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MS Code § 65-7-4.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-4.1. Legislative intent

 The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and determines as a matter of public policy and legislative intent that the proceedings and public hearing required for initial adoption of the official map and county road system register required by Section 65-7-4, Mississippi Code of 1972, are not intended to lay out, open, designate or otherwise establish new public roads, but to document and record existing roads which are, at the time of the initial adoption of said map and register, adjudicated by the board, consistent with fact, to be public roads by dedication, under the methods provided by statute, or by prescription and required by public convenience and necessity.
MS Code § 65-7-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-5. Order of board of supervisors necessary to change road

 It shall not be lawful for any person to turn, alter, or change any public road unless by order of the board of supervisors, under penalty of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense; and an old road shall not be obstructed until the new road is in all respects fit for travel.
MS Code § 65-7-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-7. Road not to be obstructed

 If any person shall fell any bush or tree and leave any portion thereof in any stream or on any public highway, road, or ditch draining the roadway or obstruct the same in any manner whatever, and not immediately remove the obstruction, the overseer of the road shall remove the same, and the person so felling the tree or bush, or otherwise obstructing the road or water shall forfeit and pay all expenses of removing the same, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of the county, in the name of the county. It is the duty of the overseer to cause suit to be commenced therefor, and such person shall be liable for all damages occasioned to another by the obstruction. However, no cattle gap placed on a county road, subject to overflow by the Mississippi River and not protected by levees, shall be considered an obstruction in the public road if such cattle gap is installed with the permission of the board of supervisors and the person installing same also provides a gate adjacent to the road for the passage of stock.   Any violation of this section shall also, upon conviction, be punishable as provided under Section 99-19-31.
MS Code § 65-7-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-9. Dangerous trees to be removed from road

 The board of supervisors of any county shall have the right, upon the application of any member thereof or any overseer, road commissioner or the county road manager, to condemn any dead or dangerous trees or timber near any public road which endangers the safety of the public travel. On the failure or refusal of the owner to cut and remove such trees or timbers, the board may assess the value thereof and pay or tender the owner of such trees or timber the said assessed value thereof by warrant on the county treasury, and such trees or timber shall be cut, felled or removed by the proper authorities working or maintaining such road. The owner of such trees or timber shall have five (5) days' notice of such assessment and, if dissatisfied with such valuation, an appeal may be had to the circuit court as in other cases.
MS Code § 65-7-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-11. Hedges on roadside to be trimmed

 When hedges are planted along any public road, the owner of the land shall trim the hedges on the side next to the road and keep them trimmed, so that travelers will not be inconvenienced thereby. If the hedges intrude upon any road, the overseer shall give written notice to the owner or occupant of the land to have the hedges trimmed within ten days after notice, so as not to obstruct the road or interfere with travelers; otherwise, the owner or occupant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, punished as for obstructing a public highway. Such owner or occupant shall forfeit two dollars per day for every day's failure to comply with such notice, to be recovered by action.
MS Code § 65-7-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-13. Public highways to be marked

 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.
MS Code § 65-7-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-15. Board of supervisors to erect signs

 The board of supervisors of the several counties of the state shall forthwith erect or cause to be erected, at all forks, crossroads or road intersections on all of the state highways and all other principal roads within their county, sign or guide boards in compliance with specifications theretofore furnished by the state highway department or state highway engineer.
MS Code § 65-7-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-17. Color and construction of sign or guide boards

 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.
MS Code § 65-7-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-19. Mandamus available to erect signs

 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.
MS Code § 65-7-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-21. Signs not to be damaged

 The board of supervisors of the several counties and the overseers shall, at all times after the erection of the sign or guide boards as provided, see that said sign or guide boards are not defaced, removed, or destroyed. In case of defacement, removal, or destruction of any such sign or guide board, the board of supervisors shall cause a new sign or guide board to be erected within ninety days; and on failure so to do, the duty may be enforced as provided in Section 65-7-19.
MS Code § 65-7-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-23. Defacing, removing or destroying signs or traffic control devices prohibited; penalties; liability for cost of repair; liability of parents of minor

