Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-29-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-9
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by any county or municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such municipality or county. Nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than the revenue collected or collectible from the use of said docks, harbors, and facilities of whatsoever nature, if any, and out of the receipts from the said two-mill ad valorem tax or special levy made by any county or municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-29-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 43-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-19
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-43
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county pursuant to the maximum load limits established in Chapter 5, Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and the posting authority granted in Section 63-5-27(5) may declare what is or may be an unusual or uncommon load or weight to be conveyed on or over the roads, bridges or approaches of any bridges in the county; shall have power to protect their roads and bridges from any unusual or uncommon use where the same is likely to injure or impair their usefulness as public highways; and may recover damages for injuries.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-23-229 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-229
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-229
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners, acting for and in behalf of the district, shall have the right, power, and authority to purchase, hold, and possess such real estate as may be necessary for the purposes for which the district was organized and, in addition thereto, the district organized hereunder shall have the right of eminent domain. If condemnation proceedings become necessary, such proceedings shall be instituted and conducted in the manner as is now provided by law for such condemnation proceedings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.338 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.338
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.338
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Interstate 22 located in Lee County, Mississippi, beginning at Exit 81 and extending easterly to Exit 87, is designated and shall be known as the “Korean War Veterans Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-7-4.1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-4.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-4.1
Status: in_force

The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and determines as a matter of public policy and legislative intent that the proceedings and public hearing required for initial adoption of the official map and county road system register required by Section 65-7-4, Mississippi Code of 1972 , are not intended to lay out, open, designate or otherwise establish new public roads, but to document and record existing roads which are, at the time of the initial adoption of said map and register, adjudicated by the board, consistent with fact, to be public roads by dedication, under the methods provided by statute, or by prescription and required by public convenience and necessity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-18-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 18-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term “local system road” means a road that is included on the county road system as designated under Section 65-7-4 that (a) is functionally classified as a local rural road in accordance with policies on geometric design of highways and streets adopted and published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; (b) provides access to the state aid system, the federal aid system or the designated state highway system; and (c) has an average daily traffic count of four hundred (400) vehicles or less. The term “local system road” includes all drainage related structures except bridges that are included on the National Bridge Inspection Inventory maintained by the Office of State Aid Road Construction. The term “local system road” does not include a road or highway on the designated state highway system or on the state aid road system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-35
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and directed to take over for maintenance and construction, with its own funds, any road formerly maintained as a part of the state highway system leading to an air base, which air base is to be reactivated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 43-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-25
Status: in_force

Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to a special fund created in Section 65-43-9 . The proceeds of such bonds shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Mississippi Transportation Commission under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.114 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.114
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.114
Status: in_force

(1) Mississippi Highway 393 in Winston County is designated and shall be known as the “Cpl. Dustin Jerome 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. § 65-31-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-13
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the rest area, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at such rest area in memory of Dizzy's extraordinary contributions to the sport of baseball.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.21
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 22 which is between the municipalities of Edwards and Canton in Hinds and Madison Counties is hereby designated, and henceforth shall be known as, the “W. Felder Dearman Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to erect memorials at appropriate locations along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-17
Status: in_force

Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter and any interest thereon or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation, except gift, transfer, and inheritance taxes, in so far as may be within the power of the State of Mississippi so to provide.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-309 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-309
Status: in_force

Any such county acting separately or jointly with another county is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, whenever it shall deem such construction expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-23-305 . Authority is hereby granted to any such county or counties to purchase, solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, such lands, rights of way, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights of any person, copartnership, association, railroad or other corporation, municipality, or political subdivision, deemed necessary for the construction of any such bridge, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it or them to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it or them and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of such county or counties. Any such county or counties may acquire such lands, rights of way, easements, and other interest in land by eminent domain in the manner now provided by law. The State of Mississippi hereby consents to the use of all lands lying under water, which are within the state and are necessary for the construction and operation of any such bridge and the approaches and appurtenances thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-29
Status: in_force

For the purpose of the construction and operation of the bridges mentioned in Section 65-21-27 , the board of supervisors of the county, in the construction and management of same shall be vested with all the powers and authority provided by law for bridging streams of the county, including the levy of taxes and the issuance of bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-329 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-329
Status: in_force

This article, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. But this article shall not be construed to repeal the laws under which any bridge has heretofore been constructed or operated by any county of the state and, as to such counties, the present laws shall remain in force and effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.163 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.163
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.163
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 25 within the corporate limits of the Town of Belmont, Mississippi, shall be known and designated as the “Mickey Gene Johnson Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-5
Status: in_force

Prior to the issuance of any bonds hereunder, and precedent to the inauguration of this program, the following steps shall be taken:

(a) Any such board of supervisors is authorized to employ competent engineers or technical assistants to make necessary preliminary plans and specifications and estimates of cost of the construction of any causeways or bridges or other structures in connection with any proposed project or projects which the board may deem necessary and proper. After said preliminary plans, specifications and estimates of cost have been approved by said board, the same shall be filed in the office of the chancery clerk of such county;

(b) Such board of supervisors shall obtain approval by the proper United States governmental authorities of the building of the proposed project, or projects, with regard to questions of navigation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-31
Status: in_force

No bond issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified on the bonds; and all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity. All interest accruing on bonds shall be payable semiannually or annually. If bonds are issued in coupon form, no interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon, and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.111 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.111
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.111
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Wayne County beginning at the Jones/Wayne County line and extending easterly to its intersection with Pleasant Grove-Strengthford Road, is designated and shall be known as the “Hilton ‘Ike’ Shoemake Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7
Status: in_force

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

If at the time of the said hearing twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of such proposed district petition against its creation or against the amount of the bonds proposed, then the district shall not be created unless at an election, ordered by the board of supervisors for the purpose, a majority of the qualified voters of such district, voting in such election, vote in favor of the creation of the district; the board of its own motion may order an election with like effect as if ordered under the foregoing proviso.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-111 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-111
Status: in_force

A failure to comply with the terms of Section 65-7-109 shall constitute a misdemeanor, and any person convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned in jail not to exceed ten days, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 26-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-7
Status: in_force

(1) The intent of the legislature is for the state to invest not more than the amount necessary to pay the principal of and the interest on twenty-five percent (25%) of the bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 , not to exceed the principal amount of ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00), being twenty-five percent (25%) of the forty million dollars ($40,000,000.00) authorized to be issued. In the event the state is required to pay in excess of this amount, the state auditor of public accounts shall maintain a record of such excess expenditures, and the revenue pledged shall continue to be deposited in the bond retirement fund until the principal of and interest on all bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 shall have been paid and the state has been reimbursed for its excess expenditures. The local participation shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of the total obligation incurred by the state, and such amount shall be paid into the bond retirement fund as set forth in this chapter.

(2) The intent of the legislature is for the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Kemper, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo to pay the principal of and the interest on one hundred percent (100%) of the additional bonds in the amount of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00) issued under the authority of subsection (2) of Section 65-26-15 .

(3) If at any time the bond retirement fund has a balance in excess of the amount needed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds maturing in the ensuing two (2) fiscal years, such excess, to the extent necessary, shall be paid into the General Fund of the State of Mississippi until such time as the state has been reimbursed for expenditures in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the total costs of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 and for all expenditures for costs of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (2) of Section 65-26-15 , and the balance of such excess shall be deposited into the bridge construction fund for cash expenditure on the construction of bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-57
Status: in_force

In any county wherein a seawall or road protection structure is maintained under the provisions of this chapter, which has invested surplus funds belonging to a road protection bond and interest sinking fund in the purchase of any notes, certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other interest bearing obligations issued under the authority of Section 65-33-49 , or refunding bonds issued or authorized to be issued in lieu thereof, and such notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or refunding bonds are now held by such county for the use and benefit of such fund, and the board of supervisors of such county finds, by order spread upon its minutes, that the needs of such sinking fund demands it, or that it is to the best interest of the county to reduce such obligations so held to cash, such board of supervisors may authorize to be issued and issue and sell new road protection bonds in the aggregate amount of such notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness so held and authorized for the purpose of providing funds with which to take up, redeem, and cancel such obligations now held in such sinking fund. Upon the issuance of such road protection bonds, the said bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, and refunding bonds issued under authority of said section shall be cancelled.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-9
Status: in_force

(1) The corridor management plan adopted under this chapter shall establish criteria, policies and procedures that will permit county boards of supervisors, municipal governing authorities and the Mississippi Department of Transportation to submit to the advisory committee applications for highways, roads and streets under the governmental entity's respective jurisdiction for nomination as a scenic byway. Nothing in the corridor management plan shall be interpreted as amending or limiting any county or municipal zoning or land use ordinances unless the county or municipality has authorized the amendment according to the procedure provided for in its ordinance. The corridor management plan shall authorize county boards of supervisors and municipal governing authorities to submit one or more plans for one or more highways, roads or streets to be designated a scenic byway that may have management requirements that are more strict than the department's corridor management plan. Such plans for a scenic byway submitted by a county or municipality shall describe the additional management requirements proposed for application to the scenic byway and, if approved by the department, shall apply only to the approved scenic byway. In carrying out the purposes of this chapter and the specific plans for scenic byways, counties and municipalities may include in such specific plans for the corridor (including, but not limited to, medians) provisions for planting and replanting of trees, shrubs and flowers; vegetative buffers, design guidelines and limitations for landscaping, signage and lighting; and noise guidelines and limitations. The authority granted to counties and municipalities under this subsection is supplementary and in addition to any other authority that a county or municipality may have under law.

