-4.1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-4.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-4.1
Status: in_force

The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and determines as a matter of public policy and legislative intent that the proceedings and public hearing required for initial adoption of the official map and county road system register required by Section 65-7-4, Mississippi Code of 1972 , are not intended to lay out, open, designate or otherwise establish new public roads, but to document and record existing roads which are, at the time of the initial adoption of said map and register, adjudicated by the board, consistent with fact, to be public roads by dedication, under the methods provided by statute, or by prescription and required by public convenience and necessity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 39-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-25
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.115 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.115
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.115
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 90 in the City of Pass Christian between Davis Avenue and Market Street is designated and shall be known as the “James C. Simpson, Sr., 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. § 65-13-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-41
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by the authority shall be and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for public funds of counties, cities, towns, school districts, banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, and for funds of the Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System. Such bonds shall be eligible to secure the deposit of any and all public funds of cities, towns, villages, counties, school districts, or other political corporations or subdivisions of the State of Mississippi; and such bonds shall be lawful and sufficient security for said deposits to the extent of their value, when accompanied by all unmatured coupons appurtenant thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.316 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.316
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.316
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 45 in Alcorn County and Prentiss County, Mississippi, beginning one (1) mile north of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 356 and ending two (2) miles south of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 356, is designated as the “Speaker William J. ‘Billy’ McCoy 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. § 65-19-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-77
Status: in_force

The road superintendent shall have the power to purchase nails, lumber, tools, and other things necessary, where the need for the same is immediate and the value of said purchase does not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). In cases of emergency he shall have power to contract for the immediate repair of a bridge, causeway, culvert, or a bad place in the road, provided such contract is not for a sum greater than fifty dollars ($50.00) and the need of the repair immediate and urgent. Such purchases and contracts shall be subject to ratification by the road commissioners and the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-41-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 41-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-69
Status: in_force

The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated in the following four (4) segments as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Delta Bluffs Scenic Byway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

(a) Northern Branch: Beginning at the intersection of Austin Road and Mississippi Highway 301 and continuing westward to the intersection of Delta View Road and Austin Road; then north along Delta View Road to the Great River Road National Scenic Byway (connectivity through the Town of Walls via Delta View Road, U.S. Highway 161 and 2nd Street);

(b) Central Branch: Beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 301 and Austin Road and continuing south along Mississippi Highway 301 to Arkabutla Lake;

(c) East-West Branch: Beginning at the intersection of Old Mississippi Highway 304 and Interstate 55 in Hernando and continuing westward to Bluff Road; and

(d) Robertson Gin Road Extension Branch: Beginning at the intersection of U.S. Highway 51 and Commerce Street in DeSoto County and continuing south along U.S. Highway 51 to Oak Grove Road; thence westward on Oak Grove Road to Robinson Gin Road; then south along Robinson Gin Road to Wheeler Road; thence westward along Wheeler Road to its point of terminus at Hernando Point at Arkabutla Lake.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-47
Status: in_force

The governing body of such county or city shall cause to be kept separate minutes and records of the operation of such bridge properties available for public inspection, which minutes from time to time shall show the approval or disapproval of the actions of said commission. Concerning the management and operation of said bridge by the commission and the governing body of said city or county, there shall be no obligation on said commission, nor shall there be any general obligation on said city or county, other than from the revenues derived from the operation of said bridge properties and as may be set forth or provided for in the trust indenture or resolution under which the revenue bonds of such governing body were issued for the acquisition of said bridge properties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 39-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-1
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Transportation Commission is authorized, subject to the availability of funds in the Gaming Counties State-Assisted Infrastructure Fund created in Section 65-39-17 , to conduct feasibility studies and, pursuant to information gathered in such studies, select routes and locations, perform preliminary engineering, acquire necessary right-of-way and property, construct and/or reconstruct and improve existing or new highways, roads, streets and bridges, including two-lane, four-lane and multilane roads (or segments thereof), perform intersection improvements, provide signal retiring, turnbay extensions, additional interchanges and other traffic modifications, within and approaching those counties in this state where legal gaming is being conducted or is authorized. Any highway, road, street or bridge that is authorized to be constructed, reconstructed or improved shall meet design standards established by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, shall be constructed to bear a load limit of at least eighty thousand (80,000) pounds and, upon completion, shall become a part of the state highway system, and thereafter shall be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and the Mississippi Department of Transportation for construction and maintenance.

(2) The projects authorized in subsection (1) of this section shall include, but shall not be limited to, highways, roads, streets and bridges on and along the following locations:

(a) U.S. Highway 90 from its intersection with Mississippi 607 in Hancock County to Ocean Springs, and including Lakeshore Road in Hancock County from its intersection with U.S. Highway 90 to Beach Boulevard;

(b) Mississippi 4 from U.S. Highway 61 to Mississippi 3;

(c) Mississippi 4 from Mississippi 3 to Senatobia;

(d) Cowan/Lorraine Road from U.S. Highway 90 to I-10;

(e) U.S. Highway 49 from U.S. Highway 90 to I-10 in Gulfport;

(f) Mississippi 304 beginning at the Tennessee state line at or near U.S. Highway 72 and thence running in a southwesterly direction to intersect with U.S. Highway 78 at or near Byhalia and thence running in a westerly direction to intersect I-55 at or near Hernando and thence running in a westerly direction to intersect with U.S. Highway 61 in DeSoto County, with a spur extending southwesterly to or near Robinsonville in Tunica County;

(g) I-10 from Exit 28 to Exit 57;

(h) A new location from the northernmost point on I-110 to U.S. Highway 49;

(i) U.S. Highway 61 from the Tunica county line to the Tennessee state line;

(j)(i) Four-lanes for traffic along Mississippi 16 beginning at its intersection with Mississippi 25 and extending easterly to join the existing four-lane on the west side of Carthage within the corporate boundaries;

(ii) Passing lanes and turn lanes, as needed, along Mississippi 16 beginning at a point on the east side of Carthage within the corporate boundaries where the existing four-lane ends and extending easterly to the Leake/Neshoba county line; and

(iii) Four-lanes for traffic along Mississippi 16 beginning at the Leake/Neshoba county line and extending easterly to not more than ten (10) miles east of Mississippi 15;

(k) Cowan/Lorraine Road Extension from I-10 north to relocated/reconstructed Mississippi 67;

