The port commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to employ a port director. It shall be the duty of said port director to solicit business for the port, investigate railroad and ocean rates for the protection of the general public in using said port. The salary of the port director shall be fixed by the commissioners with the approval of the mayor and board of aldermen, or the mayor and board of commissioners, and shall be paid from funds derived under the provisions of this chapter, or from the general funds or special funds raised for such purpose in the city treasury; such port commission may, in its discretion, select from its membership a competent person to serve in the capacity of port director, in which case the salary paid such member for services rendered as port director shall not be subject to the restrictions fixed in Section 59-1-5.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft
Chapter 1 - Harbor or Port Commissions; Powers of Political Subdivision; Pilotage
§ 59-1-1. Creation of port commission; composition and jurisdiction of commission generally
§ 59-1-3. Appointment, oath, bond, and terms of office of members of commission
§ 59-1-5. Compensation of members of commission
§ 59-1-11. Additional powers of port commission
§ 59-1-13. Construction of Sections 59-1-13 through 59-1-25 generally
§ 59-1-15. Definition of "industrial operations."
§ 59-1-19. Sale, lease or other disposition of land not used for port purposes
§ 59-1-21. Terms and conditions of conveyances, contracts, leases, etc.
§ 59-1-23. Assistance of municipalities in establishing industries
§ 59-1-25. Reservation of oil, gas and minerals in sale, lease or other disposition of lands
§ 59-1-29. Appropriation of funds for use of port commission by municipal authorities
§ 59-1-31. Appropriation of funds for use of port commission by county governing authorities
§ 59-1-33. County membership in rivers and harbors association
§ 59-1-39. Licensing of harbor masters, pilots, stevedores, etc.
§ 59-1-41. Compulsory pilotage