Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-19
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any such county may, in its discretion, issue and sell the bonds of such county in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars to provide funds for the purposes enumerated in Section 65-33-17 . However, such bonds shall not be issued until notice of intention to issue and sell the same shall have been made by publishing such notice in two weekly issues of some newspaper having a general circulation in the county. If, within fifteen days after the first publication of such notice twenty-five per cent of the qualified electors of the county petition the board of supervisors for an election to determine whether or not such bonds shall be issued, an election shall be ordered by said board of supervisors in which all of the qualified electors of the county shall be eligible to participate. If at such election a majority of those voting vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds the same shall be issued as provided by statute. In event a majority of the qualified electors voting vote against the issuance of such bonds the same shall not be issued and no further effort shall be made to issue bonds under Sections 65-33-17 to 65-33-21 by such board for a period of six months after such election. If no such petition be filed with the clerk of such board of supervisors within fifteen days after the first publication of such notice, the board of supervisors shall proceed forthwith to issue and sell such bonds without an election and without further notice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.191 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.191
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.191
Status: in_force

(1) U.S. Highway 82 in the State of Mississippi is designated and shall be known as the “Mississippi Heritage Highway.”

(2) The municipalities and counties along the highway shall designate historical sites and events along the Mississippi Heritage Highway to offer to tourists and targeted groups a structured tour of historical sites and events.

(3) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall purchase appropriate Mississippi Heritage Highway markers from any of its available funds. The texts for the historical markers shall be approved by the department and the department shall erect and maintain the markers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.91 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.91
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.91
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 25 located in Tishomingo County is designated and shall be known as the “David Bonds 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. § 65-13-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 13-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-43
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may, in lieu of charging and collecting tolls or in combination with the charging and collection of tolls, levy or assess adjacent property owners or the different supervisors districts, municipalities, agencies, departments, or other instrumentalities assisting in the development of the works authorized herein with an amount of money which, together with other revenues, will provide sufficient funds to carry out the purpose of this chapter. All political subdivisions of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to make such agreements with the board of trustees as are necessary to carry out the purpose of this section. All assessments shall be voluntary and at the discretion of the party or governmental subdivision upon which the assessment is to be levied. All procedures, regulations, commitments, etc., shall be outlined in detail on a resolution by the board of trustees of the authority prior to acceptance by any political subdivision of this state and agencies, commissions, departments, and other instrumentalities thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-73
Status: in_force

The road superintendent shall have the custody, care, and control of all the teams, machinery, materials, supplies, and any and all property owned or hired by the district and used in working the road. It shall be his duty to care for and preserve the same, and he and his bondsmen shall be responsible for the proper care and safekeeping of such property and the economical use of the supplies and materials. He shall make a monthly report to the commissioners, which shall be forwarded by them with their recommendations or criticisms to the board of supervisors. Such report shall be a complete inventory of such property, showing the present number, amount, and condition of such property and what was used since his preceding report.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-74 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-74
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-74
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to construct, maintain and/or repair roads, driveways and parking areas into and on all property owned by any public school district within such county, and the expenditure of funds for such construction, repairs and maintenance is hereby authorized from any available funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-1-501 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-501
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-501
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to promote and provide services economically and to streamline the process for the weighing of vehicles, the issuance of permits, the collections of taxes, fees, and assessments and for the enforcement of the laws of this state, and rules and regulations promulgated by the Mississippi Transportation Commission and the laws of the contiguous states and their appropriate agencies and departments, by authorizing the Mississippi Transportation Commission to enter into bilateral agreements with contiguous states through their appropriate officials, departments or agencies, to jointly locate, construct, staff and operate permanent and portable weight scales or ports of entry and for the enforcement of the laws of this state and the rules and regulations of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, and the laws of such contiguous states and its agencies and departments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.158 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.158
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.158
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 552 that lies within Jefferson and Claiborne Counties is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Walter Washington Memorial Parkway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-25-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-4-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-35
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 shall be executed on behalf of the state by the manual or facsimile signature of the Chairman of the State Bond Commission and shall be countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary of the State Bond Commission. All coupons shall be executed on behalf of the state by the facsimile signatures of the Chairman and Secretary of the State Bond Commission. If the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of the bonds, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-67
Status: in_force

The following highways and roads located in Choctaw, Winston and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Noxubee Hills Route” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

The Noxubee Hills Route begins at the intersection of the Choctaw Lake Road with Mississippi Highway 15 in the SE 1 / 4 , S4, T16N, R1lE, Choctaw County, Mississippi, and runs in an easterly and northeasterly direction along the said Choctaw Lake Road to cross the dam of Choctaw Lake, located in the Tombigbee National Forest, to the intersection with the Webster Road in the Northeast 1 / 4 , of S2, T16N, R1lE, Choctaw County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along the Choctaw Lake Road to intersect the Choctaw/Winston County line near the Northwest corner of S6, T16N, R12E, in Winston County where the route becomes known as the Gumbranch-Ackerman Road in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in a southeasterly direction along the Gumbranch-Ackerman Road to intersect the Sturgis Road in the West 1 / 2 of S15, T16N, R12E, in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in a southeasterly direction along the Gumbranch-Hwy 25 Road to an intersection with Mississippi Hwy 25 at or near the Northwest corner of S28, T16N, R13E, in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly and northeasterly direction along the Bluff Lake Road to the Winston/Noxubee County line on the West line of S6, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along a Noxubee County route (CR-234) to intersect with the Levee (CR-267) and Bluff Lake (CR-266) Roads near the West line of S4, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County and in the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Thence, the route runs in a southerly direction along the Bluff Lake Road (CR-266) to intersect the Lynn Creek Road (CR-223) at or near the North line of S21, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along Lynn Creek Road (CR-223) to ultimately intersect US Hwy 45 in Brooksville, Mississippi, at or near the Northeast corner of S20, T16N, R17E, in Noxubee County, Mississippi. The Noxubee Hills Route runs approximately forty three (43) miles and serves parts of Choctaw, Winston, and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-43-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 43-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-11
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing for the payment of the principal of and interest upon bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , there is created a special bond sinking fund in the State Treasury. The special bond sinking fund shall consist of the monies required to be deposited into the fund under Section 65-43-3 and such other amounts as the Legislature may direct to be paid into the fund by appropriation or other authorization by the Legislature. Unexpended amounts remaining in the special bond sinking 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 special bond sinking fund shall be deposited into such sinking fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-19-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-9-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-15
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall prevent any county from employing, by agreement with not more than four (4) other counties, the same engineer to act as county engineer for each and all of said counties so agreeing. Each county engineer shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). If a county engineer is engineer for two (2) or more counties, the same bond shall serve as said engineer's bond in and for each county, respectively, and the premium on said bond and the salary and expenses of such engineer and assistants shall be divided between and paid by the counties for whom he is so employed in such proportions as may be agreed upon by said counties. In the event any county is unable to obtain the services of a competent engineer, the Transportation Commission may loan such county an engineer, if available, for a specified period of time, by granting such engineer a leave of absence for such period without loss of any benefits accruing to him by reason of length of service; and such time so spent on such leave of absence shall be counted as part of such engineer's length of service with the Department of Transportation. The salary of such engineer so loaned shall be paid by the county or the counties to whom he is loaned.

The salary and other expenses, including the premium on all bonds, of the county engineer and his assistants shall be paid by the county or counties employing such county engineer and assistants. Any salary limitations or ceiling heretofore placed by law on the salary of a county engineer is hereby removed as to county engineers employed under the terms of this chapter. In lieu of salary and other expenses, any county may employ a registered civil engineer on a fee basis for furnishing complete engineering services on state aid projects. Engineering costs, including the salaries or fees of the county engineer, incurred on state aid projects may be paid from state aid funds allocated to said county or counties, with the methods of payments to be approved by the State Aid Engineer under regulations promulgated by the State Aid Engineer; however, unless the project is being partially funded with federal funds, no such costs shall be paid to the county from state aid funds prior to the approval for advertisement for bids for a project by the State Aid Engineer. If the project is being partially funded with federal funds, the State Aid Engineer may approve payment of a portion of such costs from state aid funds prior to the approval for advertisement for bids.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter the several boards of supervisors are hereby clothed with the power and authority, and it is made their duty, to exercise the right of eminent domain in order to procure the right of way for such roads, streets, highways, sea walls, breakwaters, bulkheads, sloping beach, and such other devices as may be adopted for the protection of such highways. They shall have the power to pass all necessary ordinances for the preservation and protection of any such road, sea wall, sloping beach, or other device constructed hereunder, and the violation of such ordinances shall constitute, and be punished as, a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 43-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-77
Status: in_force

The governmental entity shall establish a system of civil administrative adjudication to adjudicate the contest of any alleged instances of a vehicle's operation on a toll facility without the required toll having been paid, such system shall include a schedule of administrative fees and charges due in addition to the unpaid toll and/or penalty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-7
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a system of county federal aid highways, for the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 , and the county highways which shall comprise and constitute such system shall be selected jointly by the boards of supervisors of the various counties and the State Highway Commission of Mississippi, as same may be supplemented from time to time. Projects for the construction and improvement of such county highways shall likewise be selected jointly by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission, provided however, that in all cases where such system and projects thereon have been heretofore selected and agreed upon by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission as required by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626], the highways thereby selected shall constitute the roads in the affected counties which shall be a part of the county federal aid highway system, and such selections and agreements are hereby ratified and approved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-55
Status: in_force

(1) In any county maintaining a sea wall or road protection structure under provisions of this chapter and having an assessed valuation of five million dollars or less, the board of supervisors may borrow funds not in excess of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00), at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent per annum, in addition to such sums as have heretofore been borrowed for the purpose of constructing, repairing, strengthening, or maintaining the road protection structure or sea wall of the county. Such board of supervisors shall have the authority to own a dredge boat and to use and operate it for the purpose of pumping a sand beach adjacent to such sea wall or road protection structure or for the maintenance thereof, and to pay for same out of any funds provided under this section. The funds or amount borrowed for the purposes provided in this section shall be repaid within a period of twenty years from the date borrowed, and shall be paid out of the funds collected under this chapter. All bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness maturing each year and the interest thereon, however, shall be first provided for and paid out of said funds. The loans authorized herein shall not be subject to other limitations, restrictions, or provisions of the general laws governing the borrowing of money, amounts of indebtedness, budget, and election; and said loans may be made by the board of supervisors of such county either by issuance of county bond, notes, or certificates of indebtedness which shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county issuing same and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter. The money herein authorized to be borrowed by such board of supervisors may be borrowed from any person, firm, corporation, governmental lending agency, or from any sinking funds of such county; if the money be borrowed from any sinking fund, it shall be repaid before the sinking fund from which it is borrowed, when supplemented by funds paid into same, is needed. Before the board of supervisors shall borrow money under this section, it shall spread on its minutes an order reciting such intention, and shall call an election and submit the question of issuing bonds under this section to the qualified voters of such county in accordance with the present laws of issuing bonds. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in said election vote to issue said bonds, then the board of supervisors shall proceed to issue so much or such parts of said bonds not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00).

