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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-17 - Levy of bridge tax in certain counties for purpose of funding payment of interest and principal upon bonds

For the purpose of providing funds for the payment of interest and principal upon bonds authorized by this chapter, there shall be levied, assessed and shall be collected, when required by this chapter, from every person in the Counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Kemper, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo engaging in or doing business, a tax which may be cited as a "bridge tax" which shall be in addition to all other taxes now imposed, as hereinafter provided:
(a)
Such tax shall be a sum equal to one-half percent (1/2%) of the retail sales made in such counties.
(b)
Persons liable for the tax imposed herein shall add the amount of the tax to the sales price or gross income, and in addition thereto shall collect, insofar as practicable, the amount of the tax due by him from the person receiving the service or goods at the time of payment therefor.
(c)
Such tax shall be paid to the State Tax Commission or its successor, on a form to be prescribed by the State Tax Commission, in the same manner that state sales taxes are computed, collected and paid; and the full enforcement provisions and all other provisions of Chapter 119, Laws of 1934, as amended, shall apply as necessary to the implementation and administration of this chapter.
(d)
The proceeds of such tax shall be paid into the bond retirement fund.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 9, eff. 5/25/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-21 - Bonds as negotiable instruments; exemption from taxation

All general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 11, eff. 5/25/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-23 - Sale of bonds; interest

(1)
The Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public sale, and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. The bonds authorized by this chapter shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than eight percent (8%) per annum. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid; all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity; all interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.
(2)
No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted; the lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue. The interest rate of any one (1) maturity shall not exceed eight percent (8%).
(3)
Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in a multiple of one-eighth of one percent (1/8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one percent (1/1
0
of 1%) and a zero rate of interest cannot be named.
(4)
Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least two (2) times, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a large national circulation, to be selected by the Bond Commission.
(5)
The Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of this chapter, shall provide that bonds maturing eleven (11) or more years after the date of the issuance of such bonds may, at the option of the State of Mississippi, be called in for payment and redemption in reverse numerical order at the call price named therein and accrued interest, or on the tenth anniversary of the date of issue, or on any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 12; Laws, 1980, ch. 442, § 7, eff. 5/2/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-25 - Transfer and use of proceeds of bond sales

(1)
Upon the issuance and sale of such bonds, the Bond Commission shall transfer the principal proceeds of any such sale or sales to the bridge construction fund hereby created in the state treasury. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or combined projects, which shall include costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds, and shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Highway Commission under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.
(2)
Any revenues transferred to the bridge construction fund from the bond retirement fund as provided in this chapter shall be expended for the construction of any bridges described in Section
65-26-5
upon the order of the Highway Commission. Such revenues shall not be commingled with any other funds in the bridge construction fund but shall be kept separate and distinct therefrom.
(3)
Any funds in the bridge construction fund which are not needed to make current payments to meet contractual obligations shall be invested in interest-bearing certificates of deposit in accordance with the provisions of Section
27-105-33
, except interest so earned shall be credited to the bridge construction fund.
(4)
When all contracts for bridge construction are paid in full then all funds in the bridge construction fund and all funds invested as provided in subsection (3) of this section shall be transferred to the bond retirement fund and no further diversion or transfer of said funds shall be made to the bridge construction fund.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 13; Laws, 1980, ch. 442, § 8, eff. 5/2/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-27 - Rights and remedies of bondholders

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder, or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this chapter to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 14, eff. 5/25/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-29 - Conditions on issuance of bonds; validation of bonds

(1)
Such general obligation bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by this chapter. Any resolution providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the bond commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular, special or adjourned meeting of the bond commission by a majority of its members.
(2)
The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter shall be validated in the chancery court of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided now or hereafter by Chapter 13, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the validation of county, municipal, school district, and other bonds. The necessary papers for such validation proceedings shall be transmitted to the state bond attorney by the secretary of the bond commission, and the required notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 15, eff. 5/25/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-31 - Bonds as legal investments and securities

