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MS Code § 77-7-337 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Administration and Enforcement|§ 77-7-337. Purchase of necessary equipment authorized; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

 The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase all necessary equipment to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and to pay for the same out of the commission's regulation fund.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.   From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
MS Code § 77-7-339 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Administration and Enforcement|§ 77-7-339. Payment of salaries and expenses shall be from the motor carrier regulation account; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

 The salary of the chief enforcement officer and the inspectors, and the reasonable and necessary expenses of such employees and the administration of the duties imposed on the commission by this chapter, shall be paid out of the special fund in the State Treasury designated as the commission's regulation fund, upon requisition and warrants in the same manner provided by law for the disbursements of appropriations for the commission. An itemized account shall be kept of all receipts and expenditures and shall be reported to the Legislature by the commission.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.   From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
MS Code § 77-7-341 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Administration and Enforcement|§ 77-7-341. Cooperation with other agencies authorized

 For the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall have the power, and is directed to cooperate with and use the services of the members of the highway safety patrol and the inspectors employed by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, and the commission shall utilize the facilities and equipment of the inspection stations maintained by the Mississippi Department of Transportation. However, in utilizing these personnel and facilities, the commission shall not interfere with or impede the performance by the personnel of the duties and responsibilities otherwise assigned to them.
MS Code § 77-9-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 77-9-5. "Railroad," "company" and "commission" defined

  The term "railroad" as used in this chapter, includes and applies to every person, firm, association of persons, and company, whether incorporated or not, who or which shall own or operate a railroad as a common carrier.   The term "company" as used in this chapter, embraces and applies to every person, firm, association of persons, and company, whether incorporated or not, who or which shall own or operate a telegraph or telephone line, or do an express or sleeping car business.   The term "commission," as used in this chapter, means the Mississippi Transportation Commission.
MS Code § 77-9-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 77-9-15. Penalty

 If any common carrier shall give to any person a free pass or ticket, or transport him free of charge, contrary to law, such common carrier shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars.
MS Code § 77-9-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 77-9-27. Surety bonds of employees shall not be required to be in any particular company

 No common carrier, authorized to do business in this state, when requiring of an employee that he give it a bond or undertaking of any nature whatever, shall require such employee to have such bond or undertaking executed as surety by any particular company, corporation, association, or firm, or by any one or more of any number of such companies, corporations, associations or firms named by such common carrier. No such common carrier shall reject any such bond or undertaking for any reason other than the financial insufficiency of such bond or undertaking.
MS Code § 77-9-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 77-9-29. Sureties shall be authorized to do business in state

 No common carrier, authorized to do business in this state, when requiring of any employee that he give it a bond or undertaking of any nature, whatsoever, shall require as surety thereon any companies, corporations, associations or firms not a resident of this state. No such common carrier shall accept as such surety any company, corporation or association, unless the same is a corporation duly organized under the laws of Mississippi or which shall have designated an agent residing within this state upon whom service of legal process against it may be made, as provided for foreign corporations doing business in this state, and shall also require that every such bond or undertaking shall be approved, and cancelled, if cancelled, by said agent with whom a complete record thereof shall be kept.
MS Code § 77-9-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 77-9-31. Bond shall cover definite term; cancellation of bond

 Every bond or undertaking of any nature whatsoever given by an employee of any common carrier authorized to do business in this state, shall be made to cover a definite term. No such bond or undertaking shall be cancelled without the consent of all parties thereto, except for a breach of one or more of the conditions thereof. Any such employee who shall have given any such bond or undertaking, shall, upon breach of any of the conditions thereof by the other party or parties thereto, have the power to cancel the same by giving the surety or sureties thereon and the common carrier for the benefit of whom the same shall have been made, at least ten (10) days' notice in writing, setting out in full the reasons for cancelling the same. Said notice shall be signed by such employee sworn to by him in this state before an officer authorized to administer oaths. Any such notice to a company, corporation or association may be served by leaving the same with any person upon whom service of legal process upon such company, corporation or association may be had. Any surety on any such bond or undertaking, shall upon the breach of any of the conditions thereof by the common carrier employee for whom the same shall have been made, have power to cancel the same by giving such employee at least ten (10) days' notice in writing, setting out in full the reasons for cancelling the same. The said notice shall be signed by an agent or manager of such surety, then a resident of this state, and then authorized to approve or disapprove similar bonds or undertakings for such surety, and shall be sworn to by the person signing the same in this state before an officer authorized to administer oaths. Nothing herein shall affect any right of action accruing to any person upon the breach of a contract.
MS Code § 77-9-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 77-9-33. Penalty