  Any person willfully defacing, removing, marring, damaging or destroying any sign or guide board, including any railroad crossing sign or flasher signal, or other traffic control device erected as provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable for the actual cost of replacing or repairing such sign and shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment. If the offender is a minor, the parents of such minor shall be civilly liable in accordance with Section 93-13-2 for the actual cost of replacing or repairing the sign, signal or device.   The penalties prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall also be applicable to any person, and to the parents of any minor, who willfully defaces, mars or damages any bridge, underpass or overpass.   Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section regarding a memorial, other historical or cultural marker or sign, the value of which is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the county jail for up to six (6) months or fined up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Such person shall also be ordered to make full restitution.
MS Code § 65-7-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-25. Signal boards for highway "danger zones."

 The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state are required, within sixty days after receipt of a petition signed by twenty-five or more regular travelers of any public highway within their respective county, to have prepared and properly posted along said highway certain sign or signal boards at such intervals as may be deemed necessary to avoid danger for speedy travel, not exceeding four to the mile, with such inscriptions written thereon as will sufficiently warn the traveling public of the danger zones thereon.
MS Code § 65-7-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-27. Specifications for signal boards

 Said signal or signboards shall be made of some suitable material with a face of not less than twelve by eighteen inches (12" x 18"), which shall be painted white with the lettering or inscription thereon printed or written in black. The inscription upon said signal or signboards shall consist of the following words, to wit: "danger zone" or some like suitable inscription; and the same, when so done, shall constitute sufficient notice to all travelers along said road of any and all defects in said road within said danger zone.
MS Code § 65-7-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-29. Double boards for dangerous places

 At such intervals on said road as may be deemed extremely dangerous, such board shall be double faced, with said inscription on each side thereof, and shall be placed in such manner as to be easily seen by travelers at night when proper lights upon vehicles are reflected thereon.
MS Code § 65-7-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-31. Payment of signal board expenses

 The expense of preparing and erecting said signal or signboard shall be paid out of the road funds of the county.
MS Code § 65-7-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-33. Vehicles to sound warnings in danger zone

 All wheeled vehicles traveling over or upon said roads so designated by said signal or signboards, when operated by steam, gas, or electricity, shall be equipped with a whistle, horn, or other signal which shall be duly sounded upon approaching said danger zones, so indicated by said signal or signboards.
MS Code § 65-7-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-35. Penalty for violating danger zone laws

 Any person guilty of a violation of Sections 65-7-25 through 65-7-33 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Five Dollars ($5.00) for each violation.
MS Code § 65-7-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-37. Regulation of use of certain roads

 Whenever in the discretion of the board of supervisors of any county it seems proper to do so, the board of supervisors may, by order duly entered on its minutes, regulate the use of any hard surfaced or graveled public road in the county by prescribing what kind of wheels may be used on vehicles on said public roads and by prohibiting the use thereon of vehicles using cleats or spikes on wheels. But such order shall, before being in full force and effect, be published in a newspaper published in the county for three (3) consecutive weeks, whereupon such order shall be in full force and effect.   In the event of inclement weather, floods, or other causes wherein immediate nonuse of any of such roads is necessary, the supervisor of the district may enter his proclamation prohibiting the use of said road for such period of time as he deems necessary for the proper preservation thereof, or enter his proclamation regulating the type of traffic that may use such road. However, at the next meeting of the board of supervisors, such supervisor as has entered such a proclamation must present his proclamation to the entire board for its action thereon, and if the full board declines to enter an order in the manner set forth in the next preceding paragraph hereof, then the proclamation of such supervisor shall be null and void and of no further effect. Notice of such proclamation at each public entrance, intersection with another public road, shall be sufficient notice of the proclamation of the supervisor.   This section shall not be construed as to authorize the board of supervisors to prohibit vehicles with spiked or cleated wheels from crossing or going from one side of said road to another, and shall only be construed so as to authorize said board of supervisors to prohibit the use of said spiked or cleated wheels on said public roads.   This section shall not be so construed as to apply to state built or constructed highways or federal aid roads, and shall only be construed to apply to public roads maintained by the county.   Any person going upon any hard surfaced road or portion thereof in such county with any kind of vehicle, or who shall cause any such vehicle to be driven upon any such hard surfaced road in such county in violation of such regulations or orders, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, shall be fined in the sum of not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and shall moreover be liable severally to any county or road district for any damage done such roads by such illegal act.   As to any county which is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section 19-2-3, the duties of a supervisor under this section relating to the issuance of a proclamation shall be performed by the road manager of the county.
MS Code § 65-7-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-39. Traveling on public roads

