Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33
Status: in_force

The public highway or highways so surveyed and adopted by such commissioners shall be constructed and maintained out of the proceeds of the aforementioned bonds, proceeds of such bonds to be used alone in their construction and maintenance. The board of supervisors shall levy an annual tax, on the recommendation of the commissioners, on all the taxable property in the district not exceeding three mills on the dollar, which shall be used to supplement the general fund of the county in maintaining said road or roads and the culverts, bridges, and levees therein. For the purpose of paying such bonds and interest and so maintaining said roads, the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed by law, levy the tax for the same, and it shall be the duty of the county auditor to keep a separate account of such funds so raised from the other funds of the county; and it shall be the duty of the county depository, which shall be the treasurer of such funds and liable on its bond therefor, to keep a separate account thereof. All allowances against said special funds shall be made by the board of supervisors on the recommendation of the commissioners, and special warrants prepared for the purpose shall be issued against said funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-25
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Development Authority, acting through its executive director, is authorized, at one 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 Economic Development Highway Fund established in Section 65-4-15, Mississippi Code of 1972 . Upon the adoption of a resolution by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, declaring the necessity for the issuance of any part or all of the general obligation bonds authorized by Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45, Mississippi Code of 1972 , the executive director shall deliver a certified copy of his resolution or resolutions to the State Bond Commission. Upon receipt of the resolution, the State Bond Commission, in its discretion, shall act as the issuing agent, prescribe the form of the bonds, determine the appropriate method for the sale of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids or negotiate the sale of the bonds, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds. The principal amount of bonds issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall not exceed Three Hundred Ninety-six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($396,500,000.00) in the aggregate. However, an additional amount of bonds may be issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45, Mississippi Code of 1972 , in an amount not to exceed Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000.00), and the proceeds of any such additional bonds issued shall be used to provide funding for a high economic benefit project as defined in Section 65-4-5(1)(c)(vi), Mississippi Code of 1972 . An additional amount of bonds may be issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 , in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), the proceeds of which shall be used to provide funding for a high economic benefit project as defined in Section 65-4-5(1)(c)(v) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-151 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-23-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-1
Status: in_force

Any municipality, state highway commission, or county, severally or acting with other authorized agencies in this or adjoining states, may acquire, own, operate, construct, or aid in the construction in whole or in part improving and extending, and maintain toll bridges or free bridges, including the approaches thereto, either within such political subdivision or within five miles adjacent to the territory over which such public agency or subdivision has jurisdiction, which bridges shall extend over any of the rivers and waters in or forming the boundary of this and other states.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.304 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.304
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.304
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of United States Highway 51 in Lincoln County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Lee Drive and extending northerly to its southern most intersection with Cold Springs Lane is designated as the “Deputy Donald William Durr 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. § 65-23-303 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-303
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the construction, operation, and maintenance of additional bridges and adjacent roadways across the flood plain of, and across, the Pearl River will promote the economic development of the state and will promote the general welfare of the entire people of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-151 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-25-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-25
Status: in_force

When the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for their payment and shall continue to be held for that purpose, the municipality issuing such bonds shall cease to charge tolls for the use of such bridge or bridges; and thereafter such bridge or bridges shall be free unless tolls are required for maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge or bridges due to the lack of funds from other sources than tolls. Such provisions shall not apply to common carriers, transportation companies, bus lines, and any one transporting passengers or freight for hire, but shall apply only to the use of highway portion of bridge by traveling public and, as respects any other use, the municipality may continue to fix and collect such tolls and charges as it may deem in the public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-39
Status: in_force

All drivers of carriages or other vehicles, whether of burden or pleasure, using any public road shall keep to the right hand when met by another carriage or vehicle and when overtaken by another carriage or vehicle, so as in both cases to permit the carriage or vehicle so meeting or overtaking to pass free and uninterrupted. Any person wilfully offending against this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, fined five dollars ($5.00) for each offense; and if injury result therefrom, the person so offending shall be subject to an action for damages at the suit of the party injured.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-35
Status: in_force

All such bonds issued by the authority shall be secured solely by pledge of the net revenues which may now or hereafter come to the authority. Such bonds shall not constitute general obligations of the State of Mississippi or of the county supervisors district or municipalities comprising the authority, and such bonds shall not be secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of said state, county, district, or municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county of the state of the second class, having a population of more than fifty thousand according to the 1930 federal census, situated wholly within a levee district, and in which there is situated a city of more than fourteen thousand population, is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to construct or assist in the construction of any streets of any village or town of less than five hundred population in said county, and to pay for same out of the highway maintenance fund or any other county fund available to said county for highway construction purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-11-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-43
Status: in_force

The funds hereinafter appropriated for the purpose of Sections 65-11-39 to 65-11-59 shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated on warrants issued by the State Auditor of Public accounts, and the said auditor shall issue his warrants upon requisition signed by the chancery clerk of each county for the sum appropriated such county. Each county shall receive nine one-thousandths (.009) of the total appropriation made to carry out the provisions of said sections, and the balance of said appropriation shall be apportioned by the state auditor among all the counties according to the following formula: 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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 39-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-2
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

The report shall be filed on or before November 30, 1996, with the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and the Chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 43-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-83
Status: in_force

(1) If the affidavit of nonliability is returned to the governmental entity within thirty (30) days of the mailing of the notice of toll evasion violation, together with the proof of a written rental agreement or lease between a bona fide renting or leasing company and its customer which identifies the rentee or lessee and provides the driver's license number, name, and address of the rentee or lessee, the processing agency shall mail, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the rentee or lessee identified in the affidavit of nonliability a final notice of toll evasion violation.

(2) If the affidavit of nonliability is returned with evidence that the registered owner served has made a bona fide sale or transfer of the vehicle and has delivered possession thereof to the purchaser prior to the date of the alleged violation, the processing agency shall cancel the notice of toll evasion violation with respect to that registered owner and the processing agency shall mail, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the purchaser identified in the affidavit of nonliability a final notice of toll evasion violation. If payment is not received within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the final notice of toll evasion violation, the processing agency may proceed against the purchaser identified pursuant to Section 65-43-73 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-75
Status: in_force

The reports of the road commissioners and the road superintendent shall be kept on file by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be open to inspection of any resident or taxpayer of such road district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-47
Status: in_force

Any person going upon any public road or bridge in such county with any kind of vehicle, or who shall cause any vehicle to be driven upon any public road or bridge in such county, in violation of such regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), and shall moreover be liable civilly to any county or road district for any damage done to such roads or bridges by such illegal act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-27
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors of any county notify the State Highway Commission that it refuses to accept the benefits of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 on the terms and conditions specified therein and in the federal laws, rules, and regulations, or if any county shall fail to submit a description of recommended projects as required by Section 65-11-15 , the amount of the appropriation made by the state for the purposes hereof and the amount available from federal aid funds which has been apportioned to such county may be expended in the discretion of the State Highway Commission on any other highway, state or county, on the approved system of secondary and feeder roads within or without such county; however, the Highway Commission may grant an additional three months for the filing of the description of projects, provided such extension shall not cause a lapse of federal aid funds apportioned to this state by reason of the expiration of a federal fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-25-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-7
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, whenever it shall deem such purchase expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-25-3 , or any such toll bridge partly constructed, or any franchises, easements, permits, or contracts for the construction of any such bridge, or any such toll bridge or facilities thereof which may be under lease in whole or in part and which may be so acquired subject to the terms of such lease, all upon such terms and at such prices as may be reasonable and can be agreed upon between such municipality and the owner thereof, title thereto to be taken in the name of such municipality. For the purpose of paying the cost of such acquisition, any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bridge revenue bonds as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-321 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-321
Status: in_force

Any holder of any bonds issued under the provisions of this article or of any of the coupons attached thereto, and the trustee under the trust indenture, if any, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by the trust indenture, may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust indenture, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this article or by such resolution or trust indenture, to be performed by the county or counties, its or their governing body, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of tolls for transit over such bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-39
Status: in_force

When any county of this state has adopted or will adopt any sea wall or part of a sea wall constructed prior to October 31, 1931, by a municipality as a part of its general system as provided by Section 65-33-37 , and where said county has been unable to take care of or pay the maturing bonds and interest of said municipality from the gasoline tax as provided by said section, the said county may borrow funds necessary to pay outstanding maturing bonds and interest of the municipality issued for said sea wall, or walls. The said county may borrow said funds either upon certificates of indebtedness, notes, or bonds, as in its judgment it may see fit. Said obligation or bonds shall not be for a period longer than ten years and at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. Said obligations or bonds shall not be considered as included in any limitation now fixed by law upon the indebtedness of any county, and said obligations or bonds may be issued without notice and without an election on the question of the issuance of same. The said obligation or bonds issued hereunder shall be general obligations of the county and payable out of the gasoline tax when available, as provided in the cited section, and the general sea wall road protection laws. In the event of the failure of sufficient funds from the said gasoline tax, the county shall levy a special tax to pay said bonds. The board of supervisors issuing bonds hereunder may provide that the first obligations or bonds mature as long as three years from the date of their issuance, but all interest shall be paid semiannually. In the event of the failure to collect sufficient gasoline tax to pay said bonds or obligations authorized hereunder, the board of supervisors of the county are authorized to levy ad valorem taxes to pay same as other sea wall or road protection bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37.5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-37.5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37.5
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection of highway described in Chapter 2047, Laws of 2019.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-103
Status: in_force