 Any officer, agent, or representative of any company, corporation, association or firm, or any other person who shall violate any of the provisions of Sections 77-9-27 through 77-9-31, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than one (1) year. Any bond, contract, or undertaking made in violation of said provisions shall be void.
MS Code § 77-9-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 77-9-35. Liability of the last of several carriers

 If a common carrier receive freight for further transportation and delivery within this state from another carrier, on any contract, express or implied, for continuous carriage, and it arrive at the place of delivery in a broken or damaged condition, or some parts thereof be lost or destroyed, it is the duty of the last carrier to obtain and furnish to the consigneee or other person interested, on demand, true copies of all notations, exceptions, records, and memoranda entered on the books of each carrier touching the receipt, transfers, and handling of the freight while in transit. If such last carrier shall not so furnish the same within thirty (30) days after demand, it shall be presumed to have caused such damage, loss, or destruction. In case of damage, loss, or destruction of perishable goods, by reason of their nature, and of damage not discoverable by outward inspection, proof thereof shall be admissible.
MS Code § 77-9-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 77-9-37. Settlement of claims for lost or damaged freight shall be within reasonable time

 Railroads, corporations and individuals engaged as common carriers in this state are required to settle all claims for lost or damaged freight which has been lost or damaged between two (2) given points on the same line or system, within sixty (60) days from the filing of written notice of the loss or damage with the agent at the point of destination. Where freight is handled by two (2) or more roads or systems of roads, and is lost or damaged, claims therefor shall be settled within ninety (90) days from the filing of written notice thereof with the agent by consignee at the point of destination. A common carrier failing to settle such claims as herein required shall be liable to the consignee for twenty-five dollars ($25.00) damages in each case, in addition to actual damages, all of which may be recovered in the same suit. This section shall only apply when the amount claimed is two hundred dollars ($200.00) or less.
MS Code § 77-9-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 77-9-39. Sale of goods for transportation charges

  When the consignee or owner of any goods or articles transported on any railroad cannot be found or refuses to receive the same or pay the charges, or neglects to do so for a period of fifteen (15) days after notice addressed to the consignee and deposited in the post office, application may be made by the railroad company or its agent to a justice court judge for an order of sale. If it be made to appear that the goods have been transported by the company, and that the consignee or owner cannot be found, or refuses or neglects to pay the costs and charges of transportation, or to receive the goods, the judge shall issue an order directed to the sheriff, or any constable or marshal, directing the sale of the goods at public vendue, at such time as the judge may direct, and the payment out of the proceeds of the sale of the charges on such goods, and all costs which have accrued in procuring the order and making the sale. Should there be a balance left, it shall be paid into the county treasury. The owner of the goods may receive the same out of the treasury, on the order of the board of supervisors, if applied for within two (2) years, but not afterward. Perishable goods may be sold, according to the exigency, if not immediately called for and taken.   The owners of steamboats and other watercraft, and warehousemen, have the right to enforce charges for freight and storage in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, on goods which have been transported or stored by them where the consignee or owner cannot be found, or refuses or neglects to pay such charges.
MS Code § 77-9-601 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 5 - Express Companies|§ 77-9-601. Only chartered express companies to do business of common carriers

 It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, whether residents or non-residents of this state, or any partnership, association or society of persons, resident or non-resident in this state, except express companies duly chartered as such by the laws of this state or some other state of the United States, to engage in the business of a common carrier by express over or upon any railroad or railroads or steamboat within this state. However, nothing herein contained shall apply to the carrying by express goods shipped from points without this state to points within this state, or from points within this state to points without this state, or through or across this state.
MS Code § 77-9-603 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 5 - Express Companies|§ 77-9-603. Penalty for violation

 If any person, partnership, association or society of persons or any agent or representative of such person, partnership, association or society shall, in violation of Section 77-9-601, engage in such business within this state, or shall receive for transportation by express or transport or carry or assist in such transportation or delivery, such person or persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall, for each offense, be fined in any amount not exceeding one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding three months, or both.
MS Code § 77-9-605 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 5 - Express Companies|§ 77-9-605. Offices of express companies

 Every express company shall establish and maintain offices for the transaction of business with the public in its capacity as a common carrier, at each city, town, and village convenient to its routes, if, in the opinion of the commission, the public convenience and necessity requires it. An office once established shall not be discontinued without the consent of the commission, which has authority to require such a company to establish and maintain offices.
MS Code § 77-9-607 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 5 - Express Companies|§ 77-9-607. Civil liability of express companies

 If any express company, through any agent or employee, shall demand and receive of a consignee any charge or part of a charge which had been prepaid, or a greater sum than the company had agreed to perform the services for, or more than reasonable compensation for any service rendered, the consignee or person paying the overcharge shall be entitled to recover of the company twenty-five dollars, in addition to damages for any injury.   Any package, which the company shall receive and transport marked "paid" or "pd.," or otherwise so marked as to indicate prepayment, shall not be charged for at the point of delivery, under the same penalty.
MS Code § 77-9-701 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 77-9-701. Offices of telegraph companies