All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings banks, trust companies, and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 16, eff. 5/25/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-33 - Force and effect of chapter

This chapter shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted, but this chapter shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state whereunder projects of the character herein defined may be constructed or financed.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 17, eff. 5/25/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-35 - Withdrawal of funds from bridge construction fund; report by highway commission

(1)
The funds which are transferred from the sale of bonds under this chapter and such other funds as may be transferred to the bridge construction fund may be withdrawn only in the following manner: the funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the State Auditor of Public Accounts, which warrants shall be issued upon requisition by the Highway Commission, signed by the director.
(2)
All expenditures ordered by the Highway Commission shall be entered upon its minutes, and the Highway Commission shall submit a full report of its work and all the transactions carried on by it, and a complete statement of all its expenditures at the next regular session of the legislature.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 18, eff. 5/25/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-37 - Duties of attorney general as to bonds; expenditures for costs of issuing bonds

Except as otherwise authorized in Section
7-5-39
, the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall represent the Transportation Commission in issuing, selling and validating bonds herein provided for, and said Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to expend any sum not to exceed Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) on approval by the State Bond Commission from the proceeds derived from the sale of bonds authorized in subsections (1) and (2) of Section
65-26-15
, or from other funds available to the Transportation Commission, to pay the cost of approving attorney's fees, validating, printing and cost of delivery of bonds authorized under this chapter.
Laws, 1976, ch. 492, § 19; Laws, 1980, ch. 442, § 9; Laws, 1984, ch. 519; Laws, 2012, ch. 546, § 29, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 26 - TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY BRIDGES (§§ 65-26-1 — 65-26-39) › Section 65-26-39 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws 1987, ch 403, eff.3/20/1987.
Laws, 1976, ch 492, § 21.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-1 - Toll ferries and free ferries

The board of supervisors may establish and license toll ferries, and fix the toll; and where the public convenience and travel justifies it, may establish and maintain free ferries, or in its discretion toll ferries at public expense; and the board of supervisors shall fix the salary of the ferryman or ferrymen to run such free or toll ferry. The board of supervisors may make allowance to pay for ferry boats and things to run same, and may establish ferries over rivers or other watercourses where public road is parallel with and on one bank of the river or watercourse, and public or private roads on the opposite bank.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7 (36); 1857, ch. 15, art. 41; 1871, § 2379; 1880, § 873; 1892, § 3942; 1906, § 4455; Hemingway's 1917, § 4571; 1930, § 4678; 1942, § 8470; Laws, 1904, ch. 163; Laws, 1924, ch. 231; Laws, 1960, ch. 210.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-3 - Right of owner of the soil

The owner of the soil over which any toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road is established shall have the preference over all other persons to be licensed to keep the same, upon complying with the law and the orders of the board of supervisors within the time fixed by the board.
Codes, 1857, ch. 15, art. 41; 1871, § 2379; 1880, § 873; 1892, § 3945; 1906, § 4458; Hemingway's 1917, § 4574; 1930, § 4679; 1942, § 8471.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-5 - Bond required of the keeper of a toll ferry

Every person licensed to keep a toll ferry shall give bond, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president and clerk of the board of supervisors, payable to the county, and in a penalty of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars, to be fixed by the board, conditioned to constantly provide and keep good and sufficient boats and appliances for the speedy and safe transportation of persons and property over the stream, to provide safe landings for the ferryboat, and in all things to comply with the law and the reasonable orders of the board regulating the keeping of the ferry; but saving to the keeper a reasonable time within which to repair damage done by sudden freshet, storm, or other unforeseen accident.
Codes, 1892, § 3943; 1906, § 4456; Hemingway's 1917, § 4572; 1930, § 4680; 1942, § 8472.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-7 - Bond may be sued on

