Mississippi § 65-7-79 - Counties may join with municipalities in keeping up roads.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 65-7-79 — Counties may join with municipalities in keeping up roads., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 65-7-79. Counties may join with municipalities in keeping up roads.
The board of supervisors of any county in which a main highway in said county runs through several municipalities in said county, and lies partly within said municipalities and partly without, may join in and co-operate with the said municipalities in the joint construction, improvement, and maintenance of said highway, and out of the county road and bridge fund may pay a proportionate part of the cost of such construction, improvement, and maintenance, the municipalities also paying their proportionate parts. The board of supervisors may distribute its pro rata part of such cost over a period of not exceeding five annual payments and may direct its president to execute the notes of the county for said annual payments, to draw interest at a rate not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 65-7-79 ("Counties may join with municipalities in keeping up roads.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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