The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to construct all needful improvements in the harbor; to control, guide, or deflect the current of a river; to repair and regulate public wharves and docks; to charge and collect levee rates and wharfage on firewood, lumber, timber, logs, shingles, staves, posts, laths, and other articles brought to the port of such municipality; and to set aside or lease portions of the wharf for special purposes. However, a permit to use any portion of a wharf or a lease of the same shall not be granted for a term exceeding twenty-five years.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property
§ 21-37-1. Municipal buildings
§ 21-37-6. Installation of ramps at municipal crosswalks
§ 21-37-11. Lights and lamp posts
§ 21-37-13. Municipal piers, pavilions, and bath houses
§ 21-37-15. Harbors, wharves, and docks
§ 21-37-21. Public cemeteries; cemetery board of trustees authorized in certain municipalities
§ 21-37-23. Parking facilities for motor vehicles; establishment and operation authorized
§ 21-37-27. Parking facilities for motor vehicles; funding
§ 21-37-31. Advertising signs on parking meters
§ 21-37-32. Municipalities authorized to delegate authority for enforcement of parking regulations
§ 21-37-35. Park commission; funding
§ 21-37-37. Park commissioner; powers and duties of commissioners
§ 21-37-39. Park commission; disposition of revenues
§ 21-37-41. Park commission; construction of certain laws
§ 21-37-43. Tax levy for parks and playgrounds
§ 21-37-45. Insuring of municipal property
§ 21-37-47. Exercise of eminent domain by municipalities
§ 21-37-49. Purchase of lands sold to state
§ 21-37-53. Disposal of certain property not purchased with public funds by certain municipalities
§ 21-37-57. Pascagoula Public Beach renamed "Buffett Beach."