Such municipality and/or such county shall have the authority to establish by ordinance a bridge and park commission as a municipal agency of said municipality or as a county agency of said county to be known and designated as the "bridge and park commission."
Such bridge and park commission, where it is a municipal agency, shall be composed of five (5) commissioners who shall be residents of the municipality and qualified electors therein, and shall be appointed by the governing authorities of said municipality. Such bridge and park commission, where it is a county agency, shall be composed of five (5) commissioners who shall be residents of the county and qualified electors therein, and shall be appointed by the governing authorities of said county.
At the time of the first appointment, one (1) of the commissioners shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, one (1) shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, one (1) shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years, and one (1) shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Thereafter, one (1) commissioner shall be appointed annually for a term of five (5)years, and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
Said commissioners shall take the oath of office required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi.
Said commissioners shall give bond payable to the municipality, where it is a municipal agency, or to the county, where it is a county agency, in an amount to be fixed by the appropriate governing authorities.
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