When the port commissioners shall have been appointed and shall be qualified as set out in this chapter, they shall meet at the regular place for the meetings of the mayor and board of aldermen, or mayor and board of commissioners, of the municipality, after giving at least ten days notice of the time and place of such meeting by publication in a newspaper published in such city, and they shall elect a president and secretary, who shall be members of the commission.
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