The road accountant shall attend all meetings of the board of supervisors, and shall at each regular meeting submit to said board an estimate of the amount of money required to pay the said labor employed on the said road and bridge work, transportation charges, and repair bills. Said board shall examine said estimate and shall set aside for the current month a fund to be known as the “road labor” fund, which sum shall be placed to the credit of the said fund in the county depository, subject to the order of the road accountant; and said road accountant shall use the said fund to pay off the said labor and all freight bills. At each regular meeting of the board of supervisors the road accountant shall make a report to the said board, showing all disbursements by him and proper receipts therefor. The board of supervisors shall carefully audit the said report, and if they shall find any payment or payments or any disbursements so made by the road accountant to be illegal or improper, said board may deduct any and all such payments from the salary of the road accountant, or they may cause suit to be filed on his bond for the recovery of any such sum so illegally or improperly paid out by the road accountant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9
Status: in_force

If the qualified electors petitioning for the creation and organization of a separate road district shall so desire, they may petition, in addition, that the proceeds of the sale of said bonds may be used to extend and build roads beyond the limits of such district and that a tax be levied on such district or districts to pay such bonds and maintain such roads, in which case it shall be the duty of the board, in publishing the notice as hereinbefore provided, to add thereto notice of the further purpose to use part of the proceeds of said bonds in building and maintaining roads in other territory, naming the said other territory; and to levy taxes for that purpose. In any election ordered therein, the further question shall be submitted to the electors, whether such roads are to be so extended or not, which shall be submitted as follows: “For the extension of roads into other districts,” or “against the extension of roads into other districts.” If said election result in favor of such action, determined and adjudicated in like manner by the election commissioners and board of supervisors, as required by law, then the said road commissioners shall, with the approval of the board of supervisors, have the power to extend said roads into other districts and pay for the same out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds, and levy a tax to maintain the same on such district consenting thereto, as provided for in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-77
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(3) The boards of supervisors of any two adjoining counties may, by an agreement spread upon the minutes of the board of each of such counties, join together in the construction, reconstruction, improvement, working, repair, or maintenance of any public road, bridge, or causeway, including the approaches to such bridge or causeway, located partly in each of such counties, or benefiting each of such counties, for a distance of not exceeding three and one-half miles beyond the county line in either of such counties, and may jointly perform such work or jointly award contracts therefor and jointly pay the cost thereof, as provided in said agreement between said boards, from funds authorized by law for roads, bridges, or causeways located entirely within either of such counties. Such an agreement may be terminated in whole or in part by a succeeding board of supervisors of either of such counties, provided, however, that each of such counties shall remain obligated to pay its respective part of any outstanding obligations connected with or arising from said joint project. Unless the board of each county agrees otherwise, upon termination of such an agreement the responsibilities of future construction, reconstruction, improvement, working, repair, or maintenance on such road, bridge, or causeway shall be that of the county in which the respective parts thereof are located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall require the keeper of every toll bridge or ferry to give bond with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president and clerk of the board in a penalty, to be fixed by the board, of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and conditioned to keep the bridge or ferry at all times in good repair so as to secure the safe transportation, on the payment of the fixed tolls, of all persons and property, and in all things to comply with the law and the reasonable orders of the board regulating the keeping of such toll bridge or ferry, but saving to the keeper a reasonable time within which to repair damage done by a sudden freshet, storm, or other unforeseen accident.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-23
Status: in_force

Such accounting controls and safeguards, including those already provided in this chapter, may be required of each board of supervisors as, in the discretion of the State Aid Engineer, may be deemed necessary; but general and uniform rules and regulations thereasto shall be first promulgated by said State Aid Engineer, only with the advice and approval of the State Auditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.230 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.230
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.230
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 528 extending westerly from U.S. Interstate 59 to its intersection with Jasper County Road 17 is designated and shall be known as the Jasper County Veterans Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs approaching and along this segment of Mississippi Highway 528.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.320 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.320
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.320
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 42 in Greene County, Mississippi, beginning at its southern intersection with Mississippi Highway 63 and extending to the Greene County and Perry County line, is designated as the “Deputy U.S. Marshal Jake Green and Greene County Deputy Lawrence Dunnam Memorial Highway, EOW April 1, 1921.”

(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. § 65-4-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-33
Status: in_force

If the bonds issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 are to be sold on sealed bids at public sale, notice of the sale shall be published at least two (2) times, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson selected by the State Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-207
Status: in_force

The employment and work of such engineer shall be under the control of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 39-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-23
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce all rights granted under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.223 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-3-71.186 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.186
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.186
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Interstate Highway 55 in Copiah County beginning at mile marker 59 and extending northerly to mile marker 72, is designated and shall be known as the “Robert L. Johnson Blues Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33
Status: in_force

The public highway or highways so surveyed and adopted by such commissioners shall be constructed and maintained out of the proceeds of the aforementioned bonds, proceeds of such bonds to be used alone in their construction and maintenance. The board of supervisors shall levy an annual tax, on the recommendation of the commissioners, on all the taxable property in the district not exceeding three mills on the dollar, which shall be used to supplement the general fund of the county in maintaining said road or roads and the culverts, bridges, and levees therein. For the purpose of paying such bonds and interest and so maintaining said roads, the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed by law, levy the tax for the same, and it shall be the duty of the county auditor to keep a separate account of such funds so raised from the other funds of the county; and it shall be the duty of the county depository, which shall be the treasurer of such funds and liable on its bond therefor, to keep a separate account thereof. All allowances against said special funds shall be made by the board of supervisors on the recommendation of the commissioners, and special warrants prepared for the purpose shall be issued against said funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-63
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of the Mississippi Highway No. 13 running from the City of Columbia in Marion County to its intersection with the Simpson County line shall be designated and henceforth known as the Hugh White Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 26-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-13
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) The state special improvement ad valorem tax levied pursuant to this section shall cease to be levied or collected for any fiscal year after the 1986 fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-15
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, when all deficient bridges, as defined by Section 65-37-3(1)(a) , of a county have been replaced or are under contract for replacement or rehabilitation, then monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created under Section 65-37-13 , that are allocated to a particular county may be expended for (a) the purpose of paying the principal, interest and debt service on any bonds, notes or obligations issued or incurred by that county before the effective date of this chapter for the purpose of replacing or rehabilitating any bridge or drainage-related structure on any highway, road or street under the jurisdiction of that county, (b) on bridges in the State Aid Road System, or (c) if bridges in the State Aid Road System of that county are in sufficient repair, such monies may be utilized for the repair of roads on the State Aid Road System or local system roads, upon presentation to the State Aid Engineer of a resolution duly adopted and entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors of such county requesting such expenditure and reciting in the resolution such information as may be necessary for the State Aid Engineer to determine that the county is eligible for expenditure of funds under the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.337 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.337
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.337
Status: in_force

(1) The intersection of Interstate Highway 22 and Auburn Road, Exit 90, in Lee County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Sheriff Harold Ray Presley Memorial Intersection.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-25
Status: in_force

When the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for their payment and shall continue to be held for that purpose, the municipality issuing such bonds shall cease to charge tolls for the use of such bridge or bridges; and thereafter such bridge or bridges shall be free unless tolls are required for maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge or bridges due to the lack of funds from other sources than tolls. Such provisions shall not apply to common carriers, transportation companies, bus lines, and any one transporting passengers or freight for hire, but shall apply only to the use of highway portion of bridge by traveling public and, as respects any other use, the municipality may continue to fix and collect such tolls and charges as it may deem in the public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-9
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the hospitality station, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.169 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.169
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.169
Status: in_force

(1) That a certain segment of highway adjacent to Camp Shelby shall be known and designated as “Chaplin Clark Polling Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-3-71.230 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.230
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.230
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 528 extending westerly from U.S. Interstate 59 to its intersection with Jasper County Road 17 is designated and shall be known as the Jasper County Veterans Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs approaching and along this segment of Mississippi Highway 528.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-19
Status: in_force

In case the boards of supervisors of the several counties or if any one of them fail or refuse to erect or cause to be erected such sign or guide boards as provided in Sections 65-7-15 and 65-7-17 , then upon a petition to the circuit court by as many as twenty-five qualified electors, who are also taxpayers on real property in the county, joining in said petition, the remedy by way of mandamus shall apply and shall be fully available to enforce the provisions of the said two sections. The said petitioners of the number and qualifications aforesaid shall be deemed to possess all the necessary interest and to be fully entitled to demand, in the proceeding by mandamus, the enforcement by the court of all the duties aforementioned, and the court may upon the trial make all proper orders fully for said enforcement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.43
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U. S. Highway 278 in Monroe County beginning at Amory and extending southeasterly to the Mississippi/Alabama state line is designated and shall be known as the “William Jerome Huskey Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on and along that portion of U. S. Highway 278 described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107
Status: in_force

The commission shall have power to apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; but in the absence of such consent of Congress and until the same shall have been secured, the compact shall be binding upon the State of Mississippi in all respects permitted by law for the two States of Arkansas and Mississippi without the consent of Congress to cooperate, for the purposes enumerated in the compact and in the manner provided therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-15
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors at the hearing provided in Section 65-13-13 finds that (1) the public convenience and necessity require the creation of the authority, and (2) the creation of the authority is sound and desirable, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution making the aforesaid findings and declaring its intention to create the authority in its respective county on the specified date.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.10 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.10
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.10
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is hereby directed to have the State Highway Department to erect appropriate signs on and along all highways leading northerly from the Mississippi Gulf Coast designating such highways as hurricane evacuation routes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-5
Status: in_force

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

(a) The word “municipality” shall be deemed to include any county or city in this state.

