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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 65-19-53 - Roads and bridges constructed and maintained

When the funds arising from the road district bonds shall have been expended in the construction of roads and the contracts for construction of roads have been completed, then the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase teams, implements and material, employ labor, work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made according to state law governing public purchases, as provided in Sections
31-7-1
et seq., and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. If the road district be composed of only a part of a supervisors district and the principal of the bonds issued does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), the road engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to purchase and hire teams, implements and material and employ labor to build and work said roads and build bridges, and may do all things necessary to be done to construct, work, maintain and improve the roads and build bridges, as herein provided; but all contracts for material and supplies shall be made on and after competitive bids for the same, except as otherwise provided by law, and all labor shall be employed by and under the direction of said engineers, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may use any teams and implements which it owns to assist on the roads of such district; and the like authority may be granted by the board for the maintenance of the roads, as to those not under construction, during the period when the roads or some of them are being constructed.
Codes, 1930, § 6445; 1942, § 8395; Laws, 1928, ch. 144; Laws, 1980, ch. 440, § 26, eff. 1/1/1981.
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 65-19-55 - Commissioners may turn over completed roads to county

When the funds raised in any separate road district by bond issue have been expended and the contracts for road construction have been completed under the methods of building roads authorized by law, it shall be lawful for the road commissioners of any such road district, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, to turn over to the county in which such road district is situated the roads so constructed. It shall then become the duty of the board of supervisors of such county to maintain and keep up such roads in place and stead of and in the same manner as the road commissioners of such district, and manage in place of said commissioners all of the fiscal affairs of said road district. The funds of each district shall be kept separate and applied to the district in which it was collected.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7239; 1930, § 6446; 1942, § 8396; Laws, 1914, ch. 178.
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 65-19-57 - Transfer of roads not to affect obligations of district

Such transfer shall in no way release any such road district from any of the obligations of its bond issue, nor obligate the county in any way to assume any responsibility for the same.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7240; 1930, § 6447; 1942, § 8397; Laws, 1914, ch. 178.
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 65-19-59 - Public roads worked in separate districts

All the public roads of any separate road district, or parts thereof, shall be worked by contract, if the board of supervisors of such county so elect, by an order entered to that effect on its minutes.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7169; 1930, § 6448; 1942, § 8398; 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 65-19-61 - Board of supervisors; powers and control

The board of supervisors of the county in which a road district organized under this chapter is situated shall have plenary power of supervision and control over all of the official acts of the road commissioners and the road superintendent, and shall refuse to ratify or confirm any contract or report of any action of such commissioners or superintendent, when the same is reported to them, which is not for the best interest of such district. They shall require the letting of contracts and the purchase of teams, materials, lumber, supplies, and all other property for the use of the district to be made after advertisement and competitive bidding when such method is deemed likely to best subserve the interest of the district and be most economical.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7203; 1930, § 6449; 1942, § 8399; 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 65-19-63 - Emergency repair of roads and bridges

The said commissioners maintaining the roads may, in case of emergency, repair such roads and bridges and keep the same in a proper state of repair without waiting until due advertisement shall be made; however, the amount so expended by them shall not in any one instance exceed the sum of Two Hundred Fifty dollars ($250.00).
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7176; 1930, § 6450; 1942, § 8400; 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 65-19-65 - Roads connecting districts

The boards of supervisors of the several counties upon request of a separate road district are hereby authorized to cooperate in the construction and maintenance of any public road connecting two such districts, and may, in their discretion, appropriate and expend such district road funds for such purpose in such an amount as may appear to be for the best interest of the respective districts.
Codes, 1942, § 8401; Laws, 1938, ch. 322.
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 65-19-67 - Supervisors to build all bridges and culverts

It shall be the duty of the boards of supervisors to build all bridges and culverts in districts coming under this chapter, the cost of which shall be paid out of either the county fund or the proceeds from the sale of bonds of said separate road district, in the discretion of the board of supervisors.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7177; 1930, § 6451; 1942, § 8402; Laws, 1914, ch. 176; Laws, 1920, ch. 277; Laws, 1932, ch. 176.
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 65-19-69 - Supervisors may acquire rights of way