(l) At various locations on and along U.S. Highway 82 and Mississippi 1 in the City of Greenville;

(m) At various locations on and along I-20, U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 80 in the City of Vicksburg, including a truck route from Harbor Industrial Park to U.S. Highway 61 north and an extension of South Frontage Road with railroad bridge to I-20;

(n) At various locations on and along U.S. Highway 61, U.S. Highway 65, Washington, Homochitto, Martin Luther King, Jr., St. Catherine and East Franklin Streets in the City of Natchez;

(o) At various locations on and along U.S. Highway 90 in the City of Pass Christian;

(p) Mississippi 43 / 603 beginning where the existing four-lane ends north of I-10 and extending northerly to a point approximately one (1) mile north of Kiln where Mississippi 43 / 603 divides into Mississippi 43 and Mississippi 603;

(q) Mississippi 43 beginning where Mississippi 43 and Mississippi 603 divide and extending northwesterly to or near Picayune;

(r) U.S. Highway 49 from U.S. Highway 61 west to the Mississippi River bridge;

(s) Subject to the conditions prescribed in subsection (3) of this section, a central Harrison County connector from I-10 to U.S. Highway 90 in the vicinity of Canal Road to the Mississippi State Port at Gulfport;

(t) An east Harrison County connector from U.S. Highway 90 to I-10 to be located between the Cowan/Lorraine Road interchange and the I-110 interchange;

(u) At various locations on, along and approaching U.S. Highway 90 in Harrison, Hancock and Jackson Counties, which the Mississippi Transportation Commission determines will alleviate traffic congestion in Harrison, Hancock and Jackson Counties; and

(v) At various locations in the City of Natchez on, along and approaching U.S. Highway 61 (St. Catherine Street and Franklin Street), and including Mississippi Highway 555 beginning at Franklin Street and extending northerly and easterly to the Natchez Trace.

(3) Authorization for the project described in paragraph (2)(s) of this section is conditioned upon receipt by the Mississippi Transportation Commission of a written commitment by the Mississippi Development Authority to make available for such project not less than Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00).

(4) If a project authorized in this section is also included in the four-lane highway program under Section 65-3-97(3) , then all contracts necessary to be let for the completion of the project under this section shall be let not later than the priorities established for the letting of contracts for the project under Section 65-3-97(3) . Prioritization of construction for all other projects authorized in this section shall be conducted as provided for in Section 65-3-97(4) .

(5)(a) Funds for the projects authorized under this section may be provided through the issuance of bonds under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , through the issuance of notes for such purposes under Section 31-17-127 or from such monies as may be available in the Gaming Counties State-Assisted Infrastructure Fund created under Section 65-39-17 .

(b) In addition to the funds provided for under paragraph (a) of this subsection, funds for the project described in subsection (2)(s) of this section also may be provided from any available federal, state, county or municipal funds authorized for such project, including the Economic Development Highway Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-11
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission, in its discretion, by order duly adopted and entered upon its official minutes, may authorize the Katrina Volunteers Memorial Fountain Committee, acting under board approved sponsorship of the Diamondhead Continuing Education, Inc., and at its own expense, to design, construct and maintain at a location approved by the commission on property of the welcome center near I-10 in western Hancock County, a fountain and suitable memorial in recognition and appreciation of the thousands of volunteers who donated their time and money to assist the citizens of Mississippi in recovering from the destruction and in the rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 41-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-53
Status: in_force

(1) The following highways, roads and streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Lower Mississippi Historic Scenic Byway,” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

Begin on U.S. Highway 61 at the Issaquena County line and travel south along U.S. Highway 61 in Warren County, to Business 61 (North Washington Street); travel north on Washington Street to downtown Vicksburg. Continue traveling on Washington Street as it merges into Warrington Road; travel Warrington Road to U.S. Highway 61; continue on U.S. Highway 61 South to Claiborne County.

Upon entering Claiborne County, continue traveling south on U.S. Highway 61. At Grand Gulf Road, travel west to Grand Gulf Military Park. Turn on Grand Gulf Road to U.S. Highway 61. Travel south on U.S. Highway 61 to Port Gibson. U.S. Highway 61 at Port Gibson is also known as “Church Street.” At the intersection of Church Street and Orange Street, travel west on Orange Street, past the Claiborne County Courthouse to Market Street. Travel south on Market Street four (4) blocks, past Mississippi Cultural Crossroads, Matt Ross Administrative Building, Harriette Pearson Memorial Library and Meyer Marx Building until you reach Carroll Street. Return to Church Street and travel south on U.S. Highway 61 to Jefferson County. This corridor also includes Rodney Road, which is Carroll Street (west of Market Street). Travel west on Rodney Road, past the Shaifer House and grounds; travel past the Ruins of Windsor where Rodney Road merges into Highway 552. Travel past Alcorn State University on Highway 552 back to U.S. Highway 61.

Travel south on U.S. Highway 61 until you reach Adams County and continue on U.S. Highway 61 through the City of Natchez to U.S. Highway 61 / 84 Interchange; travel west on U.S. Highway 84 to the Natchez Intermodal Center at the Mississippi River Bridge. Return to U.S. Highway 61 / 84 interchange and travel south on U.S. Highway 61 through the southern portion of Natchez to Wilkinson County. Traveling south on U.S. Highway 61 through Woodville to the Louisiana state line. This terminates the Lower Mississippi Historic Byway.

(2) Outdoor advertising as identified in the Lower Mississippi Historic Byway Corridor Management Plan shall be allowed on U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 84 within the corporate limits of the impacted municipalities along the byway subject to the zoning and signage statutes and ordinances of the state and the impacted municipalities. Outdoor advertising outside of a municipality's corporate limit must be in compliance with applicable local, state and federal guidelines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-55
Status: in_force

No seed can be bought or planted by the Mississippi Highway Department for right of way seeding that contain more than the maximum allowance for noxious weed seed as prescribed by the Mississippi Pure Seed Law and regulations. No sodding will be allowed that contains prohibited noxious weed plants or tubers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 26-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-21
Status: in_force

All general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 18-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-5
Status: in_force

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

(2) Routes on which projects are performed under this chapter are not eligible for inclusion on the state aid system except in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-9-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-51
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall designate one or more banks within the county to serve as depositories for the funds of the authority, and all funds of the authority shall be deposited in such depository bank or banks.