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

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

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

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

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

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

The intent and purpose of this section is to give unto the respective boards of supervisors the full power and authority to carry out all of the provisions herein, and to act independently, jointly, or severally with the United States government by and under Public Law 727, 79th Congress, or other laws.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-121 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-121
Status: in_force

A full, complete, and detailed inventory of all property, other than rights of ways and lands containing road building materials, shall be continued as heretofore prepared and filed by the State Highway Department. All of said properties so reported and inventoried and all other property of every kind or description shall be entered in detail and by items in or upon a card index, or other modern filing system, and thereafter all property which may be purchased or acquired by the commission shall be likewise noted and indexed in such filing system so as to keep a complete record of the identity, cost, purpose, use, and location of said property at all times, so that inventory thereof may easily be made; and when disposed of, a complete record of the disposition thereof shall likewise be made. It shall be the duty of each of the highway commissioners and of the director to make a full report annually of all monies or property that have or has come into his possession or control and to faithfully account therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.334 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.334
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.334
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-3
Status: in_force

In any counties lying in two levee districts through which the Yazoo River flows, traversed by U.S. Highway No. 49W and in which Mississippi Highways Nos. 12, 14, and 7 run, the board of supervisors is authorized, in its discretion, to compensate any such road commissioner of said county in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) per month.

In any counties bordering on the Pearl River, in which U.S. Highway No. 80 intersects Mississippi Highway No. 18, and having a population in excess of thirty-four thousand in the 1960 federal decennial census, the board of supervisors is authorized, in its discretion, to compensate any such road commissioner of said county in an amount not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400.00) per month.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-25
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the several boards of supervisors to properly maintain all state aid roads in their respective counties after construction of any such roads with state aid monies. It shall be the duty of the State Aid Engineer and his assistants to make annual maintenance inspections of completed projects, and such other periodic maintenance inspections as the State Aid Engineer shall deem necessary. If essential maintenance is not properly and regularly carried on, in the opinion of the State Aid Engineer, then notice thereof shall be given in writing to the board in default, and if such maintenance is not done and continued within sixty (60) days from date of such notice, then, and in such event, the State Aid Engineer may proceed to have done the necessary maintenance and repair work on such road and charge the same to any funds in the State Aid Road Fund in the State Treasury allocated to such county. If such failure to maintain continues, then such county shall be no longer eligible for state aid until proper maintenance is resumed by it, and notice of such withdrawal of state aid shall be duly given the State Treasurer; however, such ineligibility shall not affect payment from the State Aid Road Fund of progress or final estimates on contracts awarded prior to notice of such ineligibility, nor shall that ineligibility in any way affect the payment of principal and interest on state aid road bonds issued by any such county.

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

State aid roads which were constructed in accordance with the then prevailing state aid standards and specifications shall be eligible for state aid funds for maintenance, repair and reconstruction, subject to the prior written approval of such work by the State Aid Engineer and subject to the work being completed in accordance with the prior written approval.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.71
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 15 in Newton County shall be known as “WWII Veterans Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-201
Status: in_force

When fifty or more owners of real property within a proposed district shall file a petition with the chancery court of the county in which the largest portion of the lands of the proposed district are situated, seeking to establish a bridge district for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating an interstate bridge and the approaches thereto embracing their property, said petition shall describe the region or area to be embraced within said district and describe generally the location of said bridge, the proposed plan of financing the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge, together with a general idea of its character and expenses, accompanied by a certificate or resolution from the Mississippi State Highway Commission showing the need and necessity for the construction of such bridge; then it shall be the duty of the clerk of the chancery court to enter upon its records an evidence of having filed the petition. After having filed said petition, said property owners or their representatives shall apply to the chancellor in vacation or term time for an order fixing a day and date for a hearing on said petition to determine whether or not the petition should be granted or denied. The chancery clerk, after having received the order fixing a day and date for such hearing, shall thereupon give notice by publication once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in the county or counties within which the lands of the proposed district are situated, notifying all persons owning property therein to appear before the chancery court on the day and date fixed by said court to show cause in favor of or against the establishment of said district. At the time named in said notice, the chancery court shall meet and hear all property owners within the proposed district who wish to appear for or against the establishment of the district. If it is deemed to the best interest of the owners of real property within said district that the same shall be created under the provisions of this article the court shall enter an order establishing the district as an interstate bridge district, which shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of this article. Any landowner feeling aggrieved by the order of the court shall have the right of appeal within thirty days from the date the order was entered, and such appeal may be prosecuted in the manner now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-7
Status: in_force

Said county authorities or ferry commission if there be one shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement or agreements as may be made by any such county or municipality with the purchaser or purchasers of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, prescribe, levy, and collect all rents, fees, tolls, revenues, and other charges in connection with the use and occupancy of the aforesaid improvements and facilities, and shall pay over all net revenues derived from the operation of said improvements and facilities to any trustee, or successor thereto, established as hereinafter in this chapter provided. Net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter. The said ferry commission shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Mississippi, to the county or municipality having such ferry, and to the state legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-1
Status: in_force

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Mississippi River Bridge Revenue Bond Law”.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.45
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge on Mississippi Highway 26 in Pearl River County that spans the Hobolochitto Creek is designated and shall be known as the “J.D. Batson Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate plaques at each end of the bridge, and suitable markers along and approaching the bridge, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-125 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-125
Status: in_force

There is hereby granted to the members of The Authority for the State of Mississippi, and to the compact administrator, all the powers provided for in the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact Authority. All officers of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions, which are necessary or incidental to carrying out the purposes of the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-3
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this chapter to promote, attract and secure industrial and other significant development in the state through the construction and improvement of highways in areas of the state which demonstrate actual and immediate potential for the creation or expansion of major industry or other significant development which is heavily dependent upon the use of and direct access to primary highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-7-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-27
Status: in_force

Said signal or signboards shall be made of some suitable material with a face of not less than twelve by eighteen inches (12” x 18”), which shall be painted white with the lettering or inscription thereon printed or written in black. The inscription upon said signal or signboards shall consist of the following words, to wit: “danger zone” or some like suitable inscription; and the same, when so done, shall constitute sufficient notice to all travelers along said road of any and all defects in said road within said danger zone.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-45
Status: in_force

Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 , without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of such bonds, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions or limitations of law applicable to the issuance or sale of bonds, notes or other obligations by the state shall apply to the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 , and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required in Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 , and all powers necessary to be exercised in order to carry out the provisions of Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 are hereby conferred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-5
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such commissioner to supervise the construction of such highways and their maintenance after the construction, and to see that the directions for such construction and maintenance are carried out, calling to his assistance, when necessary, the service of a competent civil engineer, which civil engineer shall receive for his services a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the board of supervisors, to be paid out of the funds arising from the proceeds of the sale of such bonds and the levy of such maintenance tax as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-71
Status: in_force

There may be selected by the road commissioners, subject to the confirmation of the board of supervisors, a competent road superintendent, whose compensation shall be fixed by the board of supervisors, who shall hold his office for one year unless sooner removed, and who shall give a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duties. Such superintendent shall work under the direction of the road commissioners and may require any or all directions given him by the commissioners to be in writing. He shall give his whole time to the working of the roads in the district except when the commissioners, on account of weather or other conditions, may direct him otherwise. All labor employed on the roads in the district shall be employed by the superintendent and shall be under his control and direction, but the wages paid or agreed to be paid such labor shall be subject to revision and correction by the road commissioners. The superintendent shall file each month with the road commissioners a payroll showing the name of each laborer, the number of days each worked, and the amount due him. When this payroll shall have been approved by the commissioners and transmitted to the board of supervisors and approved by them, warrants on the road fund of the district shall be issued in accordance therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-119 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-119
Status: in_force

The circuit judge shall at each term of the court especially charge the grand jury to inquire into the condition of the roads of any county. Any contractor or overseer or supervisor who neglects his duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to indictment and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-11
Status: in_force

Before approving any application under this chapter the board shall have the Mississippi Department of Transportation, or the political subdivision if the political subdivision will have the construction or improvement performed, prepare and submit to it a detailed engineering study and report of all estimated costs associated with the construction and improvement of the highways and highway segments requested by the application of the political subdivision along with the estimated annual costs necessary to be expended for maintenance thereof. If the political subdivision will have the construction or improvement performed on a state designated highway that will be maintained by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, the board shall not approve the application of such political subdivision until the engineering study required in this section has been submitted by the board to the Mississippi Department of Transportation and has been certified by the Transportation Department to the board as proposing construction or improvement of highways and highway segments that meets Transportation Department standards for such work. If the political subdivision will have the construction or improvement performed on a highway that is not on the designated state highway system, the board shall not approve the application of such political subdivision until the engineering study required in this section has been submitted by the board to the Office of State Aid Road Construction and has been certified by the Office of State Aid Road Construction to the board as proposing construction or improvement of highways and highway segments that meets Office of State Aid Road Construction standards for such work.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation or the Office of State Aid Road Construction, as the case may be, may recommend modifications to the location and route of those highways and highway segments proposed in the application of the political subdivision if such modifications are more cost effective and would not have a substantially negative economic impact on the project of the private company.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-31
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-3
Status: in_force

