§ 21-39-17. Penalty for wrongfully issuing, signing or attesting warrant
All expenditures of money from the treasury of any municipality for any purpose whatsoever shall be in pursuance of the allowance of a claim as hereinbefore specified in Section 21-39-9, or in pursuance of a specific appropriation made by order, which such appropriation shall be specific as to each separate expenditure in so far as […]
§ 21-38-1. Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the general welfare and economic development by empowering certain municipalities to (a) acquire or lease real property, whether located within or outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, from the United States, (b) develop and use such real property, and (c) incorporate such real property. The provisions […]
§ 21-38-3. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise: “Municipality” means any municipality located in a county in which Sardis Lake is located, in which Mississippi Highway 6 and Interstate Highway 55 intersect and having a population of five thousand (5,000) or less according […]
§ 21-38-5. Municipality authorized to enter into agreement, contract, or lease with United States
Any municipality may enter into and accomplish any agreement, contract, lease or other arrangement with the United States whereby the municipality may acquire or lease real property, whether located within or outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, for the purpose of developing and promoting parks, tourism and recreational facilities of all types, including without […]
§ 21-38-7. Incorporation of property located outside corporate boundaries
Any municipality that acquires or leases real property from the United States under this chapter, if such real property is located outside the corporate boundaries of such municipality, may incorporate such real property into its corporate boundaries by ordinance adopted for such purpose if such real property is located within the same county as the […]
§ 21-38-9. Required provisions in ordinance of incorporation
Any ordinance to incorporate real property into the corporate boundaries of a municipality under this chapter shall include the following provisions and shall be effective as follows: The ordinance shall accurately describe the metes and bounds of the real property to be incorporated, and only real property acquired or leased from the United States under […]
§ 21-38-11. Appeal by aggrieved persons
Any person aggrieved by a municipal ordinance adopted under this chapter may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the principal office of the municipality is located in the manner provided for appeals of judgments or decisions of municipal authorities as set forth in Section 11-51-75, Mississippi Code of 1972.
§ 21-38-13. Certified copy of ordinance of incorporation to be forwarded to Secretary of State
Whenever the corporate boundaries of a municipality shall be enlarged under this chapter, the municipality shall, within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such ordinance, if no appeal is taken therefrom, forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy of such ordinance, which shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary […]
§ 21-38-15. Recordation of map or plat of boundaries
Whenever the corporate boundaries of a municipality shall be enlarged under this chapter, the municipality shall furnish to the chancery clerk of the county in which the municipality is located a map or plat of the boundaries of the municipality as altered. The map or plat shall be recorded in the official plat book of […]
§ 21-37-55. Conveyance of land in slum, blighted or urban renewal areas to urban renewal agencies by certain municipalities
A municipality with a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census, may convey to its urban renewal agency, for a nominal price, land in a slum area, blighted area or urban renewal area to which it holds title. As used in this section: “Urban renewal agency” means […]