§ 59-1-43. Use of or actions by unlicensed persons
Any person or persons, vessel, firm or corporation, acting as or employing a harbormaster, pilot, boatman, stevedore, surveyor, watchman, police, ship agent, ship chandler or such other persons as may be required by the port commissioners, performing services for the public shipping, without first being duly licensed and qualified as provided in this chapter shall […]
§ 59-1-45. Disposition of fines and penalties
The fines and penalties collected under this chapter shall be paid into the city treasury to be used by the mayor and board of commissioners or mayor and board of aldermen for the benefit of the port.
§ 59-3-1. General municipal powers
The corporate authorities of any municipality in which there is situated, wholly or partially within its boundaries, a harbor that is a port of entry, shall have the following power and authority: to construct all needful improvements in such harbor, including the deepening of any part of said harbor, and/or extending, enlarging and adding to […]
§ 59-3-3. Issuance of bonds authorized
The corporate authorities referred to in Section 59-3-1 are authorized to issue bonds or other obligations of the municipality for any or all of the purposes enumerated and authorized under Section 59-3-1. The conditions of the sale of said bonds shall be fixed by the said corporate authorities.
§ 59-3-5. Details of bonds; tax levy; supplemental powers and authorizations for bond issues
All bonds authorized by Section 59-3-3 shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed in two (2) or more colors, to prevent counterfeiting, and shall be in sums not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) each, and shall be registered as issued, be numbered in a regular series from […]
§ 59-3-7. Conduct of election on issuance of bonds
Before issuing bonds authorized by Section 59-3-3 the corporate authorities shall by resolution spread upon their minutes, declare their intention of issuing said bonds, fixing in such resolution the maximum amount thereof, and the purpose for which they are to be issued, and where an election is required shall fix in such resolution a date […]
§ 59-3-9. Qualifications of electors; form and marking of ballots; issuance of bonds without elections
At such election as is provided for by Section 59-3-7, all qualified electors may vote and the ballots used shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the words, “For the bond issue,” and the words, “Against the bond issue,” and the voter shall vote […]
§ 59-1-33. County membership in rivers and harbors association
The board of supervisors of the various counties are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to join on behalf of their respective counties the rivers and harbors association of Mississippi, and to pay from the general fund of the county membership dues of the association. The payment of membership dues shall entitle the county to all […]
§ 59-1-35. Affiliation with rivers and harbors association by cities and other political subdivisions or agencies
All city, county, district and state ports, harbors and waterway systems and any other agency, department or political subdivision, including municipalities and boards of supervisors, may, in their discretion, become affiliated with, support and pay dues to the rivers and harbors association of Mississippi.
§ 59-1-37. Acquisition of land for industrial purposes or port and terminal facilities by certain cities and counties
Any city or cities situated in any county bordering on the Mississippi River and/or any such county, acting alone or jointly with any said city or cities, is and/or are hereby authorized and empowered, acting through its or their governing authorities, to acquire by purchase or otherwise, and to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of […]