Mississippi Code Title 17. Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities § 17-17-133

No bonds shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 until the proposal of the governing board to issue the bonds shall receive the approval of the board. Whenever the governing board shall propose to issue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135, it shall file its petition with the board, setting forth the following:

Upon the filing of the petition the board shall, as soon as practicable, make such investigation as it deems advisable, and if it finds that the proposed project is intended to promote the purposes of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 and may be reasonably anticipated to effect such result, it shall be authorized to approve the projects.

Authority hereby vested in any governing board to issue, and the board to approve, bonds pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 is supplemental to, and may be exercised in connection with Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, 57-1-71 through 57-1-83, 57-1-101 through 57-1-107, 57-3-1 through 57-3-33 and 57-5-1 through 57-5-23, it being the intent of Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 that the bonds authorized by Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, 57-1-101 through 57-1-107, 57-3-1 through 57-3-33 and 57-5-1 through 57-5-23 may be used for the purposes set forth in Sections 17-17-101 through 17-17-135 under the existing terms and conditions authorizing issuance of same, except that the governing board shall not be authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property.