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MS Code § 65-3-143.13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Additions to and Deletions from State System after 1971|§ 65-3-143.13. Deletion from State Highway System: Northern District - Tunica County - Laws, 2007, ch. 577

 The following segment of highway is deleted from the state highway system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and returned to the jurisdiction of the governing authorities of the City of Tunica, Mississippi:   Northern District - Tunica County   Mississippi Highway 4 beginning at the west corporate limits of the City of Tunica, Mississippi, and extending easterly to U.S. Highway 61, for a total approximate length of seven-tenths (.7) miles.
MS Code § 65-3-143.14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Additions to and Deletions from State System after 1971|§ 65-3-143.14. Deletion from State Highway System: Northern District - Marshall County - Laws, 2008, ch. 374

 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 Marshall County:   Northern District - Marshall County:   Mississippi Highway 737 beginning on Mississippi 178 at or near Red Banks, thence through the business district of Red Banks and ending on Mississippi 178, all in Marshall County.
MS Code § 65-3-143.15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Additions to and Deletions from State System after 1971|§ 65-3-143.15. Deletion from State Highway System: Northern District - Alcorn County - Laws, 2009, ch. 353

 The following segment of 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 Alcorn County:   Northern District - Alcorn County:   Mississippi Highway 351 beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 2 and extending southerly to the Alcorn/Tippah County line.
MS Code § 65-3-143.16 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Additions to and Deletions from State System after 1971|§ 65-3-143.16. Add segment in Northern District - Pontotoc County - to State Highway System

  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.    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.
MS Code § 65-3-143.17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Additions to and Deletions from State System after 1971|§ 65-3-143.17. Deletion from State Highway System: Central District - Madison County - Laws, 2013, ch. 427

 The following segment of highway is deleted from the state highway system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and returned to the jurisdiction of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Canton, Madison County, Mississippi:   Central District - Madison County:Mississippi 16 beginning at its intersection with U.S. 51 and extending easterly to its intersection with U.S. 43 on the east side of the City of Canton.
MS Code § 65-3-143.18 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Additions to and Deletions from State System after 1971|§ 65-3-143.18. Add segment in Central District - Madison County - to State Highway System

  The following segment of highway is designated as a state highway and placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Section 65-3-3, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:  Central District - Madison County:That segment of newly constructed highway extending from U.S. 51 andextending easterly to its intersection with U.S. 43 (MDOT Project NCPD-6993-00(001)/104137-301000), on the east side of the City of Canton, which shall be designated as a part of Mississippi 16.    The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described in subsection (1).
MS Code § 65-3-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Construction of State Highway System|§ 65-3-201. Construction of Northern District - Monroe County

 The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct to department design standards and may acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings such property as may be necessary to perform construction of the following described segment of highway.   Northern District - Monroe County:   Relocation of U.S. Highway 278 south of its current route to provide for four (4) lanes of traffic beginning at or near its intersection with the eastern city limits of the City of Amory and proceeding to a point at or near its intersection with the western city limits of the City of Amory.
MS Code § 65-3-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Construction of State Highway System|§ 65-3-203. Construction of Northern District - Prentiss County

  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct to department design standards and may acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings such property as may be necessary to perform construction of the following described segment of highway:  Northern District - Prentiss County:   Relocation of Mississippi Highway 30 beginning east of its intersection with Mississippi Highway 4 and Mississippi Highway 364, thence proceed southwesterly to a point on U.S. Highway 45 south of the City of Booneville.    The mileage of highway specifically designated in subsection (1) of this section shall be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance and, together with the highways designated in Sections 65-3-3 and 65-3-5, and all other laws adding links to the state designated highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi.
MS Code § 65-3-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Construction of State Highway System|§ 65-3-205. Construction of Northern District - Pontotoc, Lee, Monroe, and Itawamba Counties