In order to secure funds or a part of the funds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating, improving, extending, and maintaining toll bridges and approaches thereto, all public agencies named in Section 65-23-1 may issue negotiable toll bridge revenue bonds and sell such bonds to the United States government or any authorized agency thereof or other investor or investors. In the event of the issuance and sale of bonds authorized by this article by a public agency, such agency shall charge a reasonable toll for the use of any such toll bridge, the amount of which toll shall be sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize and repay any such loan, including interest and financing cost, on such terms and within such period of time as may be agreed upon between the borrower and purchaser of such revenue bonds. Such toll shall be used for no other purpose except for the necessary purpose of maintenance and repair of said bridge; and any public body which shall issue bonds under the provisions of this article is hereby authorized and required to fix a toll schedule, alter and change it, and make all necessary provisions for the payment of principal and interest on any such bonds by the fixing, collecting, segregating, and allocating of the tolls and other revenues received from the operation of such bridge or bridges. Such public agencies enumerated above may execute liens, in proper form, and pledge the revenue derived from the toll of such bridges or such bridge and approaches, or both, which are constructed or acquired with funds borrowed as above to the retirement of such bonds. No revenue bonds or no liens securing such bonds shall be repaid in whole or in part from any funds arising from taxation, nor shall any such bonds or liens given under authority of this article constitute a lien on any other property of such public agency, or a pledge of the credit of such agency, unless specifically so voted by a majority of the qualified electors participating in an election held according to law for the purpose of so authorizing. At such time when all moneys borrowed as aforesaid shall have been repaid, together with interest and charges thereon, no further toll shall be charged for the use of such bridges by the traveling public. Bonds shall have semiannual interest coupons attached; such bonds may be made negotiable, may bear interest not to exceed six and one-half percent (6 1 / 2 %) per annum, may mature annually or semiannually, and may contain a clause giving to the issuing authority the right to redeem any part of said issue of bonds with or without premium, and if with premium then not to exceed two percent (2%). Such bonds may be sold at such time and in such manner as the issuing authority may determine upon. All of such bonds so issued shall mature not more than thirty years after the issuing date thereof. Such bonds shall be payable at such place or places as may be determined upon by the issuing authority, which place of payment shall appear in said bonds. Any provisions of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds or interest coupons issued pursuant to the authorities of this article shall possess all of the qualities of negotiable instruments. The bonds and interest coupons shall be executed in such manner and shall be substantially in the form prescribed in the authorizing ordinance. In case any of the officers whose signature or signatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of such bonds, such signatures or counter-signatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as though they had remained in office until such delivery. Such bonds shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms as the governing body of the issuing authority or authorities shall determine; but in no event shall the interest cost to maturity exceed six and one-half percent (6 1 / 2 %) per annum. If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually or semiannually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five years from the date of such bonds.

All bonds, maturing annually or semiannually, with all maturities not longer than twenty-five years, with not less than one-fiftieth of the total issue to mature each year during the first ten years of the life of said bonds, and not less than one-twenty-fifth of said total issue to mature annually during the succeeding ten year period of the life of said bonds, shall have the remainder to be divided into approximately equal payments, one payment to mature during each year, or each half year, for the remaining life of the bonds. The bonds and interest coupons shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and other taxation under the laws of the State of Mississippi; and the bridge and approaches shall likewise be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and other taxation under the laws of the State of Mississippi. No bonds issued pursuant to this article shall constitute an indebtedness of a municipality or county or taxing district within the meaning of any statute or charter restriction, limitation, or provision. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond, in substance, that the same has been issued under the provisions of this article, that the taxing power of the municipality issuing the same is not pledged to the payment of such bond or interest thereon, and that such bond and interest thereon are payable solely from the revenues of the system to be acquired or improved, for which such bond is issued, unless, as heretofore set forth, a majority of the qualified electors participating in an election for the purpose of issuing such bonds shall have voted other funds toward payment of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 43-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-33
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-41
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, levy a special tax for sea wall purposes, not to exceed five mills, may issue bonds therefor, or may pay for its pro rata share out of the funds of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-17
Status: in_force

All such sign or guide boards throughout the entire state shall be of uniform size, construction, color, and erection. Said sign or guide boards shall show thereon the next city, town, or village to be reached by following each fork of said road, and the distance to be traveled along such road to reach said city, town, or village. All such sign or guide boards as may be erected at forks or crossroads on the main or trunk roads within such county shall indicate direction along said road and distance to the county seat of the county or the principal city, town, or village within said county, and the principal city, town, or village within next adjoining county located on such main or trunk roads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.51
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 82 beginning at the eastern city limits of the City of Winona and extending easterly to the Montgomery/Webster County line, except for the portion within the corporate limits of the Town of Kilmichael, shall be known as the “George Harris, Sr., Memorial Highway.”

(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. § 65-19-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-27
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors in case the election shall result in favor of the creation of the district, at its next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting, to appoint three commissioners, who shall be qualified electors of the district and real estate owners therein, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the time of their appointment and until their successors are appointed by the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to have the management and supervision of the construction and maintenance of the roads built under the provisions hereof, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, and for their services shall be paid their actual expenses, not exceeding one hundred dollars each per annum. The board of supervisors may remove any commissioner, for cause or at pleasure, at any time and fill the vacancy thereby caused; and the board may, at any time after the roads within a district have been constructed by the proceeds of bonds sold, discontinue the commissioners, proceed to administer the fiscal affairs of the road district in the manner authorized by law, and make tax levies without recommendation of the commissioners on all taxable property in such district or districts. The commissioners may employ an attorney, if necessary, and pay him a reasonable compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-3
Status: in_force

The owner of the soil over which any toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road is established shall have the preference over all other persons to be licensed to keep the same, upon complying with the law and the orders of the board of supervisors within the time fixed by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.71
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 15 in Newton County shall be known as “WWII Veterans Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 18-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-9
Status: in_force

(1) The State Aid Engineer shall allocate annually the amount of the state aid road allocation of a county that is requested by such county for use in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads in the county if the county has met the requirements of this chapter; provided, however, that the State Aid Engineer shall not allocate more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the annual state aid road allocation of a county for such purposes.

(2) The State Aid Engineer shall allocate annually the amount of the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program allocation of a county that is requested by such county for use in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads in the county if:

(a) The State Aid Engineer has certified, pursuant to Section 65-37-7 , that all the local system bridges within the county have a sufficiency rating of greater than fifty (50) or that all such bridges within the county with a sufficiency rating of fifty (50) or less are currently under contract for replacement or rehabilitation; and

(b) The county has met the requirements of this chapter.

(3) The State Aid Engineer shall establish specific designs and standards to be followed by such counties in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads. The specific designs and standards shall be based upon policies on geometric design of local rural roads, highways and streets adopted and published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-211 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-211
Status: in_force

As soon as the board of commissioners shall have formed plans for such bridge and the approaches thereto and shall have ascertained the cost thereof, it shall file the same with the chancery clerk of each county having territory in said district. The plans shall be accompanied by a map showing the location of the bridge and approaches thereto, together with specifications describing the construction and character of the improvement to be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-17
Status: in_force

In counties which have heretofore created special or general road funds under then existing laws, the boards of supervisors may use such funds as if originally collected hereunder. In case the board of supervisors shall, in availing themselves of this provision, relieve from the operation of the contract system any part of a county entitled to a special fund, the board may also order that such special fund shall become a part of the general fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-3-207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-207
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct and reconstruct to department design standards and may acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings such property as may be necessary to provide four (4) lanes for traffic on and along the following location:

Central District -- Bolivar and Sunflower Counties:

Mississippi Highway 8 from Cleveland to Ruleville.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33
Status: in_force

The public highway or highways so surveyed and adopted by such commissioners shall be constructed and maintained out of the proceeds of the aforementioned bonds, proceeds of such bonds to be used alone in their construction and maintenance. The board of supervisors shall levy an annual tax, on the recommendation of the commissioners, on all the taxable property in the district not exceeding three mills on the dollar, which shall be used to supplement the general fund of the county in maintaining said road or roads and the culverts, bridges, and levees therein. For the purpose of paying such bonds and interest and so maintaining said roads, the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed by law, levy the tax for the same, and it shall be the duty of the county auditor to keep a separate account of such funds so raised from the other funds of the county; and it shall be the duty of the county depository, which shall be the treasurer of such funds and liable on its bond therefor, to keep a separate account thereof. All allowances against said special funds shall be made by the board of supervisors on the recommendation of the commissioners, and special warrants prepared for the purpose shall be issued against said funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter the several boards of supervisors are hereby clothed with the power and authority, and it is made their duty, to exercise the right of eminent domain in order to procure the right of way for such roads, streets, highways, sea walls, breakwaters, bulkheads, sloping beach, and such other devices as may be adopted for the protection of such highways. They shall have the power to pass all necessary ordinances for the preservation and protection of any such road, sea wall, sloping beach, or other device constructed hereunder, and the violation of such ordinances shall constitute, and be punished as, a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-15-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19
Status: in_force

Where bonds have been issued by any road district, separate road district or special road district, and said bonds and interest thereon have been paid and there remains in the sinking fund or maintenance fund of such district any balance of funds collected for the purpose of paying such bonds or interest, the board of supervisors of the county in which such district or districts is located may, in its discretion, transfer any or all of said funds to the county road or bridge fund or any supervisors district road or bridge fund, to be used and expended in working and maintaining the roads of the district for which such bonds were issued, or may, without such transfer, spend such funds for maintenance of roads within the district from which said funds were collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.144 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-13-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-23
Status: in_force

Any party having an interest in the subject matter and aggrieved or prejudiced by the findings and adjudication of the board of supervisors may appeal to the circuit court of his or her respective county in the manner provided by law for appeals from orders of the board of supervisors; if no such appeal be taken within a period of fifteen days from and after the date of the adoption of the resolution creating the authority, the creation of the highway and street revenue bond authority shall be final and conclusive and shall not thereafter be subject to attack in any court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be used solely for the purposes provided in Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-33
Status: in_force

Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers granted, but Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-9
Status: in_force

