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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › CONDUCT OF PASSENGERS [Repealed] (§ 77-9-341) › Section 77-9-341 - through 77-9-349 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1984, ch. 512, § 4, eff. 7/1/1984.
Codes, 1892, § 3563; 1906, § 4063; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 6688-6692; 1930, §§ 6136-6140; 1942, §§ 7788-7792; Laws, 1919, chs. 211 and 133.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RATES (§§ 77-9-371 — 77-9-381) › Section 77-9-371 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 72, eff. 7/1/1992.
Codes, 1892, § 4287; 1906, § 4839; Hemingway's 1917, § 7624; 1930, § 7091; 1942, § 7867.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RATES (§§ 77-9-371 — 77-9-381) › Section 77-9-373 - Civil damages recoverable from railroad guilty of extortion

A party injured may recover of a railroad corporation or the person managing a railroad who is guilty of extortion as defined in Section
77-9-371
, twice the amount of damages sustained by the overcharge or discrimination, as the case may be.
Codes, 1892, § 4288; 1906, § 4840; Hemingway's 1917, § 7625; 1930, § 7092; 1942, § 7868.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RATES (§§ 77-9-371 — 77-9-381) › Section 77-9-375 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1997, ch. 460, § 17, eff. 7/1/1997.
Codes, 1892, § 4289; 1906, § 4841; Hemingway's 1917, § 7626; 1930, § 7093; 1942, § 7869.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RATES (§§ 77-9-371 — 77-9-381) › Section 77-9-377 - and 77-9-379 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1984, ch. 512, § 4, eff. 7/1/1984.
§ 77-9-377. [Codes, 1892, § 4292; 1906, § 4844; Hemingway's 1917, § 7629; 1930, § 7097; 1942, § 7873; Laws, 1916, ch. 233] § 77-9-379. [Codes, 1892, § 4293; 1906, § 4845; Hemingway's 1917, § 7630; 1930, § 7098; 1942, § 7874]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RATES (§§ 77-9-371 — 77-9-381) › Section 77-9-381 - through 77-9-387 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1997, ch. 460, § 18-21, eff. 7/1/1997.
§ 77-9-381. [Codes, 1892, § 4294; 1906, § 4846; Hemingway's 1917, § 7631; 1930, § 7099; 1942, § 7875] § 77-9-383. [Codes, 1892, § 4295; 1906, § 4847; Hemingway's 1917, § 7632; 1930, § 7100; 1942, § 7876] § 77-9-385. [Codes, 1892, § 4318; 1906, § 4872; Hemingway's 1917, § 7657; 1930, § 7103; 1942, § 7879] § 77-9-387. [Codes, 1892, § 4297; 1906, § 4849; Hemingway's 1917, § 7634; 1930, § 7102; 1942, § 7878]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › REPORTS [Repealed] (§ 77-9-411) › Section 77-9-411 - through 77-9-415 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 72, eff. 7/1/1992.
§ 77-9-411. [Codes, 1892, § 4320; 1906, § 4874; Hemingway's 1917, § 7659; 1930, § 7052; 1942, § 7828] § 77-9-413. [Codes, 1892, § 4321; 1906, § 4875; Hemingway's 1917, § 7660; 1930, § 7053; 1942, § 7829; Laws, 1918, ch. 147] § 77-9-415. [Codes, 1892, § 4322; 1906, § 4876; Hemingway's 1917, § 7661; 1930, § 7054; 1942, § 7830]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ACCIDENTS; LIABILITY IN TORT (§§ 77-9-431 — 77-9-437) › Section 77-9-431 - Notice of accidents

Each railroad shall report accidents to the Mississippi Department of Transportation in the same manner, and utilizing forms which provide the same information, as required for accident reports by the Federal Railroad Act. The same damage thresholds prerequisite to reports under the Federal Railroad Act shall apply with respect to the making of reports to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
Codes, 1892, § 4307; 1906, § 4861; Hemingway's 1917, § 7646; 1930, § 7089; 1942, § 7865; Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 68, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ACCIDENTS; LIABILITY IN TORT (§§ 77-9-431 — 77-9-437) › Section 77-9-433 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1997, ch. 460, § 22, eff. 7/1/1997.
Codes, 1892, § 4308; 1906, § 4862; Hemingway's 1917, § 7647; 1930, § 7090; 1942, § 7866.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ACCIDENTS; LIABILITY IN TORT (§§ 77-9-431 — 77-9-437) › Section 77-9-435 - Railroads liable for negligence and mismanagement of employees, and mismanagement of engines