(2) After receipt of an application, the advisory committee shall hold a public meeting in the geographic area where the proposed scenic byway is located to receive comments and recommendations from the public. Notice of the meeting, along with a description of the highway, road or street proposed as a scenic byway shall be given once each week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks by publication in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county where the proposed scenic byway is located. Following the public meeting, the committee may nominate the highway, road or street as a scenic byway if it is eligible and meets the guidelines established under the program. A highway, road or street that has been nominated by the committee as a scenic byway shall be submitted by the advisory committee to the Legislature at the next regular session of the Legislature following its nomination. A highway, road or street that has been nominated as a scenic byway may be designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway only by its introduction and passage as a legislative bill.

(3) The advisory committee shall review each designated scenic byway not less often than once each two (2) years to make sure that the program participants are meeting their obligations under the plan and that the byway continues to possess the intrinsic qualities and meet the criteria which supported its initial designation. If the committee finds that a designated byway is not being maintained according to established standards or that it has lost its necessary intrinsic qualities, the committee shall report its findings to the Legislature and the Legislature, by legislation, may de-designate the byway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-73
Status: in_force

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

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

(a) The vehicle license plate number;

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

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

(3) A violation of subsection (1) of this section is an infraction subject to a penalty established pursuant to Section 65-43-75 . The collection of civil penalties shall be governed by the civil administrative procedures set forth in Section 65-43-77 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.333 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.333
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.333
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 63 located in Jackson County, Mississippi, beginning at a point one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile south of its intersection with Polktown Road and extending northerly to a point one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile north of its intersection with Polktown Road is designated and shall be known as the “Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Lamar Wells 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. § 65-43-2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-2
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares as a matter of public policy that, for the benefit of the people of this state, it is essential to foster, promote and provide public infrastructure, including toll roads and bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-5
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for any person to turn, alter, or change any public road unless by order of the board of supervisors, under penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense; and an old road shall not be obstructed until the new road is in all respects fit for travel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7
Status: in_force

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

If at the time of the said hearing twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of such proposed district petition against its creation or against the amount of the bonds proposed, then the district shall not be created unless at an election, ordered by the board of supervisors for the purpose, a majority of the qualified voters of such district, voting in such election, vote in favor of the creation of the district; the board of its own motion may order an election with like effect as if ordered under the foregoing proviso.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.139 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.139
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.139
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 49-W within the corporate limits of the City of Drew is designated and shall be known as “Manning Boulevard.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.11
Status: in_force

(1) Mississippi Highway 18 between the municipalities of Raymond and Port Gibson is hereby designated, and henceforth shall be known as, the “Charles H. Griffin Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to erect memorials at appropriate locations along and approaching the designated segment of such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-315 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-315
Status: in_force

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

Either the resolution providing for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds or such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of such county or counties and the governing body thereof in relation to the construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the bridges, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys; and it may also provide that the bridge or bridges shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers employed or designated by the governing body of such county or counties and satisfactory to the original purchasers of the bonds issued therefor, and may also require that the security given by contractors and by any depository of the proceeds of the bonds or revenues of the bridges or other moneys pertaining thereto be satisfactory to such purchasers. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state to act as such depository and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the governing body of such county or counties. Such indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations. Except as in this article otherwise provided, the governing body of such county or counties may provide, by resolution or by such trust indenture, for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the revenues of the bridges to such officer, board, or depository as it may determine for the custody thereof, and for the method of disbursement thereof with such safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the bridge or bridges affected by such indenture.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-57
Status: in_force

The said commission shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the political subdivision. Should said governing body not create the said commission, or should it determine following its creation to revoke the authority of and terminate the said commission, then the powers and authority hereby reposed shall vest in and be exercised by such governing body, the board of supervisors of said county or the governing authority of said city. Such governing body shall by appropriate order fix or approve the rules and regulations of the commission which shall assure that all the costs of administering the bridge properties shall be exclusively borne from bridge revenues and not from any funds derived from taxation; and said governing authority shall by appropriate order fix or approve the compensation, if any, of the commissioners and the extra fees and reasonable allowances to be paid to the clerk of said governing authority to reasonably compensate such clerk for the extra services and work hereby required. The combined total of all of such costs of administering and handling said funds, as above in this section particularized, shall not exceed seven and one-half percent (7 1 / 2 %) of the aggregate sum of the funds received from such bridge revenues and regulated by the provisions hereof; if the commission not be created or be discontinued, such percentage shall be not more than five percent (5%), and no member of the board of supervisors or governing body of such municipality shall be authorized by Sections 65-25-49 to 65-25-61 to receive any additional compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-47
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county, at its next regular or special meeting after receipt of notice of the amount of money apportioned such county, shall spread upon the minutes of such meeting the roads and bridges selected by it to be constructed or improved in its respective district or beat. In the selection of such projects the boards of supervisors shall select roads and bridges which will be of the greatest benefit to the district or beat as a whole, judged from the standpoint of relative use and importance. However, if the board of supervisors selects a portion of the federal aid farm-to-market system, as set up in Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37 , then the road shall be built up to the specifications for the federal aid farm-to-market system, and the funds made available under Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 shall be expended under the provisions of the former sections. No reference is intended to any order of the board of supervisors heretofore made with reference to farm-to-market roads in the respective counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.176 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.176
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.176
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 11 located in Jones County beginning with its intersection with Main Street in the Town of Sandersville and extending northerly to its intersection with the northern town limits of the Town of Sandersville, is designated and shall be known as the “Walter W. Jack, Jr., Memorial Highway. ”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-221 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-221
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-221
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the purposes for which the district is organized and created, the board of commissioners may borrow money at a rate of interest not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum and issue negotiable notes or bonds therefor, signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and the secretary, when authorized by the commissioners, and may pledge all assessments of benefits for the repayment thereof. No bonds issued under the terms of this article shall run for more than thirty years, and all issues of such bonds must be divided so that a portion thereof will mature each year, as other general obligation bonds are now required to be issued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-15
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 are general obligations of the State of Mississippi, and for the payment thereof the full faith and credit of the State of Mississippi is irrevocably pledged. Monies in the Gaming Counties Sinking Bond Fund, created in Section 65-39-3 , shall be expended to pay the interest on, and principal of, the bonds issued under Section 65-39-5 . If the amount in the sinking fund is insufficient to pay the interest on, and principal of, such bonds as they become due, then the deficiency shall be paid by the State Treasurer from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. All such bonds shall contain recitals on their faces substantially covering the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.55
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 7 beginning at the corporate limits of the City of Coffeeville and extending southerly to the Yalabousha County line shall be known as the “C.F. ‘Pappy’ Franklin Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of Mississippi Highway 7 described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-23
Status: in_force

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

Where any municipality may be entitled to a portion of any road tax under the laws in effect prior to the adoption of this section which has not yet been paid to it, such municipality shall be entitled to receive payment thereof on application to the board of supervisors of the county in which it is located, and the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to pay to such municipality its portion of such tax.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-1
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of each county shall have full jurisdiction over all matters relating to the public roads of the county, including the establishment, laying out, opening, abandonment, altering, changing, working and maintaining of such roads, except as otherwise provided by Section 170 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 .

(2) All roads now laid out and opened or hereafter laid out and opened according to law shall be deemed public roads and highways and shall be opened and worked at least sixteen (16) feet wide, wherever practicable, and in any case not less than twelve (12) feet, and any greater width that may be necessary. Ditches and borrow pits shall be kept open or connected so as to drain off the water from the road bed, as far as practicable.

(3) From and after July 1, 2000, no road shall be included as a part of the county road system until and unless the board of supervisors, by appropriate action spread on its minutes, has established or accepted such road and caused the road to be included in the official record of the county road system as provided in Section 65-7-4 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-63
Status: in_force

Such refunding bonds shall bear such rate or rates of interest as may be determined by the board of supervisors, not exceeding, however, three and one-half per centum per annum, payable semiannually; shall be in such denomination or denominations and form as may be determined by the board of supervisors; shall be executed on behalf of the county by the president of the board of supervisors, countersigned by the clerk of such board; and the interest to accrue on such bonds shall be represented by coupons to be attached thereto, which may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Such refunding bonds shall mature in such amount or amounts and at such time or times, not exceeding twenty-five years from date thereof, as may be specified by the board of supervisors. All such refunding bonds and interest thereon shall be payable at the office of the state treasurer of the State of Mississippi in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, and a certified copy of the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such refunding bonds shall be filed in said office. The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-71 shall in no way be construed as state obligations or state bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-31
Status: in_force

Where contracts are let upon competitive bids, if the commissioners deem the bids too high, they are authorized to reject all bids.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 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 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.223 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.223
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.223
Status: in_force

(1) That section of U.S. Highway 84 in Wayne County beginning from the West Shady Grove Church Road and extending westerly to the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and Eucutta Road is designated and shall be known as the “John Lewis ‘Louie’ Pitts Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that section of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 43-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37
Status: in_force

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

The county auditor shall have prepared proper warrants for the disbursement of district road funds and shall issue such warrants when properly authorized by ordinance of the board of supervisors. All the costs and expenses of organizing such road district and of constructing, maintaining, and working the highways, roads, bridges, and culverts, except county bridges maintained by the county, shall be paid out of such fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-23
Status: in_force