Any county which embraces more than five miles of the shoreline of any existing reservoir, the construction of which was financed by revenue bonds, and any town, city, or supervisors district within such county, and any agency of the state or state department is hereby authorized and empowered separately or jointly to create or join a highway and street revenue bond authority as outlined in Section 65-13-11 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the state in which there are county road bonds, district road bonds, sea wall bonds, or road protection bonds outstanding, which were issued for the purpose of building bridges or constructing public roads or sea walls, 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 or road district bonds heretofore issued for any of the said above stated purposes. However, nothing in this section shall in anywise affect Section 65-33-45, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-43
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may, in lieu of charging and collecting tolls or in combination with the charging and collection of tolls, levy or assess adjacent property owners or the different supervisors districts, municipalities, agencies, departments, or other instrumentalities assisting in the development of the works authorized herein with an amount of money which, together with other revenues, will provide sufficient funds to carry out the purpose of this chapter. All political subdivisions of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to make such agreements with the board of trustees as are necessary to carry out the purpose of this section. All assessments shall be voluntary and at the discretion of the party or governmental subdivision upon which the assessment is to be levied. All procedures, regulations, commitments, etc., shall be outlined in detail on a resolution by the board of trustees of the authority prior to acceptance by any political subdivision of this state and agencies, commissions, departments, and other instrumentalities thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-101 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-101
Status: in_force

The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three (3) commissioners to enter into a compact on behalf of the State of Mississippi with the State of Arkansas. If the Senate is not in session at the time for making such appointments, the Governor shall make temporary appointments as in the case of a vacancy. Any two (2) of the commissioners so appointed, together with the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, may act to enter into the following compact:

COMPACT BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI CREATING AN ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE COMMISSION

Article I

There is hereby created an Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic and which shall have the following powers and duties:

1. To plan, construct, maintain and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at or near Helena, Arkansas, and Friars Point, Mississippi, at a point deemed by the commission as most suitable to the interests of the citizens of the States of Arkansas and Mississippi in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session, of the United States entitled “The General Bridge Act of 1946”;

2. To purchase, maintain and, in its discretion, to operate all or any ferries across the Mississippi River within twenty-five miles of the site selected for the bridge;

3. To contract, to sue and be sued in its own name; to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property;

4. To acquire by proper condemnation proceedings such real property as may be necessary for the construction and operation of the bridge and the approaches thereto;

5. To issue bonds on the security of the revenues derived from the operation of the bridge and ferries for the payment of the cost of the bridge, its approaches, ferry or ferries, and the necessary lands, easements and appurtenances thereto including interest during construction and all necessary engineering, legal, architectural, traffic surveying and other necessary expenses. Such bonds shall be the negotiable bonds of the commission, the income of which shall be tax free. The principal and interest of the bonds, and any premiums to be paid for their retirement before maturity, shall be paid solely from the revenues derived from the bridge and ferries;

6. To establish and charge tolls for transit over such bridge and ferries in accordance with the provisions of this compact;

7. To perform all other necessary and incidental functions.

Article II

The rates of tolls to be charged for transit over such bridge and ferries shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintenance, repairs and operation (including the approaches to the bridge) under economical management, and also to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the outstanding bonds. All tolls and other revenues derived from facilities of the commission are hereby pledged to such uses.

Article III

The commission shall keep an accurate record of the cost of the bridge and other expenses and of the daily revenues collected and shall report annually to the governor of each state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this agreement and any legislation thereunder.

Article IV

When the bonds have been retired, the part of the bridge within the State of Arkansas shall be conveyed to the State of Arkansas, and the part within the State of Mississippi to the State of Mississippi, and the high contracting parties to this compact do hereby agree that thereafter the bridge shall be free of tolls and shall be properly maintained, operated and repaired by the two states as may be agreed upon.

Article V

The commission shall consist of eighteen members, nine of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Mississippi and nine of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Arkansas. The Arkansas members are to be chosen by the State of Arkansas, and the Mississippi members are to be chosen by the State of Mississippi, in the manner and for the term fixed by the Legislature of each state, except as herein provided. The first commission, acting under this compact, shall be the present members of the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission heretofore appointed under the terms and provisions of Act of Congress approved May 17, 1939 (Public Act 80, 76th Congress), as amended by Act of Congress approved June 19, 1948 (Public Act 701, 80th Congress), said commission consisting of the following members: J. B. Lambert, Helena, Arkansas; R. L. Brooks, Helena, Arkansas; K. B. Lasswell, Helena, Arkansas; John C. Sheffield, Helena, Arkansas; C. N. Houck, Marianna, Arkansas; William Campbell, Forrest City, Arkansas; Clarence Thomas, Clarendon, Arkansas; Ballard Deane, St. Charles, Arkansas; DeWitt Poe, McGehee, Arkansas; W. K. Anderson, Clarksdale, Mississippi; E. Cage Brewer, Jr., Clarksdale, Mississippi; M. D. Brett, Clarksdale, Mississippi; R. N. Baltzer, Clarksdale, Mississippi; Sol Hirsburg, Friars Point, Mississippi; John Dunlap, Batesville, Mississippi; Noel M. Hodge, Oxford, Mississippi; Grady Cook, Pontotoc, Mississippi; James A. Finley, Tupelo, Mississippi.

Article VI

1. The Commission shall elect from its number a chairman and a vice-chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications and duties.

2. Until otherwise determined by the legislatures of the two states no action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least five members from each state are present and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right hereafter to provide by law for the exercise of the veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commissioner appointed therefrom.

3. The two states shall provide penalties for violations of any order, rule or regulation of the commission, and for the manner of enforcing same.

Article VII

The commission is authorized and directed to proceed with the planning and construction of the bridge and the approaches thereto as rapidly as may be economically practicable and is hereby vested with all necessary and appropriate powers, not inconsistent with the constitution or the laws of the United States or of either state, to effect the same, except the power to assess or levy taxes.

Article VIII

In witness thereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals under authority vested in us by law.

(Signed)

In the presence of:

(Signed)
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-19-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-37
Status: in_force

Each separate road district shall receive a fair portion of the convict labor assigned to the roads of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-27
Status: in_force

Whenever it may be necessary to protect any highway hereunder, the board of supervisors by an order on its minutes shall so declare and shall certify the same to the governor of the state, who shall thereupon appoint five suitable freeholders of the county to constitute, and be known as, the road protection commission of such county, and who shall decide and recommend the kind and character of protection necessary, to be approved by the board of supervisors. When such commission shall have been appointed and shall have organized, said commission shall select and employ a suitable engineer, to be approved by the board of supervisors, to make a survey, plans, specifications, and estimates of costs of construction under the direction of the said road protection commission, to be approved by the board of supervisors. When so approved, the board of supervisors may proceed to issue bonds of the county therefor, and the road protection commission shall thereupon advertise for bids and let a contract or contracts therefor. Such contracts shall be submitted to and approved by the board of supervisors, all contracts under this section to be executed by the board of supervisors. The road protection commission and the board of supervisors are authorized and empowered to do all things and to make all expenditures necessary to carry out the purposes hereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-62 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-62
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-62
Status: in_force

(1) Interstate Highway 55, with the exception of that portion of Interstate Highway 55 which is within Panola County, is hereby designated and henceforth shall be known as the “James O. Eastland Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to erect not less than four (4) granite memorials at appropriate locations along and approaching the “James O. Eastland Memorial Highway,” and such other signs as the department shall deem suitable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.207
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.207
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of Mississippi Highway 364.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-101 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-101
Status: in_force

The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three (3) commissioners to enter into a compact on behalf of the State of Mississippi with the State of Arkansas. If the Senate is not in session at the time for making such appointments, the Governor shall make temporary appointments as in the case of a vacancy. Any two (2) of the commissioners so appointed, together with the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, may act to enter into the following compact:

COMPACT BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI CREATING AN ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE COMMISSION

Article I

There is hereby created an Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic and which shall have the following powers and duties:

1. To plan, construct, maintain and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at or near Helena, Arkansas, and Friars Point, Mississippi, at a point deemed by the commission as most suitable to the interests of the citizens of the States of Arkansas and Mississippi in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session, of the United States entitled “The General Bridge Act of 1946”;

2. To purchase, maintain and, in its discretion, to operate all or any ferries across the Mississippi River within twenty-five miles of the site selected for the bridge;

3. To contract, to sue and be sued in its own name; to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property;

4. To acquire by proper condemnation proceedings such real property as may be necessary for the construction and operation of the bridge and the approaches thereto;

5. To issue bonds on the security of the revenues derived from the operation of the bridge and ferries for the payment of the cost of the bridge, its approaches, ferry or ferries, and the necessary lands, easements and appurtenances thereto including interest during construction and all necessary engineering, legal, architectural, traffic surveying and other necessary expenses. Such bonds shall be the negotiable bonds of the commission, the income of which shall be tax free. The principal and interest of the bonds, and any premiums to be paid for their retirement before maturity, shall be paid solely from the revenues derived from the bridge and ferries;

6. To establish and charge tolls for transit over such bridge and ferries in accordance with the provisions of this compact;

7. To perform all other necessary and incidental functions.

Article II

The rates of tolls to be charged for transit over such bridge and ferries shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintenance, repairs and operation (including the approaches to the bridge) under economical management, and also to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the outstanding bonds. All tolls and other revenues derived from facilities of the commission are hereby pledged to such uses.

Article III

The commission shall keep an accurate record of the cost of the bridge and other expenses and of the daily revenues collected and shall report annually to the governor of each state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this agreement and any legislation thereunder.

Article IV

When the bonds have been retired, the part of the bridge within the State of Arkansas shall be conveyed to the State of Arkansas, and the part within the State of Mississippi to the State of Mississippi, and the high contracting parties to this compact do hereby agree that thereafter the bridge shall be free of tolls and shall be properly maintained, operated and repaired by the two states as may be agreed upon.