The bond given by the keeper of a toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road may be put in suit by the county, or by any person damaged, for a breach thereof; and the bond may be sued on from time to time until the whole penalty be recovered. The board of supervisors may require such bonds to be renewed when proper.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7 (36); 1857, ch. 15, art. 43; 1871, § 2381; 1880, § 873; 1892, § 3944; 1906, § 4457; Hemingway's 1917, § 4573; 1930, § 4681; 1942, § 8473.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-9 - Penalties, forfeitures, and damages recovered

All penalties and forfeitures incurred by the owner or keeper of a toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road may be recovered by suit on the bond of the owner or keeper, one half to go to the person who sues for it, the other half to be paid into the county treasury; and damages may likewise be recovered against such owner or keeper by suit on the bond.
Codes, 1892, § 3949; 1906, § 4462; Hemingway's 1917, § 4578; 1930, § 4682; 1942, § 8474.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-11 - Purchase of competing ferry

Any county or municipality authorized to construct bridges and issue bridge revenue bonds to pay the cost thereof is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase any competing ferry or ferries within fifteen miles of any such bridge, and to include the cost thereof as a part of the cost of construction of such bridge.
Codes, 1942, § 8475; Laws, 1938, Ex. ch. 72.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-13 - Equipment for safe transportation by ferry

The owner or keeper of every ferry shall at all times be provided with good and tight boats suited to the ferry, sufficient in size, strength, steadiness, and accommodation for the safe and speedy transportation of passengers, vehicles, horses, cattle, and goods, well furnished with all necessary machinery, oars, poles, and other appliances, and men, prudent, skilful and competent to such business and service; and the banks and landing places shall be kept in good order, so as to be safe and easy for travelers. If any owner or keeper of a ferry shall convey or attempt to carry any person over any ferry in a boat not good and sufficient and furnished and manned according to law, or without having such banks and landing places in good order, he shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each offense, besides being liable to the parties injured for any damages sustained.
Codes, 1857, ch. 15, art. 45; 1871, § 2383; 1880, § 877; 1892, § 3947; 1906, § 4460; Hemingway's 1917, § 4576; 1930, § 4683; 1942, § 8476.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-15 - Duties of ferrymen

Every ferryman shall give constant and diligent attendance at his ferry and shall not deny or unreasonably delay carrying over any passenger, horse, cattle, carriage, or goods; and all passengers shall be received into the ferryboat and carried over the ferry in the order of their arrival, or first coming to the ferry. Any ferryman offending against this provision shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars for every offense, and shall be liable to an action for damages at the suit of the party aggrieved; but a ferryman shall not be obliged to pass the ferry when it appears to be dangerous to do so on account of a storm or freshet. All public officers and such as go on public and urgent occasions - as posts, expresses, physicians, and the like - shall be carried over first, or with the first.
Codes, 1857, ch. 15, art. 46; 1871, § 2384; 1880, § 878; 1892, § 3948; 1906, § 4461; Hemingway's 1917, § 4577; 1930, § 4684; 1942, § 8477.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-17 - Table of rates of tolls kept exposed to view

The owner or keeper of every toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, and plank road shall put up, in a convenient place, so as to be open and visible to travelers, a copy of the table of rates of toll established by the board of supervisors, printed, written, or painted in legible characters. For every day's failure to put up and keep exposed to view such table of rates, and for every overcharge made by him, such owner or keeper shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars.
Codes, 1857, ch. 15, art. 44; 1871, § 2382; 1880, § 876; 1892, § 3946; 1906, § 4459; Hemingway's 1917, § 4575; 1930, § 4685; 1942, § 8478.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-19 - Authority of ferryman over his boat

Every ferryman shall have authority to keep out or put out of his ferry boat or other vessel any person who shall attempt or press to enter or stay in his boat or vessel contrary to his orders. Any person so doing, contrary to order, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars.
Codes, 1857, ch. 15, art. 47; 1871, § 2385; 1880, § 879; 1892, § 3950; 1906, § 4463; Hemingway's 1917, § 4579; 1930, § 4686; 1942, § 8479.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 27 - FERRIES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-27-1 — 65-27-21) › Section 65-27-21 - Right of landing in another county