Before designating a depository bank or banks, the trustees shall issue a notice stating the time and place the trustees will meet for such purpose and inviting the banks in the area to submit applications to be designated depositories. The term of service for depositories shall be prescribed by the trustees. Such notice shall be published one time in a newspaper or newspapers published in the area and specified by the trustees.

At the time mentioned in the notice, the trustees shall consider the applications and the management and condition of the banks filing them, and shall designate as depositories the bank or banks which offer the most favorable terms and conditions for the handling of the funds of the authority and which the trustees find have proper management and are in condition to warrant handling of authority funds. Membership on the board of trustees of an officer or director of a bank shall not disqualify such bank from being designated as a depository.

If no applications acceptable to the trustees are received by the time stated in the notice, the trustees shall designate some bank or banks within or without the authority upon such terms and conditions as they may find advantageous to the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.180 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.180
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.180
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 51 in Holmes County that lies within the corporate limits of the Town of Goodman, is designated and shall be known as the “Martin Luther King, 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. § 65-5-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-21
Status: in_force

No automotive service station or other commercial enterprise for serving motor vehicle users shall be constructed or located within the right of way of, or on publicly-owned or publicly-leased land acquired or used for or in connection with, a limited access facility or a controlled-access facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the several counties of the state shall forthwith erect or cause to be erected, at all forks, crossroads or road intersections on all of the state highways and all other principal roads within their county, sign or guide boards in compliance with specifications theretofore furnished by the state highway department or state highway engineer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.50 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.50
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.50
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 82 that bypasses the City of Winona shall be known as the “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of U.S. Highway 82 described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-319 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-13-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-15-21.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-21.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21.nr2
Status: in_force

One-half ( 1 / 2 ) of all ad valorem taxes collected by or for a county 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, 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, 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. § 65-3-71.195 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.195
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.195
Status: in_force

(1) That reconstructed segment of Mississippi Highway 11 in Lamar County beginning where Mississippi Highway 11 intersects the Norfolk Southern Railroad and extending one thousand eight hundred forty feet (1,840) is designated and shall be known as the Tyler R. Kilsby and Leon Sims Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.393 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.393
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.393
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Interstate 269 located in DeSoto County, Mississippi, extending for a total distance of approximately one (1) mile, consisting of a distance of one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile in the easterly direction of U.S. Interstate 269 and a distance of one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile in the westerly direction of U.S. Interstate 269, with Exit 1 at McIngvale Road being designated as the central point of beginning in both the easterly and westerly directions, shall be known as the “Mason Wilbanks 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. § 65-25-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-53
Status: in_force

The commissioners appointed by such governing body or municipality, or the commissioners whose terms are continued in force as above authorized, shall, subject to the approval of such governing body, have the following authority, powers, and rights: Said commission shall manage and control the affairs of the bridge as a separate proprietary venture, apart from other public roads and bridges within the county, and shall provide for the regular inspection, repair, maintenance, and upkeep of said bridge and its approaches, which expenses and all liabilities which may exist or later come into being or be claimed to exist shall be wholly borne from the bridge properties themselves and the revenues received from the lease of such properties to private or public utilities. In connection with operating the affairs of the said bridge and maintaining the same, said commission is vested with the following powers and authority, subject to the veto power or approval of the governing body owning the said bridge, viz: (1) Contracts and purchases shall be made on the same basis and under the same requirements of advertisement for bids as those made by the board of supervisors; (2) the commissioners may employ a superintendent or manager of the bridge properties and fix the amount of his salary, and either employ or delegate to said manager the employment of subordinate personnel and provide for the wages and compensation of such employees, and, should the commission so determine, may require the manager or other employees to post bond in such sum as the commission may designate for the faithful discharge of their duties as such employees; however, the number of persons employed in an election year shall not exceed the average number employed during the preceding three (3) years, except that additional employees may be hired on a temporary basis in cases of emergency when the specific reasons therefor shall be entered on the minutes of the commission; (3) provide for an adequate bookkeeping system pertinent to the affairs of said bridge and for regular audits, with the revenues derived following the freeing of said bridge to vehicular traffic, if any there be over and above cost of operating and maintaining the said bridge, to be kept by the clerk of the said board or treasurer of the said municipality in a separate account and to so remain, properly invested in the same manner as sinking funds of the county or municipality may be invested, said assets to be subject to bear and discharge the liabilities of the said bridge and not to be utilized for any other or different purpose until a period of at least five (5) years following the freeing of the said bridge from tolls (unless sooner there be another free bridge constructed and opened to public travel crossing said Mississippi River located not more than one (1) mile from said bridge, in which event that factor, rather than the five-year time limit, shall be determinative), and then not until a determination is made by the board or governing authority that such funds, to the extent amassed, will not be further needed for operational maintenance purposes; and that said audits thus caused to be made shall be done by a certified public accountant or accountants duly qualified under the laws of this state; (4) that, without in anywise sacrificing or waiving the entire exempt status of the said bridge properties from ad valorem taxation, to pay a sum or sums in lieu of ad valorem taxes which, by agreement with the taxing authorities of this or any neighboring state, will in no event exceed in any year a sum equaling more than one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the average amount paid per year by way of such taxes or in lieu thereof over the five-year period preceding June 15, 1966; (5) employ nationally recognized engineers and such other professional assistance as may be deemed necessary, and to pay reasonable compensation for such services; (6) to have and exercise any other authority and right conferred by existing laws, state or federal, applicable to the operation of such bridge; and (7) fulfill the requirements of any outstanding lease contracts to the extent that the bridge properties will permit and the revenues to be derived from such leases will allow, but without incurring any pecuniary liability on the part of the governing authorities or taxpayers generally.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-53
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of State Highway 481 from State Highway 43 southeast at Pisgah in Rankin County, Mississippi, to United States Highway 80 in Morton, Scott County, Mississippi, shall be designated and henceforth known as the Perry Davis Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching said highway and, further, to erect a suitable memorial marker between Pisgah, Mississippi, and the Town of Morton, Mississippi, at a site to be chosen with the approval of the family of Perry Davis.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-39
Status: in_force

This article, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. But this article shall not be construed to repeal the laws under which any bridge has heretofore been constructed or operated by any county of the state and, as to such counties, the present laws shall remain in force and effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-7-173 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-173
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-173
Status: in_force

