Miss. Code Ann. § 59-1-5

Each member of any port commission created under the provisions of this chapter, operating in a county bounded by the Gulf of Mexico shall receive as compensation twenty-two dollars and fifty cents ($22.50) per day while engaged in attendance upon meetings of the commission, or engaged in other duties of the commission, not to exceed sixty (60) days in any one (1) year, and shall receive their actual traveling expenses, to be audited and allowed by the commission.