Section 59-5-7 - Activities of board and state port authority pursuant to chapter as governmental functions

The carrying out of the corporate purposes of the board and the state port authority hereinafter created is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State of Mississippi and is a public purpose, and the board and such state port authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by this chapter.Codes, 1942, § 7564-24; Laws, 1958, ch. 365, § 24, eff. 4/28/1958.