The board of supervisors of any county in Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, and having an assessed valuation in excess of eight million dollars ($8,000,000.00) may, in its discretion, issue and sell the bonds of any supervisor's district therein bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars, and the board of supervisors of any such county having an assessed valuation of less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) may, in its discretion, issue and sell the bonds of such county in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) and the proceeds of such bonds shall be used to construct the improvements as shown by the aforesaid approved plans and specifications, and to pay all costs and expenses necessarily incident thereto, except as provided in Section 59-13-5. Such bonds shall not be issued until notice of intention to issue and sell the same shall have been made in the manner provided for giving notice in said section, and all of the provisions of said section as to petition for election, time to file petitions for election, ordering and holding an election, shall apply to issuance of such bonds; if no petition for an election be filed in the time fixed, or if an election be called and a majority of those voting thereat vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, the bonds shall be issued and sold at such time and in such manner as the board of supervisors shall determine.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 59 - Ports, Harbors, Landings and Watercraft
Chapter 13 - Harbor Improvements by Coast Counties
§ 59-13-1. Harbor improvements by coast counties authorized
§ 59-13-5. Publication of order giving notice of intent to issue bonds; election on bond issue
§ 59-13-7. Limitations on amount of bond issues; prerequisites for issuance of bonds
§ 59-13-9. Terms and conditions of bonds; tax levy for payment of bonds; execution of bonds
§ 59-13-11. Purchase of land and rights of way; eminent domain
§ 59-13-13. Operation of harbor facilities; collection of charges