2013 Mississippi Code
Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 11 - HARRISON COUNTY PARKWAY
§ 55-11-7 - General powers and duties of commission
The commission shall have and is hereby vested with full authority and jurisdiction to create a public parkway of the area, or any part thereof, in Harrison County, Mississippi, extending from Point Cadet on the east to Third Street in Henderson's Point addition on the west, lying between the presently existing and used public highway extending through and across said county known as Front Street, or U.S. Highway No. 90, and the road protection or seawall right-of-way. The commission shall have authority to acquire by purchase, gift or other means, the title to any part of said land or to acquire easements or leases to same, or to acquire the right to use any part of such land by any other form of agreement that may be agreed upon between the commission and the landowner, either in perpetuity or for a term of years. The board of supervisors may, in its discretion, appropriate funds to acquire such rights or titles.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the State Highway Department of any maintenance along such public parkway which it has the statutory duty to perform.
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