When a bridge shall be necessary over a stream or any other body of water which divides one county from another, or a bridge over a river or any other body of water flowing from one county into another shall be necessary at the intersection of the river and the line between the counties, (or necessary to two or more counties and within five miles of each of said counties), the boards of supervisors of all interested counties to which it may be necessary may join in the agreement for building, repairing, and keeping the same. The charge therefor shall be defrayed by all such interested counties as may be agreed upon by the boards of all of said counties; and if the board of supervisors of one county refuses to join in the agreement, the other county or counties may construct the bridge, with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county refusing or failing to join, and have exclusive control of it and charge toll thereon against citizens of the county not joining in the building. The will of the several boards of supervisors hereunder shall be expressed by a resolution duly adopted, entered on the minutes, and published in a newspaper in the county, if there be one; if there be no newspaper in the county, then in a newspaper in an adjoining county, for three weeks before such resolution shall take effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13
Status: in_force

No existing law providing methods for the construction or maintenance of any public highway, bridges, or culverts of the county or special or separate road district shall be affected by Section 65-15-9 ; and it does not supersede or impair the obligation of any county to levy a sufficient legal ad valorem tax for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public highways, bridges, or culverts, or a sufficient ad valorem tax to pay the interest or principal of any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued for the purpose of building bridges and constructing public roads. Nor does it supersede or impair any right to issue bonds for any purpose, and it shall not alter, amend or repeal any statute except insofar as such statutes are inconsistent herewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-227 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-227
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-227
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects and purposes of this article the board of commissioners shall have full power and authority to negotiate and enter into contract or contracts with the federal government or any of its agencies, the Mississippi State Highway Commission, the state highway commission of any adjoining state where said bridge may be located, any counties, cities, or town of the State of Mississippi or of any adjoining state whereby the district may receive financial aid in the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge and approaches thereto; to contract for the joint ownership thereof and the means and manner of operating and maintaining said bridge and approaches thereto. The powers herein granted to the board of commissioners shall have broad and liberal construction for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-57
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 “Biloxi-D'Iberville Scenic Expressway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. as it reaches completion:

Beginning at the intersection of Highway 67 and Interstate I-10 and travel northerly along Highway 67 to the intersection of Highway 67 and U.S. Highway 49.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.57
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Interstate 20 within the State of Mississippi shall be known as the “31st Infantry Division Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-11
Status: in_force

The amount of federal funds made available to the State of Mississippi for secondary and feeder roads under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] which is allotted to the counties as provided in Section 65-11-9 , shall be apportioned among the counties of this state by the State Highway Commission in the following manner: one third in the ratio which the area of each county bears to the total area of the state; one third in the ratio which the rural population of each county bears to the total rural population of the state, as shown by the federal census of 1940; and one third in the ratio which the mileage of rural delivery and star routes in each county bears to the total mileage of rural delivery and star routes in the state. The amount of federal funds so apportioned to each county shall be matched by state funds apportioned to the State Highway Fund to carry out the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 as hereinafter provided; in the event the amount so appropriated for such State Highway Fund is insufficient to entirely match the federal funds allotted to county highways, then the amount of such fund shall be apportioned among the counties in the same manner as herein provided. “Rural population” and “rural delivery” routes as used in this section shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626].
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.25
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge on Mississippi Highway 63 in Jackson County that spans the Escatawpa River is designated and shall be known as the “Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Transportation Department shall erect and maintain an appropriate plaque at each end of the bridge, and suitable markers along and approaching the bridge, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-25
Status: in_force

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

Where said ferriage fund is being supplemented by funds as herein provided from any municipality or municipalities within said county, and said ferriage and other things pertaining thereto are to be supervised and operated by a ferry commission, then said commission shall be composed of the president of the board of supervisors of said county, the mayor or mayors of any such municipality or municipalities that may contribute to said fund as herein provided, and one other person to be chosen by the governor and who shall serve during the tenure of such ferry operation, shall act as chairman of said commission, and shall be the only member of said commission to receive compensation, such compensation to be paid out of funds hereinabove designated and set aside for ferry purposes and shall be fixed at $1,200.00 per annum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-319 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-319
Status: in_force

When the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for their payment and shall continue to be held for that purpose, the county or counties issuing such bonds shall cease to charge tolls for the use of such bridge or bridges; and thereafter such bridge or bridges shall be free.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-33
Status: in_force

In addition to any authority granted to the Division of State Aid Road Construction in Chapter 9, Title 65, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and notwithstanding any general prohibition contained therein with respect to the administration by the division of certain federal funds on designated state highways, the division is authorized and empowered to administer a project utilizing available federal funds to reconstruct that portion of designated Mississippi Highway 182 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, that spans the Tombigbee River on Federal Aid Urban Route Number 9539, jurisdiction for the maintenance of which is, on March 12, 1990, vested in Lowndes County pursuant to an agreement executed by the county, the State Highway Commission and the City of Columbus.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 43-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85
Status: in_force

The processing agency may contract with a collection agency to collect unpaid toll evasion penalties, fees and charges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-141 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-141
Status: in_force

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

Northern District--Union County:

An extension of Mississippi 30 in the City of New Albany beginning at its intersection with Mississippi 178 and extending east and northerly to its intersection with Sam T. Barkley Road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-26-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 26-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Highway Commission, subject to the Corps of Engineers' approval of the plans, is hereby granted full and complete authority to perform any act necessary and proper to plan, construct and maintain any or all of the bridges or tunnels, authorized by subsection (2) of this section as funds are available, which shall span the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway from the funds derived from this chapter and any other funds available for such construction except that no state funds other than those explicitly provided by this chapter shall be used.

(2)(a) The Highway Commission may construct bridges or tunnels, whichever is more feasible as determined by the commission, only on United States Highways 45, 72, 78, 82 and 278 and Mississippi Highways 4, 6, 25, 30 and 50, as funds are available as authorized by this chapter.

(b) Any bridge or tunnel constructed on United States Highways 45, 72, 78 and 82 shall have four (4) lanes. Any bridge or tunnel constructed on United States Highway 278 and Mississippi Highways 4, 6, 25, 30 and 50 shall have two (2) lanes. The bridges or tunnels shall be constructed by order of priority as determined by the Highway Commission based on the criteria of keeping the construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on schedule.

(c) The Highway Commission is hereby authorized and directed, in the discharge of its duties under this chapter, to cooperate with the Corps of Engineers, and Department of Transportation and any other federal agency to receive any available federal funds or to secure the assumption by the federal government of all or any part of the costs of planning or constructing the bridges or tunnels and shall enter into an agreement that any bridges or tunnels on highways constructed or reconstructed, in whole or in part, with federal funds allocated for the purposes of this chapter shall be owned and operated by the State of Mississippi, and that the state will operate and maintain such bridges or tunnels or highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-53
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(2) Outdoor advertising as identified in the Lower Mississippi Historic Byway Corridor Management Plan shall be allowed on U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 84 within the corporate limits of the impacted municipalities along the byway subject to the zoning and signage statutes and ordinances of the state and the impacted municipalities. Outdoor advertising outside of a municipality's corporate limit must be in compliance with applicable local, state and federal guidelines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-41
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for any person to drive a wagon, carriage, or other vehicle of any description drawn by animal power or to ride, leap, or drive any horse, mule, or any description of cattle over or upon any bridge erected in any county by authority of the board of supervisors or in a city, town, or village at a faster gait than a walk; and every person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, fined five dollars ($5.00). But the board of supervisors or municipal authorities shall cause to be fixed up and kept at each end of the bridge, in some conspicuous place, a board on which shall be painted in large letters, “five dollars ($5.00) fine for riding or driving any animal over this bridge at a faster gait than a walk”; and on neglect of such notice, such fine shall not be incurred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.92 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-23-319 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-319
Status: in_force

When the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for their payment and shall continue to be held for that purpose, the county or counties issuing such bonds shall cease to charge tolls for the use of such bridge or bridges; and thereafter such bridge or bridges shall be free.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-35
Status: in_force

In addition to any authority granted to the Division of State Aid Road Construction in Chapter 9, Title 65, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and notwithstanding any general prohibition contained therein with respect to the administration by the division of certain federal funds on designated state highways, the division is authorized and empowered to administer a project utilizing available federal and state funds to reconstruct that portion of designated Mississippi Highway 407 in Attala County, Mississippi, that spans Tibby Creek in Section 25, Township 16 North, Range 9 East, jurisdiction for the maintenance of which is, on April 17, 2017, vested in Attala County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.109 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.109
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.109
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Adams County, beginning at its intersection with Hobo Forks and extending easterly to the Adams/Franklin County line, designated and shall be known as the “Richard Wright 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. § 65-11-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Management Board shall notify the board of supervisors of each county of the amount of money to be available for expenditure in such county from any appropriation made by the state for the purpose of Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 . The board of supervisors, upon the receipt of such notice, shall divide the amount available for such county among the five (5) supervisors districts. All funds which may be appropriated for the purpose of said sections shall be expended for materials and labor in construction and improvement of county roads and bridges selected by the board of supervisors of each county. However, the board of supervisors shall first select for construction and reconstruction all school bus routes and, next, rural mail routes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-29
Status: in_force

This chapter, as to the subject matters hereof, shall supersede all other laws, general, special, or local, including charters of municipalities. Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter shall have no power thereafter to issue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of Sections 59-7-1 to 59-7-21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , unless and until all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, and interest thereon, have been fully paid and discharged.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-143.2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.2
Status: in_force

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

Northern District--Coahoma County:

That segment of highway beginning six-tenths (.6) of a mile east of the termination of state maintenance of Mississippi Highway 316 and extending northwesterly to its intersection with U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61, and that segment of highway extending westerly from its intersection with U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61 to its intersection with the eastern city limits of Friars Point, Mississippi.