The owner or keeper of any ferry established according to law, on any stream of water being the dividing line between two counties, shall have the right of landing on the opposite side of the stream in the other county and to unload any passengers, wagons, carriages and their loading, and stock of all kinds without any hindrance or molestation. Any person hindering or molesting such landing or unloading shall forfeit and pay to the owner or keeper of the ferry the sum of ten dollars for each offense.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 4; 1857, ch. 15, art. 48; 1871, § 2386; 1880, § 880; 1892, § 3951; 1906, § 4464; Hemingway's 1917, § 4580; 1930, § 4687; 1942, § 8480.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-1 - Certain counties authorized to levy tax

An ad valorem tax of two mills on each dollar of the total assessed valuation of all the taxable property in each county or counties in the State of Mississippi in which there is located a city or town upon any river or waters, which rivers or waters separate two United States highways, which highways are separated by such water but are otherwise connected by the streets of a municipality in said county connecting said highways except for said water, is hereby levied on all said taxable property in said county in or for each year in which the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality or county pursuant to this chapter becomes due. The receipts from said two-mill tax shall be withheld by the tax collector of said county, or by any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, from receipts from state ad valorem taxes now in effect or which may be hereafter levied, so long as said state ad valorem shall be not less than the said two-mill tax herein levied. If no state ad valorem taxes equal to or greater than the said two-mill tax herein levied is levied, then, and in that event, the said two-mill tax herein levied shall continue to be levied and collected as herein provided in each such county or counties in or for each year in which the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality pursuant to this chapter becomes due.
Codes, 1942, § 8481; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-3 - Tax receipts paid over to trustee or ferry fund

Said tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, shall pay over all moneys collected or to be collected as receipts from said two-mill tax to any trustee or successor thereto established as hereinafter in this chapter provided, and in the event that there is no such trustee, then said tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for collection of said taxes, shall pay over all such moneys into the county depository of each such county to the credit of a fund which shall be known as a "ferry fund." Any such moneys so paid into the county depository of each such county to the credit of said "ferry fund" may be expended at the direction of the ferry commission appointed for any county ferry. In no county within the terms of this chapter shall there be withheld from the state treasury under the provisions of this chapter and Sections
59-7-1
through
59-7-21
, Mississippi Code of 1972, for any one year an amount in excess of the receipts from said two-mill tax. The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a contract with the holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 8482; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-5 - County may operate ferry service

The authorities of any county in which there is situated and located, in whole or in part, a county ferry, are hereby given the authority to engage in, either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided and designated and such other agencies as hereafter may be provided by law, promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining, and operating or contract to have operated a ferry or ferries and ferry service within the county and its jurisdiction and to the opposite shore of an adjoining county or state, and either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided, shall have the power to acquire, purchase, install, rent, lease, mortgage, or otherwise encumber, to construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate wharves, piers, docks, quays, warehouses, other water and rail terminals, and other necessary structures and facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of ferry service from said county to adjoining county or state. The entire cost to any such county or city of engaging in such work or development shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars for lands and equipment and annually not more than fifty thousand dollars for maintenance, repairs, and operations.
Codes, 1942, § 8483; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-7 - Collection of rents and charges

Said county authorities or ferry commission if there be one shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement or agreements as may be made by any such county or municipality with the purchaser or purchasers of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, prescribe, levy, and collect all rents, fees, tolls, revenues, and other charges in connection with the use and occupancy of the aforesaid improvements and facilities, and shall pay over all net revenues derived from the operation of said improvements and facilities to any trustee, or successor thereto, established as hereinafter in this chapter provided. Net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter. The said ferry commission shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Mississippi, to the county or municipality having such ferry, and to the state legislature.
Codes, 1942, § 8484; Laws, 1934, ch. 218; Laws, 1970, ch. 322, § 1, eff. 7/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-9 - Debt limitations not applicable