(b) The word “bridge” shall be deemed to include the substructure and the superstructure of the bridge and the approaches thereto and also all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof, and shall embrace bridges which are now in existence or hereafter constructed and wholly or partly within the municipality or are within twenty miles of the territory over which such municipality has jurisdiction and which are over the Mississippi River, and shall also embrace combined railroad and highway bridges, as well as highway bridges.

(c) The term “governing body” shall mean the board of supervisors of a county or the council, board of aldermen, or other legislative body of a city.

(d) The word “improvements” shall mean such repairs, replacements, additions, and betterments of and to a bridge acquired by purchase or by condemnation as are deemed necessary to place it in a safe and efficient condition for the use of the public, if such repairs, replacements, additions, and betterments are ordered prior to the sale of any bonds for the acquisition of such bridge.

(e) The term “cost of bridge”, as applied to a bridge to be acquired by purchase or by condemnation, shall include the purchase price or the amount of the award, cost of improvements, financing charges, interest during any period of disuse before completion of improvements, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications and 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 acquisition of the bridge and the placing of the bridge in operation.

(f) The term “cost of bridge”, as applied to a bridge to be constructed, shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such construction, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for six months after completion of construction, 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.

(g) The word “owner” shall include all individuals, incorporated companies, copartnerships, societies, or associations having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements, or franchises authorized to be acquired by this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.153 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.153
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.153
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching, and at each end of, the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-31-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-1
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized to locate, design, construct, operate, and maintain hospitality stations on trunkline highways at or near points of entry into this state from other states. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall have authority to employ such engineers, architects, skilled and unskilled labor as may be determined necessary by the commission, for the preparation of plans for such hospitality stations and their proper location, design, construction, maintenance, and operation. The commission also may employ full-time security officers, as authorized under Section 65-1-131 , and/or may contract for the employment of private security officers, as authorized under Section 65-1-136 , to patrol and protect the property of hospitality stations and visitors, patrons and other employees of hospitality stations.

Prior to the location of such hospitality stations the commission shall afford the opportunity for a public hearing in the county wherein such hospitality station is to be located for the purpose of receiving testimony regarding the most feasible and advantageous location for such hospitality station, at which hearing all interested persons may appear and present testimony in regard thereto. A notice of such proposed location shall be given in some newspaper published or having general circulation in the county wherein such hospitality station is proposed to be located. Should a public hearing be requested thereon, notice by publication shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the date upon which public hearing is to be held and written notice thereof shall likewise be given, within said time, to the governing authorities of all municipalities within such county and the governing authority of such county.

Each hospitality station constructed under the provisions of this chapter shall be maintained and kept in a neat and attractive condition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-1
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(10) The board of supervisors may, by a majority vote of the entire board, supersede any act of the road manager or change, modify or revoke any act which has been completed by the road manager, provided the change, modification or revocation does not constitute a breach of contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 39-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-9
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by Section 65-39-5 of this chapter shall be signed by the Chairman of the State Bond Commission, or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the State Bond Commission shall be affixed thereto, attested by the Secretary of the State Bond Commission. The interest coupons, if any, to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers before the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until their delivery to the purchaser, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear. However, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, such bonds may be issued as provided in the Registered Bond Act of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11
Status: in_force

In any county having countywide road or bridge bonds or district 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 countywide road or bridge bonds and district 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 or district road or bridge maintenance fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.209 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.209
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.209
Status: in_force

(1) Mississippi Highway 6 within the State of Mississippi is designated and shall be known as the “Military Order of the Purple Heart Highway” in honor and gratitude and appreciation for the contributions made by veterans of this state in the defense of and service to this country.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 41-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-5
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Transportation, upon approval of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, may administer a Mississippi Scenic Byways Program. Under the program, the department, with assistance from the Scenic Byways Advisory Committee created under Section 65-41-7 , shall develop, adopt and implement a scenic byways corridor management plan for the state. The plan shall be consistent with the provisions of this chapter and with guidelines established by federal law, and shall specify actions, procedures, controls, operational practices and administrative strategies necessary to govern the selection, nomination and declaration of scenic byways and to ensure that highways, roads, streets and corridors designated as scenic byways are properly managed and that their intrinsic qualities are maintained.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-5
Status: in_force

No failure to strictly comply with the provisions of this chapter, such as the invalidity of any contract or other like irregularity, shall in any manner affect the validity of the assessment of the ad valorem tax hereby provided, but the validity of such assessments shall be tested by the same rules of law that the validity of other assessments are determined by.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-141.2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-141.2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-141.2
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “2022 Capacity Project Fund,” which shall consist of funds made available by the Legislature in any manner and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. 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 investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used by the Department of Transportation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide for capacity projects included in the Capacity Program of the Three-Year Plan as adopted by, amended by, or reissued by the Mississippi Transportation Commission under the authority of Section 65-1-141 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-13
Status: in_force

In event the board of supervisors and the owners of such bridges cannot agree upon the price to be paid therefor, then the board of supervisors may condemn such bridge as a necessary part of the public road or highway of which said bridge connects and forms a part, and the amount to be paid for such bridge by the county shall be ascertained and determined in the manner now provided by law for the owners of land obtaining compensation for land taken for a public county road. All proceedings of the board of supervisors in assessing the amount to be paid the owners of such bridges may be reviewed by the circuit court; and the owner of such bridge so condemned by the county may appeal from the action of the board to the circuit court, where all questions of damages may be tried anew in the same respect as provided by law for appeals from action of the board of supervisors in assessing damages to the owners of land where land is taken for public county roads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 26-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-33
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted, but this chapter shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state whereunder projects of the character herein defined may be constructed or financed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-17
Status: in_force

In counties which have heretofore created special or general road funds under then existing laws, the boards of supervisors may use such funds as if originally collected hereunder. In case the board of supervisors shall, in availing themselves of this provision, relieve from the operation of the contract system any part of a county entitled to a special fund, the board may also order that such special fund shall become a part of the general fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-23
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter, by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust in such form, with such validity, and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements, and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of which are provided by this chapter. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality or county shall prescribe the provisions, covenants, and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants, and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-38 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-38
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-38
Status: in_force

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

Mississippi Highway 315 beginning at a point of intersection with Interstate 55, running east to the intersection with Sardis Dam Road, thence southerly along the route of the Sardis Dam then to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 35, thence running west along the route of Mississippi Highway 35 to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 6, thence in an easterly direction to its intersection with Interstate 55.

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

(b) The State Highway Department may establish and maintain rest and observation areas along the designated route and may invite the participation of and cooperate with any state, county or municipal agency to assist in the promotion and development of the scenic route hereinabove designated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-63
Status: in_force

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

The municipality, upon receipt of such payment or payments, must treat and account for the same just as though and as if such funds had been received from ad valorem taxation for general municipal purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 15-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19
Status: in_force

Where bonds have been issued by any road district, separate road district or special road district, and said bonds and interest thereon have been paid and there remains in the sinking fund or maintenance fund of such district any balance of funds collected for the purpose of paying such bonds or interest, the board of supervisors of the county in which such district or districts is located may, in its discretion, transfer any or all of said funds to the county road or bridge fund or any supervisors district road or bridge fund, to be used and expended in working and maintaining the roads of the district for which such bonds were issued, or may, without such transfer, spend such funds for maintenance of roads within the district from which said funds were collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.16 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-11-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-1
Status: in_force

Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 shall be known as the “County Highway Aid Law of 1946.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-327 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-327
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers conferred by this article constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, and as bridges which are owned and operated by counties constitute public property used for public purposes, such bridges shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. No county shall be required to pay taxes or assessments upon any such bridge or any part thereof owned by it, and bonds issued under the provisions of this article, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9
Status: in_force

If the qualified electors petitioning for the creation and organization of a separate road district shall so desire, they may petition, in addition, that the proceeds of the sale of said bonds may be used to extend and build roads beyond the limits of such district and that a tax be levied on such district or districts to pay such bonds and maintain such roads, in which case it shall be the duty of the board, in publishing the notice as hereinbefore provided, to add thereto notice of the further purpose to use part of the proceeds of said bonds in building and maintaining roads in other territory, naming the said other territory; and to levy taxes for that purpose. In any election ordered therein, the further question shall be submitted to the electors, whether such roads are to be so extended or not, which shall be submitted as follows: “For the extension of roads into other districts,” or “against the extension of roads into other districts.” If said election result in favor of such action, determined and adjudicated in like manner by the election commissioners and board of supervisors, as required by law, then the said road commissioners shall, with the approval of the board of supervisors, have the power to extend said roads into other districts and pay for the same out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds, and levy a tax to maintain the same on such district consenting thereto, as provided for in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-53
Status: in_force

