26 chapters · 1,181 sections in this title.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-1 Toll ferries and free ferries
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The board of supervisors may establish and license toll ferries, and fix the toll; and where the public convenience and travel justifies it, may establish and maintain free ferries, or in its discretion toll ferries at public expense; and the board of supervisors shall fix the sa…
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-11 Purchase of competing ferry
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Any county or municipality authorized to construct bridges and issue bridge revenue bonds to pay the cost thereof is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase any competing ferry or ferries within fifteen miles of any such bridge, and to include the cost thereof as a part of the c…
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-13 Equipment for safe transportation by ferry
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The owner or keeper of every ferry shall at all times be provided with good and tight boats suited to the ferry, sufficient in size, strength, steadiness, and accommodation for the safe and speedy transportation of passengers, vehicles, horses, cattle, and goods, well furnished w…
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-15 Duties of ferrymen
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Every ferryman shall give constant and diligent attendance at his ferry and shall not deny or unreasonably delay carrying over any passenger, horse, cattle, carriage, or goods; and all passengers shall be received into the ferryboat and carried over the ferry in the order of thei…