The bonds or other obligations issued by any county or municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such municipality or county. Nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than the revenue collected or collectible from the use of said docks, harbors, and facilities of whatsoever nature, if any, and out of the receipts from the said two-mill ad valorem tax or special levy made by any county or municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section
65-29-1
.
Codes, 1942, § 8485; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-11 - Bonds authorized and books open to inspection

Any municipality or county in which there is situated and located, in whole or in part, a ferry as aforesaid is hereby given authority, upon the adoption of a resolution to such effect, to issue bonds or other obligations for any or all of the purposes as in this chapter provided. The books of account and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this chapter, or any ferry commission, municipality, or county affected by this chapter, shall be and remain at all times open to inspection and subject to audit by the holder or holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 8486; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-17 - Bonds exempt from certain taxes

Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter and any interest thereon or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation, except gift, transfer, and inheritance taxes, in so far as may be within the power of the State of Mississippi so to provide.
Codes, 1942, § 8489; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-19 - General bond provisions

The power to issue bonds or other obligations authorized by Section
65-29-11
shall be vested in, and may be exercised from time to time by, the governing body of any municipality or county described in said section. Such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the governing body of any such municipality and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding twenty-five years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding six per centum per annum, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of prior redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution or resolutions shall provide. Such bonds or other obligations may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the governing body of such municipality or county shall determine, provided that the interest cost to maturity of the money received from any issue of said bonds or other obligations shall not exceed six per centum per annum. Such bonds or other obligations may be issued by any municipality or county described in Section
65-29-11
in a principal amount not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, for any purpose or purposes authorized by said section. Such municipality or county shall have the power out of any funds available to purchase any bonds or other obligations issued by it pursuant to this chapter, and all bonds or other obligations so purchased shall be cancelled and no bonds or other obligations shall be issued in lieu thereof. In anticipation of the issuance of the definitive bonds authorized by this chapter, any such municipality or county may issue interim certificates. Such interim certificates shall be in such form, contain such terms, conditions, or provisions, bear such dates or date, and evidence such agreement or agreements relating to their discharge by payment or by the delivery of the definitive bonds, as such municipality or county by resolution of its governing body may determine. Any bonds, interim certificates, or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 8490; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-21 - Deposit of bond proceeds

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be placed to the credit of such municipality, county, ferry commission, or trustee in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system, may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations, and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose or purposes set forth in the original resolution of the governing body of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality or county shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and officially on bond for such diversion. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 8491; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-23 - Mortgage to secure bonds

Any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter, by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust in such form, with such validity, and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements, and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of which are provided by this chapter. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality or county shall prescribe the provisions, covenants, and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants, and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Codes, 1942, § 8492; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-25 - Ferry commission

Said ferries may be maintained, purchased, and operated, or either, by the board of supervisors of each county which comes in under this chapter or by a ferry commission consisting of not more than three members, which ferry commission may be designated by the board of supervisors of each county. Such commission, if so designated, shall receive a salary of not to exceed four hundred ($400.00) dollars each per annum, to be paid out of the funds hereinabove designated as being set aside for ferry purposes.
Where said ferriage fund is being supplemented by funds as herein provided from any municipality or municipalities within said county, and said ferriage and other things pertaining thereto are to be supervised and operated by a ferry commission, then said commission shall be composed of the president of the board of supervisors of said county, the mayor or mayors of any such municipality or municipalities that may contribute to said fund as herein provided, and one other person to be chosen by the governor and who shall serve during the tenure of such ferry operation, shall act as chairman of said commission, and shall be the only member of said commission to receive compensation, such compensation to be paid out of funds hereinabove designated and set aside for ferry purposes and shall be fixed at $1,200.00 per annum.
Codes, 1942, § 8493; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-27 - Terminal municipality authorized to contribute to free ferry