(1) In any county maintaining a sea wall or road protection structure under the provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors may borrow funds not in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) in addition to the one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) authorized under Section 65-33-51 , at the rate of interest not exceeding four per cent per annum, in addition to such sums as have heretofore been borrowed for the purpose of constructing, repairing, strengthening, or maintaining the road protection structure or sea wall of the county, including the raising of the roadbed as recommended and approved by the Mississippi State Highway Commission, and to construct retaining walls for such raised roadbeds and to pump by hydraulic fill, or otherwise, a sand beach adjacent to such retaining wall or sea wall structure. Such board of supervisors shall have the authority to acquire by purchase or otherwise a dredge boat and to use and operate it for the purpose of pumping a sand beach adjacent to such sea wall or road protection structure or for the maintenance thereof; however, said board of supervisors shall not pay for same out of any funds provided under this section. The funds or amount borrowed for the purposes provided in this section shall be repaid within a period of fifteen years from the date borrowed, and shall be paid out of the funds collected under this chapter. All bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness maturing each year and the interest thereon, however, shall be first provided for and paid out of said funds. The loans authorized herein shall not be subject to other limitations, restrictions, or provisions of the general laws governing the borrowing of money, amounts of indebtedness, budget, and election, and said loans may be made by the board of supervisors of such county either by issuance of county bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness which shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county issuing same and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter, which sources of revenue and taxes are irrevocably pledged toward the repayment of any monies borrowed or any bonds issued under the provisions of this section. The money herein authorized to be borrowed by such board of supervisors may be borrowed from any person, firm, corporation, governmental lending agency, or from any sinking funds of such county; if the money be borrowed from any sinking fund, it shall be repaid before the sinking fund from which it is borrowed, when supplemented by funds paid into same, is needed. Before the board of supervisors shall borrow money under this section, it shall spread on its minutes an order reciting such intention and shall thereafter publish a copy of such order in three weekly issues of some newspaper having a general circulation in the county. If, within fifteen days after the first publication of a copy of such order, fifteen per cent of the qualified electors of the county shall file with such board of supervisors a petition in writing requesting an election on the question of borrowing money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order, then such money shall not be borrowed unless authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of such county voting in an election to be ordered by such board of supervisors for that purpose. Notice of such election shall be given and such election shall be held and conducted as provided by law in connection with elections for the submission of bond issues in such county. If such proposition shall fail to receive such majority vote at such election, then no further proceedings for the borrowing of such money shall be had or taken within a period of six months from and after the date of such election. If, however, no such petition shall be so filed, or if at such election such petition shall be assented to by a majority vote, then such board of supervisors shall be authorized to borrow such money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order as published. The amount authorized to be borrowed under this section may be borrowed at any time and in any amount, but the total borrowed shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) in addition to such sums as may heretofore have been borrowed for the purposes herein enumerated, or either of them, and especially in addition to any sums that may have heretofore been borrowed or in addition to any bonds that may have heretofore been issued under authority of Section 65-33-51 . Any attorneys' fees paid for the issuance of said bonds shall be paid out of the general fund of said county.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any county with an assessed valuation of less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107
Status: in_force

The commission shall have power to apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; but in the absence of such consent of Congress and until the same shall have been secured, the compact shall be binding upon the State of Mississippi in all respects permitted by law for the two States of Arkansas and Mississippi without the consent of Congress to cooperate, for the purposes enumerated in the compact and in the manner provided therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-21-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-5
Status: in_force

The several counties of this state bordering on the tide water of the Gulf of Mexico are authorized and empowered, in the discretion of the boards of supervisors of such counties or of any of them, to provide for the proper illumination of all such bridges and other parts of any of the public highways running in, through, or across said counties or any of them as, in the discretion of said boards of supervisors, may be deemed reasonable and necessary. Said boards of supervisors may and shall have authority to appropriate a reasonable and proper sum, to be paid out of the general county fund, for payment of the expenses of providing said system of illumination and the maintenance thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 41-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-65
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 “Brice's Crossroads Battlefield-Chief Tishomingo Scenic Byway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

Beginning at the Brice's Crossroads Visitors and Interpretive Center and traveling northerly on Grisham Street to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 370, then traveling westerly on Mississippi Highway 370 to its intersection with County Road 833, then traveling southeasterly on County Road 833 to its intersection with County Road 503, then traveling southerly on County Road 503 to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 348, then traveling easterly on Mississippi Highway 348 to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 145.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-17-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-205
Status: in_force

The compensation of the county engineer shall be determined by the board of supervisors of the county employing such engineer. The manner of making such compensation shall be spread annually upon the minutes of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-9
Status: in_force

Any municipality, whenever a reasonable price cannot be agreed upon, or whenever the owner is legally incapacitated or is absent or is unable to convey valid title or is unknown, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by condemnation any such bridge or bridges or interest or interests therein, and any land, rights, easements, franchises, and other property deemed necessary or convenient for the improvement or the efficient operation of any property acquired or constructed under this article, or for the purpose of constructing any bridge or portion thereof hereunder, or for securing right of way leading to any such bridge or its approaches, in the manner hereinafter provided. Such condemnation proceedings shall be instituted by a written application of the governing body of such municipality and shall be conducted, and the compensation to be paid shall be ascertained and paid, in the manner provided by Chapter 33, Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972, or by the laws of the state where such proceedings may be conducted. And any municipality is further authorized and empowered to exercise in this state and in any adjoining state such powers of eminent domain as may be conferred upon such municipality by any act of the Congress of the United States now in force or which may hereafter be enacted. Title to any property condemned by a municipality shall be taken in its name. No municipality shall be under any obligation to accept and pay for any property condemned or any costs incidental to any condemnation proceedings, and shall, in no event, pay for the same except from the funds provided by this article. In any condemnation proceedings, the court having jurisdiction of the suit, action, or proceedings may make such orders as may be just to such municipality and to the owners of the property to be condemned, and may require an undertaking or other security to secure such owners against any loss or damage to be sustained by reason of the failure of such municipality to accept and pay for the property; but such undertaking or security shall impose no liability upon such municipality, except such as may be paid from the funds provided under the authority of this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-105.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-105.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-105.nr2
Status: in_force

Before any road, or any part thereof, or any bridge shall be let out to contract where the amount of the contract will exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), the county road manager, or engineer if there be one, shall inspect the road or part thereof or the bridge so proposed to be contracted, and shall carefully note the character and amount of work needed on same and all else necessary to make same a good and acceptable highway. The county road manager, or engineer if there be one, shall then prepare detailed plans and specifications for the construction or reconstruction or working of same by contract, which shall be presented to the board of supervisors for approval. The plans and specifications shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors for the inspection of prospective bidders, prior to the first public letting under the terms hereof at a regular meeting to be named; and at any time prior to the acceptance of bids, the board may alter the plans and specifications submitted, and thereupon readvertise.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-21
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and directed to prepare all necessary surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for all projects upon county highways, to furnish engineering and technical assistance for the preparation of such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates, and to supervise the construction of all projects upon county highways under the provisions of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 ; the cost and expense of such surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and the supervision of projects shall be paid from the federal aid or state appropriated funds allocated for such project, or from any other funds that the county might have available for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-13
Status: in_force

The public agencies herein named, either jointly or severally, may acquire by purchase, gift, donation, or by eminent domain all necessary land, rights of way, easements, and supplies for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating, improving, extending, and maintaining toll bridges and approaches thereto, acquiring same in such necessary width and length as the governing authority of such political subdivision or subdivisions may determine will be necessary, right, and proper for such bridge purposes. Such public agencies are likewise granted such rights in any adjoining state, provided that such rights do not in anywise conflict with the laws of such adjoining state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-43
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may, in lieu of charging and collecting tolls or in combination with the charging and collection of tolls, levy or assess adjacent property owners or the different supervisors districts, municipalities, agencies, departments, or other instrumentalities assisting in the development of the works authorized herein with an amount of money which, together with other revenues, will provide sufficient funds to carry out the purpose of this chapter. All political subdivisions of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to make such agreements with the board of trustees as are necessary to carry out the purpose of this section. All assessments shall be voluntary and at the discretion of the party or governmental subdivision upon which the assessment is to be levied. All procedures, regulations, commitments, etc., shall be outlined in detail on a resolution by the board of trustees of the authority prior to acceptance by any political subdivision of this state and agencies, commissions, departments, and other instrumentalities thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-7-171 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-171
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-171
Status: in_force

Sections 65-7-171 and 65-7-173 shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient's Memorial Highway Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-21
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-33-17 to 65-33-21 shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county for which the same are issued, shall mature so as to be paid within twenty years from their date of issuance, and shall be paid out of the funds collected under this chapter. All bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness heretofore issued by such county for seawall and road protection purposes maturing each year and the interest thereon however, shall be first provided for and paid out of said funds. The bonds authorized to be issued under Sections 65-33-17 to 65-33-21 shall not be subject to other limitations, restrictions or provisions of the general laws or laws which may be enacted at the Regular 1940 Session of the Mississippi Legislature governing the borrowing of money, amounts of indebtedness, budget and election, and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-325 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-325
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county or counties issuing its or their bonds under the provisions of this article shall have power to make and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the execution of its powers under this article, may employ engineering and construction experts, inspectors, attorneys, and such other employees as may be deemed necessary, and may fix their compensation. All such compensation and all expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article shall be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred hereunder beyond the extent to which money shall have been provided under the authority of this article. All public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted under this article shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition, as nearly as practicable, or adequate compensation made therefor out of funds provided by this article.