On any segment of any public street, road, highway or interstate within the state that is named after a person who was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor, the Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain the signs designating the memorial highway with the words “Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient.” Any such signs that do not contain those words shall be replaced by new signs to comply with Sections 65-7-171 and 65-7-173 . Sections 65-7-171 and 65-7-173 shall also apply to bridges or intersections that are part of a public street, road, highway or interstate within this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-7
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors may, when the same cannot otherwise be conveniently maintained, establish, license, construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or ferry on any part of a public road, and shall fix and regulate the tolls.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.172 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.172
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.172
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 82 located in Montgomery County beginning with its intersection with the Montgomery/Webster County line and extending westerly three and one-fourth (3- 1 / 4 ) miles is designated and shall be known as the “Mr. & Mrs. E.H. Sumner Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-9.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9.nr2
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the state in which there are county road bonds, seawall bonds, or road protection bonds outstanding which were issued for the purpose of building bridges or constructing public roads may, in its discretion, in addition to all other lawful uses, use such county's share, or any part thereof, of the funds heretofore or hereafter derived from the tax on gasoline and the road and bridge privilege tax for the further purpose of paying interest and principal of such county road bonds heretofore issued for any of the said above stated purposes. However, nothing in this section shall in anywise affect Section 65-33-45 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-157 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-157
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-157
Status: in_force

The funds transferred herein to a special fund account to the credit of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management shall be expended only as authorized by an act of the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-29
Status: in_force

The trustees shall each receive not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) per diem, and ten cents (10¢) per mile for distance traveled while actually performing the business of the authority. The compensation herein authorized shall apply for no more than fourteen days per member during any calendar year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-1.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-18-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 18-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-7
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(f) To report to the Legislature, no later than January 1 of each year, on the Local System Road Program. Such report shall include what projects were approved and constructed, the number of miles constructed or improved and the cost per mile for such construction and improvement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-15-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-3
Status: in_force

The board shall levy annually a tax upon the taxable property of such county to be used for road and bridge purposes; and the tax collector shall collect such taxes at the time and in the manner state, county, and other taxes are collected. All laws for the enforcement of the collection of other taxes shall apply to the collection of such taxes, and the tax collector's bond shall cover the same in like manner. When such taxes are collected, they shall be paid into the county depository as other taxes, and in like manner shall be covered by the bond of the county depository. Such funds shall be kept as a separate road fund and shall be paid out only on allowances and warrants of the board of supervisors for said purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.272 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.272
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.272
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 8 beginning at the western corporate limits of the Town of Pace and extending for two (2) miles west of the western corporate limits of the Town of Pace is designated and shall be known as the Juniper Yates “JY” Trice Memorial Highway.

(2) The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-37
Status: in_force

The bonds of the authority shall not be included in computing any present or future debt limit of the county, supervisors district, municipality, agency, or department under any present or future law.

All such bonds provided by this chapter shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, shall be lithographed or engraved and printed in two (2) or more colors to prevent counterfeiting. They shall be in denominations of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), may be registered as issued, and shall be numbered as determined by the authority. Each such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was issued and the total amount authorized to be issued, and the interest to accrue thereon may be evidenced by proper coupons to be attached thereto. Such bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates as may be determined by the sale of such bonds, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103 . They shall mature annually in such amounts and at such times as shall be provided by the resolution of the board of trustees. No bond shall have a longer maturity than forty (40) years from date of issuance, and the first maturity date thereof shall be not more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds. The denomination, form, and place or places of payment of such bonds shall be fixed in the resolution of the board of trustees of the authority. Such bonds shall be signed by the president and secretary of such board, with the seal of the authority affixed thereto, but the coupons, if any, may bear only the facsimile signatures of such president and secretary. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year. Only one (1) coupon may be attached to a bond for any one (1) specified period of time. No interest coupon can vary more than twenty-five percent (25%) in value from any other coupon on the same bond or another coupon in the same issue.

Such bonds may be called in, paid, and redeemed in inverse numerical order on any interest date prior to maturity, upon not less than thirty (30) days' notice to the paying agent or agents designated in such bonds, and at such premium as may be designated in such bonds. However, in no case shall any premiums exceed six percent (6%) of the face value of such bonds.

All such bonds shall contain in substance a statement to the effect that they are secured solely by a pledge of the net revenues of the authority and/or the avails of voluntary assessments of adjacent landowners, and that they do not constitute general obligations of any political subdivision of the State of Mississippi except the authority created by this chapter, and are not secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of said state or of such county or counties.

All such bonds as provided for herein shall be sold under the sealed bid procedure at public sale as now provided by law except as otherwise provided herein. No such sale shall be at a price so low as to require the payment of interest on money received therefor at more than a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-103 .

This chapter shall be full and complete authority for the issuance of the bonds provided for herein, and no restriction or limitation otherwise prescribed by law shall apply herein.

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. § 65-25-129 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-129
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is authorized to use any monies in the State Highway Department Fund that are not appropriated or otherwise encumbered for any other purpose, to match federal funds that are made available for preliminary engineering of the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge or for any other project in connection with preliminary engineering, including environmental impact studies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-207
Status: in_force

The commissioners hereinabove provided shall receive the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for each day, or major fraction thereof, in which they are called upon to attend the meetings of the board, together with necessary travel expenses not to exceed six cents (6¢) per mile for miles actually travelled while engaged in the business of their office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 26-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-31
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings banks, trust companies, and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-59
Status: in_force

All the public roads of any separate road district, or parts thereof, shall be worked by contract, if the board of supervisors of such county so elect, by an order entered to that effect on its minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.371 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.371
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.371
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 8 that starts at Interstate 55 in Grenada County, Mississippi, and extends east for one (1) mile through Grenada County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “William Winter Memorial Highway” in memory of the late former Mississippi Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer and Representative in the Mississippi House of Representatives, William Forrest Winter of Grenada, 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. § 65-3-143.17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-143.17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.17
Status: in_force

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

Central District--Madison County:

Mississippi 16 beginning at its intersection with U.S. 51 and extending easterly to its intersection with U.S. 43 on the east side of the City of Canton.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-9
Status: in_force

(1) The state hospitality station constructed and located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61 in Coahoma County is designated and shall be known as the “Senator Delma Furniss Hospitality Station.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the hospitality station, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-15
Status: in_force

Except as herein to the contrary provided, such counties, acting by and through their respective boards of supervisors in the performance of the powers and duties hereunder granted and provided, shall have and may exercise all powers and rights, including but not limited to the right of eminent domain heretofore granted by and under this chapter.