(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way, are removed or relocated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-9
Status: in_force

Upon a determination by the board of supervisors that (a) equipment of the county road department has ceased to be used for purposes of the road department; and (b) such equipment has been owned by the road department for at least three (3) years; and (c) such equipment may be of use or benefit to another department of county government; and (d) the transfer of the equipment to another department of county government would promote the best interest of county government; and (e) upon the unanimous approval of the board of supervisors, such surplus equipment may be transferred to any other department of county government without the necessity of reimbursement to the road and bridge fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-43
Status: in_force

In all counties where the bonds of the county are or have been issued under this chapter or any previous statutes of a similar character, the boards of supervisors may levy and collect a privilege tax on each person resident in such county driving an automobile or other motor vehicle on any of the public streets or highways of the county, not exceeding two dollars. The amount of said tax may be varied in case more than one member of a family pays such tax, the funds arising therefrom to be applied in the same manner as funds arising under Sections 65-33-45 to 65-33-49 are applied. The boards of supervisors shall have the power, and it shall be the duty of such boards, to levy annually on all the taxable property in such counties, and to collect a special tax sufficient to cover any deficiency, if such deficiency occur, in the amount necessary to meet annually such interest and sinking fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-83
Status: in_force

Whenever the owners of not less than one-half of the land bordering on or adjacent to any section of road established shall petition for a survey and estimate of the cost of building the road in a substantial and permanent manner of stone, gravel, chert, slag, brick, a combination of such material, or of any material equally durable and economical, the board may cause a survey and estimate to be made by a licensed civil engineer. Whenever thereafter the petitioners shall present to the board a map or description of the land which in their opinion would be directly benefited by the construction of such road, together with the written requests of the owners of not less than three-fifths of such land asking that all lands so benefited be assessed in proportion to the benefit conferred to pay one-third of the cost of construction, the board may levy and collect a special tax on such lands sufficient to pay one third of the cost thereof. Such lands shall be known as the benefit district of such section of road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-57
Status: in_force

Such transfer shall in no way release any such road district from any of the obligations of its bond issue, nor obligate the county in any way to assume any responsibility for the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-53
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching said highway and, further, to erect a suitable memorial marker between Pisgah, Mississippi, and the Town of Morton, Mississippi, at a site to be chosen with the approval of the family of Perry Davis.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-63
Status: in_force

Such refunding bonds shall bear such rate or rates of interest as may be determined by the board of supervisors, not exceeding, however, three and one-half per centum per annum, payable semiannually; shall be in such denomination or denominations and form as may be determined by the board of supervisors; shall be executed on behalf of the county by the president of the board of supervisors, countersigned by the clerk of such board; and the interest to accrue on such bonds shall be represented by coupons to be attached thereto, which may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Such refunding bonds shall mature in such amount or amounts and at such time or times, not exceeding twenty-five years from date thereof, as may be specified by the board of supervisors. All such refunding bonds and interest thereon shall be payable at the office of the state treasurer of the State of Mississippi in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, and a certified copy of the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such refunding bonds shall be filed in said office. The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-71 shall in no way be construed as state obligations or state bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-29
Status: in_force

The trustees shall each receive not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) per diem, and ten cents (10¢) per mile for distance traveled while actually performing the business of the authority. The compensation herein authorized shall apply for no more than fourteen days per member during any calendar year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-59
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the authority of Sections 65-33-57 and 65-33-59 shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county issuing the same; shall mature within fifteen years of their date of issuance in such annual maturities and denominations as the board of supervisors may direct; shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed five and one half per centum per annum, payable semiannually; may be issued without notice or an election therefor; and shall not be subject to any limitation relative to amount of bonded debt. Such bonds and the interest thereon shall be payable both as to principal and interest from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any of the provisions of House Bill No. 287 [ch. 130] as enacted at the Regular 1938 Session of the Mississippi Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-37-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-1
Status: in_force

(1) There is established a local system bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to be administered by the State Aid Engineer for the purpose of assisting counties and municipalities in the replacement and rehabilitation of certain bridges located on local road systems in the counties and in incorporated municipalities within the counties. In order to be eligible under this program, a bridge must be a deficient bridge as defined by Section 65-37-3(1)(a) .

(2) In the replacement or rehabilitation of bridges pursuant to this chapter, consideration may be given to utilizing timber products on some projects, provided that such projects using timber products will be comparable in cost to, and can be constructed to meet current standards for, similar projects using concrete and steel.

(3) The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to permit routes on which projects are performed under this chapter to be eligible for inclusion on the state aid road system except in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-9-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-201
Status: in_force

When any person shall desire to have a private road laid out through the land of another, when necessary for ingress and egress, he shall apply by petition, stating the facts and reasons, to the special court of eminent domain created under Section 11-27-3 of the county where the land or part of it is located, and the case shall proceed as nearly as possible as provided in Title 11, Chapter 27 for the condemnation of private property for public use. The court sitting without a jury shall determine the reasonableness of the application. The owner of the property shall be a necessary party to the proceedings. If the court finds in favor of the petitioner, all damages that the jury determines the landowner should be compensated for shall be assessed against and shall be paid by the person applying for the private road, and he shall pay all the costs and expenses incurred in the proceedings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-25
Status: in_force

In any county where tolls collected for the use of a bridge or bridges are allocated to the payment of the bonds issued for the construction of said bridge, interest, sinking fund, and the expense of operating and maintaining said bridge or bridges, if the tolls so collected are more than sufficient to meet the payment of said bonds as they severally mature, the interest thereon, the sinking fund, and the expenses of operating and maintaining said bridge or bridges, the board of supervisors may, in their discretion, transfer to the county road and bridge fund any excess of tolls collected over and above the amount necessary to pay the maturing bonds, interest, sinking fund, and expenses of maintaining and operating said bridge or bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-25
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state are required, within sixty days after receipt of a petition signed by twenty-five or more regular travelers of any public highway within their respective county, to have prepared and properly posted along said highway certain sign or signal boards at such intervals as may be deemed necessary to avoid danger for speedy travel, not exceeding four to the mile, with such inscriptions written thereon as will sufficiently warn the traveling public of the danger zones thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-27
Status: in_force

Whenever any county is ineligible for state aid under the provisions of this chapter for a continuous period of four (4) years, then such county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the funds in the State Aid Road Fund theretofore allocated to it; and the balance of such funds so theretofore allocated to it shall be reallocated pro rata between all other eligible counties in the same relative proportions as those specified in any law providing state aid road funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-11.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11.nr2
Status: in_force

In any county having road or bridge bonds outstanding, and having on hand in the county treasury to the credit of a special fund set aside from the county's share of the gasoline tax for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds, or to the credit of bond and interest sinking funds, a sufficient amount to pay the principal of and interest on all such road or bridge bonds outstanding, the board of supervisors shall no longer be required to set aside any part of the county's share of the gasoline tax or the county's share of motor vehicle privilege taxes, to be used in paying the principal and interest of such road or bridge bonds as they mature. In any such case, however, the funds already set aside from the county's share of the gasoline tax or the county's share of the motor vehicle privilege taxes, for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, shall be applied to the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds as they mature and shall not be used by the board of supervisors for any other purpose; however, when all of said bonds shall have been paid, any balance remaining in said funds may be transferred by the board of supervisors to the county road or bridge maintenance fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) The term “cost of bridge,” as applied to a bridge to be constructed pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such construction, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for eighteen months after acceptance of the completed work by the governing body of such county or counties, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and of legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and the construction of the bridge and the placing of the bridge in operation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-61
Status: in_force

Sections 65-25-49 to 65-25-61 shall be in addition to and supplemental to all other laws pertinent to the operation of said bridge but, to the extent the subjects herein contained are covered in such prior enactments, the cited sections and the enactments hereof shall be deemed to supersede such former laws and enactments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-3-71.134 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.134
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.134
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 63 within the corporate limits of the City of Moss Point is designated and shall be known as “Louis Jackson Boulevard.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-19
Status: in_force

The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by Section 65-29-11 shall be vested in, and may be exercised from time to time by, the governing body of any municipality or county described in said section. Such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the governing body of any such municipality and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding twenty-five years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding six per centum per annum, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of prior redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution or resolutions shall provide. Such bonds or other obligations may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the governing body of such municipality or county shall determine, provided that the interest cost to maturity of the money received from any issue of said bonds or other obligations shall not exceed six per centum per annum. Such bonds or other obligations may be issued by any municipality or county described in Section 65-29-11 in a principal amount not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, for any purpose or purposes authorized by said section. Such municipality or county shall have the power out of any funds available to purchase any bonds or other obligations issued by it pursuant to this chapter, and all bonds or other obligations so purchased shall be cancelled and no bonds or other obligations shall be issued in lieu thereof. In anticipation of the issuance of the definitive bonds authorized by this chapter, any such municipality or county may issue interim certificates. Such interim certificates shall be in such form, contain such terms, conditions, or provisions, bear such dates or date, and evidence such agreement or agreements relating to their discharge by payment or by the delivery of the definitive bonds, as such municipality or county by resolution of its governing body may determine. Any bonds, interim certificates, or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-55
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to violate any provision of the federal or state constitutions, and all acts done under this chapter shall be done in such manner as will conform thereto, whether herein expressly provided or not. Where any procedure hereunder may be held by any court to be violative of either of such constitutions, the authority shall have the power by resolution to provide an alternative procedure conformable with such constitutions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of one or more counties, acting individually or jointly by agreement with the private owner or owners, may purchase and maintain toll-free one or more toll bridges in one or more counties. However, this section and 65-21-17 shall not apply to any interstate bridge, nor the bridge across the Pascagoula River at Pascagoula, Mississippi, nor to any bridge on any designated state highway maintained in whole or in part by the state highway department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.102 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.102
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.102
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 29 in Jones County, beginning at the Jones/Perry County line and extending to the southern city limits of Ellisville is designated and shall be known as the “Albert B. Shows Memorial Highway.”