The powers and duties of counties and the governing bodies thereof hereinabove enumerated in this article shall not be construed as a limitation on the general powers or duties of such counties or the governing bodies thereof. It shall be the duty of the governing body of any county or counties issuing its bonds pursuant to the provisions of this article, in addition to the powers and duties enumerated in this article, to do and perform any and all things and acts necessary in the construction, maintenance, and operation of any bridge to be constructed under the provisions of this article, to the end that such bridge or bridges may become and be operated free of tolls as early as possible and practicable, subject only to the express limitations of this article and the limitations of the other laws and constitutional provisions applicable thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11
Status: in_force

In any county having countywide road or bridge bonds or district 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 countywide road or bridge bonds and district 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 or district road or bridge maintenance fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.208 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.208
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.208
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 51 within Madison County, Mississippi, beginning at the corporate limits of the City of Madison and extending to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 51 and Yandell Road is designated and shall be known as the Deputy Chief W.T. “Bill” Martin Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-229 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-3-71.365 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.365
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.365
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge on Liberty Road in Adams County, Mississippi, that is currently referred to as the St. Catherine's Creek Bridge, is designated as the “James Carter Memorial Bridge” in memory of the late Adams County Supervisor James Carter.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of road described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-9
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the hospitality station, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.133 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.133
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.133
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Interstate 10 within the corporate limits of the City of Moss Point from Mississippi Highway 63 to Veterans Memorial Bridge is designated and shall be known as “Officer Larry DeWayne Lee Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-5
Status: in_force

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

(a) The word “municipality” shall be deemed to include any county or city in this state.

(b) The word “bridge” shall be deemed to include the substructure and the superstructure of the bridge and the approaches thereto and also all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof, and shall embrace bridges which are now in existence or hereafter constructed and wholly or partly within the municipality or are within twenty miles of the territory over which such municipality has jurisdiction and which are over the Mississippi River, and shall also embrace combined railroad and highway bridges, as well as highway bridges.

(c) The term “governing body” shall mean the board of supervisors of a county or the council, board of aldermen, or other legislative body of a city.

(d) The word “improvements” shall mean such repairs, replacements, additions, and betterments of and to a bridge acquired by purchase or by condemnation as are deemed necessary to place it in a safe and efficient condition for the use of the public, if such repairs, replacements, additions, and betterments are ordered prior to the sale of any bonds for the acquisition of such bridge.

(e) The term “cost of bridge”, as applied to a bridge to be acquired by purchase or by condemnation, shall include the purchase price or the amount of the award, cost of improvements, financing charges, interest during any period of disuse before completion of improvements, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications and 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 acquisition of the bridge and the placing of the bridge in operation.

(f) The term “cost of bridge”, as applied to a bridge to be constructed, shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such construction, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for six months after completion of construction, 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.

(g) The word “owner” shall include all individuals, incorporated companies, copartnerships, societies, or associations having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements, or franchises authorized to be acquired by this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-125 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-125
Status: in_force

The State Highway Department is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to sell used road building materials of every kind, nature, and description to the various boards of supervisors for a reasonable and fair price. The funds received as a result of a sale contemplated by this section shall be deposited in the state treasury as required by Section 65-1-111 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-205
Status: in_force

The compensation of the county engineer shall be determined by the board of supervisors of the county employing such engineer. The manner of making such compensation shall be spread annually upon the minutes of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-21-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-9-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-27
Status: in_force

Whenever any county is ineligible for state aid under the provisions of this chapter for a continuous period of four (4) years, then such county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the funds in the State Aid Road Fund theretofore allocated to it; and the balance of such funds so theretofore allocated to it shall be reallocated pro rata between all other eligible counties in the same relative proportions as those specified in any law providing state aid road funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-7
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, whenever it shall deem such purchase expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-25-3 , or any such toll bridge partly constructed, or any franchises, easements, permits, or contracts for the construction of any such bridge, or any such toll bridge or facilities thereof which may be under lease in whole or in part and which may be so acquired subject to the terms of such lease, all upon such terms and at such prices as may be reasonable and can be agreed upon between such municipality and the owner thereof, title thereto to be taken in the name of such municipality. For the purpose of paying the cost of such acquisition, any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bridge revenue bonds as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-15-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-15
Status: in_force

The board shall levy annually, when other taxes are levied, a special tax to be used exclusively in paying the interest on such road bonds and in providing a sinking fund for their redemption.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 37-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-15
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, when all deficient bridges, as defined by Section 65-37-3(1)(a) , of a county have been replaced or are under contract for replacement or rehabilitation, then monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created under Section 65-37-13 , that are allocated to a particular county may be expended for (a) the purpose of paying the principal, interest and debt service on any bonds, notes or obligations issued or incurred by that county before the effective date of this chapter for the purpose of replacing or rehabilitating any bridge or drainage-related structure on any highway, road or street under the jurisdiction of that county, (b) on bridges in the State Aid Road System, or (c) if bridges in the State Aid Road System of that county are in sufficient repair, such monies may be utilized for the repair of roads on the State Aid Road System or local system roads, upon presentation to the State Aid Engineer of a resolution duly adopted and entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors of such county requesting such expenditure and reciting in the resolution such information as may be necessary for the State Aid Engineer to determine that the county is eligible for expenditure of funds under the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-201.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201.nr2
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of the State of Mississippi are authorized and empowered at their discretion to employ, as county engineer, a civil engineer or person qualified to perform the duties of a county engineer, and such assistant engineers as may be necessary. On all projects for the construction or reconstruction of a bridge which will cost more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or for the construction or reconstruction of roads which will cost more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per mile, the employment of an engineer qualified under the chapter on engineers shall be obligatory, whether the work is to be done by contract or otherwise; however, in obligatory cases the employment may be for the particular work rather than for a term.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-23-331 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-331
Status: in_force

Such bonds may be issued for the purpose stated above and, regardless of the amount thereof, same shall not be subject to the limitations as to amount of bonded debt based upon amount of the assessed value of taxable property in a county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-125 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-125
Status: in_force

There is hereby granted to the members of The Authority for the State of Mississippi, and to the compact administrator, all the powers provided for in the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact Authority. All officers of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions, which are necessary or incidental to carrying out the purposes of the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-201
Status: in_force

When fifty or more owners of real property within a proposed district shall file a petition with the chancery court of the county in which the largest portion of the lands of the proposed district are situated, seeking to establish a bridge district for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating an interstate bridge and the approaches thereto embracing their property, said petition shall describe the region or area to be embraced within said district and describe generally the location of said bridge, the proposed plan of financing the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge, together with a general idea of its character and expenses, accompanied by a certificate or resolution from the Mississippi State Highway Commission showing the need and necessity for the construction of such bridge; then it shall be the duty of the clerk of the chancery court to enter upon its records an evidence of having filed the petition. After having filed said petition, said property owners or their representatives shall apply to the chancellor in vacation or term time for an order fixing a day and date for a hearing on said petition to determine whether or not the petition should be granted or denied. The chancery clerk, after having received the order fixing a day and date for such hearing, shall thereupon give notice by publication once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in the county or counties within which the lands of the proposed district are situated, notifying all persons owning property therein to appear before the chancery court on the day and date fixed by said court to show cause in favor of or against the establishment of said district. At the time named in said notice, the chancery court shall meet and hear all property owners within the proposed district who wish to appear for or against the establishment of the district. If it is deemed to the best interest of the owners of real property within said district that the same shall be created under the provisions of this article the court shall enter an order establishing the district as an interstate bridge district, which shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of this article. Any landowner feeling aggrieved by the order of the court shall have the right of appeal within thirty days from the date the order was entered, and such appeal may be prosecuted in the manner now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-17
Status: in_force

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

If under the foregoing sections an election is held and the majority vote in favor of the district proposed, the appeal to the circuit court hereinabove mentioned shall not lie or, if taken, shall be dismissed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-41-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 41-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-13
Status: in_force

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

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall mandate local governments to participate in the program, and a local governmental entity may terminate participation in the program at any time by resolution duly adopted and entered upon its minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.101 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.101
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.101
Status: in_force

(1) The interchange located at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 6 and the Natchez Trace Parkway in Lee County is designated and shall be known as the “S.A. (Junior) Hancock Memorial Interchange.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs approaching the interchange from the east and west that shall include the following: “S.A. (Junior) Hancock devoted his life to the completion of the Natchez Trace Parkway. His goal was achieved on May 21, 2005.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-15
Status: in_force