The provisions of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 are additional and supplemental to all other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to counties, and no county shall be deemed to be required to issue bonds under the provisions hereof. Unless and until a county shall have issued bonds under the provisions hereof, such county shall not be obligated by any of the provisions of said sections, and may avail itself of any law now or hereafter enacted and which may contain other and different provisions concerning the application of the revenues herein referred to.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to allow for the erection of two (2) markers designating the Chickasa-Leaf Barn Quilt Trail, with one (1) at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 98 and Mississippi Highway 57 North, which is outside and east of the McLain corporate limits, and another at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 57 South and Highway 63 South, which is within the Leakesville corporate limits.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall not be responsible for erecting or maintaining the markers described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-143.11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.11
Status: in_force

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

Northern District--Lowndes County:

Airport Road beginning at its intersection with Industrial Park Road and proceeding in a southerly direction until its intersection with Artesia Road.

(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way, are removed or relocated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-17
Status: in_force

A certified copy of the resolution so adopted shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation within the county once a week for at least three consecutive weeks prior to the date specified in such resolution as the date upon which said board intends to create such authority. The first such publication shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date thus specified, and the last such publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-1.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-7-93 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-43-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 43-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-19
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 26-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-21
Status: in_force

All general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 26-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-35
Status: in_force

(1) The funds which are transferred from the sale of bonds under this chapter and such other funds as may be transferred to the bridge construction fund may be withdrawn only in the following manner: the funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the State Auditor of Public Accounts, which warrants shall be issued upon requisition by the Highway Commission, signed by the director.

(2) All expenditures ordered by the Highway Commission shall be entered upon its minutes, and the Highway Commission shall submit a full report of its work and all the transactions carried on by it, and a complete statement of all its expenditures at the next regular session of the legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 26-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-23
Status: in_force

(1) The Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public sale, and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. The bonds authorized by this chapter shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than eight percent (8%) per annum. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid; all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity; all interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.

(2) No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted; the lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue. The interest rate of any one (1) maturity shall not exceed eight percent (8%).

(3) Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in a multiple of one-eighth of one percent ( 1 / 8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one percent ( 1 / 10 of 1%) and a zero rate of interest cannot be named.

(4) Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least two (2) times, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a large national circulation, to be selected by the Bond Commission.

(5) The Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of this chapter, shall provide that bonds maturing eleven (11) or more years after the date of the issuance of such bonds may, at the option of the State of Mississippi, be called in for payment and redemption in reverse numerical order at the call price named therein and accrued interest, or on the tenth anniversary of the date of issue, or on any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 43-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-19
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 41-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-59
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 “Highway 605 Tradition Scenic Parkway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. as it reaches completion:

Beginning at the intersection of Highway 605 and U.S. Highway 90 and travel northerly along Highway 605 to the intersection of Highway 605 and Highway 67.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-43-79 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 43-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-79
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) If the toll evasion penalty, along with the amount of the unpaid toll, have not been paid and the decision resulting from the judicial review of the final decision is adverse to the contestant, the processing agency may, promptly after the decision becomes final, proceed to collect the penalty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.340 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.340
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.340
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge on Interstate 20 Frontage Road located in Warren County, Mississippi, in the City of Vicksburg, is designated and shall be known as the “Margaret Gilmer Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-69
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may construct public roads along the side of and on the right of way of drainage canals or on any levees of any drainage districts of their respective counties, and for this purpose may use the dumps of earth taken from any canal or ditch, either as a road bed or otherwise, provided that no such road shall be constructed without the consent of the commissioners of the drainage district affected, and paying all damages to landowner. Before establishing and constructing said public road, a written resolution of the commissioners of the drainage district agreeing to the establishing of said road shall be presented to the board of supervisors, and said resolution shall be and constitute a part of the order of the board of supervisors establishing the public road. Said road shall not be so constructed as to interfere with the drainage of lands in the drainage district, and the same shall not be so constructed as to hinder or impede the drainage canals for the use and purpose for which they were constructed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.174 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.174
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.174
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 39-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-2
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall study all roads and highways (or segments thereof) within and approaching those counties in this state where legal gaming is being conducted or is authorized, in addition to those roads, highways and projects described in Section 65-39-1(2) , and, based on the volume capacity of such roads or highways (or segments thereof), shall make a report to the 1997 Regular Session of the Legislature setting forth recommended priorities for the construction and/or reconstruction and improvement of existing or new highways, roads, streets and bridges under the gaming counties state-assisted infrastructure improvement provisions of this chapter. The following routes shall be among those included by the department in its report to the Legislature.

Two (2) new north/south I-10 to U.S. 90 connection roadways in Harrison County consisting of:

(a) An east Harrison County connector in west Biloxi from I-10 to U.S. 90; and

(b) A west Harrison County connector linking I-10 to U.S. 90.

The report shall be filed on or before November 30, 1996, with the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and the Chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-123 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-123
Status: in_force

The five (5) members to represent the State of Mississippi on The Authority for the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact shall be the Governor of the State of Mississippi and one (1) representative of the Mississippi State Highway Department and three (3) other citizens of the State of Mississippi to be appointed by the Governor. The appointive members shall serve for terms of four (4) years each. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-5
Status: in_force

It being recognized that county highways generally have deteriorated to a considerable extent during the past several years, and it being further recognized that the selection, construction, and improvement of a system of all-weather rural secondary, feeder, or farm-to-market roads is a matter of primary state-wide concern, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 to provide for a more comprehensive rural-road program through cooperation between the federal government, the state highway commission of Mississippi, and the county boards of supervisors; and it is further the purpose and intent of said sections to provide a means, manner, and funds whereby the counties of this state will be enabled to participate in the federal aid program, and will be enabled to participate in and avail themselves of the funds apportioned to the State of Mississippi for the construction and improvement of secondary and feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural mail routes, and public school bus routes, under the terms of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. It is hereby declared to be the intent and purpose of the cited sections that, insofar as permissible under federal laws, rules, and regulations, not less than fifty per cent (50%) of the funds apportioned to Mississippi for secondary and feeder roads under the terms of subsection (b), section 3, of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] should be expended for the construction and improvement of county highways as defined in said sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-23
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter, by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust in such form, with such validity, and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements, and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of which are provided by this chapter. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality or county shall prescribe the provisions, covenants, and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants, and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.144 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.144
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.144
Status: in_force

