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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-32 - Municipalities authorized to delegate authority for enforcement of parking regulations

A municipality, by ordinance duly spread upon its minutes, may delegate to an appropriate private enterprise with whom the municipality contracts all or part of the authority to enforce any ordinance concerning the regulation of parking within the confines of the municipality or any part thereof, including, but not limited to, penalties for violations, deadlines for the payment of fines and late payment penalties for fines not paid when due. The delegating ordinance may also provide that a summons or parking citation for the violation may be issued by a uniformed law enforcement officer, uniformed law enforcement employee or by uniformed personnel employed by the delegate serving under contract with the municipality.
Laws, 2006, ch. 572, § 7, eff. 4/24/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-35 - Park commission; funding

The governing authorities of any municipality having a park commission shall appropriate and pay to such park commissioners annually such funds as may be necessary, in the opinion of such governing authorities, to properly operate and maintain said parks, playgrounds and swimming pools. All funds in the hands of the park commission shall be placed in the municipal depository and shall be considered municipal funds.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-159; Laws, 1946, ch. 258, § 2; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 159, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-39 - Park commission; disposition of revenues

The park commission of any such municipality shall devote all moneys derived by appropriation from the municipal governing authorities, by gift, by revenue, or from any other source, for the payment of all maintenance and operating expenses, the purchase of parks and playground equipment, the repair and replacement thereof, and for the extension of recreational facilities for the wholesome and healthful recreation of all citizens of such municipality.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-162; Laws, 1946, ch. 258, § 5; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 162, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-41 - Park commission; construction of certain laws

Sections
21-37-33
through
21-37-39
shall be liberally construed to promote the efficient maintenance and operation of such parks, playgrounds, and swimming pools to the end that it may result in the improvement of the general health, entertainment and happiness of the citizens of such municipalities. Such sections shall not be compulsory on any municipality, but the governing authorities of any municipality may come under said sections by adopting an ordinance, duly spread on their minutes determining to do so.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-163; Laws, 1946, ch. 258, § 6; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 163, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-43 - Tax levy for parks and playgrounds

The governing authorities of any municipality, including any municipality operating under a special charter which has created a park commission, are hereby authorized to levy and collect not more than two mills annually for the purpose of constructing, supporting and maintaining parks and playgrounds, and for recreational purposes in such municipalities. The funds so collected by said tax shall be used for no purpose except as provided in this section.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-164; Laws, 1946, ch. 288; Laws, 1948, ch. 388; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 164, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-45 - Insuring of municipal property

(1)
The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to insure municipal property, including buildings, furniture, books and records, and all other property, against loss by fire and tornado, and to carry such amount of employer's liability, steam boilers, plate glass and other miscellaneous casualty insurance as in the discretion of the governing authorities of the municipality may be deemed proper, and to pay for the premiums thereof out of the municipal treasury.
(2)
The governing board of any county, municipality, municipal separate school district, other school district or community/junior college district, and the governing board or head of any other political subdivision or entity may negotiate for, secure and pool their risks under this section and may provide for the purchase of any one or more policies of property insurance, or the establishment of a self-insurance fund or self-insurance reserves, or any combination thereof. The governing board of any political subdivision or other entity set forth in this section is authorized to expend funds from any available source for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining that property insurance. The administration and service of any such self-insurance program shall be contracted to a third party and approved by the Commissioner of Insurance.
Codes, 1930, § 2443; 1942, § 3374-151; Laws, 1930, ch. 43; Laws, 1938, ch. 330; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 151, eff. 7/1/1950.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 336, SB 2740,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-47 - Exercise of eminent domain by municipalities