The highway authorities of the state, city, county, town, or village are authorized to enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in their respective jurisdictions, to facilitate the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.176 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-41-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-19-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-43
Status: in_force

The roads hereinbefore provided shall have been completed for a period of at least one month before the board of supervisors and the road commissioners shall finally accept the same and make final settlement therefor. Nor shall the board of supervisors allow any final payment to any contractor for the construction of any such road until an itemized statement shall be filed, showing in detail the amount that may be due for each separate mile, the number of yards hauled for each mile, and the amount of work completed for each mile.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-21
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be placed to the credit of such municipality, county, ferry commission, or trustee in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system, may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations, and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose or purposes set forth in the original resolution of the governing body of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality or county shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and officially on bond for such diversion. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-11-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-55
Status: in_force

Any county may, by resolution of its board of supervisors, request that all or any portion of the moneys available for expenditure in such county be expended on any secondary highway in such county or on the state highway system, as may be agreed upon by the board of supervisors of such county and the state highway department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-27
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of trustees shall take and subscribe to the general oath of office, required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi , before the chancery clerk that he will faithfully discharge the duties of the office, which oath shall be filed with the said clerk and by him preserved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 26-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) When all contracts for bridge construction are paid in full then all funds in the bridge construction fund and all funds invested as provided in subsection (3) of this section shall be transferred to the bond retirement fund and no further diversion or transfer of said funds shall be made to the bridge construction fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-31-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 31-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-15
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the rest area, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at such rest area.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37.1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-37.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37.1
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to allow for the erection of markers recognizing the Military Order of the Purple Heart at the entrances of state highways in the counties of Mississippi, subject to the limitation that only four (4) markers be authorized for erection per county.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall not be responsible for purchasing, erecting or maintaining the markers described in subsection (1) of this section, or any other material related to the erection of such markers. However, the Mississippi Transportation Commission may promulgate rules and regulations in regard to marker placement at the designated entrances. Marker size shall not exceed two (2) feet by two (2) feet. Local governing authorities may assist in the erection of the markers, but shall not be required to do so.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-9
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission shall determine what proportion of the funds allotted to the State of Mississippi for the improvement of secondary and feeder roads under subsection (b), Section 3, of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [53 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626], shall be expended upon the improvement of highways on the county federal aid highway system; however, not less than fifty per cent (50%) of the amount so apportioned to Mississippi under said act shall be apportioned for expenditure among the counties for the improvement of roads on the county federal aid highway system; if the amount apportioned by the state to the state highway fund to carry out the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 should be less than fifty per cent (50%) of the amount apportioned to Mississippi for secondary and feeder roads under said act, then the amount of federal funds apportioned to the counties for the improvement of roads on the county federal aid highway system may be less than fifty per cent (50%) of such federal funds, but shall not be less than the amount of such state appropriation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107
Status: in_force

The commission shall have power to apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; but in the absence of such consent of Congress and until the same shall have been secured, the compact shall be binding upon the State of Mississippi in all respects permitted by law for the two States of Arkansas and Mississippi without the consent of Congress to cooperate, for the purposes enumerated in the compact and in the manner provided therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-203 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-203
Status: in_force

The duties of the county engineer shall be to prepare all plans and estimates for the construction of bridges and superintend their construction, to make all estimates and plans of work to be done in the construction and maintenance of roads and superintend the work, to go over the report to the board of supervisors what work should be done to properly upkeep and maintain all roads and bridges in the county, and to check over and report to the board of supervisors on all estimates before payment by the board of supervisors of all work done on public roads.

The engineer may be required to furnish plans and estimates, and may superintend the construction of any road under the supervision of the state highway commission, if the highway commission may so elect. The purpose of this section is to provide a means whereby the board of supervisors and the highway commission may co-operate in such work, when same can be done, and reduce the expense of construction of any road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-205
Status: in_force

The compensation of the county engineer shall be determined by the board of supervisors of the county employing such engineer. The manner of making such compensation shall be spread annually upon the minutes of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 26-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-1
Status: in_force

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

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

The provisions of this chapter are determined to be necessary and essential to the accomplishment of the aforesaid purposes, and that this chapter operates on a subject in which the state-at-large is interested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-35
Status: in_force

All moneys that shall be appropriated for the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 shall be paid into the State Highway Fund, as shall all other moneys that shall be paid for said purposes as a result of any other law, state or federal, and all moneys which shall accrue from any other source for such purposes. All expenditures of state funds contemplated by the aforesaid sections shall be made from such fund, and such moneys shall be paid out by the State Highway Commission, acting through its director, in the manner and method now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-21
Status: in_force

This article, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare of municipalities, counties, and other political agencies of the State of Mississippi, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.109 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-25-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-51
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of such county or the governing authority of such city shall appoint the members of such commission. In making the first appointments, one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) member for a term of two (2) years, one (1) member for a term of three (3) years, one (1) member for a term of four (4) years, and one (1) member for a term of five (5) years. If the governing authorities shall elect to continue an existing commission in effect, then the order so providing shall reappoint the membership of such commission for varying terms of from one (1) to five (5) years, as hereinabove provided in cases of a newly established commission and, thereafter, their successors shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years. Said governing authorities shall, by resolution entered upon their minutes, prescribe the duties, powers, and rights of such commission and provide for the reasonable compensation, if any, of such commissioners. The acts of such commissioners shall regularly, and not less than four (4) times each year, be reported to such governing body and be subject to its approval and concurrence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is authorized to contract with the Department of Economic and Community Development, on terms and conditions agreeable between the two (2) state agencies, for the operation of one or more of such hospitality stations constructed under the provisions of this chapter. The commission and the department are further authorized to enter into agreement with an adjoining state for the operation of a hospitality station on an interstate highway where the states' boundary is the Mississippi River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Mississippi River and a national military park in the State of Mississippi, or where the states' boundary is the Pearl River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Pearl River and the buffer zone to a test facility operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the State of Mississippi. The commission and the department are authorized to pay whatever expenses may be agreed upon between the two (2) states as to the fair share of the operating and maintenance cost of the hospitality station operated primarily for the benefit of the state. Such contracts and agreements shall provide for the furnishing of suitable personnel for the operation of such stations and that such stations shall be kept supplied with such information, pamphlets and other materials as will advertise and publicize the history, commerce, industry, natural resources and tourist attractions of this state. Such information, pamphlets and other materials shall be available to the traveling public and shall be distributed by the personnel employed to operate such stations. The agency operating such hospitality stations shall provide for the free distribution to the traveling public of such literature, pamphlets, refreshments and other items that may be of interest to tourists in such manner as deemed to be in the best interest of promoting the tourist trade in this state. Such agency may sell, or contract for the sale of, merchandise on the premises of any hospitality station, provided such sale or contract for sale is subject to any applicable federal laws and Section 43-3-93 . Revenue derived from such sales shall be paid into the special revolving fund established pursuant to Section 57-1-66 and shall be expended to promote and market Mississippi and to maintain and improve hospitality stations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-13
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, whenever it shall deem such construction expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-25-3 . Such municipality is hereby authorized to purchase within this state and within any adjoining state, solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, such lands, structures, rights of way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights of any person, copartnership, association, railroad or other corporation, or municipality or political subdivision, deemed necessary for the construction of any such bridge, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of such municipality. The State of Mississippi hereby consents to the use of all lands lying under water, which are within the state and are necessary for the construction and operation of any such bridge and the approaches and appurtenances thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 26-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) When all contracts for bridge construction are paid in full then all funds in the bridge construction fund and all funds invested as provided in subsection (3) of this section shall be transferred to the bond retirement fund and no further diversion or transfer of said funds shall be made to the bridge construction fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.75
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.75
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge on Cowan-Lorraine Road in Harrison County that spans the Harrison County Industrial Seaway is designated and shall be known as the “Eugene P. Wilkes Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation 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. § 65-23-323 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-323
Status: in_force

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

Authority is hereby granted to any such county or counties to secure loans to finance planning of the bridges herein authorized from any governmental agency, repayable solely from the sale of said revenue bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-121 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-121
Status: repealed

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

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

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

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

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

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

(3) Repealed.

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

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

(6) From and after July 1, 2000, any proceedings under this section shall be documented in the official record of the county road system in accordance with the requirements of Section 65-7-4 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-27
Status: in_force

Any holder of any bonds issued under the provisions of this article or of any of the coupons attached thereto, and the trustee under the trust indenture, if any, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by the trust indenture, may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust indenture, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this article, or by such resolution or trust indenture, to be performed by the municipality, its governing body, or by the state highway commission, or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of tolls for transit over such bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-133 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-133
Status: in_force

SECTION 1.

(1) The mileage of highway specifically designated in subsection (2) of this section is in addition to the total mileage limitation of eight thousand six hundred (8,600) miles that is set out in Section 65-3-3 .

(2) The following highway is designated as a state highway and is placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Sections 65-3-3 and 65-3-5 , and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

Southern District--Lawrence and Marion Counties:

An extension of Mississippi 44 beginning at its intersection with Mississippi 27 in Lawrence County and extending easterly across the Pearl River to Mississippi 13 in Marion County.