Any municipality within whose confines one of the terminals is located shall have the right, power, and authority, whether such municipality be special charter or otherwise, to set aside and appropriate from its general fund as much as three mills for the defraying of the expenses of operation of said free or limited free ferry service.
Codes, 1942, § 8494; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 29 - FERRIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§§ 65-29-1 — 65-29-29) › Section 65-29-29 - Chapter paramount to other laws

This chapter, as to the subject matters hereof, shall supersede all other laws, general, special, or local, including charters of municipalities. Any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter shall have no power thereafter to issue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of Sections
59-7-1
through
59-7-21
, Mississippi Code of 1972, unless and until all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, and interest thereon, have been fully paid and discharged.
Codes, 1942, § 8496; Laws, 1934, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 31 - HOSPITALITY STATIONS ON HIGHWAYS (§§ 65-31-1 — 65-31-17) › Section 65-31-1 - Design, construction, and operation

The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized to locate, design, construct, operate, and maintain hospitality stations on trunkline highways at or near points of entry into this state from other states. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall have authority to employ such engineers, architects, skilled and unskilled labor as may be determined necessary by the commission, for the preparation of plans for such hospitality stations and their proper location, design, construction, maintenance, and operation. The commission also may employ full-time security officers, as authorized under Section
65-1-131
, and/or may contract for the employment of private security officers, as authorized under Section
65-1-136
, to patrol and protect the property of hospitality stations and visitors, patrons and other employees of hospitality stations.
Prior to the location of such hospitality stations the commission shall afford the opportunity for a public hearing in the county wherein such hospitality station is to be located for the purpose of receiving testimony regarding the most feasible and advantageous location for such hospitality station, at which hearing all interested persons may appear and present testimony in regard thereto. A notice of such proposed location shall be given in some newspaper published or having general circulation in the county wherein such hospitality station is proposed to be located. Should a public hearing be requested thereon, notice by publication shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the date upon which public hearing is to be held and written notice thereof shall likewise be given, within said time, to the governing authorities of all municipalities within such county and the governing authority of such county.
Each hospitality station constructed under the provisions of this chapter shall be maintained and kept in a neat and attractive condition.
Codes, 1942, § 8940-71; Laws, 1968, ch. 474, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 444, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 425, § 5, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 31 - HOSPITALITY STATIONS ON HIGHWAYS (§§ 65-31-1 — 65-31-17) › Section 65-31-3 - Contracts for operation

The State Highway Commission is authorized to contract with the Department of Economic and Community Development, on terms and conditions agreeable between the two (2) state agencies, for the operation of one or more of such hospitality stations constructed under the provisions of this chapter. The commission and the department are further authorized to enter into agreement with an adjoining state for the operation of a hospitality station on an interstate highway where the states' boundary is the Mississippi River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Mississippi River and a national military park in the State of Mississippi, or where the states' boundary is the Pearl River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Pearl River and the buffer zone to a test facility operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the State of Mississippi. The commission and the department are authorized to pay whatever expenses may be agreed upon between the two (2) states as to the fair share of the operating and maintenance cost of the hospitality station operated primarily for the benefit of the state. Such contracts and agreements shall provide for the furnishing of suitable personnel for the operation of such stations and that such stations shall be kept supplied with such information, pamphlets and other materials as will advertise and publicize the history, commerce, industry, natural resources and tourist attractions of this state. Such information, pamphlets and other materials shall be available to the traveling public and shall be distributed by the personnel employed to operate such stations. The agency operating such hospitality stations shall provide for the free distribution to the traveling public of such literature, pamphlets, refreshments and other items that may be of interest to tourists in such manner as deemed to be in the best interest of promoting the tourist trade in this state. Such agency may sell, or contract for the sale of, merchandise on the premises of any hospitality station, provided such sale or contract for sale is subject to any applicable federal laws and Section
43-3-93
. Revenue derived from such sales shall be paid into the special revolving fund established pursuant to Section
57-1-66
and shall be expended to promote and market Mississippi and to maintain and improve hospitality stations.
Codes, 1942, § 8940-72; Laws, 1968, ch. 474, § 2; Laws, 1970, ch. 444, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 444, § 2; Laws, 1992, ch. 579, § 2, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 31 - HOSPITALITY STATIONS ON HIGHWAYS (§§ 65-31-1 — 65-31-17) › Section 65-31-5 - Acceptance of gifts and grants

