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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY ROAD OFFICIALS (§§ 65-17-1 — 65-17-209) › Article 5 - COUNTY ENGINEER (§§ 65-17-201 — 65-17-209) › Section 65-17-205 - Salary of engineer

The compensation of the county engineer shall be determined by the board of supervisors of the county employing such engineer. The manner of making such compensation shall be spread annually upon the minutes of the board.
Codes, 1930, § 6407; 1942, § 8355; Laws, 1924, ch. 215; Laws, 1932, ch. 203; Laws, 1938, ch. 320; Laws, 1958, ch. 213; Laws, 1962, ch. 261; Laws, 1966, ch. 304, § 1; Laws, 1987, ch. 447, eff. 4/2/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY ROAD OFFICIALS (§§ 65-17-1 — 65-17-209) › Article 5 - COUNTY ENGINEER (§§ 65-17-201 — 65-17-209) › Section 65-17-207 - Control of engineer

The employment and work of such engineer shall be under the control of the board of supervisors.
Codes, 1930, § 6408; 1942, § 8356; Laws, 1924, ch. 215.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY ROAD OFFICIALS (§§ 65-17-1 — 65-17-209) › Article 5 - COUNTY ENGINEER (§§ 65-17-201 — 65-17-209) › Section 65-17-209 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 469, § 10, eff. 7/1/1983.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-66; Laws, 1962, ch. 255, § 16.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 18 - LOCAL SYSTEM ROAD PROGRAM (§§ 65-18-1 — 65-18-17) › Section 65-18-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Local System Road Program."
Laws, 2001, ch. 492, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 18 - LOCAL SYSTEM ROAD PROGRAM (§§ 65-18-1 — 65-18-17) › Section 65-18-3 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the term "local system road" means a road that is included on the county road system as designated under Section
65-7-4
that (a) is functionally classified as a local rural road in accordance with policies on geometric design of highways and streets adopted and published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; (b) provides access to the state aid system, the federal aid system or the designated state highway system; and (c) has an average daily traffic count of four hundred (400) vehicles or less. The term "local system road" includes all drainage related structures except bridges that are included on the National Bridge Inspection Inventory maintained by the Office of State Aid Road Construction. The term "local system road" does not include a road or highway on the designated state highway system or on the state aid road system.
Laws, 2001, ch. 492, § 2, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 18 - LOCAL SYSTEM ROAD PROGRAM (§§ 65-18-1 — 65-18-17) › Section 65-18-5 - Establishment of Local System Road Program

(1)
There is established a Local System Road Program which shall be administered by the State Aid Engineer for the purpose of assisting the counties of this state in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads.
(2)
Routes on which projects are performed under this chapter are not eligible for inclusion on the state aid system except in accordance with the provisions of Section
65-9-1
et seq.
Laws, 2001, ch. 492, § 3, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 18 - LOCAL SYSTEM ROAD PROGRAM (§§ 65-18-1 — 65-18-17) › Section 65-18-7 - Program administered by State Aid Engineer; powers and duties of State Aid Engineer

The Local System Road Program shall be administered by the State Aid Engineer. In administering the program, the State Aid Engineer shall have the following powers and duties:
(a)
To supervise the use of all funds made available for the purposes of this chapter for use on local system roads in the State of Mississippi;
(b)
To allocate to each county that county's share of all monies made available under the provisions of this chapter but only when the county has complied with the provisions of this chapter and only when the county is eligible for the allocation of monies under the Local System Road Program;
(c)
To keep and compile records of all expenditures on local system roads to which money is disbursed under the provisions of this chapter, which records must be kept separate and apart from other state aid records;
(d)
To approve the construction of local system roads, including roadbeds, grades and drainage, before authorizing the release of funds under this chapter;
(e)
To establish such rules and regulations as the State Aid Engineer determines as necessary to implement the provisions of the Local System Road Program; and
(f)
To report to the Legislature, no later than January 1 of each year, on the Local System Road Program. Such report shall include what projects were approved and constructed, the number of miles constructed or improved and the cost per mile for such construction and improvement.
Laws, 2001, ch. 492, § 4, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 18 - LOCAL SYSTEM ROAD PROGRAM (§§ 65-18-1 — 65-18-17) › Section 65-18-9 - State aid allocation to counties; local system bridge replacement and rehabilitation program allocation to counties; certification of adequate sufficiency rating for local system bridges; establishment of specific designs and standards to be followed by counties

(1)
The State Aid Engineer shall allocate annually the amount of the state aid road allocation of a county that is requested by such county for use in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads in the county if the county has met the requirements of this chapter; provided, however, that the State Aid Engineer shall not allocate more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the annual state aid road allocation of a county for such purposes.
(2)
The State Aid Engineer shall allocate annually the amount of the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program allocation of a county that is requested by such county for use in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads in the county if:
(a)
The State Aid Engineer has certified, pursuant to Section
65-37-7
, that all the local system bridges within the county have a sufficiency rating of greater than fifty (50) or that all such bridges within the county with a sufficiency rating of fifty (50) or less are currently under contract for replacement or rehabilitation; and
(b)
The county has met the requirements of this chapter.
(3)
The State Aid Engineer shall establish specific designs and standards to be followed by such counties in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads. The specific designs and standards shall be based upon policies on geometric design of local rural roads, highways and streets adopted and published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
Laws, 2001, ch. 492, § 5, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 18 - LOCAL SYSTEM ROAD PROGRAM (§§ 65-18-1 — 65-18-17) › Section 65-18-11 - Conditions for eligibility

(1)
In order for a county to be eligible to utilize its Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program allocation or any of its state aid road funds for the Local System Road Program, a county must meet the following conditions:
(a)
The county has employed a county engineer, together with such other technical assistance as is necessary to carry out the duties of this chapter, the same as provided under the provisions of Section
65-9-15
, for its state aid road system and, through its official minutes, has authorized the county engineer to perform the necessary engineering services connected with the Local System Road Program. The county engineer shall prepare the necessary plans and designs for all construction projects, including state aid projects and projects provided under this chapter. He also shall provide engineering supervision for the construction of such projects and shall approve all estimate payments made on the projects. Engineering cost for any project performed under the Local System Road Program may be paid from any funds allocated to a county under the program; however, the maximum fee paid to an engineer shall not exceed twelve percent (12%) of the final construction cost. No such cost shall be reimbursed to the county before the letting of the project; and
(b)
The county has presented a plan for the construction, reconstruction and paving of a local system road which plan has been made and approved by the county engineer of the county, showing the specific road or project to be improved, stating the condition of the existing roadbed, drainage and bridges and outlining the type of construction or reconstruction to be made and the designs and specifications therefor including the paving of the road and the sources of revenue to be used and the sources and types of material to be used thereon. The plan shall be presented to the State Aid Engineer for the initial approval of the beginning of a project to receive monies.
(2)
After the initial approval of the plan and plans as specified in subsection (1)(b) of this section has been made by the State Aid Engineer, the county shall be eligible to receive all funds made available to the county under the Local System Road Program to be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction or paving of the local system road. The project may be done either by contract or by using county equipment and employees. It shall be according to the original plan or any amendments thereto which have been approved by the State Aid Engineer. The board may use county equipment and employees if the construction can be accomplished at a more reasonable cost than can be achieved by contract.
Laws, 2001, ch. 492, § 6, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 18 - LOCAL SYSTEM ROAD PROGRAM (§§ 65-18-1 — 65-18-17) › Section 65-18-13 - Rights-of-way

All rights-of-way and adjustments for utilities necessary for Local System Road Program projects must be acquired or performed by the boards of supervisors in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of rights-of-way, including gift, purchase, deed, dedication and eminent domain; however, no part of the cost of such rights-of-way may be paid from Local System Road Program funds.
Laws, 2001, ch. 492, § 7, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 18 - LOCAL SYSTEM ROAD PROGRAM (§§ 65-18-1 — 65-18-17) › Section 65-18-15 - Contracts to be advertised for bidding

Contracts for the construction of local system road projects must be advertised and let by the board of supervisors of the county in the manner required by law. Before advertising for bids, plans and specifications covering the proposed work shall be prepared by the county engineer and filed in the chancery clerk's office of the county. Copies of the plans and specifications shall be subject to inspection during regular office hours and shall be made available to all prospective bidders upon such terms and conditions as may be required by the board and its county engineer.
Laws, 2001, ch. 492, § 8, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 18 - LOCAL SYSTEM ROAD PROGRAM (§§ 65-18-1 — 65-18-17) › Section 65-18-17 - Maintenance, repair and reconstruction of local system roads

It shall be the duty of the several boards of supervisors to properly maintain all local system roads in their respective counties after construction of any such roads under this chapter. It shall be the duty of the State Aid Engineer and his assistants to make annual maintenance inspections of completed projects, and such other periodic maintenance inspections as the State Aid Engineer shall deem necessary. If essential maintenance is not properly and regularly carried on, in the opinion of the State Aid Engineer, then notice thereof shall be given in writing to the board in default, and if such maintenance is not done and continued within sixty (60) days from date of such notice, then, and in such event, the State Aid Engineer may proceed to have done the necessary maintenance and repair work on such road and charge the same to any funds allocated to such county under the provisions of the Local System Road Program. If such failure to maintain continues, then such county shall be no longer eligible for monies under the Local System Road Program until proper maintenance is resumed by it, and notice of such withdrawal of local system road funds shall be duly given the State Treasurer; however, such ineligibility shall not affect payment under the Local System Road Program of progress or final estimates on contracts awarded before notice of such ineligibility.
Local system roads that have been hard surfaced through the use of local system road funds shall be eligible for local system road funds to provide one or more seal courses, as required. Local system roads in which the grading and drainage structures were constructed under the Local System Road Program and which have been subsequently hard surfaced by the county through the use of county funds under the supervision of the county engineer shall likewise be eligible for local system road funds to provide one or more seal courses as required, provided that the hard surfacing and underlying base were constructed in accordance with the then prevailing local system road standards and specifications. The county shall furnish the State Aid Engineer with sufficient engineering data, including borings and tests, if necessary, to substantiate the required thickness and quality of the base and surfacing. The correction of base defects and pavement breaks may be made part of the plans and contract documents for each sealing project.
Local system roads that were constructed in accordance with the then prevailing local system road standards and specifications shall be eligible for local system road funds for maintenance, repair and reconstruction, subject to the prior written approval of such work by the State Aid Engineer and subject to the work being completed in accordance with the prior written approval.
Laws, 2001, ch. 492, § 9; Laws, 2009, ch. 546, § 19, eff. 4/15/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-1 - Creation of separate road districts

(1)
Separate road districts, composed in whole or in part of one or of more than one supervisors' district, may be created and organized by the board of supervisors of any county (a) upon its own initiative or (b) upon petition as follows:
(a)
Whenever in the judgment of the board the public interest and the interest of the proposed district will be promoted by the creation and organization of a separate road district, the said board shall determine the boundaries of the district in such manner as the existing public highways, the territory tributary thereto, the engineering and topographical conditions, and other pertinent considerations render expedient, and shall accurately define the said boundaries by land numbers, by natural boundaries, by metes and bounds, or by combinations thereof, so long as said description may be clearly understood or would be sufficient as a description in a deed of conveyance. The board shall enter an order declaring its intention to create and organize a separate road district according to the boundaries so defined and made a part of said order.
(b)
When a petition or petitions containing the boundaries of a proposed district, defined and bounded as hereinbefore required, signed by twenty per cent. of the qualified electors of the proposed district has been filed and presented to the board, requesting the creation and organization of a separate road district composed of the territory aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the board to make an order reciting the fact and to proceed thereupon with said proposal as is hereinafter provided.
(2)
No road district shall hereafter be created which has an assessed value of property therein of less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), according to the last completed assessment for taxation, but this limitation shall not apply to the consolidation of existing road districts.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259s; 1930, § 6419; 1942, §§ 4327, 8369; Laws, 1920, ch. 271; Laws, 1932, ch. 235.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-3 - Publication of notice

Whenever the proceeding has been initiated or proposed by either of the methods above provided, the said board shall cause notice to be published of the said proposal, which notice shall be sufficiently full to fairly apprise all persons in interest of the character and objects of said proposal. The notice shall fix a time and place when and where the board of supervisors will hear objections to the creation of said district and to the bringing of any of the defined territory within said district. Said notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county once a week for three weeks prior to the date of the hearing fixed in said notice; the first publication shall be not less than eighteen nor more than forty days prior to said date. If there be no newspaper published in the county in which the territory is located, the notice shall be published in some newspaper having a general circulation therein.
Codes, 1930, § 6420; 1942, § 8370.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-5 - Amount of bonds to be preliminarily estimated

If the board of supervisors of its own motion initiates the proceedings, it shall make a careful preliminary estimate of the probable amount of the bonds of the proposed district that will be required to be issued by the district; and if the proposal be made by petition, then the petitioners shall make a like estimate and recite the same in their petition or petitions. The preliminary orders of the board in either case shall recite the said proposed or probable amount of the bonds to be issued, and the notice required under Section
65-19-3
shall contain a like recital. But said estimates, whether by the board or by the petitioners, shall be deemed no more than estimates and, if the district be created, shall not be controlling upon the amount of bonds subsequently to be issued, whether more or less, as future necessity may require.
Codes, 1930, § 6421; 1942, § 8371.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-7 - Hearing of objections

At the time and place named in said notice, or at any other time or place not later than fifteen days thereafter which may be designated by said board, said board of supervisors shall meet and shall hear remonstrances or objections to the creation of said road district or to the bringing of any part of said territory within the district, shall pass upon and determine the sufficiency of the petition, the boundaries of the district to be created, or the territory to be placed therein, and shall make such orders as justice and equity shall require. The board of supervisors upon said hearing is hereby vested with full authority to decline to create the district or to exclude from said district any lands named in its previous order or in said petition which, in the discretion of said board, should not be included in said district. If it be determined to create the district, the order to that effect shall clearly define the territory to be included therein, which territory and district may be described by a reference to supervisors' districts or to fixed and known boundaries of the county or of any subdivision thereof, or by specifying the lands included by range, township, and section or lot, or by defining the metes and bounds. The said order shall designate said district or territory by some suitable name, or the district or territory may be designated "road district No. ____________________ of ____________________ county, or road district of ____________________ county."
If at the time of the said hearing twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of such proposed district petition against its creation or against the amount of the bonds proposed, then the district shall not be created unless at an election, ordered by the board of supervisors for the purpose, a majority of the qualified voters of such district, voting in such election, vote in favor of the creation of the district; the board of its own motion may order an election with like effect as if ordered under the foregoing proviso.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7192; 1930, § 6422; 1942, § 8372; Laws, 1918, ch. 220; Laws, 1926, ch. 225.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-9 - Extension of road beyond the limits of district

If the qualified electors petitioning for the creation and organization of a separate road district shall so desire, they may petition, in addition, that the proceeds of the sale of said bonds may be used to extend and build roads beyond the limits of such district and that a tax be levied on such district or districts to pay such bonds and maintain such roads, in which case it shall be the duty of the board, in publishing the notice as hereinbefore provided, to add thereto notice of the further purpose to use part of the proceeds of said bonds in building and maintaining roads in other territory, naming the said other territory; and to levy taxes for that purpose. In any election ordered therein, the further question shall be submitted to the electors, whether such roads are to be so extended or not, which shall be submitted as follows: "For the extension of roads into other districts," or "against the extension of roads into other districts." If said election result in favor of such action, determined and adjudicated in like manner by the election commissioners and board of supervisors, as required by law, then the said road commissioners shall, with the approval of the board of supervisors, have the power to extend said roads into other districts and pay for the same out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds, and levy a tax to maintain the same on such district consenting thereto, as provided for in this chapter.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7164; 1930, § 6423; 1942, § 8373; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277; Laws, 1932, ch. 243.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-11 - Consolidations and additions

In like manner and under like conditions as mentioned in the preceding sections, (a) separate road districts heretofore or hereafter created may be consolidated into a single separate road district; (b) a separate road district may be created from parts of two or more districts heretofore or hereafter created, or from territory partly of such a district or districts and partly of territory not theretofore in any separate road district; and (c) suitable territory, whether within or without a separate road district, may be added to an adjoining separate road district. All the qualified electors residing in each of the component parts of the territory proposed to be consolidated or joined in or added, as well as of the proposed district when completed, shall have the right to be heard and to vote in any election held as a part of said procedure. If twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors in any one of the component parts aforesaid of the proposed territory or a like percent of the entire territory so petition, the board shall order an election and, unless at said election the qualified electors of each of the said component parts counted separately and a majority of the entire proposed new district counted in the aggregate shall favor the proposal, it shall not be allowed and the proposal shall be ordered rejected.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259t; 1930, § 6424; 1942, § 8374; Laws, 1920, ch. 271.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-13 - District may be abolished

In like manner and under like conditions, the board of supervisors may by order abolish any separate road district and, thereupon, either add the said territory or a part thereof to another separate road district, or else leave the same, or the remainder, as a part of the general road territory of the county.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259u; 1930, § 6425; 1942, § 8375; Laws, 1920, ch. 271.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-15 - Previous obligations

When a separate district has been established or abolished under Section
65-19-11
or Section
65-19-13
, the said establishment or abolishment shall not release the territory or taxable property or persons of the former district or districts or parts thereof from assessments for the benefit and purposes of the original district or districts or parts thereof, nor impair nor in any wise release the property or persons in the new district so established from assessment and liability for the payment of the debts and obligations of the original district. In the respects last aforesaid, the creation of such new district as in the foregoing sections provided shall in no wise change the lines or territorial construction and integrity of the original district or districts or parts thereof from which such new district may be formed. In event a separate road district is consolidated or added to or otherwise established or abolished, as in the foregoing sections provided, out of territory embraced in whole or in part within any district that has outstanding bonds or loan warrants or other valid indebtedness, the board of supervisors shall annually levy a tax on the territory that originally issued said bonds or loan warrants or incurred the indebtedness, in accordance with the contract under which such indebtedness was created, until the same is fully paid.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259v; 1930, § 6426; 1942, § 8376; Laws, 1920, ch. 271.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-17 - Aggrieved parties may appeal

Any party aggrieved by the order of the board of supervisors creating a road district or bringing territory therein, as herein provided, may appeal to the circuit court from the order of said board of supervisors as now provided by law for appeals from the orders of boards of supervisors, or may sue at law or in equity for relief therefrom; however, no action or suit attacking the validity of the said order, or in any manner questioning the same, shall be begun after the expiration of sixty days from the date of making or entering the said order. From and after the expiration of said period of sixty days, if no suit be filed or appeal taken as herein provided, the determination of the board of supervisors as to said matters shall be final, and the territory defined in said order of said board of supervisors shall constitute a road and taxing district of the state to which is delegated the power hereinafter mentioned to levy general ad valorem taxes upon all of the taxable property of said district assessed for state and county taxes, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining or repairing roads and highways, or for the payment of the principal and interest of any bonds issued for that purpose in the manner provided by the general laws.
If under the foregoing sections an election is held and the majority vote in favor of the district proposed, the appeal to the circuit court hereinabove mentioned shall not lie or, if taken, shall be dismissed.
Codes, 1930, § 6427; 1942, § 8377; Laws, 1926, ch. 225.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-19 - Elections

The elections hereinbefore mentioned shall be held and conducted according to the provisions of Chapter 5, Title 23, Mississippi Code of 1972, so far as applicable, the tickets to be used in said election to contain the following: "For the creation of the district" and, either below or above on the ticket, "Against the creation of the district."
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7159; 1930, § 6428; 1942, § 8378; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-21 - Supervisors to provide for election

In any election held under the provisions of this chapter in respect to the creation of, or addition to, separate road districts, the board of supervisors shall have the power to fix the place and provide for holding the election by the qualified electors of such territory, whenever the voting precincts as fixed for general elections will not be convenient or suitable.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7167; 1930, § 6429; 1942, § 8379; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-23 - Result of election

Such election shall be held so far as practicable in accordance with the laws regulating general elections in this state; however, in order to authorize the creation of such proposed road district, a majority of the qualified electors residing in such territory shall vote in favor of such creation. When the election commissioners of the county shall have received returns of said election and have declared the result thereof, they shall, after having canvassed the same, forthwith make returns of said election to the board of supervisors by filing with the board of supervisors a certificate stating the number of votes cast in favor of the creation, the number of votes cast against the creation, and the number of qualified electors residing in the territory proposed to be created into a road district. The number of qualified electors residing in said territory shall be determined at the meeting of the election commissioners first preceding said election, as required by Section
23-5-79
, Mississippi Code of 1972. At its next meeting after it has received said returns, the board of supervisors shall adjudicate whether or not a majority of the qualified electors of the territory have voted in favor of the creation of said road district, from the findings of the election commissioners as herein required.
Should the result of such election show that it has carried in favor of the creation of the district by a majority vote of the qualified electors residing in the proposed district, then it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to issue the bonds of such district in the necessary amount, not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the assessed value of all taxable property of the district. The amount within this limit shall be fixed by the commissioners hereinafter provided for, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, such bonds to be issued and sold either all at one time or in installments from time to time as funds are needed for the construction of such highway or highways, in the discretion of the commissioners and the board of supervisors. Any county, supervisor's district, part of supervisor's district, or districts which have heretofore issued bonds in said county, supervisor's district, parts of supervisor's district, or districts for road purposes may, under the provisions of this chapter and in pursuance thereof, issue bonds in addition to those already issued, provided that the total amount of bonds for road purposes outstanding and to be issued shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the assessed value of all the taxable property of the district.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7160; 1930, § 6430; 1942, § 8380; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277; Laws, 1932, ch. 296.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-25 - General provisions for bonds

The bonds issued under authority hereof shall mature not later than twenty-five (25) years from the date of their issuance; shall bear interest at such rate or rates, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section
75-17-101
, payable annually or semiannually, as the board of supervisors shall direct; shall be exempt from all taxes, and shall be payable in annual installments, the amount to be paid each year to be fixed by the board of supervisors when the bonds are issued. All such bonds, with interest coupons if any attached, shall be lithographed with suitable devices to prevent counterfeiting; shall be in denominations to be fixed by the board of supervisors; shall be registered by the clerk of the board of supervisors in a book to be kept for that purpose; shall be numbered as provided by the board of supervisors, and shall be signed by the president of the board and countersigned by the clerk, who shall impress the seal of the county upon each bond as it is issued. The coupons, if any, shall be lithographed with the facsimile signatures of the president and clerk of said board, and every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was authorized and the total amount authorized to be issued. Each bond shall be made payable to a person by name, or may be made payable to bearer without any name, such bonds to be entitled "Road bonds of ," describing by name or number the territory created and organized into a road district. Such bonds shall not be sold for less than their face value; and the board of supervisors of each county shall levy annually a special tax upon all the taxable property of the district to be used exclusively in paying the interest on the bonds and providing a sinking fund for their redemption.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections
31-21-1
through
31-21-7
.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7161; 1930, § 6431; 1942, § 8381; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277; Laws, 1983, ch. 494, § 31; Laws, 1985, ch. 477, § 14, eff. 4/8/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-27 - District road commissioners

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors in case the election shall result in favor of the creation of the district, at its next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting, to appoint three commissioners, who shall be qualified electors of the district and real estate owners therein, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the time of their appointment and until their successors are appointed by the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to have the management and supervision of the construction and maintenance of the roads built under the provisions hereof, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, and for their services shall be paid their actual expenses, not exceeding one hundred dollars each per annum. The board of supervisors may remove any commissioner, for cause or at pleasure, at any time and fill the vacancy thereby caused; and the board may, at any time after the roads within a district have been constructed by the proceeds of bonds sold, discontinue the commissioners, proceed to administer the fiscal affairs of the road district in the manner authorized by law, and make tax levies without recommendation of the commissioners on all taxable property in such district or districts. The commissioners may employ an attorney, if necessary, and pay him a reasonable compensation.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7162; 1930, § 6432; 1942, § 8382; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1922, ch. 261; Laws, 1934, ch. 220.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-29 - Duties of commissioners

It shall be the duty of such commissioners, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, to determine and fix what road or roads shall be constructed, or constructed and maintained, or maintained in the district out of the proceeds of the sale of bonds and the levy of taxes. It shall be their duty to let all contracts for the construction, or for the construction and maintenance, or for the maintenance of such roads in the manner provided by law for the letting of contracts for public work by the board of supervisors. It shall be their duty to employ a competent engineer to survey and lay out the road or roads in the district as they shall determine upon, whose duty it shall be to make an estimate of the cost of constructing and maintaining such highway or highways for each separate mile covered by such survey and to report the survey and estimate to said commissioners before contracts are let for the construction or for the construction and maintenance of such highway or highways. Said commissioners shall have the power to adopt or reject such survey and estimate and in the latter event to have another made. When adopted, it shall be their duty to report the same to the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to order the clerk of said board to file the same among the records of the office, spread the same on the minutes of the board, and make an order adopting such survey and estimate so reported and adopted by the commissioners. All of said acts of said commissioners shall be subject to ratification or rejection by the board of supervisors.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7162; 1930, § 6433; 1942, § 8383; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1922, ch. 261.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-31 - Rejection of bids

Where contracts are let upon competitive bids, if the commissioners deem the bids too high, they are authorized to reject all bids.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. 7178g; 1930, § 6434; 1942, § 8384; Laws, 1918, ch. 170.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-33 - Special tax levied

The public highway or highways so surveyed and adopted by such commissioners shall be constructed and maintained out of the proceeds of the aforementioned bonds, proceeds of such bonds to be used alone in their construction and maintenance. The board of supervisors shall levy an annual tax, on the recommendation of the commissioners, on all the taxable property in the district not exceeding three mills on the dollar, which shall be used to supplement the general fund of the county in maintaining said road or roads and the culverts, bridges, and levees therein. For the purpose of paying such bonds and interest and so maintaining said roads, the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed by law, levy the tax for the same, and it shall be the duty of the county auditor to keep a separate account of such funds so raised from the other funds of the county; and it shall be the duty of the county depository, which shall be the treasurer of such funds and liable on its bond therefor, to keep a separate account thereof. All allowances against said special funds shall be made by the board of supervisors on the recommendation of the commissioners, and special warrants prepared for the purpose shall be issued against said funds.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7163; 1930, § 6435; 1942, § 8385; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-35 - Separate assessment of district

The tax assessor, when ordered so to do by the board of supervisors, shall make a separate assessment of all the taxable property of the district or part of districts or territory forming a road district. In making such assessment, it shall not be necessary for him to reassess the property in the road district, but he shall copy from the assessment rolls in use at the time, or mark and separate thereon, all the property and persons in the district or parts of districts forming a road district, so that the county tax collector, in collecting the taxes levied on such road district, may easily ascertain the property and persons situated therein.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7166; 1930, § 6436; 1942, § 8386; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-37 - Convict labor

Each separate road district shall receive a fair portion of the convict labor assigned to the roads of the county.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7170; 1930, § 6437; 1942, § 8387; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-39 - Disbursement of road fund

The county auditor shall have prepared proper warrants for the disbursement of district road funds and shall issue such warrants when properly authorized by ordinance of the board of supervisors. All the costs and expenses of organizing such road district and of constructing, maintaining, and working the highways, roads, bridges, and culverts, except county bridges maintained by the county, shall be paid out of such fund.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7196; 1930, § 6438; 1942, § 8388; Laws, 1914, ch. 174.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-41 - Payment of contractors

The payment to the contractors for the construction of the roads adopted by said commission, when the roads are constructed or maintained by contract, shall be made by the board of supervisors on certificates issued by the engineer or superintendent and approved by the commission.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7178e; 1930, § 6439; 1942, § 8389; Laws, 1918, ch. 170.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-43 - Acceptance and final settlement

The roads hereinbefore provided shall have been completed for a period of at least one month before the board of supervisors and the road commissioners shall finally accept the same and make final settlement therefor. Nor shall the board of supervisors allow any final payment to any contractor for the construction of any such road until an itemized statement shall be filed, showing in detail the amount that may be due for each separate mile, the number of yards hauled for each mile, and the amount of work completed for each mile.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7171; 1930, § 6440; 1942, § 8390; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-45 - Final settlement with engineer

The board of supervisors shall retain fifteen percent (15%) of the amount due the engineer employed upon a percentage basis until the road constructed under his supervision shall have been finally accepted.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7172; 1930, § 6441; 1942, § 8391; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-47 - Surplus funds loaned

The commissioners are hereby authorized to loan out any surplus funds of the district, and where such loans are secured by real estate, they shall be made in the manner and under the terms and provisions of the laws now relating to the loan of funds of the sixteenth sections; or they may purchase the bonds or evidences of debts of this state or of any county, municipality, drainage or road district situated in the State of Mississippi, or notes or bonds of the United States, or accept same as security for loans therein.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7178h; 1930, § 6442; 1942, § 8392; Laws, 1918, ch. 170.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-49 - May borrow money

The road commissioners of a separate road district, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors evidenced by ordinance duly passed, may borrow money in a sum or sums not greater in the aggregate than two percent (2%) of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property within such district. Such loans shall be evidenced by the loan warrant or warrants of such district, signed by the road commissioners thereof and countersigned by the president of the board of supervisors, to bear not more than six percent (6%) interest per annum, and to run not more than five years from the issuance thereof. Provision shall be made at the time of making said loans for the payment thereof at maturity out of the roads funds for said district.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7206; 1930, § 6443; 1942, § 8393; Laws, 1914, ch. 174.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 19 - SEPARATE ROAD DISTRICTS (§§ 65-19-1 — 65-19-88) › Section 65-19-51 - General supervision

The road commissioners shall have general direction and supervision over the highways, bridges, and culverts of their district and the laying out, constructing, working, and maintenance of the same.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7198; 1930, § 6444; 1942, § 8394; Laws, 1914, ch. 174.