Article V

The commission shall consist of eighteen members, nine of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Mississippi and nine of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Arkansas. The Arkansas members are to be chosen by the State of Arkansas, and the Mississippi members are to be chosen by the State of Mississippi, in the manner and for the term fixed by the Legislature of each state, except as herein provided. The first commission, acting under this compact, shall be the present members of the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission heretofore appointed under the terms and provisions of Act of Congress approved May 17, 1939 (Public Act 80, 76th Congress), as amended by Act of Congress approved June 19, 1948 (Public Act 701, 80th Congress), said commission consisting of the following members: J. B. Lambert, Helena, Arkansas; R. L. Brooks, Helena, Arkansas; K. B. Lasswell, Helena, Arkansas; John C. Sheffield, Helena, Arkansas; C. N. Houck, Marianna, Arkansas; William Campbell, Forrest City, Arkansas; Clarence Thomas, Clarendon, Arkansas; Ballard Deane, St. Charles, Arkansas; DeWitt Poe, McGehee, Arkansas; W. K. Anderson, Clarksdale, Mississippi; E. Cage Brewer, Jr., Clarksdale, Mississippi; M. D. Brett, Clarksdale, Mississippi; R. N. Baltzer, Clarksdale, Mississippi; Sol Hirsburg, Friars Point, Mississippi; John Dunlap, Batesville, Mississippi; Noel M. Hodge, Oxford, Mississippi; Grady Cook, Pontotoc, Mississippi; James A. Finley, Tupelo, Mississippi.

Article VI

1. The Commission shall elect from its number a chairman and a vice-chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications and duties.

2. Until otherwise determined by the legislatures of the two states no action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least five members from each state are present and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right hereafter to provide by law for the exercise of the veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commissioner appointed therefrom.

3. The two states shall provide penalties for violations of any order, rule or regulation of the commission, and for the manner of enforcing same.

Article VII

The commission is authorized and directed to proceed with the planning and construction of the bridge and the approaches thereto as rapidly as may be economically practicable and is hereby vested with all necessary and appropriate powers, not inconsistent with the constitution or the laws of the United States or of either state, to effect the same, except the power to assess or levy taxes.

Article VIII

In witness thereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals under authority vested in us by law.

(Signed)

In the presence of:

(Signed)
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 41-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-63
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 “Scenic Byways to Space” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

(a) To be known as “NASA Scenic Byway to Space”: Beginning at the intersection of the 4-lane portion of Mississippi Highway 607 with Mississippi Highway 604 and continuing northerly on Mississippi Highway 607 to the south gate of Stennis Space Center as well as exiting the north gate of Stennis Space Center on Mississippi Highway 607 to the edge of Texas Flat Road.

(b) To be known as “Pearlington Scenic Byway to Space”: Beginning at the intersection of the 2-lane portion of U.S. Highway 90 with Mississippi Highway 607 and continuing southwesterly on U.S. Highway 90 to the edge of the buffer zone near the Town of Pearlington.

(c) To be known as “Westonia Scenic Byway to Space”: Beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 604 with Mississippi Highway 607 and continuing southerly on Mississippi Highway 604 to the edge of the buffer zone near the Town of Pearlington.

(d) To be known as “Logtown Scenic Byway to Space”: Beginning at the intersection of Logtown Road with Mississippi Highway 604 and continuing westerly on Logtown Road to the extinct Town of Logtown on the East Pearl River.

(e) To be known as “Napoleon Scenic Byway to Space”: Beginning at the intersection of Old Mississippi Highway 43 and Mississippi Highway 607 north of Interstate 10 and continuing southerly to the south gate of Stennis Space Center, and including a small portion of road that comes off of Old Highway 43 and goes into the heart of what was once the Town of Napoleon.

(f) To be known as “Santa Rosa Scenic Byway to Space”: Beginning at the intersection of Texas Flat Road with Mississippi Highway 607 and continuing east on Texas Flat Road to the edge of the buffer zone next to the runway of Stennis International Airport.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-15
Status: in_force

When a separate district has been established or abolished under Sections 65-19-11 or 65-19-13 , the said establishment or abolishment shall not release the territory or taxable property or persons of the former district or districts or parts thereof from assessments for the benefit and purposes of the original district or districts or parts thereof, nor impair nor in any wise release the property or persons in the new district so established from assessment and liability for the payment of the debts and obligations of the original district. In the respects last aforesaid, the creation of such new district as in the foregoing sections provided shall in no wise change the lines or territorial construction and integrity of the original district or districts or parts thereof from which such new district may be formed. In event a separate road district is consolidated or added to or otherwise established or abolished, as in the foregoing sections provided, out of territory embraced in whole or in part within any district that has outstanding bonds or loan warrants or other valid indebtedness, the board of supervisors shall annually levy a tax on the territory that originally issued said bonds or loan warrants or incurred the indebtedness, in accordance with the contract under which such indebtedness was created, until the same is fully paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.164 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.164
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.164
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Interstate 59 beginning at Exit 5 in the City of Picayune and extending northerly to the southern corporate limits of the City of Hattiesburg shall be known and designated as the “Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-1
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(10) The board of supervisors may, by a majority vote of the entire board, supersede any act of the road manager or change, modify or revoke any act which has been completed by the road manager, provided the change, modification or revocation does not constitute a breach of contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-145 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-145
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-145
Status: in_force

Every dwelling house, whether or not located on a public road in this state and not otherwise designated by a street and number address, shall be assigned a street and number address.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 43-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-5
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, general, special or local. Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 shall be construed as an additional and alternative method of funding all or any portion of the purchasing, building, improving, owning or operating of roadways, highways or bridges under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, county boards of supervisors or municipal governing authorities, any provision of the laws of the state or any charter of any municipality to the contrary notwithstanding.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 18-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Local System Road Program.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-85
Status: in_force

The board, in assessing the benefits derived by any land in such district, shall consider only its proximity to the road and its market terminus. No benefit assessment shall be made on any lands when the distance between it and the nearest point on the road is greater than three tenths of the distance from such point on the road to the market terminus of the road, and no benefit assessment shall be made on any land more than three and one-half miles from the road. Any subdivision of a section of land containing forty acres, more or less, for the purposes of the benefit assessment may be included in such district if one fourth thereof is within the lines of the district. The board may collect from a benefit district an amount equal to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each lineal mile of road constructed therein, and no more, except interest on the amount that may be expended twelve months or more in advance of the collection of any tax. The board shall not undertake the construction of any road when the estimate indicates that the total cost will exceed thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) per mile.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.63
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 25 beginning at the Hinds/Rankin County line and extending northeasterly to U.S. Highway 82 in Oktibbeha County shall be known and designated as “Military Order of the Purple Heart Drive.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-21
Status: in_force

The State Bond Commission shall act as the issuing agent for the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell, at public or private sale, the bonds so authorized to be sold, pay all fees and costs incurred in such issuance and sale, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds. The State Bond Commission is authorized and empowered to pay the costs that are incident to the sale, issuance and delivery of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 from the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds. The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public or private 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 the date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually; however, the first interest payment may be for any period of not more than one (1) year.

Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least one time, not less than ten (10) days before the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers published or having a general circulation in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a national circulation, to be selected by the State Bond Commission.

The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , may provide that bonds, at the option of the State of Mississippi, may be called in for payment and redemption at the call price named therein and accrued interest on such date or dates named therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or notes under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1 , the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to the special fund created in subsection (1) of this section. The proceeds of such bonds or notes shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Transportation Commission, and shall be issued under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds or notes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-43-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 43-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-17
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be signed by the Chairman of the State Bond Commission, or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the State Bond Commission shall be affixed thereto, attested by the secretary of the commission. The interest coupons, if any, to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers before the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until their delivery to the purchaser, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear. However, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, such bonds may be issued as provided in the Registered Bond Act of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.92 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.92
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.92
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 309 in Marshall County beginning at the community of Watson and extending northerly to the Mississippi/Tennessee state line, is designated and shall be known as the J.P. Woods 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. § 65-25-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-17
Status: in_force

All moneys received from any bridge revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the bridge or bridges, or to the appurtenant sinking fund, and there is hereby created and granted a lien upon such moneys until so applied, in favor of the holders of such bonds or the trustee hereinafter provided in respect of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.274 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.274
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.274
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Interstate 220 in Hinds County beginning at the intersection of Interstate 220 and Interstate 20 and extending northerly to Clinton Boulevard is designated and shall be known as the “Senator Alice Varnado Harden Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of interstate described in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 43-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-31
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.73
Status: in_force

(1) That relocated segment of Mississippi Highway 42 in Forrest County beginning at its intersection with Interstate 59 and extending easterly to its intersection with Macedonia-Sunrise Road is designated and shall be known as the “Evelyn Gandy Parkway.”

(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.

(3) Each segment of the Regional Thoroughfare proposed by the Hattiesburg-Petal-Forrest-Lamar Planning Organization, as described by a map on file with the Office of Public Services of the City of Hattiesburg, shall, as completed, be designated and known as the “Evelyn Gandy Parkway.”

(4) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segments of highway described in subsection (1) of this section that are under its jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.253 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.253
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.253
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 98 beginning at the intersection with Donovan/Brushy Creek Road and extending approximately two (2) miles easterly to the intersection of Shipman/Beaver Creek Road in George County is designated and shall be known as the “Ricky Murrah Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of U.S. Highway 98 in George County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.178 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.178
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.178
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Covington County beginning at the eastern corporate limits of the City of Collins and extending easterly to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 588 and Salem School Road is designated and shall be known as the “Coach Ben B. James Sr. Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-15
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall prevent any county from employing, by agreement with not more than four (4) other counties, the same engineer to act as county engineer for each and all of said counties so agreeing. Each county engineer shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). If a county engineer is engineer for two (2) or more counties, the same bond shall serve as said engineer's bond in and for each county, respectively, and the premium on said bond and the salary and expenses of such engineer and assistants shall be divided between and paid by the counties for whom he is so employed in such proportions as may be agreed upon by said counties. In the event any county is unable to obtain the services of a competent engineer, the Transportation Commission may loan such county an engineer, if available, for a specified period of time, by granting such engineer a leave of absence for such period without loss of any benefits accruing to him by reason of length of service; and such time so spent on such leave of absence shall be counted as part of such engineer's length of service with the Department of Transportation. The salary of such engineer so loaned shall be paid by the county or the counties to whom he is loaned.