Every railroad company shall be liable for all damages which may be sustained by any person in consequence of the neglect or mismanagement of any of its agents, engineers or clerks, or in consequence of the mismanagement of its engines.
Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 43; 1871, § 2429; 1880, § 1054; 1892, § 3557; 1906, § 4054; Hemingway's 1917, § 6678; 1930, § 6152; 1942, § 7804; Laws, 1912, ch. 240.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ACCIDENTS; LIABILITY IN TORT (§§ 77-9-431 — 77-9-437) › Section 77-9-437 - and 77-9-439 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 72, eff. 7/1/1992.
§ 77-9-437. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 6679; 1930, § 6153; 1942, § 7805; Laws, 1912, ch. 151] § 77-9-439. [Codes, 1892, § 3559; 1906, § 4056; Hemingway's 1917, § 6684; 1930, § 6154; 1942, § 7806; Laws, 1908, ch. 194]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › SALES, MORTGAGES, AND LEASES [Repealed] (§ 77-9-461) › Section 77-9-461 - through 77-9-467 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1984, ch. 512, § 6, eff. 7/1/1984.
Codes, 1880, § 1033; 1892, § 3567; 1906, §§ 4067, 4103-4105; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 6696, 6732-6734; 1930, §§ 6099, 6101-6103; 1942, §§ 7751, 7753-7755; Laws, 1910, ch. 212.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 77-9-481 — 77-9-493) › Section 77-9-481 - Duties of railroad inspectors

The inspectors, employed pursuant to the authority granted in Section
65-1-173
, shall be responsible for enforcing and investigating all violations of the railroad laws, and the rules, regulations and general orders of the Mississippi Transportation Commission promulgated thereunder. In the performance of their duties such employees shall give particular attention to the enforcement of the commission's safety rules and regulations; blocking of rights-of-way; the inspection of all equipment, rights-of-way, roadbed and tracks; and the requirement respecting certificate of public convenience and necessity, permits or other laws affecting the operation of the railroad.
Codes, 1942, § 7806-03; Laws, 1970, ch. 429, § 3; Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 69; Laws, 1997, ch. 460, § 23, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 77-9-481 — 77-9-493) › Section 77-9-483 - Training of railroad inspectors

After selection the inspectors shall go through thirty (30) days of intensive instruction of the laws of this state pertaining to the State Tax Commission, the Department of Public Safety, and the State Mississippi Department of Transportation, together with rules and regulations of all of these departments and the laws of this state pertaining to arrests.
Codes, 1942, § 7806-03; Laws, 1970, ch. 429, § 3; Laws, 1987, ch. 343, § 12; Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 70, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 77-9-481 — 77-9-493) › Section 77-9-485 - Authority of railroad inspectors

All inspectors on duty shall wear uniforms as prescribed by the Mississippi Transportation Commission, shall have the right to bear arms, and shall have authority to make arrests, and to stop and hold any train and the contents thereof which is being operated in violation of the railroad laws or the commission's rules, regulations or general orders promulgated thereunder. No train shall be stopped except by order of the commission or by any member thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 7806-04; Laws, 1970, ch. 429, § 4; Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 71, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 77-9-481 — 77-9-493) › Section 77-9-487 - Purchase of necessary equipment authorized

The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase all necessary equipment to enforce the provisions of the railroad laws of the State of Mississippi and to pay for the same out of the "Mississippi Transportation Commission Regulation Fund."
Codes, 1942, § 7806-08; Laws, 1970, ch. 429, § 8; Laws, 1987, ch. 343, § 13; Laws, 1997, ch. 460, § 24, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 77-9-481 — 77-9-493) › Section 77-9-489 - Payment of salaries and expenses from commission's regulation fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

The salaries of all employees authorized to enforce the provisions of the railroad laws, and the reasonable and necessary expenses of such employees, shall be paid out of the special fund in the State Treasury designated as the commission's regulation fund upon the requisition and warrant in the manner provided by law. An itemized account shall be kept of all receipts and expenditures and reported to the Legislature by the commission.
From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.
From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 7806-09; Laws, 1970, ch. 429, § 9; Laws, 1987, ch. 343, § 14, eff. 7/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 332, SB 2213,§ 16, eff. 3/8/2018.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 459, SB 2362, 62, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 77-9-481 — 77-9-493) › Section 77-9-491 - Cooperation with other state agencies authorized

