Mississippi Code Title 69. Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals § 69-7-109

(a) Fix salaries of any authorized employees of the market;

(b) Fix rentals and charges for each type of facility constructed in the market, taking into consideration the cost of such facility, the interest and amortization period required, a proper relationship between types of operators in the market, cost of operation, and the need for reasonable reserves, expansion and the like;

(c) Make investigations and hold hearings and conferences necessary to formulate and adopt a financial building and operating program for a market and make revisions from time to time;

(d) Make rules and regulations which shall govern all such business and all persons and vehicles coming upon the market;

(e) Provide and enforce penalties and liquidated damages relative to breaches of such rules and regulations and any contracts entered into;

(f) Lease the buildings and facilities to farmers, wholesale dealers, retailers and other persons engaged in the wholesale or retail marketing of perishable farm products;

(g) Determine and set the hours when the market may open and close during any day or night throughout the year;

(h) Plan, build, construct or cause to be built or constructed, or lease any facilities, on the grounds under the control of the department, that are deemed necessary for the successful operation of a wholesale or retail market for farm products;

(i) Rent or lease any necessary property, real or personal, on the grounds under the control of the department for the successful operation of the market. However, that before leasing or renting any property for use as a filling station or the sale of similar supplies and accessories, the department shall advertise and receive sealed bids therefor, and shall have the power to reject any and all of such bids, or to accept the highest and best bid made therefor, and the lessee shall erect such buildings and add such facilities as necessary to carry out the provisions of this article at the expense of the lessee in addition to any other monies paid as lease money to said board for the purpose of operating a service station. Such establishment shall not be tax exempt. No filling station shall be leased for a monthly rental less than One Cent (1¢) per gallon for each gallon of gasoline sold;

(j) Employ an attorney as prescribed in Section 69-1-14.