The board of supervisors of any county in the state, in its discretion, shall be authorized to acquire title by gift or grant the site of any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument or any object of historical, archeological or scientific value situated in said county, for public parks and reservations to be devoted solely to the educational and recreational advantages of the people, upon the written permission of the director of the department of archives and history of the State of Mississippi. Said board shall be authorized to expend in the maintenance of said public parks and reservations an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum out of the general funds of said county.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 39 - Libraries, Arts, Archives and History
Chapter 5 - Archives and History
§ 39-5-1. Department of archives and history created; objects and purposes
§ 39-5-3. Department board of trustees generally
§ 39-5-5. General powers and duties of board of trustees
§ 39-5-7. Director of department
§ 39-5-9. Local Government Records Office
§ 39-5-11. Surrender of official books, records, etc., to department
§ 39-5-13. Surrender of historical portraits to department
§ 39-5-15. Official and statistical register
§ 39-5-17. Acquisition of historic or prehistoric ruins, etc.
§ 39-5-19. Restoration and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries
§ 39-5-27. Archives Trust Fund
§ 39-5-31. William F. Winter Archives and History Building
§ 39-5-33. Authorization to extinguish, abandon and nullify certain conservation easements