  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct to department design standards, may perform such reconstruction as may be required to existing highways and may acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings such property as may be necessary to provide four (4) lanes for traffic on and along the following locations:  Northern District - Pontotoc, Lee and Monroe Counties:   Mississippi Highway 6 (Appalachian Corridor V) from Mississippi Highway 9 easterly to U.S. Highway 45 south of Tupelo and continuing easterly to existing Mississippi Highway 6 near Plantersville, a distance of approximately 10.5 miles, and Mississippi Highway 6 from the City of Amory to its intersection with U.S. Highway 45 south of Nettleton, including relocation of Mississippi Highway 6 south of Nettleton, a distance of approximately 10 miles.   Northern District - Itawamba County:   Mississippi Highway 76 (Appalachian Corridor V) from a point approximately 5.0 miles northeast of U.S. Highway 78 near the community of Fairview and extending northeasterly approximately 11 miles to the Alabama state line.    The mileage of highways specifically designated in subsection (1) of this section shall be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance and, together with the highways designated in Sections 65-3-3 and 65-3-5, and all other laws adding links to the state designated highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi.
MS Code § 65-3-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Construction of State Highway System|§ 65-3-207. Construction of Central District - Bolivar and Sunflower Counties

 The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct and reconstruct to department design standards and may acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings such property as may be necessary to provide four (4) lanes for traffic on and along the following location:   Central District - Bolivar and Sunflower Counties:   Mississippi Highway 8 from Cleveland to Ruleville.
MS Code § 65-3-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Interstate Compact to Promote Four Lanes for US Highway 82|§ 65-3-303. Grant of powers detailed in Compact

 There is hereby granted to the Governor and to the members of the authority for Mississippi all the powers provided for in the compact. 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 purpose of the compact.
MS Code § 65-3-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Interstate Compact to Promote Four Lanes for US Highway 82|§ 65-3-305. U.S. Highway 82 Four Lane Construction Authority; appointment; residency requirements; term of office

 The three (3) citizens of the State of Mississippi who are members of the U.S. Highway 82 Four Lane Construction Authority shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: Each appointee shall be a resident of a county in this state which is traversed by U.S. Highway 82; one (1) shall be appointed from a county bordering the State of Arkansas, one (1) from a county bordering the State of Alabama, and one (1) from a county in the central portion of the state. Such members shall serve for terms of four (4) years each. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired terms.
MS Code § 65-3-307 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - State Highway System|Interstate Compact to Promote Four Lanes for US Highway 82|§ 65-3-307. Consent and approval of U.S. Congress; effect of absence of consent

 The authority shall have the power to apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; but, in the absence of the consent of Congress and until such consent is secured, the compact shall be binding upon the State of Mississippi in all respects permitted by law for the party states, without the consent of Congress, to cooperate for the purpose enumerated in the compact and in the manner provided therein.
MS Code § 65-7-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way|Article 3 - Private Way|§ 65-7-201. Private way established

 When any person shall desire to have a private road laid out through the land of another, when necessary for ingress and egress, he shall apply by petition, stating the facts and reasons, to the special court of eminent domain created under Section 11-27-3 of the county where the land or part of it is located, and the case shall proceed as nearly as possible as provided in Title 11, Chapter 27 for the condemnation of private property for public use. The court sitting without a jury shall determine the reasonableness of the application. The owner of the property shall be a necessary party to the proceedings. If the court finds in favor of the petitioner, all damages that the jury determines the landowner should be compensated for shall be assessed against and shall be paid by the person applying for the private road, and he shall pay all the costs and expenses incurred in the proceedings.
MS Code § 65-11-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - County Highway Aid|County Highway Aid Law of 1946|§ 65-11-1. Title

 Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37 shall be known as the "County Highway Aid Law of 1946."
MS Code § 65-11-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - County Highway Aid|County Highway Aid Law of 1946|§ 65-11-3. Definitions for County Highway Aid Law

 When used in Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37, unless the context indicates otherwise:   The term "construction" means the supervising, inspection, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway, including locating, surveying, mapping, costs of right of way, and elimination of hazards of railway grade crossings.   The term "county highways" shall include all county roads now under the jurisdiction of or being maintained by the board of supervisors of any county, not including roads on the state maintained highway system, but including streets inside municipalities or urban areas of less than five thousand inhabitants according to the latest available federal census, and specifically including all "secondary and feeder roads" as defined by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626].
MS Code § 65-11-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - County Highway Aid|County Highway Aid Law of 1946|§ 65-11-5. Purpose of County Highway Aid Law

 It being recognized that county highways generally have deteriorated to a considerable extent during the past several years, and it being further recognized that the selection, construction, and improvement of a system of all-weather rural secondary, feeder, or farm-to-market roads is a matter of primary state-wide concern, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37 to provide for a more comprehensive rural-road program through cooperation between the federal government, the state highway commission of Mississippi, and the county boards of supervisors; and it is further the purpose and intent of said sections to provide a means, manner, and funds whereby the counties of this state will be enabled to participate in the federal aid program, and will be enabled to participate in and avail themselves of the funds apportioned to the State of Mississippi for the construction and improvement of secondary and feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural mail routes, and public school bus routes, under the terms of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. It is hereby declared to be the intent and purpose of the cited sections that, insofar as permissible under federal laws, rules, and regulations, not less than fifty per cent (50%) of the funds apportioned to Mississippi for secondary and feeder roads under the terms of subsection (b), section 3, of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] should be expended for the construction and improvement of county highways as defined in said sections.
MS Code § 65-11-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - County Highway Aid|County Highway Aid Law of 1946|§ 65-11-7. County federal aid highway system

 There is hereby created a system of county federal aid highways, for the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37, and the county highways which shall comprise and constitute such system shall be selected jointly by the boards of supervisors of the various counties and the State Highway Commission of Mississippi, as same may be supplemented from time to time. Projects for the construction and improvement of such county highways shall likewise be selected jointly by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission, provided however, that in all cases where such system and projects thereon have been heretofore selected and agreed upon by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission as required by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626], the highways thereby selected shall constitute the roads in the affected counties which shall be a part of the county federal aid highway system, and such selections and agreements are hereby ratified and approved.
MS Code § 65-11-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - County Highway Aid|County Highway Aid Law of 1946|§ 65-11-9. Apportionment of federal funds

 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 percent (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 through 65-11-37 should be less than fifty percent (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 percent (50%) of such federal funds, but shall not be less than the amount of such state appropriation.
MS Code § 65-11-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - County Highway Aid|County Highway Aid Law of 1946|§ 65-11-11. Allocation of funds to counties

 The amount of federal funds made available to the State of Mississippi for secondary and feeder roads under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] which is allotted to the counties as provided in Section 65-11-9, shall be apportioned among the counties of this state by the State Highway Commission in the following manner: one third in the ratio which the area of each county bears to the total area of the state; one third in the ratio which the rural population of each county bears to the total rural population of the state, as shown by the federal census of 1940; and one third in the ratio which the mileage of rural delivery and star routes in each county bears to the total mileage of rural delivery and star routes in the state. The amount of federal funds so apportioned to each county shall be matched by state funds apportioned to the State Highway Fund to carry out the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37 as hereinafter provided; in the event the amount so appropriated for such State Highway Fund is insufficient to entirely match the federal funds allotted to county highways, then the amount of such fund shall be apportioned among the counties in the same manner as herein provided. "Rural population" and "rural delivery" routes as used in this section shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626].
MS Code § 65-11-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - County Highway Aid|County Highway Aid Law of 1946|§ 65-11-13. Order of projects

 The projects upon such county federal aid highway system shall be selected jointly by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission in conformity with the applicable laws, rules, and regulations of the federal government and the public roads administration, of the federal works agency, or any other authorized agency of the federal government. The order of the construction and completion of such projects shall likewise be determined jointly by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission in conformity with such laws, rules, and regulations; the State Highway Commission shall first call upon the several boards of supervisors to select and recommend a series of projects in the respective counties in the order in which, in the opinion of the board or a majority thereof, the projects should be constructed. Such selections and recommendations shall be examined and analyzed by the State Highway Commission and, if found to be proper and correct based on the relative use and importance of such roads, shall be approved by the State Highway Commission.
MS Code § 65-11-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - County Highway Aid|County Highway Aid Law of 1946|§ 65-11-15. Counties notified of amounts available

 The State Highway Commission shall notify the board of supervisors of each county of the amount of money to be available for expenditure in such county from said federal apportionment, and of the amount of money available from the appropriation made to the State Highway Fund as the state's share of the federal aid program on secondary and feeder roads. Within three months after the receipt of such notice, the board of supervisors of each county shall submit to the State Highway Commission a description of the recommended projects on county highways in such county which are approved by the county and recommended for selection and designation for participation in federal aid under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. In the selection of such projects and in the recommendation of the order of their improvement, the boards of supervisors shall select projects which will be of the greatest benefit to the county as a whole, judged from the standpoint of relative use and importance, without regard to district or beat lines, insofar as same is consistent with the rules and regulations of the public roads administration of the federal works agency. All such projects and the order of their inauguration shall be subject to the approval of the State Highway Commission as provided in Section 65-11-13.