(3) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall maintain, construct, take over and assume jurisdiction of the highway designated in subsection (1) of this section in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as set out in Sections 65-1-75 , 65-3-3 , 65-9-1 and 65-9-3 .

SECTION 2.

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

Southern District--Wayne County:

Beginning on Mississippi 510 at the end of state maintenance south of Mathersville, thence southeasterly approximately 4.4 miles to Supervisors District 2 of Wayne County.

SECTION 3.

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

Central District--Humphreys County:

Mississippi 435 (Silent Shade Road) beginning at a point on Mississippi 12 approximately 5 miles east of Belzoni, thence northeasterly along the Yazoo River for 9 miles; all in Humphreys County.

SECTION 4.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall perform preliminary engineering, acquire necessary right-of-way and construct or reconstruct and maintain as a four-lane highway the following segment of highway:

Northern District--Lafayette County:

Mississippi 7 beginning at its intersection with Mississippi 6 and extending southerly to its intersection with Mississippi 9 West.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-43
Status: in_force

The roads hereinbefore provided shall have been completed for a period of at least one month before the board of supervisors and the road commissioners shall finally accept the same and make final settlement therefor. Nor shall the board of supervisors allow any final payment to any contractor for the construction of any such road until an itemized statement shall be filed, showing in detail the amount that may be due for each separate mile, the number of yards hauled for each mile, and the amount of work completed for each mile.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.78 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.78
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.78
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 315 beginning at the eastern boundary of the corporate limits of the City of Water Valley, Yalobusha County, and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 9W in Lafayette County is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Dewitt Clinton French 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. § 65-37-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-13
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.” The fund shall consist of monies that the Legislature appropriates under subsection (2) of this section, the proceeds of bonds issued under Section 10 of Chapter 557, Laws of 2009, and any other monies that the Legislature may designate for deposit into the fund. Monies in the fund may be expended upon legislative appropriation in accordance with the provisions of Sections 65-37-1 through 65-37-15 .

(2)(a) During each regular legislative session held in calendar years 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998, if the official General Fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year for which appropriations are being made reflects a growth in General Fund revenues of three percent (3%) or more for that succeeding fiscal year, then the Legislature shall appropriate Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) from the State General Fund for deposit into the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.

(b) During the regular legislative session held in calendar year 1999, if the official General Fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year for which appropriations are being made reflects a growth in General Fund revenues of two percent (2%) or more for the succeeding fiscal year, then the Legislature shall appropriate Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) from the State General Fund for deposit into the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (c), during each regular legislative session held in calendar years 2001 through 2017, if the official General Fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year for which appropriations are being made reflects a growth in General Fund revenues of two percent (2%) or more for the succeeding fiscal year, then the Legislature shall appropriate Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) from the State General Fund for deposit into the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund. However, during the regular legislative sessions held in calendar years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016 the Legislature shall not be required to appropriate funds for deposit into the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.

(3) Monies that are deposited into the fund under the provisions of this section may be expended upon requisition therefor by the State Aid Engineer in accordance with the provisions of Sections 65-37-1 through 65-37-15 . The Office of State Aid Road Construction shall be entitled to reimbursement from monies in the fund, upon requisitions therefor by the State Aid Engineer, for the actual expenses incurred by the office in administering the provisions of the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program. 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 on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.

(4) Monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund shall be allocated and become available for distribution to counties in accordance with the formula prescribed in Section 65-37-3 beginning January 1, 1995, on a project-by-project basis. Monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund may not be used or expended for any purpose except as authorized under Sections 65-37-1 through 65-37-15 .

(5) Monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund may be credited to a county in advance of the normal accrual to finance certain projects, subject to the approval of the State Aid Engineer and subject further to the following limitations:

(a) That the maximum amount of such monies that may be advanced to any county shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the funds estimated to accrue to such county during the remainder of the term of office of the board of supervisors of such county;

(b) That no advance credit of funds will be made to any county when the unobligated balance in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund is less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00); and

(c) That such advance crediting of funds be effected by the State Aid Engineer at the time of the approval of the plans and specifications for the proposed projects.

It is the intent of this provision to utilize to the fullest practicable extent the balance of monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund on hand at all times.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-2-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-2-3
Status: in_force

The board shall be composed of three (3) members, one (1) to be appointed by the Mississippi Transportation Commission, and one (1) to be selected by the Mississippi Road Builders' Association, Incorporated, or its successor organization (hereinafter referred to as the contractors). The third member shall be chosen by agreement of the other two (2) members.

Each board member shall serve for a four-year term at the end of which either the Mississippi Transportation Commission or the contractors may either retain their representative or choose to appoint or select another member.

The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall establish appropriate fees for administering the arbitration process under this chapter and for compensating arbitrators for their service. These fees for each arbitration do not include the attorneys' fees of the parties and shall be assessed to the parties to the arbitration as determined by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.3
Status: in_force

(1) The crossing of U.S. Highway 90 over the East Pascagoula River shall be designated and henceforth known as “The Singing River.”

(2) The State Highway Department is hereby authorized to erect appropriate markers at each end of the bridge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.270 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.270
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.270
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 35 within the corporate limits of the City of Batesville, Mississippi, from its intersection with Brewer Road to the point at which it intersects with Interstate Highway 55, is designated and shall be known as the “Leonard Morris Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-47.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-47.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-47.nr2
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 the selection of such projects the boards of supervisors shall select roads and bridges which will be of the greatest benefit to the county 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. § 65-33-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-51
Status: in_force

(1) In any county maintaining a sea wall or road protection structure under the provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors may borrow funds not in excess of one million, five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00), at a rate of interest not exceeding four per cent per annum, in addition to such sums as have heretofore been borrowed for the purpose of constructing, repairing, strengthening, or maintaining the road protection structure or sea wall of the county. Such board of supervisors shall have the authority to acquire by purchase or otherwise a dredge boat and to use and operate it for the purpose of pumping a sand beach adjacent to such sea wall or road protection structure or for the maintenance thereof, and to pay for same out of any funds provided under this section. The funds or amount borrowed for the purposes provided for in this section shall be repaid within a period of fifteen years from the date borrowed, and shall be paid out of the funds collected under this chapter. All bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness maturing each year and the interest thereon, however, shall be first provided for and paid out of said funds. The loans authorized herein shall not be subject to other limitations, restrictions, or provisions of the general laws governing the borrowing of money, amounts of indebtedness, budget, and election; and said loans may be made by the board of supervisors of such county either by issuance of county bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness which shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county issuing same and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter. The money herein authorized to be borrowed by such board of supervisors may be borrowed from any person, firm, corporation, governmental lending agency, or from any sinking funds of such county; if the money be borrowed from any sinking fund, it shall be repaid before the sinking fund from which it is borrowed, when supplemented by funds paid into same, is needed. Before the board of supervisors shall borrow money under this section, it shall spread on its minutes an order reciting such intention, and shall thereafter publish a copy of such order in three weekly issues of some newspaper having a general circulation in the county. If, within fifteen days after the first publication of a copy of such order, fifteen per cent of the qualified electors of the county shall file with such board of supervisors a petition in writing requesting an election on the question of borrowing money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order, then such money shall not be borrowed unless authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of such county voting in an election to be ordered by such board of supervisors for that purpose. Notice of such election shall be given and such election shall be held and conducted as provided by law in connection with elections for the submission of bond issues in such county. If such proposition shall fail to receive such majority vote at such election, then no further proceedings for the borrowing of such money shall be had or taken within a period of six months from and after the date of such election. If, however, no such petition shall be so filed, or if at such election such petition shall be assented to by a majority vote, then such board of supervisors shall be authorized to borrow such money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order as published. The amount authorized to be borrowed under this section may be borrowed at any time and in any amount, but the total borrowed shall not exceed one million, five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) in addition to such sums as may heretofore have been borrowed for the purposes herein enumerated, or either of them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is further given full power and authority to let, by competitive bids, any contract for the repair of said wall, or for the installation and drainage, and for the construction of any additional section of wall, together with any artificial beach adjacent to said wall; or it may, in its discretion, negotiate a contract for any and all construction or any part thereof for the construction, repair, reconstruction, or additions thereto; or it may do any or all of said work under the direction of the county engineer or engineers employed by it and for which purpose it may employ all necessary labor and equipment and purchase necessary materials.

