[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:]
Before any road, or any part thereof, or any bridge shall be let out to contract where the amount of the contract will exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), the road commissioner, or engineer if there be one, shall inspect the road or part thereof or the bridge so proposed to be contracted, and shall carefully note the character and amount of work needed on same and all else necessary to make same a good and acceptable highway. The road commissioner, or engineer if there be one, shall then prepare detailed plans and specifications for the construction or reconstruction or working of same by contract, which shall be presented to the board of supervisors for approval. The plans and specifications shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors for the inspection of prospective bidders, prior to the first public letting under the terms hereof at a regular meeting to be named; and at any time prior to the acceptance of bids, the board may alter the plans and specifications submitted, and thereupon readvertise.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way
Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets
§ 65-7-3. Standard for working roads
§ 65-7-4.1. Legislative intent
§ 65-7-5. Order of board of supervisors necessary to change road
§ 65-7-7. Road not to be obstructed
§ 65-7-9. Dangerous trees to be removed from road
§ 65-7-11. Hedges on roadside to be trimmed
§ 65-7-13. Public highways to be marked
§ 65-7-15. Board of supervisors to erect signs
§ 65-7-17. Color and construction of sign or guide boards
§ 65-7-19. Mandamus available to erect signs
§ 65-7-21. Signs not to be damaged
§ 65-7-25. Signal boards for highway "danger zones."
§ 65-7-27. Specifications for signal boards
§ 65-7-29. Double boards for dangerous places
§ 65-7-31. Payment of signal board expenses
§ 65-7-33. Vehicles to sound warnings in danger zone
§ 65-7-35. Penalty for violating danger zone laws
§ 65-7-37. Regulation of use of certain roads
§ 65-7-39. Traveling on public roads
§ 65-7-41. Rate of travel over bridges
§ 65-7-43. Prevent damage and protect public roads
§ 65-7-45. Maximum loads of vehicles
§ 65-7-47. Penalty for violating load and tire regulations
§ 65-7-53. Use of roads while under construction
§ 65-7-53. Use of roads while under construction
§ 65-7-55. Penalty for forbidden use of roads
§ 65-7-57. Petition to have roads laid out or changed
§ 65-7-59. Report of committee
§ 65-7-61. Damages for taking land
§ 65-7-63. Water to be drained from roads
§ 65-7-65. Damages paid from county treasury
§ 65-7-67. Review by circuit court
§ 65-7-69. Roads on rights of way of drainage districts
§ 65-7-71. Payment for right of way so taken
§ 65-7-73. Roads into experiment stations
§ 65-7-74. Roads, driveways and parking areas on public school property
§ 65-7-77. Counties may work roads in adjoining counties
§ 65-7-79. Counties may join with municipalities in keeping up roads
§ 65-7-81. State highways within or without municipalities
§ 65-7-81. State highways within or without municipalities
§ 65-7-85. Construction and maintenance by county of streets within municipalities
§ 65-7-87. Certain counties may construct village streets
§ 65-7-89. Eminent domain, generally
§ 65-7-91. Supervisors may establish stations for work
§ 65-7-91. Supervisors may establish stations for work
§ 65-7-92. Authorization to borrow money and issue notes to finance establishment of work stations
§ 65-7-93. Counties authorized to match federal funds
§ 65-7-95. Methods of construction and maintenance
§ 65-7-97. Installment buying prohibited
§ 65-7-99. Acquisition of gravel beds and sale of excess supply
§ 65-7-99. Acquisition of gravel beds and sale of excess supply
§ 65-7-101. Timber and gravel for bridges and causeways
§ 65-7-101. Timber and gravel for bridges and causeways
§ 65-7-105. Plans and specifications
§ 65-7-105. Plans and specifications
§ 65-7-107. Contracts in vacation
§ 65-7-109. Roads built with oyster shells
§ 65-7-111. Penalty for violating provision for shell surfacing
§ 65-7-113. Working roads with convicts