The governing authorities of municipalities, and any commission created under legislative act and operating as an agency of any municipality, where necessary or incidental to the functions and purposes of the commission as set out in the legislative act providing for such commission, shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain for the following purposes:
1.
the laying out of streets, avenues and alleys:
2.
the straightening and widening of streets, or changing the grade thereof;
3.
the constructing or repairing of sidewalks, sewers, and other improvements;
4.
the securing of land for parks, cemeteries, schoolhouses, fire departments, market houses, and for the constructing of any public building;
5.
the laying out, constructing, erecting or perfecting of levees, or a system of levees, for the protection of such municipality or any part thereof, or for the protection of any public work or building, and for the constructing or perfecting of its drainage system;
6.
the establishing, altering and changing of the channel of streams or water courses or ditches, and the acquiring of land to bridge the same;
7.
and in any other case where the land is to be used for public purposes.
Such governing authorities or commission may exercise the right without, as well as within, the corporate limits of the municipality, and this right may be exercised by any municipality or any such commission aforesaid.
Moreover, any municipality in the state may, in the furtherance of any national defense project, within or without its corporate limits but located within ten miles of the corporate limits of such municipality, purchase or acquire lands connected with such project and in so doing exercise the right of eminent domain, if necessary.
Codes, 1892, § 2946; 1906, § 3337; Hemingway's 1917, § 5834; 1930, § 2413; 1942, §§ 3374-128, 4127; Laws, 1897, ch. 27; Laws, 1916, ch. 224; Laws, 1942, ch. 171; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 128; Laws, 1958, ch. 523.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-49 - Purchase of lands sold to state

The mayor and board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, of any municipality in this state are hereby authorized to purchase from the state any lands situated within the corporate limits of such municipality which have been sold to the state for delinquent taxes and the title to which, at the time of the filing of the application to purchase, has matured in the state. The land commissioner, with the approval of the governor, may sell any such lands situated within the corporate limits of such municipality to the municipality at such price as may be authorized by law for the sale of such lands to individuals. Such sale may be made upon the same terms and conditions as are provided by law for the sale of lands to individuals. The mayor and board of aldermen, or other governing authorities, of such municipality are hereby authorized to appropriate money out of the general fund of such municipality for the payment of the purchase price of such lands.
Codes, 1942, § 4086; Laws, 1936, ch. 174.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-51 - Surveys and maps

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to have a survey and map made of the streets, blocks and lots. When corrected and approved by such municipal authorities, the map so made shall constitute the official map of the municipality, and a duplicate thereof shall be recorded in the office of the chancery clerk of the county, in the manner prescribed by law.
Codes, 1906, § 3349; Hemingway's 1917, § 5846; 1930, § 2425; 1942, § 3374-138; Laws, 1898, ch. 42; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 138, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-53 - Disposal of certain property not purchased with public funds by certain municipalities

Any municipality which holds title to property, real, personal, or mixed, which was not purchased with public funds, and which is not used for governmental purposes, but is occupied and used by an industry engaged in manufacturing, may contract privately with the occupant thereof with regard thereto, and may convey and dispose of the same at private sale to such person, firm or corporation so occupying and using the same at and for such consideration as the governing authorities may deem proper under the circumstances.
Any municipality which holds title to property, real, personal, or mixed, which was not purchased with public funds and which is not used for governmental purposes, is hereby authorized to lease same at and for such consideration as the governing authorities may deem proper for a period or periods not to exceed seventy-five years, and may contract with private individuals, firms, or corporations with respect to the use and development thereof.
Any municipality of this state, in or near which a state university, or other state supported four-year college, is now or may hereafter be located, which owns a museum, the property on which it is situated, and/or other property, all of which was acquired by donation or without the use of public funds, may, in the discretion of its governing authorities, convey by gift or otherwise such museum and such property, or any part of it, to such state university, or other state supported four-year college, located in or near such municipality.
Codes, 1892, § 2923; 1906, § 3314; Hemingway's 1917, § 5811; 1930, § 2391; 1942, § 3374-112; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 112; Laws, 1957, Ex. Sess., ch. 13, § 4; Laws, 1960, ch. 425; Laws, 1966, ch. 592, § 1, eff. 6/15/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-55 - Conveyance of land in slum, blighted or urban renewal areas to urban renewal agencies by certain municipalities

(1)
A municipality with a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census, may convey to its urban renewal agency, for a nominal price, land in a slum area, blighted area or urban renewal area to which it holds title.
(2)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Urban renewal agency" means an urban renewal agency created under Section
43-35-33
.
(b)
"Slum area," "blighted area" and "urban renewal area" have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Section
43-35-3
.
Laws, 2011, ch. 324, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 37 - STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 21-37-1 — 21-37-57) › Section 21-37-57 - Pascagoula Public Beach renamed "Buffett Beach."

