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2016 Mississippi Code
Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way
Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets
General Provisions (§§ 65-7-1 - 65-7-123)
- § 65-7-1. Jurisdiction over county roads; width of roads; drainage; inclusion of new roads in official records
- § 65-7-3. Standard for working roads
- § 65-7-4. County road systems; official maps; register; hearings; additions, deletions, and changes
- § 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
- § 65-7-23. Defacing, removing or destroying signs or traffic control devices prohibited; penalties; liability for cost of repair; liability of parents of minor
- § 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
- § 65-7-49. Posting notices
- § 65-7-51. Repealed
- § 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
- § 65-7-75. Line roads
- § 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
- § 65-7-83. Assumption by counties of concurrent jurisdiction over municipal streets for maintenance purposes
- § 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
- § 65-7-92. 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
- § 65-7-101. Timber and gravel for bridges and causeways
- § 65-7-103. Repealed
- § 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
- § 65-7-115. Supervisors to have general supervision; board may provide for transportation needs of its members
- § 65-7-117. Members of board to inspect roads; preparation of four-year construction and major maintenance plan
- § 65-7-119. Liability for neglect of duty
- § 65-7-121. Abandonment by board of supervisors of any section of county road system; hearing; notice; posting of signs; liability after abandonment; notice to railroad; easements
- § 65-7-123. Requirement on certain county roads for temporary center line safety stripes while undergoing reconstruction or maintenance
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