For the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of the railroad laws, the public service commission shall have the power, and is directed to cooperate with and use the services of the members of the highway safety patrol and the inspectors employed by the motor vehicle comptroller. However, in utilizing such personnel the commission shall not interfere with or impede the performance of such personnel of the duties and responsibilities otherwise assigned to them.
Codes, 1942, § 7806-05; Laws, 1970, ch. 429, § 5, eff. 3/12/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 77-9-501 — 77-9-517) › Section 77-9-501 - Short title

Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
shall be cited as "The Mississippi Railroad Police Law of 1976."
Laws, 1976, ch. 441, § 1, eff. 7/1/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 77-9-501 — 77-9-517) › Section 77-9-503 - Definitions

For purposes of Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:
(a)
"Railroad" means a common carrier by railroad.
(b)
"Qualified person" means a person who:
(i)
has met all the educational and training requirements for railroad police in this state which shall be approved by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Academy; and
(ii)
is of good moral character and has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.
Laws, 1976, ch. 441, § 2, eff. 7/1/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 77-9-501 — 77-9-517) › Section 77-9-505 - Appointment of officers; oath; identification; exercise of powers of arrest and right to bear firearms

(1)
Upon request by the chief police officer of any railroad located wholly or partially within this state, the Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint and commission as a railroad police officer any qualified person named by such chief police officer; provided, however, that the Commissioner of Public Safety may refuse to appoint or may rescind the appointment of anyone. Any such railroad police officer so appointed shall at all times be answerable and responsible to the Commissioner of Public Safety.
(2)
A railroad police officer appointed and commissioned as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall, before entering upon his duties as such officer, take the oath of office prescribed by Section 268, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, which shall be endorsed upon his commission. The commission, with the oath endorsed upon it, shall be recorded in the office of the Commissioner of Public Safety.
(3)
A railroad police officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to the provisions of Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
shall, while engaged in the performance of his duties, carry on his person a badge identifying him as a police officer of the railroad and an identification card issued by the railroad and countersigned by the Commissioner of Public Safety. When in uniform each such railroad police officer shall wear his badge in plain view.
(4)
A railroad policeman may exercise the same powers of arrest and the right to bear firearms that may be exercised by any state, municipal or other police officer in this state, but only with respect to offenses committed against property owned by or in the possession of the railroad or against any person arising out of an offense committed against said railroad on railroad property, or against any employee of the railroad engaged in the performance of his duties. Railroad property for the purposes of Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
shall be construed to mean only property owned by or in possession of the railroad on railroad rights-of-way or switching yards. Any right granted under this subsection in no way relieves the requirements of appropriate affidavit and warrant for arrest from the appropriate jurisdiction and authority pursuant to the laws of this state.
(5)
Any person who is trained as a railroad police officer at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Academy shall be required to pay at least an amount equal to the per student cost of operation of said academy as tuition.
Laws, 1976, ch. 441, § 3; Laws, 1988, ch. 339, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 77-9-501 — 77-9-517) › Section 77-9-507 - Handling of persons arrested by officers

A person arrested by a railroad police officer shall be forthwith taken to the sheriff of the county in which the offense was committed. Such person arrested shall then be handled or processed and accorded the same treatment as persons arrested by any other police officer of this state. After the delivery of the arrested person to the sheriff, the railroad police officer shall have no further authority as to the custody or prosecution of such arrested person.
Laws, 1976, ch. 441, § 4, eff. 7/1/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 77-9-501 — 77-9-517) › Section 77-9-509 - Liability of railroad for acts of officer; indemnification

The railroad by the act of requesting the appointment of any such railroad police officer shall be liable and responsible for all acts of such policeman while he is acting or purporting to act under the provisions of Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
whether such action be authorized by said sections or not; further the railroad shall indemnify the State of Mississippi, the commissioner of public safety and any sheriff for any loss, costs, or expenses incurred by virtue of any act, deed, or omission committed by any such policeman while he is acting or purporting to act under the provisions of Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
whether such act, deed, or omission is authorized by said sections or not.
Laws, 1976, ch. 441, § 5, eff. 7/1/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 77-9-501 — 77-9-517) › Section 77-9-511 - Powers of officers appointed and commissioned in other states