(2)(a) 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.

(b) The Mississippi Department of Transportation is directed to relocate the signage placed by the cemetery at the southern city limits of Ellisville on Mississippi Highway 29 to approximately one hundred (100) yards south of Augusta Road on the Interstate 59 and Mississippi Highway 590 bypass.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-3-71.313 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.313
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.313
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 589 in Lamar County, Mississippi, beginning one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile north of its intersection with Victory Road and extending one (1) mile south, is designated as the “Benjamin J. Deen 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. § 65-21-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-7
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors may, when the same cannot otherwise be conveniently maintained, establish, license, construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or ferry on any part of a public road, and shall fix and regulate the tolls.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-11
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission, in its discretion, by order duly adopted and entered upon its official minutes, may authorize the Katrina Volunteers Memorial Fountain Committee, acting under board approved sponsorship of the Diamondhead Continuing Education, Inc., and at its own expense, to design, construct and maintain at a location approved by the commission on property of the welcome center near I-10 in western Hancock County, a fountain and suitable memorial in recognition and appreciation of the thousands of volunteers who donated their time and money to assist the citizens of Mississippi in recovering from the destruction and in the rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-7
Status: in_force

Any political subdivision desiring the assistance of the state in order to construct or improve any highways or highway segments, the primary purpose of such construction or improvement being to encourage a private company to engage in a high economic benefit project within the geographic boundaries of the political subdivision, may apply to the board for such approval and assistance. The application from the political subdivision shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) A description of the highways or highway segments requested to be constructed or improved;

(b) A certified resolution from the governing authorities of the political subdivision detailing the source and amount of funds which the political subdivision has committed or is willing to commit for construction or improvement of such highways or highway segments;

(c) A certified copy of a signed letter of intent from the private company to the political subdivision describing in detail the high economic benefit project in which it is committed to engage upon construction or improvement of the highways or highway segments within the political subdivision and the proposed timetable for completion of such project;

(d) Demonstration that the private company is financially sound and is likely to fulfill the commitments made in its letter of intent; and

(e) An estimate by the private company of the number, size and weight of motor vehicles and the frequency of travel of such vehicles upon the highways or highway segments requested to be constructed or improved after completion of the project by the private company.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-27
Status: in_force

In case any public highway of any county in the state shall cross any river or stream on such highway within the boundaries of any municipality, in whole or in part, and it shall be deemed by the board of supervisors to be to the interest of the public that a free or toll bridge be constructed across such stream at the expense and under jurisdiction of the county, and the municipal authorities of such municipality shall by ordinance express a willingness that such bridge be constructed and maintained at the expense of the county, the board of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to establish, construct, and maintain such bridge either as a free or toll bridge, as in case of other bridges of the county and to the full extent as now authorized by law in such cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.368 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.368
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.368
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 45 located in Wayne County, Mississippi, beginning at a point one-tenth ( 1 / 10 ) of a mile North of the Highway 84 West exit on U.S. Highway 45 and extending northerly for a distance of approximately three (3) miles to a point one-tenth ( 1 / 10 ) of a mile South of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Pleasant Grove Chapparal Road is designated and shall be known as the “Army Sergeant Eric C. Newman 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. § 65-3-71.159 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.159
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.159
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 370 in Lee County beginning at the western boundary line of the City of Baldwyn and extending westerly to its intersection with Brices Cross Roads, is designated and shall be known as the “Trooper Steve Hood 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. § 65-3-71.173 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.173
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.173
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 98 located in George County beginning with its intersection with Mississippi Highway 198 and extending northerly to its intersection with the George/Greene County line, is designated and shall be known as the “A.C. Hillman Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-347 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-347
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-347
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed so as to deprive the owner of the property or interest in the property which is the subject of acquisition pursuant to this article of due process of law as guaranteed by the Constitutions of the State of Mississippi and of the United States.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7
Status: in_force

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

If at the time of the said hearing twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of such proposed district petition against its creation or against the amount of the bonds proposed, then the district shall not be created unless at an election, ordered by the board of supervisors for the purpose, a majority of the qualified voters of such district, voting in such election, vote in favor of the creation of the district; the board of its own motion may order an election with like effect as if ordered under the foregoing proviso.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-9
Status: in_force

All penalties and forfeitures incurred by the owner or keeper of a toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road may be recovered by suit on the bond of the owner or keeper, one half to go to the person who sues for it, the other half to be paid into the county treasury; and damages may likewise be recovered against such owner or keeper by suit on the bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-39
Status: in_force

This article, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. But this article shall not be construed to repeal the laws under which any bridge has heretofore been constructed or operated by any county of the state and, as to such counties, the present laws shall remain in force and effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-11
Status: in_force

In event any such bonds be authorized by said election for the purpose of building or constructing any causeway or bridge to any island or islands, then and in that event, and before any of said bonds shall be sold or delivered, the said board shall take necessary steps to acquire title to all of the land on such island or islands, susceptible of private ownership, not belonging to the United States government or the State of Mississippi (exclusive of any historic fort or fortress belonging to a patriotic association with not exceeding five acres of land surrounding the same); or for binding option or other enforceable legal right to acquire the same at a price satisfactory to the said board. However, no land shall be purchased from any private owner who has acquired title to said land during the last 12 months at a price in excess of the cost to the person acquiring same except by condemnation in a court at law.

After the bond election has carried and after options have been obtained and other provisions enforceable at law satisfactory to said board of supervisors have been made for the acquisition of the land as hereinabove provided, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to employ a suitable engineer or engineers to make final plans, specifications, and estimates of cost of construction of the additional and supplementary protection for public roads and highways and the building and construction of any causeways, bridges, or other projects authorized by Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 . Upon adoption of such plans and specifications and approval thereof by such board, or upon such adoption and approval of any revision thereof which may be made from time to time, said board of supervisors may proceed to sell and deliver said bonds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and proceed to enter into necessary contracts to the lowest and best bidder, after advertising therefor in the manner by statute provided, and do all other things necessary toward the accomplishment of the work contemplated by such plans and specifications and to acquire in the name of such county such property or rights in property as may be necessary for the construction and execution of such plans and specifications and in compliance with the provisions of said sections relative to the acquisition of title to land on any island or islands. Said board of supervisors shall have the right to acquire by purchase, gift, or eminent domain any land or lands deemed necessary for roads, roadways, parks, recreation projects, seashore parks, or other public grounds approved by such board; no lands so acquired by eminent domain by said board for such public purposes shall be sold. Other lands on such island or islands so acquired by such board may be subdivided into lots, blocks, and building sites and sold, either at public auction, or prices may be placed upon individual lots and placed on sale to the public at such prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by said board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.111 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.111
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.111
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Wayne County beginning at the Jones/Wayne County line and extending easterly to its intersection with Pleasant Grove-Strengthford Road, is designated and shall be known as the “Hilton ‘Ike’ Shoemake 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. § 65-41-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 41-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-69
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(d) Robertson Gin Road Extension Branch: Beginning at the intersection of U.S. Highway 51 and Commerce Street in DeSoto County and continuing south along U.S. Highway 51 to Oak Grove Road; thence westward on Oak Grove Road to Robinson Gin Road; then south along Robinson Gin Road to Wheeler Road; thence westward along Wheeler Road to its point of terminus at Hernando Point at Arkabutla Lake.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 39-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-7
Status: in_force

The principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under Section 65-39-5 shall be payable in the manner provided in this section. Such bonds shall bear such date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates (not to exceed the limits set forth in Section 75-17-101 ), be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature absolutely at such time or times, be redeemable before maturity at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by resolution of the State Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.347 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.347
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.347
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 45 located in Prentiss County, Mississippi, beginning at the boundary between Lee County and Prentiss County and extending north for two (2) miles is designated and shall be known as the “Senator John White 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. § 65-11-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-57
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of Sections 65-11-39 to 65-11-59 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.41
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U. S. Highway 11 in the City of Hattiesburg beginning at its intersection with South 28th Avenue Extension and proceeding southwesterly to where U. S. Highway 11 intersects with Interstate Highway 59 is designated and shall be known as “Veterans Memorial Drive.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on and along that portion of U. S. Highway 11 described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-17
Status: in_force

In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility, the state, county, city, town, or village highway authorities are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or to designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street, and to exercise jurisdiction over service roads in the same manner as is authorized over controlled-access facilities under the terms of this chapter if, in their opinion, such local service roads and streets are necessary or desirable. Such local service roads or streets shall be of appropriate design, and shall be separated from the controlled-access facility proper by means of all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the proper authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-17-105 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-105
Status: in_force

The road accountant shall be the purchasing agent of the county and, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, shall purchase all materials, implements, and supplies used in such road and bridge work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may raise funds for working, constructing, reconstructing, and maintaining public roads or for building bridges by an ad valorem tax on all assessed taxable property in the county or supervisors district or districts, or by a bond issue, or by either or both of said methods.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-7-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-13
Status: in_force

For all counties where this has not already been done, the state highway department or the state highway engineer shall prepare and file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the said several counties of the state, plans and specifications for highway sign or guide boards, showing the construction, size, material, color, and how said sign or guide boards are to be erected on the roads or highways within the said several counties. All such specifications are to be uniform, so as to obtain a uniform system of highway sign or guide board markers throughout the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-203 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-203
Status: in_force