(1) The intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 16 in Scooba, Mississippi, is designated as a memorial intersection for Jack Lewis Dudley.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs at the intersection to read as follows: “Birthplace of World Champion Turkey Caller Jack Lewis Dudley.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-107
Status: in_force

Where any contract is made, as provided herein, by any member of the board of supervisors in vacation without competitive bids, and the amount of such contract exceeds the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00), it shall be the duty of the member of the board of supervisors making such contract to obtain bids from at least two (2) bidders before making such contract, and to file a statement of the amount of each such bid with the board at its next meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-1-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-7
Status: in_force

The three (3) commissioners chosen as herein provided, and their successors, shall each receive as compensation for their services salaries fixed by the Legislature, and in addition shall be allowed all of their actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their respective official duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-92 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-92
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-92
Status: in_force

In order to acquire or improve real property for the establishment of road repair and maintenance facilities as authorized to be established and maintained on or before October 1, 1990, in Section 65-7-91 , the board of supervisors of any county may borrow money from any source and issue negotiable notes of the county in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in the aggregate. The notes shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the rate of interest authorized to be paid by counties on general obligation bonds and shall be sold in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-25 . The notes shall mature in approximately equal annual installments over a period not to exceed ten (10) years from the date of issuance thereof. The notes shall be repaid out of any available funds of the county. The notes shall not be considered when computing the limitation of indebtedness under Section 19-9-5 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.6 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-143.6
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.6
Status: in_force

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

Central District--Bolivar and Sunflower Counties:

A roadway segment beginning at or near Shelby and extending easterly to at or near Parchman.

(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way, are removed or relocated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.95 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.95
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.95
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 19 located in Neshoba County beginning at the corporate limits of Philadelphia in Neshoba County and extending southeasterly to the Neshoba/Newton county line is designated and shall be known as the “ Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.110 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.110
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.110
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge on Mississippi Highway 9 in Calhoun County that spans the Skuna River is designated and shall be known as the “Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of Mississippi, Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate plaques at each end of the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section, and suitable markers along and approaching the bridge, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.267 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.267
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.267
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Old U.S. Highway 45, also designated as Mississippi Highway 145, in Alcorn, Prentiss and Lee Counties, Mississippi, beginning at the Mississippi-Tennessee state line and extending southerly to its intersection with U.S. Interstate Highway 22, is designated and shall be known as “Rockabilly Way.”

(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. § 65-29-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-15
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter shall, so long as any such bonds or other obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, authorize and appoint a trustee, satisfactory to the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, or any successor thereto, with the following powers and duties:

(a) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall receive and receipt for all moneys collected or to be collected as receipts from the aforesaid two-mill tax by the aforesaid tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, as provided in Section 65-29-1 ;

(b) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall receive and receipt for all moneys paid or to be paid to it in accordance with Section 65-29-5 , constituting the net revenues derived from the operation of the improvements and facilities authorized by this chapter;

(c) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall deposit all moneys received or to be received in a special account or accounts in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system, with such provisions for security therefor as may be incorporated in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any such bonds or other obligations;

(d) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall use and apply all such moneys so received to the payment of principal of and interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality or county pursuant to this chapter, as the same become due, and shall use and apply any surplus remaining after such payment or payments for the prior redemption, with or without premium, of bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality or county pursuant to this chapter, or in accordance with the provisions of any agreement or agreements as may be made between any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations;

(e) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall have and be vested with all rights, powers, and duties, in addition to the foregoing, as may be provided in any agreement or agreements between any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations;

(f) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall, by an instrument of writing, accept such trust and shall file such written acceptance of such trust with the clerk of the municipality or county so appointing such trustee;

(g) If such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall fail, neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties herein imposed or that may be imposed by reason of any of the provisions of any agreement or agreements as aforesaid, such trustee, or any successor thereto, shall, on the written request of twenty per centum or more in aggregate principal amount of the holder or holders of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, be removed, by resolution duly adopted by the municipality or county, by which such trustee or any successor thereto, was appointed; and in such event, it shall be the duty of any such trustee so removed to effectuate a valid transfer of all moneys then in the possession or under the control of such trustee so removed to a duly appointed successor, and a failure on the part of such trustee so removed to do so shall constitute an embezzlement of such moneys and shall be punishable accordingly;

(h) In the event any such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall be removed as hereinabove provided, it shall be the duty of any municipality or county which shall have removed any such trustee, immediately by resolution duly adopted to appoint a trustee, as successor thereto, who is satisfactory to said holder or holders of twenty per centum or more in aggregate principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-35
Status: in_force

All such bonds issued by the authority shall be secured solely by pledge of the net revenues which may now or hereafter come to the authority. Such bonds shall not constitute general obligations of the State of Mississippi or of the county supervisors district or municipalities comprising the authority, and such bonds shall not be secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of said state, county, district, or municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-129 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-129
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is authorized to use any monies in the State Highway Department Fund that are not appropriated or otherwise encumbered for any other purpose, to match federal funds that are made available for preliminary engineering of the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge or for any other project in connection with preliminary engineering, including environmental impact studies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.354 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.354
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.354
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 315 located in Panola County, Mississippi, beginning at of King Road in Sardis, Mississippi, and extending approximately one (1) mile southeast to Khimes Cove in Sardis, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Nolan Mettetal Memorial Highway” in memory of the late former Legislator Nolan Mettetal, who served as both a senator and representative for Panola County, Mississippi, for twenty four (24) years.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-37
Status: in_force

Whenever in the discretion of the board of supervisors of any county it seems proper to do so, the board of supervisors may, by order duly entered on its minutes, regulate the use of any hard surfaced or graveled public road in the county by prescribing what kind of wheels may be used on vehicles on said public roads and by prohibiting the use thereon of vehicles using cleats or spikes on wheels. But such order shall, before being in full force and effect, be published in a newspaper published in the county for three (3) consecutive weeks, whereupon such order shall be in full force and effect.