 Every telegraph company shall establish and maintain offices for the transaction of business with the public in its capacity as a common carrier, at each city, town, and village convenient to its routes, if, in the opinion of the public service commission, the public convenience and necessity requires it. An office once established shall not be discontinued without the consent of the commission, which has authority to require such a company to establish and maintain offices. The commission has authority to require telegraph companies to keep night operators at every place where, in its judgment, the business and the public convenience justify and require it.
MS Code § 77-9-703 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 77-9-703. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit messages; penalty for failure, neglect or refusal

 A telegraph or telephone company shall transmit all written messages between points where it may have offices within the state. If the telegraph or telephone company shall receive any message or matter at one of its offices in this state for transmission to a person addressed at a point where it has an office in the state, and shall fail, neglect or refuse without good and sufficient reason to transmit the same in a reasonable time to the office at the place of the person addressed, such person or the person injured shall be entitled to recover of the company in default the sum of fifteen dollars, in addition to damages for any injury. This section shall not apply to offices of telephone and telegraph companies in towns of less than one thousand inhabitants where the telephone or telegraph companies do not employ and control the operator.
MS Code § 77-9-705 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 77-9-705. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to deliver messages; penalty for failure, neglect or refusal

 A telegraph or telephone company shall deliver all messages addressed to a person residing or having a place of business in any city, town, or village where it may have an office, or within one mile of its office. If any telegraph or telephone company shall receive any message or matter for transmission, and shall fail, neglect, or refuse, without good and sufficient reason, to transmit correctly or deliver the same within a reasonable time to the person addressed, such person, or the person injured, shall be entitled to recover of the company in default the sum of twenty-five dollars, in addition to damages for any injury.
MS Code § 77-9-707 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 77-9-707. Evidence of transmission of telegram in suits against telegraph companies

 In any suit against a telegraph company for nondelivery or failure to promptly deliver any telegram in this state, the copy of the telegram received and transcribed by such company's operator at the office of final destination shall be conclusive evidence in the hands of the bona fide addressee of the filing of the original at the receiving office of such telegram by the sender thereof, and may be introduced at the trial of such suit as the best evidence of the filing of the original at the receiving office of such telegram by the sender thereof.
MS Code § 77-9-709 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 77-9-709. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit public messages

 Telegraph or telephone companies or associations shall be bound, on application of any officer of this state, or of the United States, in case of any war, insurrection, riot, or other civil commotion or resistance of public authority, or for the prevention and punishment of crime, or for the arrest of persons suspected or charged therewith, to give to the communications of such officers immediate dispatch at the price of ordinary communications of the same length.
MS Code § 77-9-711 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 77-9-711. Erection of telegraph and telephone lines

 All companies or associations of persons incorporated or organized for the purpose of constructing telegraph or telephone lines shall be authorized to construct the same, and to set up and erect their posts and fixtures along and across any of the public highways, streets, or waters, and along and across all turnpikes, railroads, and canals, and also through any of the public lands. Such lines, posts and fixtures shall be so constructed and placed as not to be dangerous to persons or property, and as not to interfere with the common use of such roads, streets, or waters, or with the convenience of any landowner more than may be unavoidable. In case it shall be necessary to cross any highway, such lines, posts and fixtures shall be so constructed as to cross such highway at right angles.
MS Code § 77-9-713 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 77-9-713. Local authorities may regulate construction and maintenance of lines

 The board of supervisors of any county, and the governing authorities of any city, town or village, through which any telegraph or telephone line may pass, shall have power to regulate, within their respective limits, the manner in which the same shall be constructed and maintained, with a view to the safe and convenient use of the public highways and streets. If the proprietors of any telegraph or telephone line refuse or omit to comply with such regulations, the board of supervisors, or the authorities of the city, town or village, may cause such line to be abated within its jurisdiction as a nuisance.
MS Code § 77-9-715 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 77-9-715. Liability for damages caused by erection, continuance and use of lines

 Telegraph and telephone companies or associations shall be responsible for any damages which any person shall sustain by the erection, continuance, and use of telegraph and telephone lines and the fixtures thereof. In any action for the recovery thereof brought by any owner or possessor of land over or along which such line may run, damages shall be assessed for the permanent continuance of such line and fixtures, and on payment thereof the right to continue and use such line and fixtures shall exist as if by leave and license of the owner of the land.
MS Code § 77-9-717 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 77-9-717. Exercise of eminent domain for construction of new lines

 Telegraph and telephone companies, for the purpose of constructing new lines, are empowered to exercise the right of eminent domain, as provided in Chapter 27 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972.