§ 59-7-127. Meetings; officers
When such port commissioners provided for in Section 59-7-125 shall have been appointed and shall have been qualified as set out herein, they shall meet at the regular meeting place of the board of supervisors of such county, after giving at least five days’ notice of the time and place of such meeting by publication […]
§ 59-7-109. Maturities of bonds; interest
All bonds authorized by Section 59-7-105 shall mature annually, with all maturities not longer than twenty (20) years, with not less than one-fiftieth (1/50) of the total issue to mature each year during the first five (5) years of the life of such bonds, not less than one-twenty-fifth (1/25) of the total issue to mature […]
§ 59-7-101. Nature and application of article
This article is supplementary and in addition to Article 1 of this chapter, and shall not apply to any county or counties of the state already receiving two mills of the state ad valorem taxes for port or harbor purposes.
§ 59-7-103. Port fund; procedure for bringing county within provisions of article
In order to provide for the improvement, promotion, development, construction, maintenance and operation of harbors or ports in counties having or hereafter providing harbors or ports where wharf or terminal or other facilities exist for the handling of inbound or outbound waterborne cargo moving in interstate or foreign commerce and where there is maintained a […]
§ 59-7-105. Issuance of bonds by board of supervisors
To provide additional or supplemental funds for the aforesaid purposes, and in connection therewith to acquire and develop water, air and rail terminals, rail lines, and such other structures, facilities, lands, property or rights therein needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, and land for industrial operations, including the […]
§ 59-7-107. Details of bonds; supplemental powers and authorizations as to bond issues
All bonds authorized by Section 59-7-105 shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code, shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed in two (2) or more colors, to prevent counterfeiting, shall be registered as issued, shall be numbered in a regular series from one (1) upward, and each bond shall […]