If, upon the hearing provided in section 65-23-201 , petitions are presented to the chancery court signed by property owners within the proposed district who own a majority of the real property in said district as determined by the value thereof, praying that the improvement be made, it shall be the duty of the chancery court to make an order establishing the district without further inquiry; however, this shall not preclude the rights of appeal hereinabove provided. If no such petitions are filed in the chancery court, then the question of whether such improvement be made shall be submitted to a special election held for the purpose. If a majority of those voting in said election approve the improvement, then upon proper certification thereof the matter may be submitted to the chancery court, and the court shall proceed to investigate the matters relevantly before the court. If it is the opinion of the court that such district should be formed, an order may be entered to that effect. The petitions of the property owners in this section referred to may be signed by any person, firm, or corporation owning real property therein; and guardians may sign for their wards, and fiduciaries may sign for the property they represent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-31
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall become necessary to construct, widen, or protect any highway under the provisions hereof, the road protection commission shall make publication for thirty days in some newspaper published in the county wherein such improvements are made, setting forth the commencement and termination, with a general outline of the nature and extent thereof. When any owner of land or other person shall claim compensation for land taken for such purpose, or for damage sustained by the construction, widening, improvement, or protection of such road or highway, he shall petition the board of supervisors in writing within thirty days after the expiration of the time provided for such publication, setting forth the nature and character of the damages claimed. Thereupon the board shall, on five days' notice to petitioner, go on the premises and assess the damages sustained by him. The finding of the board shall be in writing, signed by the members agreeing to it, and must be entered on the minutes at the next meeting; but if the damages sustained and claimed be less than the cost of assessing, the board may allow the same without inquiry.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-23
Status: in_force

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

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

The State of Mississippi, acting by and through the state highway commission as an agency thereof, may receive from the federal government or any agency thereof funds specifically allotted or appropriated by the federal government for constructing, acquiring, maintaining, and repairing bridges across the Mississippi River, which the state highway commission may by resolution allocate to pay the costs or any part thereof of constructing, acquiring, maintaining, repairing, and operating any bridge or bridges acquired, constructed, or improved under this article and to the payment of principal and interest of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 18-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-13
Status: in_force

All rights-of-way and adjustments for utilities necessary for Local System Road Program projects must be acquired or performed by the boards of supervisors in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of rights-of-way, including gift, purchase, deed, dedication and eminent domain; however, no part of the cost of such rights-of-way may be paid from Local System Road Program funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-223 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-223
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-223
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by the board of commissioners shall be secured by liens on all lands, railroads, and tramroads in the district. The board of commissioners shall be required to levy a tax annually and to collect same under the provisions of this article so long as it is necessary and required to pay any bonds or obligations issued under the authority herein granted. The making of such levy of tax on the assessment of benefits and collection thereof may be enforced by proper proceedings in court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-13-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-51
Status: in_force

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

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

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

If no applications acceptable to the trustees are received by the time stated in the notice, the trustees shall designate some bank or banks within or without the authority upon such terms and conditions as they may find advantageous to the authority.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-70 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-70
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-70
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge which spans the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on U. S. Highway 72 shall be designated and henceforth known as the “William Russell Bonds Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to erect appropriate markers at each end of such bridge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.224 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.224
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.224
Status: in_force

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

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

Upon the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors as outlined above, it shall be the duty of said board to fix a time and place for a public hearing upon the question of the public convenience and necessity for the creation of the proposed authority. The date fixed for such hearing shall be not more than thirty days after the filing of the petition, and the date of the hearing, the place at which it shall be held, and the purpose of the hearing shall be set forth in a notice to be signed by the clerk of the board of said county. Said notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within such county once a week for at least three consecutive weeks prior to the date of such hearing. The first such publication shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date of such hearing, and the last such publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to the date of such hearing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-3-71.57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.57
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Interstate 20 within the State of Mississippi shall be known as the “31st Infantry Division Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-49 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-49
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of counties who do not have an engineer employed are hereby authorized and empowered to employ a competent engineer to prepare all necessary surveys, plans, and specifications and to supervise the construction and repairing of roads and bridges in their respective counties. The salary of same shall be paid from the common fund of said county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-141 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-141
Status: in_force

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

Northern District--Union County:

An extension of Mississippi 30 in the City of New Albany beginning at its intersection with Mississippi 178 and extending east and northerly to its intersection with Sam T. Barkley Road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-205
Status: in_force

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

No commissioner shall be eligible to discharge the duties of his office until the oath herein required has been taken.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-51.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-51.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-51.nr2
Status: in_force

All contracts for the construction of projects under the terms and provisions of Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 shall be let and awarded by the board of supervisors in the manner and method now provided by law for the awarding of contracts for the improvement and construction of county roads and bridges. The cost and expense of the letting of such contracts shall be paid by the county, or from any funds provided for such purpose. In counties having sufficient equipment and labor, the boards of supervisors may build the roads and bridges without the letting of contracts, and may pay for labor and material therefor out of any funds appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of the aforesaid sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 41-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-57
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 “Biloxi-D'Iberville Scenic Expressway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. as it reaches completion:

Beginning at the intersection of Highway 67 and Interstate I-10 and travel northerly along Highway 67 to the intersection of Highway 67 and U.S. Highway 49.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-9
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) Amounts deposited into such special fund shall be disbursed to pay the expenses described in subsection (1) of this section. If any monies in the special fund are not used within six (6) years after the date the proceeds of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 are deposited into such fund, then the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall provide an accounting of such unused monies to the State Bond Commission. Promptly after the State Bond Commission has certified, by resolution duly adopted, that the projects for which the revenue bonds have been issued shall have been completed, abandoned or cannot be completed in a timely fashion, any amounts remaining in such special fund shall be applied to pay debt service on the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , in accordance with the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds and as directed by the State Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-7
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, levy annually an ad valorem tax on all taxable property of the county, to be used for constructing and maintaining all bridges and culverts on the public roads throughout the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county issuing refunding bonds under the provisions of sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-65 , shall levy an annual tax of not less than five mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within such county for the purpose of providing funds sufficient to pay such bonds at maturity and interest thereon as it accrues. The said tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes are levied and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted by the county tax collector to the State Treasury at the time when state taxes are required by law to be so remitted. The State Treasurer shall credit the amount to the interest and sinking fund referred to in section 65-33-65 . On or before October 1st in each year, the State Treasurer shall certify to the board of supervisors of each such county the amount standing to the credit of such interest and sinking fund as of September 15th, of that year, and if such amount shall be sufficient (1) to pay all principal of and interest on such bonds then due and owing and (2) all principal of and interest on such refunding bonds maturing and accruing during the period of twelve months running from said September 15th, then and in that event such board of supervisors may reduce the aforesaid taxes or omit the same for the ensuing year, as such board may determine. All funds paid into the State Treasury hereunder shall remain in the State Treasury for the payment of principal and interest on such refunding bonds until all the principal and interest on such refunding bonds shall have been fully paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-11
Status: in_force

In event any such bonds be authorized by said election for the purpose of building or constructing any causeway or bridge to any island or islands, then and in that event, and before any of said bonds shall be sold or delivered, the said board shall take necessary steps to acquire title to all of the land on such island or islands, susceptible of private ownership, not belonging to the United States government or the State of Mississippi (exclusive of any historic fort or fortress belonging to a patriotic association with not exceeding five acres of land surrounding the same); or for binding option or other enforceable legal right to acquire the same at a price satisfactory to the said board. However, no land shall be purchased from any private owner who has acquired title to said land during the last 12 months at a price in excess of the cost to the person acquiring same except by condemnation in a court at law.

After the bond election has carried and after options have been obtained and other provisions enforceable at law satisfactory to said board of supervisors have been made for the acquisition of the land as hereinabove provided, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to employ a suitable engineer or engineers to make final plans, specifications, and estimates of cost of construction of the additional and supplementary protection for public roads and highways and the building and construction of any causeways, bridges, or other projects authorized by Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 . Upon adoption of such plans and specifications and approval thereof by such board, or upon such adoption and approval of any revision thereof which may be made from time to time, said board of supervisors may proceed to sell and deliver said bonds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and proceed to enter into necessary contracts to the lowest and best bidder, after advertising therefor in the manner by statute provided, and do all other things necessary toward the accomplishment of the work contemplated by such plans and specifications and to acquire in the name of such county such property or rights in property as may be necessary for the construction and execution of such plans and specifications and in compliance with the provisions of said sections relative to the acquisition of title to land on any island or islands. Said board of supervisors shall have the right to acquire by purchase, gift, or eminent domain any land or lands deemed necessary for roads, roadways, parks, recreation projects, seashore parks, or other public grounds approved by such board; no lands so acquired by eminent domain by said board for such public purposes shall be sold. Other lands on such island or islands so acquired by such board may be subdivided into lots, blocks, and building sites and sold, either at public auction, or prices may be placed upon individual lots and placed on sale to the public at such prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by said board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-23-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-11
Status: in_force

The Mississippi State Highway Commission may, when in its opinion the best interest of the state requires, contribute such an amount of the cost of the construction of such bridge or bridges as it may determine would be to the best interest of the State of Mississippi when such bridge forms a part of or a continuation of the state highway system, or is so connected with the state highway system through the streets of a municipality leading from the approaches of such bridge to the state highway system, and may incorporate any such toll bridge into the state highway system. Such State Highway Commission may, in whole or in part, maintain such bridge as a part of the state highway system, or may leave the maintenance of such bridge to the municipality or other political body acting jointly with such State Highway Commission in the financing and operation of such bridge. In event that the State Highway Commission shall contribute any sums of money towards the creation or acquisition of such bridge and the approaches thereto, said State Highway Commission may or may not, in its discretion, require the repayment of such funds through tolls collected, together with interest on such moneys so advanced or donated at a rate, to be determined by said State Highway Commission, not to exceed said amount of six and one-half percent (6 1 / 2 %).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-25
Status: in_force