The governor of this state may enter into agreement with the governor of any other state empowering qualified persons, as defined in Section
77-9-503(b)
, who are railroad police officers appointed and commissioned in either state, to exercise their powers and authority as defined in Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
in the other state.
Laws, 1976, ch. 441, § 6, eff. 7/1/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 77-9-501 — 77-9-517) › Section 77-9-513 - Fee for commission; bond; "hold harmless" provision

Each railroad policeman commissioned under Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
shall pay to the commissioner of public safety a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for the issuance of such commission, and shall file a bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) with the commissioner of public safety, for the lawful and faithful performance of his duties. The cost of the permit and bond shall be borne by the railroad requesting the appointment of such railroad police officer. The filing of such bond shall not relieve any railroad from any civil liability it may otherwise incur in accordance with the provisions of Section
77-9-509
. Any railroad requesting and obtaining the appointment and commission of a railroad policeman under the provisions of Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
shall indemnify and hold the State of Mississippi, the commissioner of public safety, and any sheriff executing a written permission as provided herein harmless from any and all liability which any or all of them might otherwise incur for the negligent or unlawful acts of said railroad police officer.
Laws, 1976, ch. 441, § 7, eff. 7/1/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 77-9-501 — 77-9-517) › Section 77-9-515 - Termination of powers and authority of officers

The powers and authority of any railroad police officer, whether appointed or commissioned pursuant to the provisions of Sections
77-9-501
through
77-9-517
or any former law of this state may be terminated at any time by the commissioner of public safety.
Laws, 1976, ch. 441, § 8, eff. 7/1/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 77-9-501 — 77-9-517) › Section 77-9-517 - No waiver of sovereign immunity of state

Nothing contained herein shall be construed to waive the sovereign immunity of the State of Mississippi in whole or in part.
Laws, 1976, ch. 441, § 9, eff. 7/1/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ABANDONMENT OF RAILROAD LINES (§§ 77-9-521 — 77-9-527) › Section 77-9-521 - Rail carrier notice of intent to abandon rail line or discontinue service; legislative notification

(1)
A rail carrier making application to the Surface Transportation Board for certificate of abandonment or discontinuance shall provide to the Governor, in addition to the notice of intent to abandon or discontinue provided for in the Interstate Commerce Act (Subtitle IV to Title 49, United States Code Service, Section 10,101 et seq.), a copy of the application for a certificate of abandonment or discontinuance, an accurate and understandable summary of the rail carrier's application and the reasons for the proposed abandonment or discontinuance, a statement containing the estimate of the subsidy and minimum purchase price required to keep the line in operation.
(2)
Upon receipt by the Governor of the notice, application and other information described in subsection (1) of this section, the Governor shall forthwith transmit a copy thereof to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and to the Secretary of the Senate, who shall then immediately notify the respective Chairmen of the Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives and the Highways and Transportation Committee of the Senate of the receipt of such notice. The respective chairmen of such committees shall then notify those members of the Legislature, representing legislative districts within which the proposed railroad line abandonment or discontinuance is planned, of such abandonment or discontinuance.
Laws, 1980, ch. 360, § 1; Laws, 1987, ch. 314, § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 318, § 1, eff. 3/12/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ABANDONMENT OF RAILROAD LINES (§§ 77-9-521 — 77-9-527) › Section 77-9-523 - Legislative committees to consider proposed abandonment

Each member of the Legislature representing a legislative district within which the proposed railroad abandonment or discontinuance is planned shall recommend to his respective House Transportation Committee or Senate Highways and Transportation Committee chairman, after reviewing such information as is available, whether or not a public hearing should be held to investigate and consider the proposed railroad abandonment or discontinuance. The Chairman of the Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Highways and Transportation Committee of the Senate shall then confer with each other and, if the Legislature is not in session at the time, then also with the House Management Committee and the Lieutenant Governor, and then shall call a joint meeting for the sole purpose of investigating and considering the proposed or intended abandonment or discontinuance. Each chairman may, in his discretion, and based upon the recommendations of the legislators representing the districts within which the proposed railroad abandonment or discontinuance is planned, appoint three (3) members from his committee and call a joint meeting for the sole purpose of investigating and considering the proposed or intended abandonment or discontinuance.
Laws, 1980, ch. 360, § 2; Laws, 1987, ch. 314, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 318, § 2, eff. 3/12/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ABANDONMENT OF RAILROAD LINES (§§ 77-9-521 — 77-9-527) › Section 77-9-525 - Public hearing; resolution as to position on proposed abandonment