 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.
MS Code § 65-7-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-41. Rate of travel over bridges

 It shall not be lawful for any person to drive a wagon, carriage, or other vehicle of any description drawn by animal power or to ride, leap, or drive any horse, mule, or any description of cattle over or upon any bridge erected in any county by authority of the board of supervisors or in a city, town, or village at a faster gait than a walk; and every person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, fined Five Dollars ($5.00). But the board of supervisors or municipal authorities shall cause to be fixed up and kept at each end of the bridge, in some conspicuous place, a board on which shall be painted in large letters, "Five Dollars ($5.00) fine for riding or driving any animal over this bridge at a faster gait than a walk"; and on neglect of such notice, such fine shall not be incurred.
MS Code § 65-7-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-43. Prevent damage and protect public roads

 The board of supervisors of any county pursuant to the maximum load limits established in Chapter 5, Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972, and the posting authority granted in Section 63-5-27(5) may declare what is or may be an unusual or uncommon load or weight to be conveyed on or over the roads, bridges or approaches of any bridges in the county; shall have power to protect their roads and bridges from any unusual or uncommon use where the same is likely to injure or impair their usefulness as public highways; and may recover damages for injuries.
MS Code § 65-7-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-45. Maximum loads of vehicles

 The board of supervisors of any county in this state may, at the discretion of such board, regulate the maximum load of any vehicle using the public roads and bridges of such county, or any section or length of any public road, or any particular bridge in such county by order spread on its minutes, which order shall, before being in full force and effect, be first published in a newspaper published in the county for three (3) consecutive weeks, whereupon such resolution shall be in force and effect.
MS Code § 65-7-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-47. Penalty for violating load and tire regulations

 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.
MS Code § 65-7-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-49. Posting notices

 [With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:]   It shall be the duty of all road overseers and road commissioners whose road is affected by the order of the board of supervisors provided by Sections 65-7-43 through 65-7-47 to see that a notice thereof is posted at conspicuous places on such road at intervals of not less than two (2) miles and at the approaches to any bridge affected thereby; but a failure to post such notice shall not be allowed as a defense to a criminal prosecution or civil suit under the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 65-7-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-49. Posting notices

 [With regard to any county which is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:]   It shall be the duty of the county road manager whenever a county road is affected by the order of the board of supervisors provided by Sections 65-7-43 through 65-7-47 to see that a notice thereof is posted at conspicuous places on such road at intervals of not less than two (2) miles and at the approaches to any bridge affected thereby; but a failure to post such notice shall not be allowed as a defense to a criminal prosecution or civil suit under the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 65-7-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets|General Provisions|§ 65-7-53. Use of roads while under construction

 [With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:]   Whenever in the discretion of the board of supervisors of any county it seems proper so to do, the board may, by order on its minutes, authorize the commission of any road district within the county, or the engineer of such commission, to forbid the use of any hard surfaced road, or portion thereof, when under construction or repair. The Highway Commission or its engineer, when so authorized by the board of supervisors, may close said road or any portion thereof to travel by an obstruction placed thereon in such manner as to indicate its closing, or by a sign marked "closed by order of the Highway Commission."