For the purpose of aiding, establishing and providing proper facilities for the efficient handling of farm and other food products in the interest of farmer, consumer, the general public and the State of Mississippi, and to assist in the disposal and sale of such products, there is hereby created a Mississippi Central Market Board, hereinafter […]
The board shall consist of the State Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, who shall be a member and ex officio chairman thereof, and four other members to be appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be from each highway commissioner’s district and the fourth member from the state at large, all of whom shall […]
The board shall meet at least once each quarter during the fiscal year and at such other times and places as it may adopt by rule or regulation, and may be called in special session upon notice mailed by the secretary not less than seven (7) days prior to the date of the meeting, but […]
The board shall be domiciled at or near Jackson, Mississippi, and shall hold its first meeting in the office of the State Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, within ten days after the members have qualified for office by taking the oath of office as required by the constitution and filing the same in the office […]
The board shall have the power to: Fix salaries of any authorized employees of the market; Fix rentals and charges for each type of facility constructed in the market, taking into consideration the cost of such facility, the interest and amortization period required, a proper relationship between types of operators in the market, cost of […]
The board is authorized to select an executive officer to be known as the state market manager, who shall have the ability to operate a large business and who shall have a knowledge of the problems of the growers and distributors and have had experience in the marketing of perishable vegetables. It shall be the […]
The market manager shall keep, or have kept, records of all leases, rentals, sales, and expense items which shall be audited as other state records are audited. And he shall make, or cause to be made, a report of receipts and disbursements and other information pertaining to the operations of the market to each regular […]
The board is hereby authorized subject to the approval of the building commission to acquire by purchase, donation, lease or condemnation, and for and in the name of the State of Mississippi, a suitable site or sites, accessible to highways and railroads and air terminal facilities, and to erect and install thereon such structures, facilities, […]
The Mississippi Central Market Board is authorized and empowered to assume jurisdiction of, and to administer any properties that may be acquired by the State of Mississippi for the use and benefit of said Mississippi Central Market Board, located at Prairie, Monroe County, Mississippi, and to administer the affairs of said properties in accordance with […]
The board shall not have the power to: acquire, construct, maintain or operate any market or facility which is not operated primarily for the purpose of purchasing and selling at wholesale; engage in the purchase or sale of farm produce, except the leasing as a grower or produce dealer of a stall or store upon […]
All funds collected under this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of Central Market Fund and shall be used solely for payment of the expenses of operation and maintenance of such market and facilities including the acquisition, leasing, maintenance and operation of local farm market facilities located at other points […]