The salary and other expenses, including the premium on all bonds, of the county engineer and his assistants shall be paid by the county or counties employing such county engineer and assistants. Any salary limitations or ceiling heretofore placed by law on the salary of a county engineer is hereby removed as to county engineers employed under the terms of this chapter. In lieu of salary and other expenses, any county may employ a registered civil engineer on a fee basis for furnishing complete engineering services on state aid projects. Engineering costs, including the salaries or fees of the county engineer, incurred on state aid projects may be paid from state aid funds allocated to said county or counties, with the methods of payments to be approved by the State Aid Engineer under regulations promulgated by the State Aid Engineer; however, unless the project is being partially funded with federal funds, no such costs shall be paid to the county from state aid funds prior to the approval for advertisement for bids for a project by the State Aid Engineer. If the project is being partially funded with federal funds, the State Aid Engineer may approve payment of a portion of such costs from state aid funds prior to the approval for advertisement for bids.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.86 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.86
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.86
Status: in_force

(1) The municipal bypass south of Lexington connecting Mississippi Highways 17 and 12 is designated and shall be known as “Liberty Parkway.”

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

When the Mississippi Department of Transportation designates a bridge as failing to meet the design, standard, sufficiency rating or any other criteria required for allowing certain weight limits on that specific bridge and revises the allowable weight limits for that bridge, no citation may be issued to the driver of a vehicle for violations of the revised weight limits for that bridge until twenty-four (24) hours have elapsed from the completion of the installation of a sign posted on or near the bridge indicating that the allowable weight limits applicable to that bridge have been revised.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-331 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-331
Status: in_force

Such bonds may be issued for the purpose stated above and, regardless of the amount thereof, same shall not be subject to the limitations as to amount of bonded debt based upon amount of the assessed value of taxable property in a county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.186 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.186
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.186
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Interstate Highway 55 in Copiah County beginning at mile marker 59 and extending northerly to mile marker 72, is designated and shall be known as the “Robert L. Johnson Blues 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. § 65-17-101 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-101
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may elect a road accountant, whose salary shall be fixed by the board and who shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). For the purpose of enabling the road accountant, in counties working their roads and building and repairing bridges on the unit system or countywide basis, to meet weekly payrolls and to pay for same each week or biweekly, the board of supervisors may advance to him at each regular monthly meeting, out of the road and bridge fund of the county, a sum not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the amount of his bond. Said road accountant shall place said funds in the county depository to his credit as road accountant, to be checked on by him to meet weekly payrolls for labor, and said fund shall be a public fund and shall be secured as other public funds are secured. The road accountant shall report to the next meeting of the board his disposition of said money, including an itemized payroll for same, which payroll must be approved by the board of supervisors before another advance to him may be made. In the event the board finds any discrepancies in said payroll account, he shall be liable on his official bond for same; and the board of supervisors, in such event, shall not make further allowances to him until said discrepancies are corrected. It shall be the duty of the road accountant to pay all labor employed on the road and bridge work of the county, to pay transportation charges on supplies and material used in such road and bridge work, and all bills for repairs. Every three (3) months he shall take an inventory of all the personal property of the county used in said road and bridge work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-61
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 “Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

Beginning at Cedar Point in Hancock County and traveling southerly along the coastline to Bayou Cadet in Hancock County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-29
Status: in_force

Any county may, by resolution of its board of supervisors, request that all or any portion of the moneys available for expenditure in such county from federal aid and state appropriated funds be expended on any state highway in such county which is on the approved system of secondary and feeder roads. In that event, the State Highway Commission may expend such money on such state highway in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, notwithstanding any provision of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 to the contrary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 41-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-73
Status: in_force

The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “William Faulkner Scenic Byway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. : Beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 30 and County Road 14 in Union County and continuing westerly along Mississippi Highway 30 to its intersection with County Road 229 in Lafayette County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter the several boards of supervisors are hereby clothed with the power and authority, and it is made their duty, to exercise the right of eminent domain in order to procure the right of way for such roads, streets, highways, sea walls, breakwaters, bulkheads, sloping beach, and such other devices as may be adopted for the protection of such highways. They shall have the power to pass all necessary ordinances for the preservation and protection of any such road, sea wall, sloping beach, or other device constructed hereunder, and the violation of such ordinances shall constitute, and be punished as, a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-3
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(ii) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in the county bears to the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in all counties of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-27-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-7
Status: in_force

The bond given by the keeper of a toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road may be put in suit by the county, or by any person damaged, for a breach thereof; and the bond may be sued on from time to time until the whole penalty be recovered. The board of supervisors may require such bonds to be renewed when proper.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-37-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-15
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, when all deficient bridges, as defined by Section 65-37-3(1)(a) , of a county have been replaced or are under contract for replacement or rehabilitation, then monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created under Section 65-37-13 , that are allocated to a particular county may be expended for (a) the purpose of paying the principal, interest and debt service on any bonds, notes or obligations issued or incurred by that county before the effective date of this chapter for the purpose of replacing or rehabilitating any bridge or drainage-related structure on any highway, road or street under the jurisdiction of that county, (b) on bridges in the State Aid Road System, or (c) if bridges in the State Aid Road System of that county are in sufficient repair, such monies may be utilized for the repair of roads on the State Aid Road System or local system roads, upon presentation to the State Aid Engineer of a resolution duly adopted and entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors of such county requesting such expenditure and reciting in the resolution such information as may be necessary for the State Aid Engineer to determine that the county is eligible for expenditure of funds under the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 39-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-19
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the State Bond Commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the State Bond Commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9
Status: in_force

If the qualified electors petitioning for the creation and organization of a separate road district shall so desire, they may petition, in addition, that the proceeds of the sale of said bonds may be used to extend and build roads beyond the limits of such district and that a tax be levied on such district or districts to pay such bonds and maintain such roads, in which case it shall be the duty of the board, in publishing the notice as hereinbefore provided, to add thereto notice of the further purpose to use part of the proceeds of said bonds in building and maintaining roads in other territory, naming the said other territory; and to levy taxes for that purpose. In any election ordered therein, the further question shall be submitted to the electors, whether such roads are to be so extended or not, which shall be submitted as follows: “For the extension of roads into other districts,” or “against the extension of roads into other districts.” If said election result in favor of such action, determined and adjudicated in like manner by the election commissioners and board of supervisors, as required by law, then the said road commissioners shall, with the approval of the board of supervisors, have the power to extend said roads into other districts and pay for the same out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds, and levy a tax to maintain the same on such district consenting thereto, as provided for in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-55
Status: in_force

The governing body of such county or city shall cause to be kept separate minutes and records of the operation of such bridge properties available for public inspection, which minutes from time to time shall show the approval or disapproval of the actions of said commission. Concerning the management and operation of said bridge by the commission and the governing body of said city or county, there shall be no obligation on said commission, nor shall there be any general obligation on said city or county, other than from the revenues to be derived from the operation of said bridge properties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-215 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-215
Status: in_force

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

When the assessment of benefits has been made final and filed as hereinabove provided, the property owner shall have the right to pay such assessment of benefits in full at any time within sixty days after it became final; but if he does not avail himself of this privilege, the assessment of benefits shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-27-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-7
Status: in_force

The bond given by the keeper of a toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road may be put in suit by the county, or by any person damaged, for a breach thereof; and the bond may be sued on from time to time until the whole penalty be recovered. The board of supervisors may require such bonds to be renewed when proper.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-207
Status: in_force

The employment and work of such engineer shall be under the control of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-3
Status: in_force

Said tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, shall pay over all moneys collected or to be collected as receipts from said two-mill tax to any trustee or successor thereto established as hereinafter in this chapter provided, and in the event that there is no such trustee, then said tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for collection of said taxes, shall pay over all such moneys into the county depository of each such county to the credit of a fund which shall be known as a “ferry fund.” Any such moneys so paid into the county depository of each such county to the credit of said “ferry fund” may be expended at the direction of the ferry commission appointed for any county ferry. In no county within the terms of this chapter shall there be withheld from the state treasury under the provisions of this chapter and Sections 59-7-1 to 59-7-21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for any one year an amount in excess of the receipts from said two-mill tax. The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a contract with the holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-3-71.162 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.162
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.162
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 49W that lies within Humphreys County, is designated and shall be known as the “Rev. George W. Lee 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. § 65-17-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of the State of Mississippi are authorized and empowered at their discretion to employ, as county engineer, a civil engineer or person qualified to perform the duties of a county engineer, and such assistant engineers as may be necessary. On all projects for the construction or reconstruction of a bridge which will cost more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or for the construction or reconstruction of roads which will cost more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per mile, the employment of an engineer qualified under the chapter on engineers shall be obligatory, whether the work is being done by the county or by a separate district, and whether the work is to be done by contract or otherwise; however, in obligatory cases the employment may be for the particular work, rather than for a term.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-25-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 65-19-75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-19-88 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-88
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-88
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the owners of not less than one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of all lots bordering on any unpaved, dedicated public street or road within a developed subdivision located outside the boundaries of any incorporated municipality of a county petition for a survey and estimate of the cost of building and paving the street or road in a substantial and permanent manner of asphalt, blacktop, concrete or other such material equally durable, the board may cause a survey and cost estimate thereof to be made by a licensed civil engineer. Thereafter, if at least three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of such landowners sign and file a petition with the board of supervisors, along with a map or description of the lots bordering such street or road and designating the owners of all lots bordering thereon, requesting such street or road to be paved with the costs thereof to be charged or assessed against the owners of such lots bordering thereon, the board of supervisors may proceed to the paving and permanent construction of such street or road. The entire costs of paving and permanently constructing such street or road within the subdivision shall be paid by the owners of the lots bordering on the street or road so improved within the subdivision only by either, at the option of each such lot owner, a lump sum, one-time payment or by a special tax imposed by the county on the lots sufficient to pay such lot owner's proportionate share of the total costs. A lot owner's share of the total costs for building and improving such street or road shall be determined according to the proportion which the number of lineal feet of a lot owner's lot which borders on the improved street or road bears to the total number of lineal feet of improved street or road.