The Pascagoula Public Beach located in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, and which serves as one of the many coastal tourists attractions in the State of Mississippi, shall be renamed "Buffett Beach" in honor and in recognition of Pascagoula native and musical icon, James William "Jimmy" Buffett, who lived blocks away and played on its shores. The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place adjacent to the beach's entrance, that states the background, accomplishments and contributions to the state by James William "Jimmy" Buffett. The Department of Finance and Administration in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall erect or cause to be erected proper signage at the beach's easternmost, centermost and westernmost access entrances displaying the official name of the beach as "Buffett Beach."
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 442, HB 114, 2, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 38 - ACQUISITION OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM (§§ 21-38-1 — 21-38-15) › Section 21-38-1 - Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the general welfare and economic development by empowering certain municipalities to (a) acquire or lease real property, whether located within or outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, from the United States, (b) develop and use such real property, and (c) incorporate such real property. The provisions of this chapter are and shall be construed to be independent of, an alternative to and in addition to all existing laws of the state governing the authority of municipalities.
Laws, 1999, ch. 308, § 1, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 38 - ACQUISITION OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM (§§ 21-38-1 — 21-38-15) › Section 21-38-3 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a)
"Municipality" means any municipality located in a county in which Sardis Lake is located, in which Mississippi Highway 6 and Interstate Highway 55 intersect and having a population of five thousand (5,000) or less according to the 1990 federal decennial census.
(b)
"Sardis Lake" means that certain flood control reservoir and adjacent real property in Lafayette and Panola Counties owned by the United States and operated and managed by the Department of the Army through its Corps of Engineers on March 8, 1999.
(c)
The "United States" means the United States Government and the United States Department of the Army, acting by and through its Corps of Engineers, and any other agency, department or commission of the United States owning or having jurisdiction or authority, or both, over Sardis Lake or matters relating thereto.
Laws, 1999, ch. 308, § 2, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 38 - ACQUISITION OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM (§§ 21-38-1 — 21-38-15) › Section 21-38-5 - Municipality authorized to enter into agreement, contract, or lease with United States

(1)
Any municipality may enter into and accomplish any agreement, contract, lease or other arrangement with the United States whereby the municipality may acquire or lease real property, whether located within or outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, for the purpose of developing and promoting parks, tourism and recreational facilities of all types, including without limitation marinas, restaurants, hotels, conference centers, golf courses, lakes, nature trails, campgrounds and similar facilities and supporting infrastructure; and the purposes set forth in any such agreement, contract, lease or other arrangement and the uses described therein of such real property shall be proper municipal purposes for such municipality.
(2)
Any municipality that acquires or leases real property from the United States under subsection (1) of this section may (a) lease and sublease, and grant rights to use, easements and rights-of-way over and across, any part or all of such real property for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the municipality may deem appropriate for a period or periods not to exceed seventy-five (75) years, and (b) enter into and accomplish agreements, contracts, leases and subleases, and other arrangements with private individuals, firms or corporations with respect to the use and development of such real property.
(3)
Any municipality that leases or subleases or grants rights to use, easements or rights-of-way over and across real property acquired or leased from the United States under subsection (1) of this section may utilize all revenues received from the rental or use of such real property or the granting of such rights, or received as a result of any term or condition in an agreement, contract, lease, sublease or other arrangement relating to such real property, for all proper municipal purposes.
Laws, 1999, ch. 308, § 3, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 38 - ACQUISITION OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM (§§ 21-38-1 — 21-38-15) › Section 21-38-7 - Incorporation of property located outside corporate boundaries

Any municipality that acquires or leases real property from the United States under this chapter, if such real property is located outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, may incorporate such real property into its corporate boundaries by ordinance adopted for such purpose if such real property is located within the same county as the municipality, regardless of whether the real property is adjacent or contiguous to the existing corporate boundaries of such municipality.
Laws, 1999, ch. 308, § 4, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 38 - ACQUISITION OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM (§§ 21-38-1 — 21-38-15) › Section 21-38-9 - Required provisions in ordinance of incorporation