The board of supervisors are authorized to acquire rights of way for the roads proposed to be constructed in said district, in the manner now prescribed by law for the acquisition of the rights of way for roads. Such rights of way shall be of necessary width, and if it be deemed necessary to acquire rights of way for such roads in excess of thirty feet, then the board of supervisors is authorized to acquire same up to any width deemed by them to be necessary for such road.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7182; 1930, § 6452; 1942, § 8403; Laws, 1916, 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 65-19-71 - Road superintendent

There may be selected by the road commissioners, subject to the confirmation of the board of supervisors, a competent road superintendent, whose compensation shall be fixed by the board of supervisors, who shall hold his office for one year unless sooner removed, and who shall give a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duties. Such superintendent shall work under the direction of the road commissioners and may require any or all directions given him by the commissioners to be in writing. He shall give his whole time to the working of the roads in the district except when the commissioners, on account of weather or other conditions, may direct him otherwise. All labor employed on the roads in the district shall be employed by the superintendent and shall be under his control and direction, but the wages paid or agreed to be paid such labor shall be subject to revision and correction by the road commissioners. The superintendent shall file each month with the road commissioners a payroll showing the name of each laborer, the number of days each worked, and the amount due him. When this payroll shall have been approved by the commissioners and transmitted to the board of supervisors and approved by them, warrants on the road fund of the district shall be issued in accordance therewith.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7199; 1930, § 6453; 1942, § 8404; 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 65-19-73 - Duties of road superintendent

The road superintendent shall have the custody, care, and control of all the teams, machinery, materials, supplies, and any and all property owned or hired by the district and used in working the road. It shall be his duty to care for and preserve the same, and he and his bondsmen shall be responsible for the proper care and safekeeping of such property and the economical use of the supplies and materials. He shall make a monthly report to the commissioners, which shall be forwarded by them with their recommendations or criticisms to the board of supervisors. Such report shall be a complete inventory of such property, showing the present number, amount, and condition of such property and what was used since his preceding report.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7200; 1930, § 6454; 1942, § 8405; 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 65-19-75 - Reports to be filed

The reports of the road commissioners and the road superintendent shall be kept on file by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be open to inspection of any resident or taxpayer of such road district.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7204; 1930, § 6455; 1942, § 8406; 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 65-19-77 - Purchases by road superintendent

The road superintendent shall have the power to purchase nails, lumber, tools, and other things necessary, where the need for the same is immediate and the value of said purchase does not exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00). In cases of emergency he shall have power to contract for the immediate repair of a bridge, causeway, culvert, or a bad place in the road, provided such contract is not for a sum greater than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and the need of the repair immediate and urgent. Such purchases and contracts shall be subject to ratification by the road commissioners and the board of supervisors.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7201; 1930, § 6456; 1942, § 8407; 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 65-19-79 - Provisions of general road laws to govern

All the provisions of law in respect to roads and bridges, so far as applicable and where not in conflict with the special provisions in respect to separate road districts, shall govern in said road districts.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7178; 1930, § 6457; 1942, § 8408; 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 65-19-81 - Public highways extending into municipalities

Where any public highway being constructed, improved, or maintained by any separate road district shall run or extend into or through any incorporated municipality within the said district, such highway may be constructed, improved, and maintained the same within as without the corporate limits of said municipality. With the consent of and in conjunction with the road commissioners, the said municipality may, out of its own funds, add such street crossings or make improvements, such as grading, culverts, graveling, paving, or other improvements, as it may desire; the mayor and board of aldermen shall, by an order spread upon their minutes, consent for the work to be done by the commissioners. This section shall not be construed as any limitation upon those sections of this title in reference to state highways.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7179; 1930, § 6458; 1942, § 8409; Laws, 1914, ch. 255.
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 65-19-83 - Benefit district roads

