Section 55-3-19 - Exercise of power of eminent domain when federal and state governments are establishing major park and forest and game reserve

Where the federal government and the state government or any subdivision thereof are cooperating in the establishment of a major park and forest and game reserve, and where the property owners in the territory therein involved have agreed to convey as much as fifty percent (50%) of the area required for said purposes, the State Forestry Commission, together with the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks or any subdivision of the state, are hereby empowered to exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner now provided by law to obtain the necessary lands needed.Codes, 1942, § 6045; Laws, 1938, Ex. ch. 37; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 105, eff. 4/30/2000.