A public hearing, in the discretion of the Senate Highway and Transportation Committee and the House Transportation Committee chairmen, may be held by the chairmen and three (3) appointed members of the committees meeting concurrently to receive testimony within twenty (20) days after the receipt of notice to the chairmen of the statement of intent to abandon or discontinue service. The committees may adopt, by a majority vote of those members present and voting, a concurrent resolution memorializing the Surface Transportation Board either to permit or to refuse to permit the person, company or other legal entity owning or operating the railroad to abandon the rail line or discontinue rail service thereon, stating the reasons supporting the position. If a concurrent resolution is adopted by both of the committees, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall forthwith transmit certified copies of such resolution to the Surface Transportation Board, the Mississippi Transportation Commission and to each of the members of Congress elected from the state.
Laws, 1980 ch. 360, § 3; Laws, 1982, ch. 373; Laws, 1987, ch. 314, § 3; Laws, 1997, ch. 460, § 25, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 3 - RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§§ 77-9-101 — 77-9-531) › ABANDONMENT OF RAILROAD LINES (§§ 77-9-521 — 77-9-527) › Section 77-9-527 - Transportation Commission authorized to acquire railroads proposed to be abandoned or discontinued; powers of commission in regard to such railroads

(1)
If a rail carrier files a notice of intent to abandon or discontinue as provided for in the Interstate Commerce Act, the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall have the power to acquire the railroad that is proposed to be abandoned or discontinued. The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall have the power to construct, own, hold, control, use, extend, relocate, operate, maintain, repair, equip and lease such railroad and any machinery, equipment or other facilities required and incidental to the ownership and operation of such railroad.
(2)
For the purposes provided for in subsection (1) of this section, the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall have the power to acquire rights-of-way, land, easements, property and interests in property by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise. In exercising condemnation under this section, the commission shall condemn property in the manner provided by law.
Laws, 2003, ch. 521, § 3, eff. 7/1/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 5 - EXPRESS COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-601 — 77-9-607) › Section 77-9-601 - Only chartered express companies to do business of common carriers

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, whether residents or non-residents of this state, or any partnership, association or society of persons, resident or non-resident in this state, except express companies duly chartered as such by the laws of this state or some other state of the United States, to engage in the business of a common carrier by express over or upon any railroad or railroads or steamboat within this state. However, nothing herein contained shall apply to the carrying by express goods shipped from points without this state to points within this state, or from points within this state to points without this state, or through or across this state.
Codes, 1906, § 4898; Hemingway's 1917, § 7682; 1930, § 7050; 1942, § 7826.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 5 - EXPRESS COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-601 — 77-9-607) › Section 77-9-603 - Penalty for violation

If any person, partnership, association or society of persons or any agent or representative of such person, partnership, association or society shall, in violation of Section
77-9-601
, engage in such business within this state, or shall receive for transportation by express or transport or carry or assist in such transportation or delivery, such person or persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall, for each offense, be fined in any amount not exceeding one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding three months, or both.
Codes, 1906, § 4899; Hemingway's 1917, § 7683; 1930, § 7051; 1942, § 7827.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 5 - EXPRESS COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-601 — 77-9-607) › Section 77-9-605 - Offices of express companies

Every express company shall establish and maintain offices for the transaction of business with the public in its capacity as a common carrier, at each city, town, and village convenient to its routes, if, in the opinion of the commission, the public convenience and necessity requires it. An office once established shall not be discontinued without the consent of the commission, which has authority to require such a company to establish and maintain offices.
Codes, 1892, § 4328; 1906, § 4882; Hemingway's 1917, § 7669; 1930, § 7057; 1942, § 7833; Laws, 1908, ch. 80.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 332, SB 2213,§ 17, eff. 3/8/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 5 - EXPRESS COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-601 — 77-9-607) › Section 77-9-607 - Civil liability of express companies

If any express company, through any agent or employee, shall demand and receive of a consignee any charge or part of a charge which had been prepaid, or a greater sum than the company had agreed to perform the services for, or more than reasonable compensation for any service rendered, the consignee or person paying the overcharge shall be entitled to recover of the company twenty-five dollars, in addition to damages for any injury.
Any package, which the company shall receive and transport marked "paid" or "pd.," or otherwise so marked as to indicate prepayment, shall not be charged for at the point of delivery, under the same penalty.
Codes, 1892, § 4327; 1906, § 4881; Hemingway's 1917, § 7668; 1930, § 7094; 1942, § 7870; Laws, 1908, chs. 77, 79.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-701 - Offices of telegraph companies