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

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any county with an assessed valuation of less than $10,000,000.00.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 21-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-31
Status: in_force

When any governing board of a political subdivision of the state or the governing board of a municipality must physically close a bridge or bridges under its jurisdiction in order for the state, a political subdivision of the state and/or a municipality of the state to receive or continue to receive federal transportation funding, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall direct by written notice such governing board to physically close the bridge or bridges within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such notice. The governing board shall retain jurisdiction of such bridge or bridges and is responsible for all costs associated with the closed bridge or bridges, including closure and maintenance costs. Any such bridge or bridges shall remain closed until the bridge is able to be reopened in a condition that does not reduce the amount that the state, a political subdivision of the state and/or a municipality of the state shall receive or continue to receive in federal transportation funding. Any political subdivision of the state or municipality of the state whose governing board fails to comply with the directive provided under this section shall not be eligible for funding provided under Section 27-67-35 and shall remain ineligible until the governing board is in compliance with such directive.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.125 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.125
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.125
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 82 in Montgomery County beginning at the western corporate limit of the Town of Kilmichael and extending easterly to the eastern corporate limit of the Town of Kilmichael, is designated and shall be known as the “Juanell Lollar 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. § 65-11-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-59
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall not expend any of said funds for machinery or other equipment or tools.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-7
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of providing funds to defray the expenses of projects authorized pursuant to Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 , the board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality shall have the right to borrow money for the project, and to issue revenue bonds therefor in such principal amounts as the board of supervisors or governing authorities may determine to be necessary to provide sufficient funds to defray the expenses of projects authorized pursuant to Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 . The bonds shall be payable out of any revenues derived from the project, including grants or contributions from the federal government or other sources. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale at not less than par and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding that allowed in Section 75-17-103 . Any such bonds so issued shall not constitute a debt of the county, the municipality or any political subdivision of the county or the city within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter restriction, limitation or provision. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond in substance that the bond has been issued pursuant to the authority granted in this section and that the taxing power of the county or municipality issuing the bond is not pledged to the payment of the bond or the interest on it and that the bond and the interest on it are payable solely from the revenues of the project for which the bond is issued.

(2) All bonds issued under the authority of this section shall bear such date or dates, shall be in such form or denomination, shall bear such rate of interest, and shall mature at such times as the county or municipality shall determine, but no bonds issued under the authority of this section shall mature more than thirty (30) years from the date of the issuance thereof and none of the bonds shall be sold for less than par and accrued interest. All bonds shall be sold in the manner now provided by law for the sale of bonds without any restrictions, limitations, requirements or conditions applicable to the borrowing of such money and the issuance of such bonds which are not herein contained. The denomination, form, place of payment and other details of such bonds may be determined by resolution or order of the board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality, and shall be executed on behalf of the county or municipality as is now provided by law.

(3) Before issuing any bonds under the provisions of this section, the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality shall, by resolution spread upon the minutes, declare its intention to issue such bonds for the purposes authorized by this section and shall state in the resolution the amount of bonds proposed to be issued and shall likewise fix in the resolution the date upon which the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality proposes to direct the issuance of the bonds. Notice of such intention shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the county or the municipality, with the first publication of the notice to be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed in the resolution for the issuance of the bonds and the last publication to be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. If, on or before the date specified in the resolution, twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the county or municipality shall file a written protest against the issuance of the bonds, then an election upon the issuance of the bonds shall be called, and held, as provided in this section. If no such protest shall be filed, then the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality may issue such bonds without an election on the question of the issuance of the bonds at any time within a period of two (2) years after the date specified in the resolution.

(4) If an election is called under the provisions of this section on the question of the issuance of bonds, the election shall be held, insofar as practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in the county or municipality. At the election, all qualified electors of the county or municipality may vote and the ballots used in the election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purposes of the proposed bond issue and the words “FOR THE BOND ISSUE” and the words “AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE,” and the voters shall vote by placing a cross (X) or check mark (✓) opposite their choice on the proposition.

(5) When the results of any election provided for in this section shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of the county or municipality and certified by them to the proper authorities, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality to determine and adjudicate whether or not a majority of the qualified electors who voted in the election voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds and unless a majority of the qualified electors who voted in the election voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds, then the bonds shall not be issued. Should a majority of the qualified electors who vote in the election vote in favor of the bonds, the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality may issue the bonds, either in whole or in part, within two (2) years from the date of such election, or within two (2) years after final favorable determination of any litigation affecting the issuance of such bonds at such time or times, and in such amount or amounts, not exceeding that specified in the notice of the election, as shall be deemed proper.

(6) This section, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of bonds and borrowing of money as authorized in this section by counties or municipalities, and shall be construed as an additional and alternate method therefor. The bonds authorized by this section shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or restriction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.177 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.177
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.177
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 82, also known as the 82 Bypass, located within the corporate limits of the City of Starkville shall be known and designated as the “Jack Cristil Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-5
Status: in_force

The authorities of any county in which there is situated and located, in whole or in part, a county ferry, are hereby given the authority to engage in, either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided and designated and such other agencies as hereafter may be provided by law, promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining, and operating or contract to have operated a ferry or ferries and ferry service within the county and its jurisdiction and to the opposite shore of an adjoining county or state, and either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided, shall have the power to acquire, purchase, install, rent, lease, mortgage, or otherwise encumber, to construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate wharves, piers, docks, quays, warehouses, other water and rail terminals, and other necessary structures and facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of ferry service from said county to adjoining county or state. The entire cost to any such county or city of engaging in such work or development shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars for lands and equipment and annually not more than fifty thousand dollars for maintenance, repairs, and operations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-41-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 41-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-63
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(f) To be known as “Santa Rosa Scenic Byway to Space”: Beginning at the intersection of Texas Flat Road with Mississippi Highway 607 and continuing east on Texas Flat Road to the edge of the buffer zone next to the runway of Stennis International Airport.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-23
Status: in_force

All contracts for the construction of projects under the terms and provisions of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 shall be let and awarded by the state highway commission in the manner and method now provided by law for the awarding of contracts for the improvement and construction of highways on the state highway system; and the cost and expense of the letting of such contracts shall be paid from the federal aid or state appropriated funds allocated for such project, or from any other funds that the county might have available for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-217 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-217
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-217
Status: in_force

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

All taxes levied under the provisions of this article shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as state and county taxes and, upon default, the tax collector shall certify such delinquent taxes to the board of commissioners and shall also file a copy of such delinquent taxes with the clerk of the chancery court, as is now required to be filed for other delinquent taxes. The board of commissioners shall have the same authority and it is hereby required to enforce the collection of delinquent taxes, penalties, and costs by proceeding in the chancery court of the county in which the lands are situated, and may have the lands subject to such tax sold by order of the chancery court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-117.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-117.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-117.nr2
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of supervisors shall inspect every road and bridge in the county under the jurisdiction of the county not later than December 31, 1989, and, thereafter, not less than once each fiscal year. Each member shall file with the clerk of the board a report, under oath, of the condition of the roads and bridges inspected by him with recommendations by him for a four-year plan for construction and major maintenance of such roads and bridges. Based upon such reports, the board of supervisors shall, on or before February 1, 1990, and on or before February 1 of each year thereafter, adopt and spread upon its minutes a four-year plan for the construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges. The plan may be amended at any time by a vote of the majority of the members of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-21
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors is further authorized and empowered to paint center line safety stripes on all state aid roads heretofore or hereafter constructed in the several counties, by the use of its own crews and facilities or by public contract. The striping shall be applied of the materials and in the manner as the State Aid Engineer shall require. The board, subject to the approval of the State Aid Engineer, may include such striping in the same contract for the completion of the state aid road itself, or by a separately advertised and awarded contract. Funds necessary to carry out this section shall be as provided in the construction of the state aid road itself. The State Aid Engineer is authorized to promulgate and adopt reasonable regulations he may deem necessary and requisite in carrying out the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-33-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-15
Status: in_force

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

The provisions of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 are additional and supplemental to all other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to counties, and no county shall be deemed to be required to issue bonds under the provisions hereof. Unless and until a county shall have issued bonds under the provisions hereof, such county shall not be obligated by any of the provisions of said sections, and may avail itself of any law now or hereafter enacted and which may contain other and different provisions concerning the application of the revenues herein referred to.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.228 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.228
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.228
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 25 in Oktibbeha County beginning at its intersection with Old Highway 25 and extending southerly to its intersection with the Oktibbeha-Winston County Line, is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Donald W. Zacharias Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-17
Status: in_force

All such sign or guide boards throughout the entire state shall be of uniform size, construction, color, and erection. Said sign or guide boards shall show thereon the next city, town, or village to be reached by following each fork of said road, and the distance to be traveled along such road to reach said city, town, or village. All such sign or guide boards as may be erected at forks or crossroads on the main or trunk roads within such county shall indicate direction along said road and distance to the county seat of the county or the principal city, town, or village within said county, and the principal city, town, or village within next adjoining county located on such main or trunk roads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-143.5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.5
Status: in_force

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

Central District--Kemper County:

That portion of Old Highway 463 from Mississippi Highway 16 northerly to Mississippi Highway 397.

(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. § 65-26-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 26-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-1
Status: in_force

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

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

The provisions of this chapter are determined to be necessary and essential to the accomplishment of the aforesaid purposes, and that this chapter operates on a subject in which the state-at-large is interested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-83
Status: in_force

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

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

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

Said boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, authorize the use of county-owned machinery and equipment in the construction and maintenance of municipal streets, whether or not said streets intersect a local or county road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.68 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.68
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.68
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 4 in Prentiss County beginning at the western boundary of the City of Booneville and extending westerly to the Prentiss/Tippah county line, a distance of approximately six (6) miles, is designated and shall be known as the “Hershel G. Jumper Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-29
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall be used solely for the purposes herein provided, including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.16 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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.