A bridge built at the intersection of a river flowing from one county into another shall be built at the nearest available site to said intersection. A municipality which, in the judgment of its governing authorities, will be benefited by the construction of such bridge may join such county, or either of them, in building such bridge and keeping and maintaining same upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-11-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-41
Status: in_force

It being recognized that county roads and bridges of the various counties of the state have deteriorated to a considerable extent during the past several years, and it being further recognized that the selection, construction, and improvement of a system of all-weather county roads and bridges is a matter of primary state-wide concern, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of Sections 65-11-39 to 65-11-59 to provide for a county rural road and bridge construction program in addition and supplemental to that provided by cooperation with the Federal Highway Act of 1944, in addition to that provided by Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.162 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-27-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-21
Status: in_force

The owner or keeper of any ferry established according to law, on any stream of water being the dividing line between two counties, shall have the right of landing on the opposite side of the stream in the other county and to unload any passengers, wagons, carriages and their loading, and stock of all kinds without any hindrance or molestation. Any person hindering or molesting such landing or unloading shall forfeit and pay to the owner or keeper of the ferry the sum of ten dollars for each offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-317 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-317
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-317
Status: in_force

The governing body of any such county or counties issuing 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 pipelines, 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, operating such bridge or bridges, and collecting tolls, and (b) the bonds and the interest thereon as the same become due. Such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state commission, board, bureau, or agency, except such bureau or agency that might participate in the financing of the cost of any such bridge. 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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-11
Status: in_force

In event any such bonds be authorized by said election for the purpose of building or constructing any causeway or bridge to any island or islands, then and in that event, and before any of said bonds shall be sold or delivered, the said board shall take necessary steps to acquire title to all of the land on such island or islands, susceptible of private ownership, not belonging to the United States government or the State of Mississippi (exclusive of any historic fort or fortress belonging to a patriotic association with not exceeding five acres of land surrounding the same); or for binding option or other enforceable legal right to acquire the same at a price satisfactory to the said board. However, no land shall be purchased from any private owner who has acquired title to said land during the last 12 months at a price in excess of the cost to the person acquiring same except by condemnation in a court at law.

After the bond election has carried and after options have been obtained and other provisions enforceable at law satisfactory to said board of supervisors have been made for the acquisition of the land as hereinabove provided, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to employ a suitable engineer or engineers to make final plans, specifications, and estimates of cost of construction of the additional and supplementary protection for public roads and highways and the building and construction of any causeways, bridges, or other projects authorized by Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 . Upon adoption of such plans and specifications and approval thereof by such board, or upon such adoption and approval of any revision thereof which may be made from time to time, said board of supervisors may proceed to sell and deliver said bonds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and proceed to enter into necessary contracts to the lowest and best bidder, after advertising therefor in the manner by statute provided, and do all other things necessary toward the accomplishment of the work contemplated by such plans and specifications and to acquire in the name of such county such property or rights in property as may be necessary for the construction and execution of such plans and specifications and in compliance with the provisions of said sections relative to the acquisition of title to land on any island or islands. Said board of supervisors shall have the right to acquire by purchase, gift, or eminent domain any land or lands deemed necessary for roads, roadways, parks, recreation projects, seashore parks, or other public grounds approved by such board; no lands so acquired by eminent domain by said board for such public purposes shall be sold. Other lands on such island or islands so acquired by such board may be subdivided into lots, blocks, and building sites and sold, either at public auction, or prices may be placed upon individual lots and placed on sale to the public at such prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by said board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) “ Toll facility ” means any road or bridge for which tolls or fees are charged for the use thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-41
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for any person to drive a wagon, carriage, or other vehicle of any description drawn by animal power or to ride, leap, or drive any horse, mule, or any description of cattle over or upon any bridge erected in any county by authority of the board of supervisors or in a city, town, or village at a faster gait than a walk; and every person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, fined five dollars ($5.00). But the board of supervisors or municipal authorities shall cause to be fixed up and kept at each end of the bridge, in some conspicuous place, a board on which shall be painted in large letters, “five dollars ($5.00) fine for riding or driving any animal over this bridge at a faster gait than a walk”; and on neglect of such notice, such fine shall not be incurred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-151 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-151
Status: in_force

Sections 65-7-151 and 65-7-153 shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Highway Patrol Fallen Officer's Memorial Highway Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.22 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.22
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.22
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 23 in Itawamba County located between the Town of Tremont and the Alabama State Line is hereby designated the “Tammy Wynette Highway.”

(2) The State Highway Department shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-9
Status: in_force

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

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

The salaries of the State Aid Engineer and his assistants and of all other employees of the Office of State Aid Road Construction, and all other expenses incurred by the Office of State Aid Road Construction in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including the premiums of bonds of the State Aid Engineer, assistant state aid engineers, and other assistants, shall be paid from the State Aid Road Fund in the State Treasury prior to allocation to the several counties, by requisition drawn by the State Aid Engineer directed to the Department of Finance and Administration, which will issue its warrant to the State Treasurer in the sum and for the purpose stated in the requisition. The State Aid Engineer shall, each month, make a detailed report to the Governor of all expenditures so made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-11
Status: in_force

The amount of federal funds made available to the State of Mississippi for secondary and feeder roads under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] which is allotted to the counties as provided in Section 65-11-9 , shall be apportioned among the counties of this state by the State Highway Commission in the following manner: one third in the ratio which the area of each county bears to the total area of the state; one third in the ratio which the rural population of each county bears to the total rural population of the state, as shown by the federal census of 1940; and one third in the ratio which the mileage of rural delivery and star routes in each county bears to the total mileage of rural delivery and star routes in the state. The amount of federal funds so apportioned to each county shall be matched by state funds apportioned to the State Highway Fund to carry out the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 as hereinafter provided; in the event the amount so appropriated for such State Highway Fund is insufficient to entirely match the federal funds allotted to county highways, then the amount of such fund shall be apportioned among the counties in the same manner as herein provided. “Rural population” and “rural delivery” routes as used in this section shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626].
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 41-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-53
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(2) Outdoor advertising as identified in the Lower Mississippi Historic Byway Corridor Management Plan shall be allowed on U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 84 within the corporate limits of the impacted municipalities along the byway subject to the zoning and signage statutes and ordinances of the state and the impacted municipalities. Outdoor advertising outside of a municipality's corporate limit must be in compliance with applicable local, state and federal guidelines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.193 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.193
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.193
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 25 and Mississippi 15 that converges and overlaps within the corporate limits of the City of Louisville, Mississippi, is designated as “Blue Star Memorial Highway” in honor and in gratitude and appreciation for the contributions and sacrifices of the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect suitable markers along that portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-53
Status: in_force

When the funds arising from the road district bonds shall have been expended in the construction of roads and the contracts for construction of roads have been completed, then the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase teams, implements and material, employ labor, work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made according to state law governing public purchases, as provided in Section 31-7-1 et seq. , and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. If the road district be composed of only a part of a supervisors district and the principal of the bonds issued does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to purchase and hire teams, implements and material and employ labor to build and work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to construct, work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made on and after competitive bids for the same, except as otherwise provided by law, and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may use any teams and implements which it owns to assist on the roads of such district; and the like authority may be granted by the board for the maintenance of the roads, as to those not under construction, during the period when the roads or some of them are being constructed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-9
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by any county or municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such municipality or county. Nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than the revenue collected or collectible from the use of said docks, harbors, and facilities of whatsoever nature, if any, and out of the receipts from the said two-mill ad valorem tax or special levy made by any county or municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-29-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 65-7-4 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-19-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-39
Status: in_force

The county auditor shall have prepared proper warrants for the disbursement of district road funds and shall issue such warrants when properly authorized by ordinance of the board of supervisors. All the costs and expenses of organizing such road district and of constructing, maintaining, and working the highways, roads, bridges, and culverts, except county bridges maintained by the county, shall be paid out of such fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 41-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-7
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a Scenic Byways Advisory Committee to assist the department in the development and administration of the Mississippi Scenic Byways Program, the adoption of a corridor management plan, the review of scenic byway applications and the selection and nomination of highways, roads and streets as scenic byways. The committee shall consist of:

(a) Two (2) members from each of the following entities, with one (1) member from each entity being the executive director of that entity, or his or her designee, and the other member being a member of that entity selected by its executive director:

(i) The Mississippi Department of Transportation;

(ii) The Mississippi Development Authority, Division of Tourism Development;

(iii) The Keep Mississippi Beautiful/People Against Litter Association;

(iv) The Mississippi Association of Supervisors;

(v) The Mississippi Outdoor Advertising Association;

(vi) The Mississippi Retail Association;

(vii) The Mississippi Tourism Association; and

(viii) The Mississippi Municipal League; and

(b) Three (3) members to be selected by the Mississippi Transportation Commission, one (1) from each commissioner's district.