Every telegraph company shall establish and maintain offices for the transaction of business with the public in its capacity as a common carrier, at each city, town, and village convenient to its routes, if, in the opinion of the public service commission, the public convenience and necessity requires it. An office once established shall not be discontinued without the consent of the commission, which has authority to require such a company to establish and maintain offices. The commission has authority to require telegraph companies to keep night operators at every place where, in its judgment, the business and the public convenience justify and require it.
Codes, 1892, § 4328; 1906, § 4882; Hemingway's 1917, § 7669; 1930, § 7057; 1942, § 7833; Laws, 1908, ch. 80.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-703 - Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit messages; penalty for failure, neglect or refusal

A telegraph or telephone company shall transmit all written messages between points where it may have offices within the state. If the telegraph or telephone company shall receive any message or matter at one of its offices in this state for transmission to a person addressed at a point where it has an office in the state, and shall fail, neglect or refuse without good and sufficient reason to transmit the same in a reasonable time to the office at the place of the person addressed, such person or the person injured shall be entitled to recover of the company in default the sum of fifteen dollars, in addition to damages for any injury. This section shall not apply to offices of telephone and telegraph companies in towns of less than one thousand inhabitants where the telephone or telegraph companies do not employ and control the operator.
Codes, 1906, § 4880; Hemingway's 1917, § 7666; 1930, ch. 7058; 1942, § 7834; Laws, 1908, ch. 78.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-705 - Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to deliver messages; penalty for failure, neglect or refusal

A telegraph or telephone company shall deliver all messages addressed to a person residing or having a place of business in any city, town, or village where it may have an office, or within one mile of its office. If any telegraph or telephone company shall receive any message or matter for transmission, and shall fail, neglect, or refuse, without good and sufficient reason, to transmit correctly or deliver the same within a reasonable time to the person addressed, such person, or the person injured, shall be entitled to recover of the company in default the sum of twenty-five dollars, in addition to damages for any injury.
Codes, 1892, § 4326; 1906, § 4879a; Hemingway's 1917, § 7665; 1930, § 7059; 1942, § 7835; Laws, 1908, ch. 76.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-707 - Evidence of transmission of telegram in suits against telegraph companies

In any suit against a telegraph company for nondelivery or failure to promptly deliver any telegram in this state, the copy of the telegram received and transcribed by such company's operator at the office of final destination shall be conclusive evidence in the hands of the bona fide addressee of the filing of the original at the receiving office of such telegram by the sender thereof, and may be introduced at the trial of such suit as the best evidence of the filing of the original at the receiving office of such telegram by the sender thereof.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7667; 1930, § 7060; 1942, § 7836; Laws, 1916, ch. 133.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-709 - Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit public messages

Telegraph or telephone companies or associations shall be bound, on application of any officer of this state, or of the United States, in case of any war, insurrection, riot, or other civil commotion or resistance of public authority, or for the prevention and punishment of crime, or for the arrest of persons suspected or charged therewith, to give to the communications of such officers immediate dispatch at the price of ordinary communications of the same length.
Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 49; 1871, § 2434; 1880, § 1039; 1892, § 857; 1906, § 928; Hemingway's 1917, § 4102; 1930, § 7064; 1942, § 7840.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-711 - Erection of telegraph and telephone lines

All companies or associations of persons incorporated or organized for the purpose of constructing telegraph or telephone lines shall be authorized to construct the same, and to set up and erect their posts and fixtures along and across any of the public highways, streets, or waters, and along and across all turnpikes, railroads, and canals, and also through any of the public lands. Such lines, posts and fixtures shall be so constructed and placed as not to be dangerous to persons or property, and as not to interfere with the common use of such roads, streets, or waters, or with the convenience of any landowner more than may be unavoidable. In case it shall be necessary to cross any highway, such lines, posts and fixtures shall be so constructed as to cross such highway at right angles.
Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 45; 1871, § 2430; 1880, § 1065; 1892, § 854; 1906, § 925; Hemingway's 1917, § 4099; 1930, § 7061; 1942, § 7837.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-713 - Local authorities may regulate construction and maintenance of lines