Whenever the owners of not less than one-half of the land bordering on or adjacent to any section of road established shall petition for a survey and estimate of the cost of building the road in a substantial and permanent manner of stone, gravel, chert, slag, brick, a combination of such material, or of any material equally durable and economical, the board may cause a survey and estimate to be made by a licensed civil engineer. Whenever thereafter the petitioners shall present to the board a map or description of the land which in their opinion would be directly benefited by the construction of such road, together with the written requests of the owners of not less than three-fifths of such land asking that all lands so benefited be assessed in proportion to the benefit conferred to pay one-third of the cost of construction, the board may levy and collect a special tax on such lands sufficient to pay one third of the cost thereof. Such lands shall be known as the benefit district of such section of road.
Codes, 1906, § 365; Hemingway's 1917, § 3738; 1930, § 6459; 1942, § 8410; Laws, 1902, ch. 145.
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 65-19-85 - Assessment of benefit district lands

The board, in assessing the benefits derived by any land in such district, shall consider only its proximity to the road and its market terminus. No benefit assessment shall be made on any lands when the distance between it and the nearest point on the road is greater than three tenths of the distance from such point on the road to the market terminus of the road, and no benefit assessment shall be made on any land more than three and one-half miles from the road. Any subdivision of a section of land containing forty acres, more or less, for the purposes of the benefit assessment may be included in such district if one fourth thereof is within the lines of the district. The board may collect from a benefit district an amount equal to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each lineal mile of road constructed therein, and no more, except interest on the amount that may be expended twelve months or more in advance of the collection of any tax. The board shall not undertake the construction of any road when the estimate indicates that the total cost will exceed Thirty-five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) per mile.
Codes, 1906, § 366; Hemingway's 1917, § 3739; 1930, § 6460; 1942, § 8411.
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 65-19-87 - Collection of benefit district taxes

The board shall provide for the collection of taxes from the benefit district in such annual installments as it may determine, extending over not more than fifteen years, and may borrow money in advance of the collection of such taxes, in which event an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest shall be collected in addition to the principal. The taxes so assessed and levied shall be a lien upon the land and be collected at the same time and in the same manner that state and county taxes are collected. A separate assessment roll shall be provided by the board, and the assessor shall assess the lands in each benefit district separately, together with the benefit tax assessed thereon. He shall also mark in red ink on the general assessment roll the particular lands the benefits of which have been assessed.
Codes, 1906, § 367; Hemingway's 1917, § 3740; 1930, § 6461; 1942, § 8412.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-1 - Width of bridges and culverts

All bridges and culverts hereafter built, rebuilt, or placed in the traveled way of any public road in this state shall conform to the design standards in effect at the time of design and shall extend across the full width of the crown of the roadway. On roads having a design width greater than sixteen feet (16'), bridges shall be not less than sixteen feet (16') wide. All bridges hereafter built or rebuilt shall be built with railings or barriers and appropriate hazard marking signs on either side. This section shall not apply to public highways in this state within the area of, or contingent to, any national forest or reforestation project, which have been or may be taken over, constructed, or reconstructed by a department of the national government, may have bridges or culverts the width of said highways, bridges and culverts be less than twelve feet (12') wide.
Codes, 1930, § 6311; Laws, 1942, § 8420; Laws, 1926, ch. 223, 1930, ch. 153; Laws, 1934, ch. 221.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 321, HB 1073,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-3 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1994, ch. 371, § 2, eff. 3/14/1994.
Codes, 1930, § 6312; 1942, § 8421; Laws, 1926, ch. 223; 1930, ch. 153.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-5 - Illumination of bridges

The several counties of this state bordering on the tide water of the Gulf of Mexico are authorized and empowered, in the discretion of the boards of supervisors of such counties or of any of them, to provide for the proper illumination of all such bridges and other parts of any of the public highways running in, through, or across said counties or any of them as, in the discretion of said boards of supervisors, may be deemed reasonable and necessary. Said boards of supervisors may and shall have authority to appropriate a reasonable and proper sum, to be paid out of the general county fund, for payment of the expenses of providing said system of illumination and the maintenance thereof.
Codes, 1930, § 6330; Laws, 1942, § 8422; Laws, 1930, ch. 32.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-7 - Toll bridges and ferries

The boards of supervisors may, when the same cannot otherwise be conveniently maintained, establish, license, construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or ferry on any part of a public road, and shall fix and regulate the tolls.
Codes, 1892, § 3940; 1906, § 4453; Hemingway's 1917, § 7137; 1930, § 6348; 1942, § 8423; Laws, 1926, ch. 236.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-9 - Bond of toll bridge and ferry keepers

The board of supervisors shall require the keeper of every toll bridge or ferry to give bond with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president and clerk of the board in a penalty, to be fixed by the board, of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), and conditioned to keep the bridge or ferry at all times in good repair so as to secure the safe transportation, on the payment of the fixed tolls, of all persons and property, and in all things to comply with the law and the reasonable orders of the board regulating the keeping of such toll bridge or ferry, but saving to the keeper a reasonable time within which to repair damage done by a sudden freshet, storm, or other unforeseen accident.
Codes, 1892, § 3941; 1906, § 4454; Hemingway's 1917, § 7138; 1930, § 6349; 1942, § 8424.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-11 - Board of supervisors may purchase privately owned bridges

The boards of supervisors of the respective counties are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings privately owned bridges across rivers or other bodies of water where the said bridges form a link or part of any county, public road, or highway. The boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, contract to purchase and buy any such privately owned bridges at such price and upon such terms as may seem reasonable to the board.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7133; 1930, § 6350; 1942, § 8425; Laws, 1916, ch. 170.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-13 - Damages for taking private bridges

In event the board of supervisors and the owners of such bridges cannot agree upon the price to be paid therefor, then the board of supervisors may condemn such bridge as a necessary part of the public road or highway of which said bridge connects and forms a part, and the amount to be paid for such bridge by the county shall be ascertained and determined in the manner now provided by law for the owners of land obtaining compensation for land taken for a public county road. All proceedings of the board of supervisors in assessing the amount to be paid the owners of such bridges may be reviewed by the circuit court; and the owner of such bridge so condemned by the county may appeal from the action of the board to the circuit court, where all questions of damages may be tried anew in the same respect as provided by law for appeals from action of the board of supervisors in assessing damages to the owners of land where land is taken for public county roads.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7134; 1930, § 6351; 1942, § 8426; Laws, 1916, ch. 170.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-15 - Purchase of toll bridge for free operation

The board of supervisors of one or more counties, acting individually or jointly by agreement with the private owner or owners, may purchase and maintain toll-free one or more toll bridges in one or more counties. However, this section and 65-21-17 shall not apply to any interstate bridge, nor the bridge across the Pascagoula River at Pascagoula, Mississippi, nor to any bridge on any designated state highway maintained in whole or in part by the state highway department.
Codes, 1942, § 8427; Laws, 1942, ch. 219.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-17 - Bonds to maintain toll-free bridge

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Section
65-21-15
, the board or boards of supervisors may, in the same manner as set forth in said section, declare it to be their intention to issue bonds not earlier than thirty days and publish the same, stating the amount of contemplated bond issue, in any legal newspaper in the county or counties involved as provided by law. If twenty per cent of the qualified electors petition the board or boards of supervisors for an election to determine said bond issue, the board or boards of supervisors shall order an election not later than thirty days from the date the petition was presented, and a majority of the qualified electors voting shall decide the bond issue. If one or more of the counties voting should, by a majority vote of the qualified electors voting, decide against said bond issue, the part voting against the bond issue shall not issue said bonds; but if one or more of the counties voting at the same time or some other time vote favorably by a majority of the qualified electors voting for a bond issue, as provided in this section, then the board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties so voting may issue the designated bonds for the purpose of purchasing only the designated bridge or bridges.
Codes, 1942, § 8428; Laws, 1942, ch. 219.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-19 - Bridges connecting districts

When a bridge over any stream or other water will connect two or more districts in any county and the districts so connected shall desire to join in defraying the costs and expenses incident to the building and construction of said bridge, or if only one of said districts shall desire to defray said costs and expenses, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of such county, upon petition of twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of said districts or, in the case last mentioned, of the district, to order an election to be held on a day to be fixed by it, submitting to the qualified electors of the districts or the district affected, as the case may be, the proposal of said board of supervisors to issue bonds for said purpose against all the taxable property in said districts or district, as the case may be. Said board shall give notice of such election to issue such bonds by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in said county for three consecutive weeks, which said election shall be held, conducted, and certified as required by law for the holding of general elections, so far as applicable. The tickets to be used in said election shall have printed thereon the purposes for and the amount of said proposed bond issue, after which shall be printed thereon "for the issuance of the bonds" and below that thereon "against the issuance of the bonds."
Codes, 1930, § 6352; 1942, § 8429; Laws, 1928, ch. 91.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-21 - Bond issue for bridges connecting districts

Should the result of such election show that it has carried in favor of the issuance of bonds by a majority vote in each district or in the one district, as the case may be, then it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to issue the bonds of such districts or district affected thereby, as the case may be, for the purpose aforesaid in any amount which, with other outstanding district road or bridge bonds, will not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed valuation of said districts or district affected thereby, as the case may be.
Codes, 1930, § 6353; 1942, § 8430; Laws, 1928, ch. 91.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-23 - Bridges over rivers at county boundaries

When a bridge shall be necessary over a stream or any other body of water which divides one county from another, or a bridge over a river or any other body of water flowing from one county into another shall be necessary at the intersection of the river and the line between the counties, (or necessary to two or more counties and within five miles of each of said counties), the boards of supervisors of all interested counties to which it may be necessary may join in the agreement for building, repairing, and keeping the same. The charge therefor shall be defrayed by all such interested counties as may be agreed upon by the boards of all of said counties; and if the board of supervisors of one county refuses to join in the agreement, the other county or counties may construct the bridge, with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county refusing or failing to join, and have exclusive control of it and charge toll thereon against citizens of the county not joining in the building. The will of the several boards of supervisors hereunder shall be expressed by a resolution duly adopted, entered on the minutes, and published in a newspaper in the county, if there be one; if there be no newspaper in the county, then in a newspaper in an adjoining county, for three weeks before such resolution shall take effect.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(27); 1857, ch. 15, art. 38; 1871, § 2374; 1880, § 868; 1892, § 3937; 1906, § 4449; Hemingway's 1917, § 7129; 1930, § 6354; 1942, § 8431; Laws, 1914, ch. 249; Laws, 1920, ch. 275.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-25 - Bridges at intersection of river flowing from one county to another

A bridge built at the intersection of a river flowing from one county into another shall be built at the nearest available site to said intersection. A municipality which, in the judgment of its governing authorities, will be benefited by the construction of such bridge may join such county, or either of them, in building such bridge and keeping and maintaining same upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(27); 1857, ch. 15, art. 38; 1871, § 2374; 1880, § 868; 1892, § 3937; 1906, § 4449; Hemingway's 1917, § 7129; 1930, § 6355; 1942, § 8432; Laws, 1914, ch. 249; Laws, 1920, ch. 275.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-27 - Bridges within municipalities

In case any public highway of any county in the state shall cross any river or stream on such highway within the boundaries of any municipality, in whole or in part, and it shall be deemed by the board of supervisors to be to the interest of the public that a free or toll bridge be constructed across such stream at the expense and under jurisdiction of the county, and the municipal authorities of such municipality shall by ordinance express a willingness that such bridge be constructed and maintained at the expense of the county, the board of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to establish, construct, and maintain such bridge either as a free or toll bridge, as in case of other bridges of the county and to the full extent as now authorized by law in such cases.
Codes, 1930, § 6357; 1942, § 8433; Laws, 1926, ch. 229.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-29 - Supervisors to finance municipal bridges

For the purpose of the construction and operation of the bridges mentioned in Section
65-21-27
, the board of supervisors of the county, in the construction and management of same shall be vested with all the powers and authority provided by law for bridging streams of the county, including the levy of taxes and the issuance of bonds.
Codes, 1930, § 6358; 1942, § 8434; Laws, 1926, ch. 229.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 21 - BRIDGES; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-21-1 — 65-21-31) › Section 65-21-31 - Written directive from Department of Transportation to close bridge under jurisdiction of political subdivision or municipality to prevent loss of federal transportation funding to state; retention of jurisdiction by political subdivision or municipality; duration of bridge closure; failure of political subdivision or municipality to comply with directive

When any governing board of a political subdivision of the state or the governing board of a municipality must physically close a bridge or bridges under its jurisdiction in order for the state, a political subdivision of the state and/or a municipality of the state to receive or continue to receive federal transportation funding, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall direct by written notice such governing board to physically close the bridge or bridges within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such notice. The governing board shall retain jurisdiction of such bridge or bridges and is responsible for all costs associated with the closed bridge or bridges, including closure and maintenance costs. Any such bridge or bridges shall remain closed until the bridge is able to be reopened in a condition that does not reduce the amount that the state, a political subdivision of the state and/or a municipality of the state shall receive or continue to receive in federal transportation funding. Any political subdivision of the state or municipality of the state whose governing board fails to comply with the directive provided under this section shall not be eligible for funding provided under Section
27-67-35
and shall remain ineligible until the governing board is in compliance with such directive.
Added by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 1, HB 1,§ 4, eff. 8/29/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-1 - Authority to construct and operate

Any municipality, state highway commission, or county, severally or acting with other authorized agencies in this or adjoining states, may acquire, own, operate, construct, or aid in the construction in whole or in part improving and extending, and maintain toll bridges or free bridges, including the approaches thereto, either within such political subdivision or within five miles adjacent to the territory over which such public agency or subdivision has jurisdiction, which bridges shall extend over any of the rivers and waters in or forming the boundary of this and other states.
1942, § 8435; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-5 - Enforcement of payment of bonds

The holders of any bond or interest coupon issued under the provisions of this article may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings at law or in equity enforce or compel performance by the appropriate official or officials of a municipality or public body of any and all acts and duties to be performed by such public body under the provisions of this article and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds and interest coupons. If there be any default in the payment of the interest and principal of any of said bonds, any court having jurisdiction in the proper action may, upon petition of the holder of any such bond, appoint a receiver to administer and operate the bridge, with power to fix rates and collect charges sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds outstanding to the payment of which the revenue of such bridge is pledged, to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such toll bridge, and to apply the revenues of such toll bridge in conformity with the provisions of this article and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 8437; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-7 - Power additional to other laws

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, general, special or local. This article, without reference to any other statute or to any charter, shall be deemed full authority to purchase, build, improve, own, and operate the revenue producing system by this article authorized; to fix, maintain, and collect toll rates for the facilities afforded by such toll bridge; and to issue and sell bonds by this article authorized; and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, any provision of the laws of the state or any charter of any municipality to the contrary notwithstanding. Where no funds are pledged as security for bonds to be issued by the municipality or other political subdivision other than the revenues arising from the tolls of the bridge to be purchased, erected, or extended, bonds may be authorized and issued under this article by ordinance incorporating the terms and conditions of said bonds passed by the governing authority of such municipality, county, taxing district, or other political subdivision, which article, resolution, or ordinance shall be spread in full upon the minutes of such political subdivision. It shall not be necessary to submit same to an election of the qualified voters of such political subdivision unless moneys for the payment of such bonds or interest thereon or maintenance of such bridge, or construction thereof, shall be pledged from taxes or other funds other than the revenue alone arising from the tolls collected on such bridge. In such event the proposition for the pledging of such additional funds and the issuance of such bonds shall be submitted for the approval of same to the voters of the municipality or other political subdivision at a special election called therefor according to law, and after a majority of the qualified electors voting at said election have voted in favor of the proposed bond issue. Where bonds have been authorized under this article, it shall not be necessary to make publication of any ordinance, resolution, notice, or proceedings relating thereto.
Codes, 1942, § 8438; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-9 - How municipality, etc., may come under article

Any municipality or county or political subdivision desiring to come under this article, whether such municipality be a special charter municipality or not, may so do and may own, operate, and maintain such toll bridge wholly within the State of Mississippi or partly within the State of Mississippi and partly within any adjoining state, together with all approaches to and from said bridge. This article shall apply to special charter cities simply by resolution of the governing authority thereof, either through resolution or ordinance, and without amendment to the charter of such municipality.
Codes, 1942, § 8439; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-11 - State Highway Commission may aid

