The commissioners of any drainage district heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, acting on behalf of the district or in cooperation with other drainage districts, are hereby authorized and empowered to give satisfactory assurances to the United States of America or any agency thereof that any and all flood […]
The commissioners of any drainage district agreeing as herein provided to furnish rights of way for levees and drainage ditches for flood control work constructed by the United States of America, or any agency thereof, are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire or condemn rights of way for levees and drainage ditches inside and outside […]
The commissioners of any drainage district entering into such agreements as are herein provided are hereby authorized and empowered to fix and levy an annual ad valorem tax of not exceeding two mills on the dollar upon all of the real and personal property in the district, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of […]
The board of supervisors of any county through any part of which any river or other stream may run, or any part of which any river or other stream may touch or border, on which the United States of America has authorized flood control improvements, including channel clearing, channel improvement, cut-offs, levees, dams, or other […]
The board of supervisors of any county in which is located a national park, a national cemetery, and which is located on the Mississippi River and through any part of which any river or other stream may run, or any part of which any river or other stream may touch or border, on which the […]
The authority granted to boards of supervisors under Section 170 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi shall be construed to include the right to enter into agreements with the United States for the alteration, relocation, reconstruction, or abandonment of county roadways and the conveyance of easements for term of years, perpetual easements, or […]
The board of supervisors of any county through any part of which any river or other stream may run, or any part of which any river or stream may touch or border, on which the United States of America or any agency thereof has authorized flood control improvements, including channel clearing, channel improvement, cut-offs, levees, […]
All moneys paid to the State of Mississippi by the United States on account of leases of flood control lands under the provisions of the Flood Control Act, as amended June 28, 1938 (52 U.S. Statutes at Large, page 1221), shall be apportioned by the state treasurer to the several counties in which such flood […]
As used in this section: “Project” means the Yazoo Basin, Yazoo Backwater, Mississippi, Project authorized by the Flood Control Act of 18 August 1941 and the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. “Project area” means land in Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Washington and Yazoo Counties located at or below the one hundred-year frequency flood elevation. […]
The commissioners of any drainage district agreeing as herein provided to maintain flood control works constructed by the United States of America or any agency thereof are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate money and to pay the same to the proper state, county, or district authority as reimbursement for the cost of locating, relocating, […]
The commissioners of any drainage district entering into agreement with the United States of America or any agency thereof, as hereinbefore provided, are hereby authorized and empowered to accept for the district the conveyance of any lands, within or without the district, and to use, rent, lease, and convey the same for the benefit of […]
The commissioners of any drainage districts entering into such agreements as are herein provided are authorized and empowered to fix and levy an annual ad valorem tax of not exceeding two mills on the dollar upon all of the real and personal property in the district, for the purpose of defraying the costs of maintenance […]
The commissioners of any drainage district heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, acting on behalf of the district or in cooperation with other drainage districts, are hereby authorized and empowered to give satisfactory assurances to the chief of engineers of the United States Army, to the Mississippi River Commission, […]