The board of supervisors of any county, and the governing authorities of any city, town or village, through which any telegraph or telephone line may pass, shall have power to regulate, within their respective limits, the manner in which the same shall be constructed and maintained, with a view to the safe and convenient use of the public highways and streets. If the proprietors of any telegraph or telephone line refuse or omit to comply with such regulations, the board of supervisors, or the authorities of the city, town or village, may cause such line to be abated within its jurisdiction as a nuisance.
Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 46; 1871, § 2431; 1880, § 1066; 1892, § 855; 1906, § 926; Hemingway's 1917, § 4100; 1930, § 7062; 1942, § 7838.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-715 - Liability for damages caused by erection, continuance and use of lines

Telegraph and telephone companies or associations shall be responsible for any damages which any person shall sustain by the erection, continuance, and use of telegraph and telephone lines and the fixtures thereof. In any action for the recovery thereof brought by any owner or possessor of land over or along which such line may run, damages shall be assessed for the permanent continuance of such line and fixtures, and on payment thereof the right to continue and use such line and fixtures shall exist as if by leave and license of the owner of the land.
Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 47; 1871, § 2432; 1880, § 1065; 1892, 856; 1906, § 927; Hemingway's 1917, § 4101; 1930, § 7063; 1942, § 7839.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-717 - Exercise of eminent domain for construction of new lines

Telegraph and telephone companies, for the purpose of constructing new lines, are empowered to exercise the right of eminent domain, as provided in Chapter 27 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1892, § 858; 1906, § 929; Hemingway's 1917, § 4103; 1930, § 7065; 1942, § 7841.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-719 - Consolidation and merger of telephone lines, exchanges and property authorized

All telephone lines, exchanges and properties in any county of the State of Mississippi may be consolidated and merged so as to create and establish a telephone system in such county and to enable all patrons of such telephone properties to secure telephonic service over and through one system. When such merger and consolidation of the said telephone properties shall have been effected it shall be done in such manner as to eliminate all telephone exchanges of the said constituent companies in such consolidation or merger in such county saving and excepting one system of exchanges. When such consolidation and merger shall have been effected, the same shall be done in such manner as to provide one central telephone exchange in each of the municipalities situated in the county, in which such consolidation and merger shall have been effected.
Codes, 1930, § 7067; Laws, 1943, § 7843; Laws, 1922, ch. 268.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-721 - Local authorities, public service commission, and attorney-general must consent to consolidation and merger

The consolidation and merger of the said telephone properties in any county or in any of the municipalities located in such county shall not take effect until the individuals, associations or corporations owning the said telephone properties which are operating in such county or such municipalities shall have first obtained from the governing authority of each of the municipalities affected by such consolidation and merger as is proposed to be effected, the consent of such municipality to such consolidation and merger. Such consent shall be evidenced by an order of the governing authority of such municipality or municipalities duly and regularly entered upon the minutes of the said governing authority, giving its assent to such merger and consolidation. No consolidation and merger of the said telephone properties shall be effected until the individuals, associations or corporations owning such telephone system shall have also obtained the consent of the public service commission of the State of Mississippi to such consolidation and merger to be evidenced by an order of the said commission, duly and regularly entered upon its minutes. No consolidation of the telephone properties in such county or the municipalities located therein, shall be effected until the individuals, associations or corporations owning such telephone properties shall have produced in the office of the commission duly certified copies of the orders of the governing authority of the municipality, or municipalities, affected by such proposed consolidation and merger evidencing its assent thereto, as above provided. The said consolidation and merger shall not become finally effective and complete until the attorney-general of the State of Mississippi shall have given his certificate that such consolidation and merger is not contrary to the public welfare of the State of Mississippi and is in accordance with the terms of this section.
Codes, 1930, § 7068; 1942, § 7844; Laws, 1922, ch. 268.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 9 - RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS (§§ 77-9-1 — 77-9-729) › Article 7 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES (§§ 77-9-701 — 77-9-729) › Section 77-9-723 - Nothing in preceding sections shall mandate consolidation and merger

Nothing in Sections
77-9-719
and
77-9-721
, shall be construed so as to require and compel any rural telephone system now being operated in any of the counties of the State of Mississippi, or that may be hereafter established in any of the said counties, to merge and consolidate with each other, or with any other telephone system now being operated in said counties. Nothing in said sections shall be construed so as to require telephone systems being operated and maintained by local communities for the use and benefit of the localities or communities only, to merge and consolidate with each other, or with other telephone systems.
Codes, 1930, § 7069; 1942, § 7845; Laws, 1922, ch. 268.