(2) The corridor management plan adopted by the committee shall use best management practices to maintain the intrinsic qualities of highways, roads and streets designated as scenic byways while ensuring the rights of landowners, including riparian owners, to continue existing agriculture, forestry, water supply, recreational, residential, commercial and industrial uses, and any other uses of land and water, identified in the plan. The department may enter into agreements for the mutual management of scenic byways with counties, municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state, state and federal agencies and private landowners or businesses. The plan shall ensure that landowners have input into management practices of any land or water that is designated as a scenic byway or that is included within a scenic byway corridor. Land placed in the program shall not be obtained by eminent domain. A landowner's decision to participate in the program shall be entirely voluntary and a participating landowner may terminate his participation at any time without liability, criminally or civilly, for his subsequent failure to participate. Counties, municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state may participate in the program as landowners in the same manner as private landowners. For the purposes of carrying out the intent of this chapter, counties, municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state, in addition to and supplemental to any other powers authorized by law for the acquisition of real property, may acquire by donation or purchase, but not by eminent domain, interests in real property.

(3) The plan adopted under this chapter shall be in compliance with all applicable Federal Highway Administration rules, regulations and policies regarding outdoor advertising on or along a highway, road or street designated as a scenic byway. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as amending or limiting any county or municipal zoning or land use ordinance unless the county or municipality has authorized the amendment according to the procedure provided for in its ordinance.

(4) A corridor management plan may not become effective until a draft of the plan has been submitted for review and recommendation to the Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives and the Highways and Transportation Committee of the Senate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-19-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-61
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the county in which a road district organized under this chapter is situated shall have plenary power of supervision and control over all of the official acts of the road commissioners and the road superintendent, and shall refuse to ratify or confirm any contract or report of any action of such commissioners or superintendent, when the same is reported to them, which is not for the best interest of such district. They shall require the letting of contracts and the purchase of teams, materials, lumber, supplies, and all other property for the use of the district to be made after advertisement and competitive bidding when such method is deemed likely to best subserve the interest of the district and be most economical.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-313 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-313
Status: in_force

All moneys received from any bridge revenue bond 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. § 65-3-71.375 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.375
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.375
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 45 located in Noxubee County, Mississippi, extending for a distance of approximately one (1) mile in the southerly direction approaching Shuqualak, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Chief Petty Officer Andrew Triplett 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. § 65-3-71.110 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.110
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.110
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate plaques at each end of the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section, and suitable markers along and approaching the bridge, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-53
Status: in_force

When the funds arising from the road district bonds shall have been expended in the construction of roads and the contracts for construction of roads have been completed, then the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase teams, implements and material, employ labor, work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made according to state law governing public purchases, as provided in Section 31-7-1 et seq. , and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. If the road district be composed of only a part of a supervisors district and the principal of the bonds issued does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to purchase and hire teams, implements and material and employ labor to build and work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to construct, work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made on and after competitive bids for the same, except as otherwise provided by law, and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may use any teams and implements which it owns to assist on the roads of such district; and the like authority may be granted by the board for the maintenance of the roads, as to those not under construction, during the period when the roads or some of them are being constructed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.332 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.332
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.332
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 603 located in Hancock County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 43 and extending northerly to its intersection with Rocky-Hill Dedeaux Road is designated and shall be known as the “Lieutenant Deputy Michael Anthony Boutte, Sr., Memorial Highway.”

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

The amount of federal funds made available to the State of Mississippi for secondary and feeder roads under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] which is allotted to the counties as provided in Section 65-11-9 , shall be apportioned among the counties of this state by the State Highway Commission in the following manner: one third in the ratio which the area of each county bears to the total area of the state; one third in the ratio which the rural population of each county bears to the total rural population of the state, as shown by the federal census of 1940; and one third in the ratio which the mileage of rural delivery and star routes in each county bears to the total mileage of rural delivery and star routes in the state. The amount of federal funds so apportioned to each county shall be matched by state funds apportioned to the State Highway Fund to carry out the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 as hereinafter provided; in the event the amount so appropriated for such State Highway Fund is insufficient to entirely match the federal funds allotted to county highways, then the amount of such fund shall be apportioned among the counties in the same manner as herein provided. “Rural population” and “rural delivery” routes as used in this section shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626].
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-41
Status: in_force

That portion of Mississippi Highway 430, being situated between the Village of Black Hawk, Mississippi, and the Town of Vaiden, Mississippi, shall be designated and henceforth known as the Frank Louis Hawkins Memorial Highway.

The State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching said highway and further to erect a suitable memorial marker between the Town of Vaiden, Mississippi, and the Black Hawk community, at a site to be chosen with the approval of the survivors and family of Frank Louis Hawkins.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-11-49 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-49
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of counties who do not have an engineer employed are hereby authorized and empowered to employ a competent engineer to prepare all necessary surveys, plans, and specifications and to supervise the construction and repairing of roads and bridges in their respective counties. The salary of same shall be paid from the common fund of said county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-35
Status: in_force

Any person guilty of a violation of Sections 65-7-25 to 65-7-33 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five dollars ($5.00) for each violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-15
Status: in_force

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

The provisions of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 are additional and supplemental to all other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to counties, and no county shall be deemed to be required to issue bonds under the provisions hereof. Unless and until a county shall have issued bonds under the provisions hereof, such county shall not be obligated by any of the provisions of said sections, and may avail itself of any law now or hereafter enacted and which may contain other and different provisions concerning the application of the revenues herein referred to.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-33-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-33
Status: in_force

All proceedings of the board of supervisors and the road protection commission in widening, improving, or protecting any such highway and assessing damages therefor may be reviewed by the circuit court in respect to any matter of law arising on the face of the proceeding. On the question of damages, the case may be tried anew and the damages may be assessed by a jury if the owner of the land so desires. The board of supervisors shall grant appeals for that purpose when prayed for, on appellant giving bond for cost in such penalty as the board may require, not exceeding $200.00, payable to the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Highway and Street Revenue Bond Authority Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 26-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-15
Status: in_force

(1) The Highway Commission is hereby authorized, at one (1) time or from time to time, to declare by resolution the necessity for issuance of negotiable general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi to provide funds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of the planning or construction of the bridges or tunnels, authorized by this chapter to receive state funds, over the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, but in no event shall the amount of bonds issued exceed a total of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) for such planning or construction of such bridges or tunnels. The counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Kemper, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo are hereby obligated to reimburse the State of Mississippi for seventy-five percent (75%) of the total cost of the bonds, not to exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), and to pay the debt service thereon.

(2) In the manner and for the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section, the Highway Commission is hereby authorized at one (1) time or from time to time, to declare by resolution the necessity for issuance of additional negotiable general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi in an amount not to exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00). The counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Kemper, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo are hereby obligated to reimburse the State of Mississippi for one hundred percent (100%) of the total cost of the bonds issued under the authority of this subsection and to pay the debt service thereon.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no general obligation bonds authorized herein shall be issued after April 23, 1986.

(4) The Highway Commission is authorized to accept and to use funds from whatever source available, other than state funds which are not explicitly pledged under this chapter, in completing the construction authorized by this chapter and shall furnish to the State Bond Commission the amounts of federal funds to be expended on each bridge or tunnel, which is to be partially funded under the provisions of this chapter. The Highway Commission shall not request bonds to be issued in an amount which when added to other funds available will exceed the actual cost of construction nor where construction of any such bridge or tunnel may be accomplished by the Corps of Engineers or any other federal agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-5
Status: in_force

The holders of any bond or interest coupon issued under the provisions of this article may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings at law or in equity enforce or compel performance by the appropriate official or officials of a municipality or public body of any and all acts and duties to be performed by such public body under the provisions of this article and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds and interest coupons. If there be any default in the payment of the interest and principal of any of said bonds, any court having jurisdiction in the proper action may, upon petition of the holder of any such bond, appoint a receiver to administer and operate the bridge, with power to fix rates and collect charges sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds outstanding to the payment of which the revenue of such bridge is pledged, to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such toll bridge, and to apply the revenues of such toll bridge in conformity with the provisions of this article and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.331 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.331
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.331
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 44 located in Marion County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 13 and extending westerly to the Pearl River Bridge is designated and shall be known as the “T.L. Wallace Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.16 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-143.16
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.16
Status: in_force

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

Northern District--Pontotoc County:

Old Mississippi 6 beginning on the west side of the City of Pontotoc at its intersection with new four-lane Mississippi 6 and extending easterly to its intersection with new Mississippi 6 on the east side of the City of Pontotoc.

(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that the segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on the highway and right-of-way are removed or relocated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-23
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be revenue bonds of the state, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely from the revenue from projects authorized under Section 65-43-1 or 65-43-3 . The bonds shall never constitute an indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation, and shall never constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of the state, or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond. The bonds shall not be considered when computing any limitation of indebtedness of the state. All bonds issued under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 and all interest coupons applicable thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-25-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 25-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-61
Status: in_force

Sections 65-25-49 to 65-25-61 shall be in addition to and supplemental to all other laws pertinent to the operation of said bridge but, to the extent the subjects herein contained are covered in such prior enactments, the cited sections and the enactments hereof shall be deemed to supersede such former laws and enactments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-33-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-3
Status: in_force

The words “sea wall,” as used in this chapter, shall be held to include filling behind the sea wall, culverts, sluiceways, flood gates, and any other construction work found necessary for the protection of the water front from storms, caving banks, overflow, and other like dangers.

The terms “roads, streets, avenues, and highways” as herein used shall include all such roads, streets, avenues, and highways as may form any part of any highway extending along such body of water through or across such county, or any other existing or contemplated public road, street, avenue, or highway connected therewith, extending to or along the side of a harbor or to a boat landing or dock, which, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, is in need of the protection provided in this chapter, whether the same is under the jurisdiction of the national government, the state, the county, or of any municipality.