Any ordinance to incorporate real property into the corporate boundaries of a municipality under this chapter shall include the following provisions and shall be effective as follows:
(a)
The ordinance shall accurately describe the metes and bounds of the real property to be incorporated, and only real property acquired or leased from the United States under this chapter shall be subject to such incorporation.
(b)
If the United States retains ownership of the real property to be incorporated by the municipality, the United States must consent to the incorporation and a written statement of such consent must be cited and included in the ordinance.
(c)
The ordinance shall provide that it will not become effective until publication thereof shall have been made once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper, or newspapers, published or having a general circulation in the county in which the municipality and the real property to be incorporated are located.
(d)
Subject only to the limitations of this chapter, the ordinance shall become effective upon the effective date fixed therein.
Laws, 1999, ch. 308, § 5, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 38 - ACQUISITION OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM (§§ 21-38-1 — 21-38-15) › Section 21-38-11 - Appeal by aggrieved persons

Any person aggrieved by a municipal ordinance adopted under this chapter may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the principal office of the municipality is located in the manner provided for appeals of judgments or decisions of municipal authorities as set forth in Section
11-51-75
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Laws, 1999, ch. 308, § 6, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 38 - ACQUISITION OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM (§§ 21-38-1 — 21-38-15) › Section 21-38-13 - Certified copy of ordinance of incorporation to be forwarded to Secretary of State

Whenever the corporate boundaries of a municipality shall be enlarged under this chapter, the municipality shall, within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such ordinance, if no appeal is taken therefrom, forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy of such ordinance, which shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and shall remain a permanent record thereof. If an appeal is taken from such ordinance and the ordinance is affirmed, then the certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State within ten (10) days after receipt of the mandate from the court notifying the municipality of such affirmance.
Laws, 1999, ch. 308, § 7, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 38 - ACQUISITION OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM (§§ 21-38-1 — 21-38-15) › Section 21-38-15 - Recordation of map or plat of boundaries

Whenever the corporate boundaries of a municipality shall be enlarged under this chapter, the municipality shall furnish to the chancery clerk of the county in which the municipality is located a map or plat of the boundaries of the municipality as altered. The map or plat shall be recorded in the official plat book of the county.
Laws, 1999, ch. 308, § 8, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-1 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 469, § 10, eff. 7/1/1983.
Codes, 1906, § 3446; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 6006, 6060; 1930, §§ 2616, 2648; 1942, §§ 3374-83, 3374-107; Laws, 1912, ch. 120; 1922, ch. 222; 1950, ch. 491, §§ 83, 107
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-3 - Letting of contracts for publication of proceedings, ordinances, etc

In municipalities in which there is more than one newspaper qualified to publish legal notices, the governing authorities of such municipality shall enter into a contract for the publication of its proceedings, ordinances, resolutions, and other notices required to be published only after inviting competitive bids from such newspapers. Such contracts shall be let to the lowest bidder among them for a period of not more than twelve months from the date of such contract. It shall not be necessary, however, that the governing authorities of such municipality advertise its intention to accept such competitive bids but it shall be sufficient if notice thereof in writing be given to all of such newspapers by mail or delivery at least five days prior to the date on which said bids will be received, which said notice shall specify the date on which such bids will be received.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-111.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 519, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-5 - Records and payment of claims in all municipalities