In the event of inclement weather, floods, or other causes wherein immediate nonuse of any of such roads is necessary, the supervisor of the district may enter his proclamation prohibiting the use of said road for such period of time as he deems necessary for the proper preservation thereof, or enter his proclamation regulating the type of traffic that may use such road. However, at the next meeting of the board of supervisors, such supervisor as has entered such a proclamation must present his proclamation to the entire board for its action thereon, and if the full board declines to enter an order in the manner set forth in the next preceding paragraph hereof, then the proclamation of such supervisor shall be null and void and of no further effect. Notice of such proclamation at each public entrance, intersection with another public road, shall be sufficient notice of the proclamation of the supervisor.

This section shall not be construed as to authorize the board of supervisors to prohibit vehicles with spiked or cleated wheels from crossing or going from one side of said road to another, and shall only be construed so as to authorize said board of supervisors to prohibit the use of said spiked or cleated wheels on said public roads.

This section shall not be so construed as to apply to state built or constructed highways or federal aid roads, and shall only be construed to apply to public roads maintained by the county.

Any person going upon any hard surfaced road or portion thereof in such county with any kind of vehicle, or who shall cause any such vehicle to be driven upon any such hard surfaced road in such county in violation of such regulations or orders, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, shall be fined in the sum of not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and shall moreover be liable severally to any county or road district for any damage done such roads by such illegal act.

As to any county which is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section 19-2-3 , the duties of a supervisor under this section relating to the issuance of a proclamation shall be performed by the road manager of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.123 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.123
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.123
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 90 in the City of Gautier between Oak Street and Shamrock Court is designated and shall be known as the “Major Michael Green 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. § 65-21-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-23
Status: in_force

When a bridge shall be necessary over a stream or any other body of water which divides one county from another, or a bridge over a river or any other body of water flowing from one county into another shall be necessary at the intersection of the river and the line between the counties, (or necessary to two or more counties and within five miles of each of said counties), the boards of supervisors of all interested counties to which it may be necessary may join in the agreement for building, repairing, and keeping the same. The charge therefor shall be defrayed by all such interested counties as may be agreed upon by the boards of all of said counties; and if the board of supervisors of one county refuses to join in the agreement, the other county or counties may construct the bridge, with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county refusing or failing to join, and have exclusive control of it and charge toll thereon against citizens of the county not joining in the building. The will of the several boards of supervisors hereunder shall be expressed by a resolution duly adopted, entered on the minutes, and published in a newspaper in the county, if there be one; if there be no newspaper in the county, then in a newspaper in an adjoining county, for three weeks before such resolution shall take effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 41-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Scenic Byways Program.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.235 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.235
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.235
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 24 in Amite County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Enterprise Road and extending westerly to its intersection with Hinton Road is designated and shall be known as the “Agent Kimbrough ‘Kim’ Sterling 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. § 65-25-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-21-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-7
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors may, when the same cannot otherwise be conveniently maintained, establish, license, construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or ferry on any part of a public road, and shall fix and regulate the tolls.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-129 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-129
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-129
Status: in_force

For purposes of Sections 65-1-129 through 65-1-137 , unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:

(a) “Highway commission” means the Mississippi State Highway Commission.

(b) “Qualified person” means a person who:

(i) Has met all the educational and training requirements of a course of study prescribed and conducted by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy; and

(ii) Is of good moral character and has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-9
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of an application by a political subdivision as provided under Section 65-4-7, Mississippi Code of 1972 , the board shall review the application and may approve the application if it determines:

(a) The highways or highway segments for which the political subdivision is requesting assistance in constructing or improving are necessary and essential to ensure adequate and appropriate access to the proposed project for the purpose of encouraging its location within the geographical boundaries of the political subdivision;

(b) The project proposed by the private company meets the definition of a “high economic benefit project” as such term is defined in Section 65-4-5, Mississippi Code of 1972;

(c) The private company has demonstrated financial soundness and appears to have such assets and credit worthiness as to permit it to secure necessary funds to complete the project according to its commitments; and

(d) The costs for the construction or improvement of such highways or highway segments to be funded hereunder will not exceed the funds available in the Economic Development Highway Fund created by Section 65-4-15, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-5
Status: in_force

The authorities of any county in which there is situated and located, in whole or in part, a county ferry, are hereby given the authority to engage in, either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided and designated and such other agencies as hereafter may be provided by law, promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining, and operating or contract to have operated a ferry or ferries and ferry service within the county and its jurisdiction and to the opposite shore of an adjoining county or state, and either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided, shall have the power to acquire, purchase, install, rent, lease, mortgage, or otherwise encumber, to construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate wharves, piers, docks, quays, warehouses, other water and rail terminals, and other necessary structures and facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of ferry service from said county to adjoining county or state. The entire cost to any such county or city of engaging in such work or development shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars for lands and equipment and annually not more than fifty thousand dollars for maintenance, repairs, and operations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-43
Status: in_force

The roads hereinbefore provided shall have been completed for a period of at least one month before the board of supervisors and the road commissioners shall finally accept the same and make final settlement therefor. Nor shall the board of supervisors allow any final payment to any contractor for the construction of any such road until an itemized statement shall be filed, showing in detail the amount that may be due for each separate mile, the number of yards hauled for each mile, and the amount of work completed for each mile.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-9
Status: in_force

The State Aid Engineer shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of two (2) years, subject to removal pursuant to Section 25-9-101 et seq. by the Governor at any time; provided, however, upon the expiration of the term of the State Aid Engineer serving on July 1, 1985, the State Aid Engineer shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of four (4) years. The State Aid Engineer shall be a registered engineer with at least eight (8) years' experience as a county road or highway engineer and a thorough knowledge of rural road problems. He shall be paid a salary equal to that paid assistant chief engineers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation as established by the department's personnel and merit system, plus travel expenses actually incurred by him in the discharge of his duties; and he shall, each month, make a detailed report to the Governor of such expenses. He shall be authorized to employ assistant state aid engineers, together with such other engineers, employees, and other assistants as may be necessary to carry out the terms of this chapter, all of whom may be removed at any time by the State Aid Engineer. The compensation of all such engineers, employees, and assistants shall be comparable to the salaries of like employees of the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

The State Aid Engineer, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall give bond in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) in some surety company authorized to do business in this state, which bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties; and likewise each assistant state aid engineer shall give bond in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The State Aid Engineer is hereby authorized to require other assistants who are charged with responsible duties to likewise give bond in amounts not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) each, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties.