Both the State Highway Commission and the agricultural and industrial board in exercising the powers granted in this chapter are hereby authorized to accept private donations and public grants which may be available to them, respectively, for the furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. In addition thereto, either or both of such agencies may expend, for the purposes of this chapter, any funds available to them not otherwise specifically designated for a different public purpose. Each of such agencies shall cooperate with other state agencies in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 8940-73; Laws, 1968, ch. 474, § 3, eff. 8/7/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 31 - HOSPITALITY STATIONS ON HIGHWAYS (§§ 65-31-1 — 65-31-17) › Section 65-31-7 - Commemorative sign; birthplace of Jimmie Rodgers

(1)
The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized, in the event private donations are made available therefor, to erect an appropriate commemorative sign at the state hospitality station located on federal Interstate Highway 20 east of Meridian, Mississippi, to read as follows:
"WELCOME TO MISSISSIPPI BIRTHPLACE OF JIMMIE RODGERS THE FATHER OF COUNTRY MUSIC"
Such sign shall be attractive and designed to invite and encourage tourism and recreation in the state.
(2)
The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized to accept and expend private donations for the purchase, installation and maintenance of the sign authorized hereunder. No state funds shall be expended for such purpose.
Laws, 1982, ch. 329, §§ 1, 2, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 31 - HOSPITALITY STATIONS ON HIGHWAYS (§§ 65-31-1 — 65-31-17) › Section 65-31-9 - "Senator Delma Furniss Hospitality Station" designated

(1)
The state hospitality station constructed and located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61 in Coahoma County is designated and shall be known as the "Senator Delma Furniss Hospitality Station."
(2)
The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the hospitality station, reflecting its name.
Laws, 2003, ch. 366, § 1, eff. 3/13/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 31 - HOSPITALITY STATIONS ON HIGHWAYS (§§ 65-31-1 — 65-31-17) › Section 65-31-11 - Katrina volunteers memorial fountain

The Mississippi Transportation Commission, in its discretion, by order duly adopted and entered upon its official minutes, may authorize the Katrina Volunteers Memorial Fountain Committee, acting under board approved sponsorship of the Diamondhead Continuing Education, Inc., and at its own expense, to design, construct and maintain at a location approved by the commission on property of the welcome center near I-10 in western Hancock County, a fountain and suitable memorial in recognition and appreciation of the thousands of volunteers who donated their time and money to assist the citizens of Mississippi in recovering from the destruction and in the rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina.
Laws, 2007, ch. 545, § 4, eff. 4/18/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 31 - HOSPITALITY STATIONS ON HIGHWAYS (§§ 65-31-1 — 65-31-17) › Section 65-31-13 - "'Dizzy' Dean Rest Area" designated

(1)
The Mississippi Department of Transportation rest area located along U.S. Highway 49 in Wiggins, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the "'Dizzy' Dean Rest Area."
(2)
The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the rest area, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at such rest area in memory of Dizzy's extraordinary contributions to the sport of baseball.
Laws, 2007, ch. 410, § 1, eff. 3/16/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 31 - HOSPITALITY STATIONS ON HIGHWAYS (§§ 65-31-1 — 65-31-17) › Section 65-31-15 - "Capers, Blake, Scales Rest Area" designated

(1)
The Mississippi Department of Transportation rest area located along U.S. Highway 49 in Pocahontas, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the "Capers, Blake, Scales Rest Area."
(2)
The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the rest area, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at such rest area.
Laws, 2008, ch. 510, § 2, eff. 5/7/2008.