The clerk of the municipality shall open and keep a regular set of records, as prescribed by the State Auditor, as the head of the State Department of Audit, or the director thereof, appointed by him, as designated and defined in Title 7, Chapter 7, of the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any office or officers hereafter designated to replace or perform the duties imposed by said chapter, subject always to inspection within office hours by any citizen desiring to inspect the same. Said records shall contain accounts, under headings, corresponding with the several headings of the budget, so that the expenditures under each head may be at once known. Such records shall be paid for out of the general municipal fund, upon the order of the proper municipal authorities. Said clerk shall also mark filed, as of the date of presentation of same, each and every claim against said municipality. He shall number the same in regular consecutive order, shall file and keep the same in like manner, and shall safely preserve the same as records of his office.
Each year's records shall be kept separate and begin with a new number each year, and run in regular order.
In issuing any warrant under order of the governing authorities of the municipality to pay any one of said claims so numbered and kept, said clerk shall enter the number of the claim in the body of the warrant so that the claim may be easily found, and so that possible duplication may be avoided. The governing authorities of the municipality shall designate on each allowance of a claim against the municipality the fund out of which same shall be paid, and to what account the sums shall be charged in said records. Each allowance shall have the number of the claim noted in the minutes of said governing authorities.
For failure to perform any duty herein required, said clerk shall be subject to suit on his bond for any damage which the municipality may sustain by reason of such failure. Such suit, or suits, shall be brought by the city attorney or by any attorney designated and empowered to do so by the proper governing authorities of such municipality.
Codes, 1930, § 3972; 1942, § 9121-05; Laws, 1922, ch. 225; Laws, 1950, ch. 497, § 5; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 13, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-7 - Docket of claims in municipalities having a population of more than two thousand

In all municipalities having a population of more than two thousand (2,000), according to the latest federal census, and in other municipalities where the governing authorities should so elect, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the municipality to keep as a record in his office a record to be styled "Docket of Claims," in which he shall enter all demands, claims and accounts against the municipality presented to him during the month. Said docket shall provide space for the name of the claimant, the number of the claim, the amount of the claim, and on what account. All demands, claims and accounts allowed against the municipality shall be preserved by the clerk as a permanent record, and shall be numbered in such a manner as to relate to the warrants to be issued therefor, and the said warrant issued in payment of such claim shall carry on its face a reference to the number of the claim for which the said warrant is issued in payment. No order for the payment or expenditures of any funds of such municipality in payment of any indebtedness thereof shall be made in municipalities having a claim docket unless such claim is filed as herein provided. However, this provision shall not be applicable to the salaries or other compensation of officers or employees of such municipality where the amount of such salary or other compensation shall have been previously fixed by the governing authorities of the municipality in its approval of the payroll or payrolls on which the same appears, and in case of such allowance, it will be sufficient to enter on the claims docket the total of such payroll, followed by reference to the said payroll upon which such allowance may be found.
Codes, 1892, § 2995; 1906, § 3392; Hemingway's 1917, § 5920; 1930, § 2529; 1942, § 3374-86; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 86; Laws, 1985, ch. 519, § 7; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 14, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-9 - Disposition of claims

At each regular meeting of the governing authorities of the municipality the claims docket shall be called and all claims then on file not previously paid shall be paid by the governing authorities in the order in which they were entered on the docket.
The processing of claims by the governing authority of the municipality shall be subject to the provisions of Sections
31-7-301
,
31-7-305
,
31-7-309
,
31-7-311
and
31-7-313
.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-87; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 87; Laws, 1986, ch. 489, § 11, eff. 4/15/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-11 - Appeals

Any person aggrieved by any order of the governing authorities of any municipality, with reference to the order in which claims are allowed and paid, shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the municipality is situated as provided by Section
11-51-75
, except that an appeal from an order, or any other action of the governing authorities of the municipality, especially preferring payment of one allowed claim over another allowed claim shall operate as a supersedeas and prevent the payment of the claim then allowed until the matter is finally determined on the appeal.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-87; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 87, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-13 - Issuance of warrants or checks; assignment thereof