The salaries of the State Aid Engineer and his assistants and of all other employees of the Office of State Aid Road Construction, and all other expenses incurred by the Office of State Aid Road Construction in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including the premiums of bonds of the State Aid Engineer, assistant state aid engineers, and other assistants, shall be paid from the State Aid Road Fund in the State Treasury prior to allocation to the several counties, by requisition drawn by the State Aid Engineer directed to the Department of Finance and Administration, which will issue its warrant to the State Treasurer in the sum and for the purpose stated in the requisition. The State Aid Engineer shall, each month, make a detailed report to the Governor of all expenditures so made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 41-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-55
Status: in_force

(1) 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 “Mississippi Delta Great River Road Scenic Byway,” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

Begin at the Tennessee state line and travel south on U.S. Highway 61 to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 161. Continue on Mississippi Highway 161 to the Town of Walls, Mississippi, and travel south on Old Highway 61 through DeSoto County and Tunica County to the intersection with U.S. Highway 49 near Lula, Mississippi. Continue northwest on U.S. Highway 49 to the intersection with Mississippi Highway 1, and travel south along Mississippi Highway 1. Continue south along Mississippi Highway 1 through Coahoma County, Bolivar County, Washington County, east along Mississippi Highway 1 at Sharkey County and then south along Mississippi Highway 1 at Issaquena County. Continue on Mississippi Highway 1 south to the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 at Mississippi Highway 1 at Onward; continue south along U.S. Highway 61 to the Issaquena/Warren County line. This terminates the “Mississippi Delta Great River Road Scenic Byway.”

(2) Outdoor advertising as identified in the Mississippi Delta Great River Road Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan shall be allowed on Mississippi Highway 1 and U.S. Highway 61 within the corporate limits of the impacted municipalities along the byway subject to the zoning and signage statutes and ordinances of the state and the impacted municipalities. Outdoor advertising outside of a municipality's corporate limit must be in compliance with applicable local, state and federal guidelines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.353 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.353
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.353
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 51 located in Panola County, Mississippi, beginning at Thermos Drive in Batesville, Mississippi, and extending approximately one (1) mile south to Viney Creek Road in Batesville, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Deputy Joe Kenneth Cosby Memorial Highway” in memory of the late former Deputy Sheriff Joe Kenneth Cosby of Panola, 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. § 65-3-71.388 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.388
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.388
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Highway 39 that starts at North Hill Street located in the City of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, and extends in a southward direction for one (1) mile is designated and shall be known as the “Cheri M. Barry Memorial Highway” in memory of the late former Meridian Mayor, Cheryl “Cheri” M. Barry, who was a diligent public servant, humanitarian and trailblazer.

(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. § 65-25-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-63
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any county which has heretofore issued bridge revenue bonds or bridge revenue refunding bonds for the purpose of acquiring a combined highway and railway bridge over the Mississippi River as authorized under the provisions of Sections 65-25-1 to 65-25-41 may, in their discretion and in lieu of taxes, annually pay to any municipality of this state in which the portion of said bridge properties lying within the State of Mississippi are located a sum not exceeding that required to be paid and paid by way of ad valorem taxes for the year 1961 within or to a sister state or the political subdivisions thereof. Such payment or payments in lieu of taxes as are hereby authorized and as may be determined upon by the board of supervisors of any county owning such bridge, concurred in by any commission appointed under authority of Sections 65-25-43 to 65-25-47 , to have control over the affairs of said bridge, shall be made from any fund created by such bond resolution or indenture enabling the caring for of contingencies not otherwise provided for. However, in no event shall such payment or payments impair any debt service fund or debt service reserve fund or lessen the minimum amount by said bond resolution or indenture required to be carried in any debt service fund or debt service reserve fund created by said resolution or indenture.

The municipality, upon receipt of such payment or payments, must treat and account for the same just as though and as if such funds had been received from ad valorem taxation for general municipal purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-33-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-7
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall be in the denomination of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each and shall mature annually, with all maturities not longer than twenty-five (25) years, with not less than one-fiftieth ( 1 / 50 ) of the total issue to mature each year during the first five (5) years of the life of such bonds, not less than one-twenty-fifth ( 1 / 25 ) of the total issue to mature each year during the succeeding ten-year period of the life of such bonds, and the remainder to be divided into approximately equal annual payments, one (1) payment to mature each year for the remaining life of such bonds. Such bonds shall not bear a greater rate of interest than the maximum amount specified in Section 75-17-103 per annum, and the denomination, form, and place or places of payment of such bonds shall be fixed in the resolution or order of the board of supervisors issuing such bonds. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of supervisors and countersigned by the clerk thereof, with the official seal of the county affixed thereto, but the coupons may bear only the facsimile signatures of such president and clerk. No bonds shall be issued and sold under the provisions of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 for less than par and accrued interest, and not more than one (1) series of interest coupons shall be attached to any bonds issued under the provisions of said sections; but all interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year. Such bonds shall be payable at such place or places as may be designated therein by said board, shall be fully negotiable, and shall be sold pursuant to advertised public sale at not less than par and accrued interest. Such bonds shall not be subject to other restrictions, limitations or provisions of the general laws governing the issuance and sale of bonds by the board of supervisors, and the board of supervisors may sell said bonds at any time within three (3) years after the sale has been approved in an election held for that purpose herein required, or three (3) years after the successful termination of any litigation affecting the same, or three (3) years after the acquisition of all lands in the areas to be developed as hereinafter provided, but not later; however, in no event shall the amount borrowed by any such county after May 4, 1954, exceed the amount of Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000.00) under the provisions of this section.

Before any bonds shall be issued under the cited sections, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution reciting its intention to issue such bonds and stating the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, and shall give notice of election, to be published once each week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in at least one (1) newspaper published in such county, in accordance with the provisions of Section 19-9-13 , except that such election shall be mandatory.

Such election shall be held, as far as practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in counties. At such election, all qualified electors of such county may vote, and the ballots used at such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the words “For the Bond Issue” and “Against the Bond Issue,” and the voter shall vote by placing a cross (X) or check mark (✓) opposite his choice on the proposition.

When the results of the election on the question of the issuance of such bonds shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of such county and certified by them to the board of supervisors of such county, it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors to determine and adjudicate whether or not three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of the qualified electors who voted in such election voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds; and, unless three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of the qualified electors who voted in such election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued.