§ 39-5-71. Construction of monument
The Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training, in cooperation with the Department of Archives and History and the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, is hereby authorized, subject to funds being made available, to cause to be constructed and maintained on state-owned lands at some suitable and appropriate place in or […]
§ 39-5-81. Purchase and restoration
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase and restore the William Johnson house, a “Mississippi Landmark,” in Natchez, Mississippi, when adequate funds for the purchase and restoration thereof are deposited in the Historic Properties Trust Fund herein created. The funds used for this purpose shall be drawn from […]
§ 39-5-91. Creation of Civil War Battlefield Commission; duties and responsibilities of commission
There is hereby created a Mississippi Civil War Battlefield Commission consisting of the following fifteen (15) members: Nine (9) members appointed by the Governor with three (3) serving for an initial term concluding on March 1, 1998, three (3) serving for an initial term concluding on March 1, 2000, and three (3) serving for an […]
§ 39-5-101. Short title
Sections 39-5-101 through 39-5-113 shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi De Soto Trail Commission Act.”
§ 39-5-27. Archives Trust Fund
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is hereby authorized and empowered to solicit and accept donations, bequests, devises, gifts and grants of money from individuals and organizations, to be deposited in the Archives Trust Fund which is hereby created in the State Treasury. The State Treasurer shall invest all monies in the Archives Trust […]
§ 39-5-29. Museum Trust Fund
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Museum Trust Fund.” The Mississippi Department of Archives and History may solicit and accept donations, bequests, devises, gifts and grants of money from individuals, organizations, and corporations to be deposited in the Museum Trust Fund. The State Treasurer shall invest […]
§ 39-5-31. William F. Winter Archives and History Building
The new Archives and History Building to be located on the corner of Amite Street and North Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be named the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.
§ 39-5-33. Authorization to extinguish, abandon and nullify certain conservation easements
The Department of Archives and History is hereby authorized to extinguish, abandon and nullify any conservation easement granted to it by The Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth, Inc., its successors and similar organizations, whenever the department determines, in its discretion, that such action would be necessary or convenient for the use or […]
§ 39-5-41. Transfer of title to property to Department of Archives and History
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer title to the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty property to the Department of Archives and History.
§ 39-5-51. Establishment of Jefferson Davis Shrine
The complete custody, management, control and ownership of that portion of Beauvoir, (a tract of land comprising eighty-seven and one-half acres, more or less, in Harrison County, Mississippi, fronting 1020 feet, more or less, on the Gulf of Mexico, and situated approximately eight miles from the City of Gulfport, and four miles from the City […]