(1)
(a)
The clerk of the municipality shall draw all warrants or checks for claims and accounts allowed and approved by the governing authorities. Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the warrants or checks shall be signed by the mayor or a majority of the members of the board of aldermen in any municipality operating under a mayor-alderman form of government, and attested by the clerk, and to which there shall be affixed the seal of the municipality. The governing authorities of any municipality may adopt the use of a standard check signing machine to be used in lieu of the manual signing of warrants or checks under such terms and conditions as the governing authorities shall deem meet and proper for the protection of the interest of the municipality.
(b)
A municipality may authorize a municipally owned utility to make early payments to its electricity suppliers for the purpose of receiving early payment discounts from such distributors.
(c)
The governing authorities of a municipality may authorize the clerk of the municipality to issue a warrant or check for the purpose of immediately refunding to a customer of the municipally owned utility his or her deposit for municipal utility services after the municipal utility has determined that payment for all services and any other obligations which the customer may have incurred in regard to the municipal utility has been made.
(2)
Every warrant or check drawn on the treasury shall express on its face to whom issued and for what purpose allowed, and the ordinance authorizing its issuance shall be cited, by minute book and page, in or upon it.
(3)
All such warrants or checks shall be drawn against the proper fund in the municipality from which such allowed claims shall be paid, and all such warrants or checks shall be drawn in the order of their allowance. No warrant or check shall be signed, removed from the warrant book or checkbook or delivered by the clerk until there is sufficient money in the fund upon which it is drawn to pay the same and all prior unpaid warrants or checks drawn upon that fund, whether delivered or not.
(4)
The owner of any claim against a municipality, either before or after allowance, may transfer same by assignment, and the holder of such assignment shall be entitled to receive the warrant or check therefor at the proper time by presenting such assignment to the clerk at any time before the delivery of the warrant or check to the original claimant.
Codes, 1892, §§ 2981, 3003, 3004; 1906, §§ 3379, 3401, 3402; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5907, 5931, 5932; 1930, §§ 2515, 2539, 2540; 1942, §§ 3374-88, 3374-89; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, §§ 88, 89; Laws, 1980, ch. 308; Laws, 1992, ch. 358, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 347, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-15 - Penalty for unauthorized claim or appropriation

If any member of the governing body of a municipality shall knowingly vote for the payment of any claim not authorized by law, he shall be subject to indictment and, upon conviction, be fined by a sum not exceeding double the amount of such unlawful claim or appropriation, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1906, § 3431; Hemingway's 1917, § 5991; 1930, § 2593; 1942, § 3374-84; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 84, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-17 - Penalty for wrongfully issuing, signing or attesting warrant

All expenditures of money from the treasury of any municipality for any purpose whatsoever shall be in pursuance of the allowance of a claim as hereinbefore specified in Section
21-39-9
, or in pursuance of a specific appropriation made by order, which such appropriation shall be specific as to each separate expenditure in so far as may be practical. If the mayor, clerk, or any other person shall wilfully or feloniously issue, sign or attest any warrant for the expenditure of money from the municipal treasury when such expenditure is not authorized by an order entered on the minutes of such municipality, then such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. In addition such person shall, upon conviction, automatically be removed from his office.
Codes, 1892, §§ 3003, 3004; 1906, §§ 3401, 3402; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5931, 5932; 1930, §§ 2539, 2540; 1942, § 3374-89; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 89, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-19 - Duties of depository or treasurer

The depository of the municipality, or the clerk as ex-officio treasurer where there is no depository, shall receive, safely keep, and pay out all moneys belonging to the municipality according to law. The depository or clerk shall keep correct and accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements, and shall make a written report to the governing authorities, at each regular meeting, of the finances of the municipality. The depository or clerk shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. The funds of the municipality shall be paid out only by virtue of an order or ordinance duly spread on the minutes of such municipality.
Codes, 1892, § 2999; 1906, § 3396; Hemingway's 1917, § 5924; 1930, § 2533; 1942, § 3374-102; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 102, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-23 - Applicability of particular sections

The provisions of Sections
21-39-1
,
21-39-3
,
21-39-7
through
21-39-19
, shall be applicable to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under a code charter, special charter, or the commission form of government, except in cases of conflict between the provisions of such sections and the provisions of the special charter of a municipality, or the law governing the commission form of government, in which cases of conflict the provisions of the special charter or the statutes relative to the commission form of government shall control.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-111; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 111, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-25 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1988, Ex. Sess., ch. 14, § 74, eff. 8/16/1988.
Laws, 1974, ch. 444, §§ 1-3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 39 - CONTRACTS AND CLAIMS (§§ 21-39-1 — 21-39-27) › Section 21-39-27 - Municipalities authorized to obtain credit cards for official travel by members of governing authority and municipal employees