The Mississippi State Highway Commission may, when in its opinion the best interest of the state requires, contribute such an amount of the cost of the construction of such bridge or bridges as it may determine would be to the best interest of the State of Mississippi when such bridge forms a part of or a continuation of the state highway system, or is so connected with the state highway system through the streets of a municipality leading from the approaches of such bridge to the state highway system, and may incorporate any such toll bridge into the state highway system. Such State Highway Commission may, in whole or in part, maintain such bridge as a part of the state highway system, or may leave the maintenance of such bridge to the municipality or other political body acting jointly with such State Highway Commission in the financing and operation of such bridge. In event that the State Highway Commission shall contribute any sums of money towards the creation or acquisition of such bridge and the approaches thereto, said State Highway Commission may or may not, in its discretion, require the repayment of such funds through tolls collected, together with interest on such moneys so advanced or donated at a rate, to be determined by said State Highway Commission, not to exceed said amount of six and one-half percent (61/2%).
Codes, 1942, § 8440; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-13 - Purchase of land

The public agencies herein named, either jointly or severally, may acquire by purchase, gift, donation, or by eminent domain all necessary land, rights of way, easements, and supplies for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating, improving, extending, and maintaining toll bridges and approaches thereto, acquiring same in such necessary width and length as the governing authority of such political subdivision or subdivisions may determine will be necessary, right, and proper for such bridge purposes. Such public agencies are likewise granted such rights in any adjoining state, provided that such rights do not in anywise conflict with the laws of such adjoining state.
Codes, 1942, § 8441; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-15 - Collection of tolls

Nothing in this article shall authorize or permit the collection of tolls on any bridge heretofore made toll-free or on any existing bridge on which tolls are not at present collected.
Codes, 1942, § 8442; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-17 - Political authority of adjoining state

Any municipality, county, parish, highway commission, or other political authority in an adjoining state which has been properly authorized by the laws of that state and the United States may exercise in the State of Mississippi any and all the powers granted in this article to municipalities and other public bodies in Mississippi, subject to the conditions and requirements of this article. In event that the powers granted under this article are exercised solely by a municipality or county, then same shall be exercised by the governing authority of such municipality or county; and in the event that same are exercised jointly, then same shall be exercised jointly by the governing authorities of such political subdivisions.
Codes, 1942, § 8443; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-19 - Federal aid

Any municipality or public authority hereinabove set forth, either jointly or severally, may enter into contracts with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, under the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act and the regulations made in pursuance thereof, and under any further acts of Congress of the United States to encourage public works, for the sale of bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of this article, or for the acceptance of a grant to aid such municipality or other public authority to acquire, build, or improve any toll bridge, or to enter into contracts with any person or corporation, public or private, for the sale of such bonds. Such contracts may contain such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by and between the municipality, or other public authority, and the United States of America, any agency thereof, or any purchaser of such bonds. This and all other provisions of this article shall apply to code municipalities of the State of Mississippi or special charter cities of the State of Mississippi alike. In event of special charter cities of the State of Mississippi, no amendment to the charter of such municipality shall be necessary in order for such municipality to have advantage of this article, but such municipality shall have such advantage by simply spreading upon the minutes of its governing board of authority by resolution or ordinance the fact that same desires to come under the provisions of this article, in which event such municipality or any other political authority of the State of Mississippi hereinabove named shall have full power to adopt such ordinance and resolution and to do all things and perform all acts necessary or right or desirable to effectuate the full intent and purpose of this article.
Codes, 1942, § 8444; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 1 - TOLL BRIDGES (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-21) › Section 65-23-21 - Article liberally construed

This article, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare of municipalities, counties, and other political agencies of the State of Mississippi, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
Codes, 1942, § 8446; Laws, 1935, ch. 44.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 23 - BRIDGES; BOUNDARY AND OTHER WATERS (§§ 65-23-1 — 65-23-331) › Article 3 - COASTAL AREA BRIDGES [Repealed] (§ 65-23-101) › Section 65-23-101 - through 65-23-121 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 2007, ch. 582, § 25, eff. 7/18/2007 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
§ 65-23-101. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-01; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 1. § 65-23-103. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-02; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 2.] § 65-23-105. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-03; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 3, ch. 396.] § 65-23-107. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-04; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 4.] § 65-23-109. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-05; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 5.] § 65-23-111. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-06; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 6.] § 65-23-113. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-07; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 7. § 65-23-115. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-08; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 8.] § 65-23-117. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-09; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 9.] § 65-23-119. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-10; Laws, 1950, ch. 406, § 10.] § 65-23-121. [Codes, 1942, § 8447-12; Laws, 1952, ch. 295.]