The bridge and park commission shall have the power and is authorized, in connection with its work of development and functions as provided in this chapter, to dredge, deepen and widen any adjacent or existing channels, when this may be done consistently with and in aid of normal navigation and harbor development in the area, being authorized to deposit the spoil, and fill in the bottoms contiguous and adjoining the island, or parts thereof, authorized to be filled in and reclaimed, for the purposes of this chapter.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 55 - Parks and Recreation
Chapter 7 - Bridge and Park Commissions
§ 55-7-3. General grant of authority to certain municipalities and counties
§ 55-7-9. Compensation of members of commission
§ 55-7-11. General powers of commission
§ 55-7-13. Acquisition of lands by commission; authorization
§ 55-7-15. Acquisition of lands by commission; confirmation of title to submerged lands
§ 55-7-17. Construction, operation, etc., of bridges, ferries, causeways, and tunnels by commission
§ 55-7-19. Improvement, etc., of lands acquired by commission
§ 55-7-25. Employment of personnel by commission
§ 55-7-27. Dredging, etc., of channels
§ 55-7-29. Acceptance of federal aid and assistance
§ 55-7-31. Disposition of revenues of commission
§ 55-7-33. Issuance of bonds by commission generally
§ 55-7-35. Imposition of tax levy for payment of bonds
§ 55-7-37. Division of ad valorem taxes on commission's property
§ 55-7-39. Details of bonds; execution and sale of bonds
§ 55-7-41. Security for payment of bonds generally
§ 55-7-45. Pledge of or payments from revenue derived through Section 65-33-45
§ 55-7-47. Validation of bonds
§ 55-7-49. Rates, fees, charges, and tolls for services or use of facilities
§ 55-7-51. Enforcement of rights of bondholders
§ 55-7-53. Incorporation of islands into municipality
§ 55-7-55. Cooperation with other state entities
§ 55-7-57. Construction of chapter; authority and powers conferred
§ 55-7-59. Construction of chapter; cumulative and supplemental; repeal or impairment of other laws