(1)
The governing authority of any municipality may acquire one or more credit cards which may be used by members of the governing authority and municipal employees to pay expenses incurred by them when traveling in or out of the state in the performance of their official duties. The municipal clerk shall maintain complete records of all credit card numbers and all receipts and other documents relating to the use of such credit cards.
(2)
The members of the governing authority and municipal employees shall furnish receipts for the use of such credit cards each month to the municipal clerk who shall submit a written report monthly to the governing authority. The report shall include an itemized list of all expenditures and use of the credit cards for the month, and such expenditures may be allowed for payment by the municipality in the same manner as other items on the claims docket.
(3)
The issuance of a credit card to a member of the governing authority or municipal employee under the provisions of this section does not authorize the member of the governing authority or municipal employee to use the credit card to make any expenditure that is not otherwise authorized by law. Any member of the governing authority or municipal employee who uses the credit card to make an expenditure that is not approved for payment by the governing authority shall be personally liable for the expenditure and shall reimburse the municipality.
The employee shall be subject to all interest and fees and other charges related to the collection of expenditures not approved by the governing authority.
Laws, 2003, ch. 399, § 1, eff. 3/14/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 41 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 21-41-1 — 21-41-53) › Section 21-41-1 - Special improvements authorized

Any municipality of this state may, by its governing authorities, cause the local improvements designated in Section
21-41-3
to be made, wholly or in part, at the cost of the property owners benefited thereby, by levying and collecting special assessments as provided in this chapter, and may finance such local improvements in the manner provided in this chapter.
Codes, 1930, § 2558; 1942, § 3664-01; Laws, 1924, ch. 194; Laws, 1950, ch. 495, § 1; Laws, 1952, ch. 378.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 41 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 21-41-1 — 21-41-53) › Section 21-41-3 - Kind of improvements authorized

The following local improvements may be constructed hereunder, to wit:
(a)
Streets, highways, boulevards, avenues, squares, lanes, alleys and parks, or any part thereof may be opened, reopened, widened, graded, regraded, paved, repaved, surfaced, resurfaced, and curbs and gutters may be constructed or reconstructed therein.
(b)
Sidewalks may be graded, regraded and leveled, laid, relaid, paved, repaved, surfaced or resurfaced.
(c)
Water mains, water connections, sanitary disposal systems, sanitary sewers, storm covers, and other surface drains or drainage systems may be laid, relaid, and constructed or reconstructed.
(d)
A project for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been obtained by the municipality pursuant to the Regional Economic Development Act.
Codes, 1930, § 2559; 1942, § 3664-02; Laws, 1924, ch. 194; Laws, 1950, ch. 495, § 2; Laws, 2000, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 1, § 19, eff. 8/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 41 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 21-41-1 — 21-41-53) › Section 21-41-5 - Resolution; notice of meeting to consider objections

When the governing authorities of any municipality shall determine to make any local or special improvement, the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed against the property benefited, they shall adopt a resolution declaring necessary the proposed improvement describing the nature and extent of the work, the general character of the material to be used, and the location and terminal points of the streets, highways, boulevards, avenues, squares, alleys or parks, or parts thereof, or clearly define the boundary of areas in which said improvements are to be made. In publishing said resolution declaring the work necessary, the plans and specifications of said work need not be published but may be referred to as being on file in the office of the city clerk or city engineer. The publication of the resolution may be made as provided in Section
21-17-19
. Said resolution shall fix a date when the governing authorities of said municipality shall meet, which shall be not less than fifteen (15) days after the date of the first publication of the notice herein provided for, to hear any objections or remonstrances that may be made to said improvements. The notice herein provided for shall be published once each week for three (3) successive publications in a public newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality, and if no newspaper is published therein it shall be sufficient to post said notice in three (3) public places of the municipality for not less than fifteen (15) days before said meeting, one which shall be posted at the town or city hall of said municipality. Moreover, the clerk of the municipality shall send a copy of the notice, by certified mail, postage prepaid, within five (5) days after the first publication of the notice herein provided for, to the last-known address of owners of property affected by the resolution. However, failure of the clerk to mail such notice or failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not invalidate any proceeding in this chapter, where such notice has been published as provided herein. Notice declaring the work necessary shall be notice to the property owners that the work has been declared necessary.
If the governing authorities of a municipality desire to make any special or local improvement under the Regional Economic Development Act, the governing authorities also shall comply with any requirements provided therein.
Codes, 1930, § 2560; 1942, § 3664-03; Laws, 1924, ch. 194; Laws, 1936, ch. 284; Laws, 1950, ch. 495, § 3; Laws, 1958, ch. 522; Laws, 1988, ch. 457, § 9; Laws, 2000, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 1, § 20, eff. 8/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 41 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 21-41-1 — 21-41-53) › Section 21-41-7 - Meeting to consider objections to proposed improvement

