The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, hereinafter referred to as the 'board,' in issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity to a municipality to engage in the acquisition and development of a 'standard' industrial park or district shall be advised by the municipality of its need to use the power of eminent domain in the acquisition of a part of the acreage involved, not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%), and the board shall so specify in said certificate, which shall be the municipality's evidence of authority to use the power of eminent domain as above specifically defined.Codes, 1942, § 8940-22; Laws, 1960, ch. 437, § 2, eff. 7/1/1960.
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