(2) If one or more lot owners elect to pay their share of the costs of improving a street or road under subsection (1) of this section by means of a special tax on their lots, then the board shall provide for the collection of taxes from the lot owners thereof in such annual installments as it may determine, extending over not more than twenty (20) years, and may borrow money in advance of the collection of such taxes, in which event an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest shall be collected in addition to the principal. The taxes so assessed and levied shall be a lien upon the lots and be collected at the same time and in the same manner that state and county taxes are collected. A separate assessment roll shall be provided by the board, and the assessor shall assess the lots of each lot owner separately, together with the special tax assessed thereon. He shall also mark in red ink on the general assessment roll the particular lots which have been so assessed.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not be construed as amending or repealing the provisions of Sections 65-19-83 through 65-19-87 , but shall be supplemental and additional to the provisions contained therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 39-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-11
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code, and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 39-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-35
Status: in_force

The date upon which the taxes and fees levied and charged under the provisions of Sections 27-55-11 , 27-57-37 , 27-59-11 , 27-19-43 , 27-19-309 , 27-65-75 , and Sections 27-55-519 and 27-55-521 are reduced under such sections shall be the first day of the month immediately following the date upon which:

(a) The Mississippi Transportation Commission certifies to the State Tax Commission that:

(i) The highway program created under Section 65-3-97 and the Gaming Counties Infrastructure Program created under Section 65-39-3 , are completed and no funds are any longer necessary to pay the costs of such programs; and

(ii) The Mississippi Transportation Commission will not declare the necessity for additional borrowings under Section 65-9-27 , or for additional bonds under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 ; and

(b) The State Treasurer certifies:

(i) That the amount on deposit in the Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund, together with earnings on investments to accrue to such fund, is equal to or greater than the aggregate of the entire principal, redemption premium (if any), and interest due and to become due (until the final maturity date or earlier scheduled redemption date) on all general obligation bonds issued under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 ; and

(ii) That all principal, interest, cost and other expenses for all bonds, notes or other borrowings under Section 65-9-27 and Section 31-17-127 (including redemption notes, if any) have been paid and are completely satisfied.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-9
Status: in_force

Any municipality, whenever a reasonable price cannot be agreed upon, or whenever the owner is legally incapacitated or is absent or is unable to convey valid title or is unknown, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by condemnation any such bridge or bridges or interest or interests therein, and any land, rights, easements, franchises, and other property deemed necessary or convenient for the improvement or the efficient operation of any property acquired or constructed under this article, or for the purpose of constructing any bridge or portion thereof hereunder, or for securing right of way leading to any such bridge or its approaches, in the manner hereinafter provided. Such condemnation proceedings shall be instituted by a written application of the governing body of such municipality and shall be conducted, and the compensation to be paid shall be ascertained and paid, in the manner provided by Chapter 33, Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972, or by the laws of the state where such proceedings may be conducted. And any municipality is further authorized and empowered to exercise in this state and in any adjoining state such powers of eminent domain as may be conferred upon such municipality by any act of the Congress of the United States now in force or which may hereafter be enacted. Title to any property condemned by a municipality shall be taken in its name. No municipality shall be under any obligation to accept and pay for any property condemned or any costs incidental to any condemnation proceedings, and shall, in no event, pay for the same except from the funds provided by this article. In any condemnation proceedings, the court having jurisdiction of the suit, action, or proceedings may make such orders as may be just to such municipality and to the owners of the property to be condemned, and may require an undertaking or other security to secure such owners against any loss or damage to be sustained by reason of the failure of such municipality to accept and pay for the property; but such undertaking or security shall impose no liability upon such municipality, except such as may be paid from the funds provided under the authority of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-4 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-4
Status: in_force

(1) On or before July 1, 2000, the board of supervisors of each county shall prepare and adopt an official map designating and delineating all public roads on the county road system. Changes to the county road system shall be recorded on this map as soon as is reasonably possible. The map, as it is periodically revised, shall be kept on file in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors where it shall be available for public inspection.

(2) On or before July 1, 2000, the board of supervisors of each county shall prepare and adopt a county road system register in which shall be entered:

(a) The number and name of each public road on the county road system.

(b) A general reference to the terminal points and course of each such road.

(c) A memorandum of every proceeding in reference to each such road, with the date of such proceeding, and the page and volume of the minute book of the board of supervisors where it is recorded; however, reference to proceedings before July 1, 2000, shall not be required.

(3) Before the initial adoption of the official map and the county road system register, the board of supervisors shall hold a public hearing on the content of the official map and the county road system registry and shall publish notice of the hearing at least one (1) time, not less than two (2) weeks before the date of the hearing, in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.

(4) All subsequent proceedings and changes to the county road system shall be recorded in the county road system register as soon as is reasonably possible. The county road system register, as it is periodically revised, shall be kept on file in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors where it shall be available for public inspection.

(5) From and after July 1, 2000, the official record of the county road system shall consist of an official map, as provided for in subsection (1) of this section, and the county road system register, as provided for in subsection (2) of this section. The county road system register shall have priority in case of conflict between the register and the official map. The minutes of the board of supervisors containing proceedings with respect to county roads and the county road system shall serve as the official record until such proceedings are recorded on the official map and in the county road system register. The official record of the county road system, at a minimum, shall be revised and updated on or before July 1 of each year.

(6) It is the intention of the Legislature that the initial official record of the county road system prepared and adopted in accordance with this section shall include all public roads that the board of supervisors determines, consistent with fact, as of July 1, 2000, or such date the initial official record is adopted, are laid out and open according to law. From and after July 1, 2000, no road shall be added or deleted from the county road system or otherwise changed except by order or other appropriate action of the board of supervisors and such action shall be recorded in the minutes of the board. All additions, deletions or changes to the county road system shall be recorded in the official record of the county road system as provided for in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.359 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.359
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.359
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 365 located in Prentiss County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 364 and extending northernly to the Tishomingo County line is designated and shall be known as the “PFC Howard Tillman Bobo 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. § 65-7-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-17
Status: in_force

All such sign or guide boards throughout the entire state shall be of uniform size, construction, color, and erection. Said sign or guide boards shall show thereon the next city, town, or village to be reached by following each fork of said road, and the distance to be traveled along such road to reach said city, town, or village. All such sign or guide boards as may be erected at forks or crossroads on the main or trunk roads within such county shall indicate direction along said road and distance to the county seat of the county or the principal city, town, or village within said county, and the principal city, town, or village within next adjoining county located on such main or trunk roads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.352 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.352
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.352
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 35 located in Panola County, Mississippi, beginning at Morrow Road in Courtland, Mississippi, and extending approximately one (1) mile south to Sullivant Road in Batesville, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Constable Raye Hawkins Memorial Highway” in memory of the late former Constable Raye Hawkins 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. § 65-3-71.362 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.362
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.362
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 45 North located in Lowndes County, Mississippi, beginning at the Ridge Road Exit near Kolola Springs, Mississippi, and extending one (1) mile north is designated and shall be known as the “PFC Bradford C. Freeman Memorial Highway” in memory of deceased World War II army veteran Private First Class Bradford Clark Freeman of Caledonia, 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. § 65-7-115.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-115.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-115.nr2
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors in each county is to have and is required to exercise jurisdiction over the public highways of the county.

(2) The board of supervisors may by order duly adopted and entered on its minutes, provide for such transportation of individual members of the board as is necessary and essential in the performance of their official duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-19
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the governing body of any municipality issuing its 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 municipality 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, which 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 municipality and the governing body thereof in relation to the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the bridges, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys; and may also provide that the bridge or bridges shall be acquired, constructed, or partly acquired and partly constructed, and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers employed or designated by the governing body of such municipality 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 municipality. 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 municipality 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. § 65-43-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 43-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-35
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-51
Status: in_force

The road commissioners shall have general direction and supervision over the highways, bridges, and culverts of their district and the laying out, constructing, working, and maintenance of the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-65
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties upon request of a separate road district are hereby authorized to cooperate in the construction and maintenance of any public road connecting two such districts, and may, in their discretion, appropriate and expend such district road funds for such purpose in such an amount as may appear to be for the best interest of the respective districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-93 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-41-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 41-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-51
Status: in_force

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

Beginning at the Grand Gulf Military Monument on the Mississippi River then east along the historic Back Grand Gulf Road to Frasier Road, following east along Frasier Road to Y-Camp Road, following east along Y-Camp Road to Ingleside-Karnac Ferry Road through the community of Ingleside to Highway 61, then the route continues one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile north of Highway 61, eastward along Willows Road to the community of Willows, then northeastward along the Old Port Gibson Road terminating at the Raymond Military Park at the City of Raymond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-217 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-33-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-65
Status: in_force

The fact of the issuance and delivery of refunding bonds hereunder shall be certified by the clerk of the board of supervisors to the state Treasurer, who shall immediately register such bonds in a suitable bond register. Thereafter, the revenues and taxes which would otherwise be paid into the county treasury of such county for the payment of road protection and seawall bonds and interest thereon under the provisions of section 65-33-45 , shall be paid by the official collecting such taxes into the state treasury on a proper receive warrant of the state auditor to the credit of such county in a special fund to be designated “interest and sinking fund for road protection and seawall bonds of __________ County, Mississippi,” which fund shall be held and shall be applied by the state treasurer in the payment of interest accruing on such refunding bonds and the principal thereof at maturity, according to law. In the event that less than all of outstanding bonds payable under the provisions of this chapter shall be refunded as herein provided, then and in that event there shall be paid into the state treasury, for the credit of the aforesaid interest and sinking fund, only the proportion of the revenues and taxes as the amount of refunding bonds issued and outstanding bears to the total amount of outstanding bonds payable from the revenues herein referred to.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-225 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-225
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-225
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners herein created are hereby granted the right and power to construct, operate, and maintain said bridge as a toll bridge, and shall have the power to fix and determine, subject to the terms and provisions of the General Bridge Authority Act of Congress, approved August 2, 1946, and any laws amendatory thereof, the tolls to be charged for transit over such bridge for motor-propelled vehicles, wagons, carriages, animals, foot passengers, pipe line or lines, or other persons, firms, or corporations using such bridge; and the rates so prescribed shall be the legal rates demanded and received for such transit. The rates for such tolls may be increased or decreased from time to time by the board of commissioners, subject, however, to the terms and provisions of the above-mentioned act of Congress. The board of commissioners shall make an annual report of all tolls collected to a trustee or trustees representing the bond holders and to the Mississippi State Highway Commission, and one copy of said report shall be filed with the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the bridge is located. When the bonded indebtedness and all claims and liability have been fully paid and discharged, said bridge shall become a free bridge. The board of commissioners shall thereupon convey all its right, title, and interest in said bridge to the Mississippi State Highway Commission, and said commission shall maintain and operate said bridge as a part of its highway system without cost to the individual user thereof. The tolls so charged and collected for the use of such bridge shall be used as follows:

(a) To the payment of the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and approaches thereto, under economical management;

(b) To the payment of the principal and interest on the bonded indebtedness; and

(c) The balance, if any, to be placed in an interest and sinking fund to be used for future maintenance and operations and the retirement of the bonded indebtedness.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-41
Status: in_force

Such bonds may be issued for the purpose herein and, regardless of the amount thereof, same shall not be subject to the limitations as to amount of bonded debt based upon amount of the assessed value of taxable property, in a municipality or county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the state in which there are county road bonds, district road bonds, sea wall bonds, or road protection bonds outstanding, which were issued for the purpose of building bridges or constructing public roads or sea walls, 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 or road district bonds heretofore issued for any of the said above stated purposes. However, nothing in this section shall in anywise affect Section 65-33-45, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 41-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-13
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall not prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect any existing or future lawful use or activity in or related to a scenic byway area. This chapter also shall not prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the operation, maintenance or new construction of any facility, road, railroad, bridge, utility, pipeline, crossing or any other structure in or related to a scenic byway area. If there is any conflict between this section and any other provision of this chapter, this section shall control.

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall mandate local governments to participate in the program, and a local governmental entity may terminate participation in the program at any time by resolution duly adopted and entered upon its minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17
Status: in_force

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

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

(3) Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or notes under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1 , the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to the special fund created in subsection (1) of this section. The proceeds of such bonds or notes shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Transportation Commission, and shall be issued under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds or notes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-207
Status: in_force

The employment and work of such engineer shall be under the control of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-29
Status: in_force

The road protection commission shall organize by the election of a chairman, and they shall serve without compensation except actual expenses, which shall be allowed by the board of supervisors and paid out of the general county fund or the road fund, as the board of supervisors may elect. Three members shall constitute a quorum to transact business, and all meetings shall be held at the courthouse. Their tenure of office shall be four years or until the work for which bonds are issued is completed and accepted, if less than four years. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall be ex-officio clerk of the road protection commission, shall attend all meetings, and shall preserve a record of all proceedings of said commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-215 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-215
Status: in_force

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

When the assessment of benefits has been made final and filed as hereinabove provided, the property owner shall have the right to pay such assessment of benefits in full at any time within sixty days after it became final; but if he does not avail himself of this privilege, the assessment of benefits shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.56 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.56
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.56
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 490 in Winston County beginning at the Noxapater city limits and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 397 is designated and shall be known as the “Joe Clay--John Austin Hatcher Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs at the eastern city limits of the City of Noxapater and at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 490 and Mississippi Highway 397 indicating the name of the highway segment described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-79 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-79
Status: in_force

All the provisions of law in respect to roads and bridges, so far as applicable and where not in conflict with the special provisions in respect to separate road districts, shall govern in said road districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.149 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.149
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.149
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 90 in the City of Pascagoula from 14th Street to Chicot Street is designated and shall be known as the “Nathaniel Smith, 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. § 65-21-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-21-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-17
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Section 65-21-15 , the board or boards of supervisors may, in the same manner as set forth in said section, declare it to be their intention to issue bonds not earlier than thirty days and publish the same, stating the amount of contemplated bond issue, in any legal newspaper in the county or counties involved as provided by law. If twenty per cent of the qualified electors petition the board or boards of supervisors for an election to determine said bond issue, the board or boards of supervisors shall order an election not later than thirty days from the date the petition was presented, and a majority of the qualified electors voting shall decide the bond issue. If one or more of the counties voting should, by a majority vote of the qualified electors voting, decide against said bond issue, the part voting against the bond issue shall not issue said bonds; but if one or more of the counties voting at the same time or some other time vote favorably by a majority of the qualified electors voting for a bond issue, as provided in this section, then the board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties so voting may issue the designated bonds for the purpose of purchasing only the designated bridge or bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.183 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.183
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.183
Status: in_force

(1) The Interstate Highway 55 and Mississippi Highway 8 interchange in Grenada County is designated and shall be known as the “John Wayne Haddock Memorial Interchange.”

(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. § 65-3-71.194 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.194
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.194
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 6 within Lee County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Military Order of the Purple Heart Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.157 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.157
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.157
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 382 in Monroe County beginning at its intersection with U.S. Alternate Highway 45 and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 25, is designated and shall be known as “The Gulf Ordnance Plant 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. § 65-3-71.128 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.128
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.128
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Wayne County beginning at its westernmost intersection with Mississippi Highway 184 and extending westerly to its intersection with John Dykes Road, is designated and shall be known as the “Corporal James Calvin ‘Jamie’ Walker 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. § 65-26-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-25-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-33
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality issuing its bonds under the provisions of this article shall have power to make and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the execution of its powers under this article, may employ engineering, architectural and construction experts, inspectors, attorneys, and such other employees as may be deemed necessary, and may fix their compensation. All such compensation and all expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article shall be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred hereunder beyond the extent to which money shall have been provided under the authority of this article. Any municipality may exercise any powers which may be conferred upon it by acts of the Congress of the United States or any adjoining state in which a portion of such bridge may be located or which are necessary or convenient for the execution of its powers under this article. All public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted under this article shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition, as nearly as practicable, or adequate compensation made therefor out of funds provided by this article.

The powers and duties of municipalities and the governing bodies thereof hereinabove enumerated in this article shall not be construed as a limitation on the general powers or duties of such municipalities or the governing bodies thereof. It shall be the duty of the governing body of any municipality issuing its bonds pursuant to the provisions of this article, in addition to the powers and duties enumerated in this article, to do and perform any and all things and acts necessary in the construction or acquisition, maintenance, and operation of any bridge to be constructed or acquired under the provisions of this article, to the end that such bridge or bridges may become and be operated free of tolls as early as possible and practicable, subject only to the express limitations of this article and the limitations of the other laws and constitutional provisions applicable thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.316 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-15-21.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-3-71.356 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.356
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.356
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge located on Mississippi Highway 25 at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 25 and Mississippi Highway 19 located within the boundaries of Winston County, Mississippi, shall be known as the “Stacey Dale Ricks Memorial Bridge” in honor of the late Stacey Dale Ricks who honorably served as the State National Flood Insurance Program Coordinator and Bureau Director.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the bridge as described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-17
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the several counties and the State Highway Commission are hereby authorized and directed to enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with each other and with any appropriate federal agency that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 and that may be necessary to enable the state and counties to participate in and avail themselves of any funds apportioned to the state under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. The boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission are further authorized and directed to do any and all other things that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of said sections, within their respective jurisdictions. It is hereby expressly declared that nothing contained in the cited sections shall be deemed to convert any highway into a state highway or to place same on the state highway system unless and until such highway is placed on the state system in the manner prescribed by law; nor shall any action or step taken under the provisions of such sections (including the improvement or construction of any county highway) convert any highway into a state highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-13
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, whenever it shall deem such construction expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-25-3 . Such municipality is hereby authorized to purchase within this state and within any adjoining state, solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, such lands, structures, rights of way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights of any person, copartnership, association, railroad or other corporation, or municipality or political subdivision, deemed necessary for the construction of any such bridge, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of such municipality. The State of Mississippi hereby consents to the use of all lands lying under water, which are within the state and are necessary for the construction and operation of any such bridge and the approaches and appurtenances thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-1
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that this chapter is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, and for the promotion of the general welfare.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-125 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-125
Status: in_force

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

(2) The funding for the signs and markers and the erection of the signs and markers shall be made from any funds available to the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area or from any gifts, grants or donations received by the board of directors for the purpose of providing the signs and markers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-113 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-113
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors may provide for the working of public roads with the convicts sentenced to the county jails, or committed for failure to pay the fine and costs imposed upon them; and if they do so, they may make the necessary contracts for that purpose, or employ suitable persons to have charge of and superintend the labor of the convicts. The board of supervisors may require the contractor of any road to take and work the convicts sentenced to the county jail, or committed to same to pay fine and cost imposed upon them, upon such terms and conditions as the said board and contractor may agree upon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-5
Status: in_force

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

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

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

The State Aid Engineer shall adopt a complete, detailed and itemized budget for the Office of State Aid Road Construction, as may be required by the Legislative Budget Office, separate and apart from the budget of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Copies of the detailed budget shall be filed with the Governor, the Legislative Budget Office and the State Fiscal Management Board on or before April 30 of each year, and shall cover anticipated construction and administrative expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. No expenditures shall be made in excess of the budget amount approved and appropriated by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-61
Status: in_force

When any owner of land or other person shall claim compensation for land taken for a public road, or for damages sustained by the construction of a road, he shall petition the board of supervisors, in writing, at the next meeting after the laying out of the road or at the meeting when the report thereof shall be returned, setting forth the nature and character of the damages claimed, whereupon the board shall, on five days' notice to the petitioner, go upon the premises and assess the damages sustained by him. The finding of the board shall be in writing, signed by the members agreeing to it, and must be entered on the minutes at the next meeting; but if the damages sustained and claimed be less than the cost of assessing, the board may allow the same without inquiry.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-13
Status: in_force

The projects upon such county federal aid highway system shall be selected jointly by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission in conformity with the applicable laws, rules, and regulations of the federal government and the public roads administration, of the federal works agency, or any other authorized agency of the federal government. The order of the construction and completion of such projects shall likewise be determined jointly by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission in conformity with such laws, rules, and regulations; the State Highway Commission shall first call upon the several boards of supervisors to select and recommend a series of projects in the respective counties in the order in which, in the opinion of the board or a majority thereof, the projects should be constructed. Such selections and recommendations shall be examined and analyzed by the State Highway Commission and, if found to be proper and correct based on the relative use and importance of such roads, shall be approved by the State Highway Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17
Status: in_force

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

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

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