At said meeting provided for by Section
21-41-5
, or at a time and place to which same may be adjourned, any person aggrieved may appear in person, by attorney or by petition, and may object to or protest against said improvement or any part thereof. The governing authorities shall consider the objections and protests, if any, and may confirm, amend, modify or rescind the resolution of necessity, and shall determine whether said improvement shall be made and how the cost thereof shall be paid. The determination of such governing authorities shall be final and conclusive. However, if a majority of property owners owning more than fifty per cent of the front footage of the property involved and actually residing on property owned by them and included within that part of any street, avenue, or the like, ordered to be specially improved, or otherwise actually occupying property owned by them and included within that area shall file a protest, then the improvement shall not be made.
Codes, 1930, § 2561; 1942, § 3664-04; Laws, 1924, ch. 194; Laws, 1950, ch. 495, § 4, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 41 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 21-41-1 — 21-41-53) › Section 21-41-11 - What is to be deemed part of cost

The governing authorities of such municipality shall have power to pay out of their general fund, or out of any special fund that may be provided for that purpose, such portion of the cost of the proposed improvement as they may deem proper. Interest accrued while an improvement is under construction, and for six (6) months thereafter, together with interest on interim financing authorized by Section
21-41-45
allocable on a pro rata basis to each such improvement, shall be deemed part of the cost thereof. Actual engineering and inspection costs, properly chargeable to any improvement, shall be deemed a part of the cost of the improvement. All costs for the issuance of the bonds hereinafter provided for shall be deemed part of the cost of the improvement.
Codes, 1930, § 2563; 1942, § 3664-06; Laws, 1924, ch. 194; Laws, 1950, ch. 495, § 6; Laws, 1987, ch. 414, § 1, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 41 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 21-41-1 — 21-41-53) › Section 21-41-13 - Assessment roll; assessment book; notice of meeting to consider objections

Upon the completion of any improvement authorized by this chapter, the governing authorities shall ascertain and determine the cost of the improvement and declare the same by resolution. Upon said completion the governing authorities shall cause to be prepared a roll or list to be called the "assessment roll" showing the names of the property owners, and, opposite each name a description of each parcel of land. Such roll shall be entered in a well-bound book prepared for that purpose, which shall contain appropriate columns in which payments may be credited. Said book shall be known as "assessment book for local improvements." It shall be a public record and the entry therein of any assessment shall be and constitute notice to the public of the lien against the land so assessed, and no other record or notice thereof shall be necessary to any person or corporation for that purpose. No error, omission or mistake in regard to the name of the owner shall be held to invalidate any assessment. After the completion of the said assessment roll it shall be delivered to the clerk of the municipality, or to the officer performing the duties of such clerk, who shall thereupon give a notice by publication in some newspaper published in said municipality that the assessment roll (for that piece of local improvement made) has been delivered to him and is open for inspection at his office, and that at a time and place therein mentioned, not less than fifteen days from the date of the first publication, the governing authorities of said municipality will meet to hear and determine any objections or defense.
Codes, 1930, § 2563; 1942, § 3664-06; Laws, 1924, ch. 194; Laws, 1950, ch. 495, § 6, eff. 7/1/1950.