The number awarded shall be painted on or attached to each side of the bow of the vessel for which it was issued. The numbers shall be placed on each side of the forward half of the vessel in such position as to provide clear legibility for identification. The numbers shall read from left to right and shall be in block characters of good proportion not less than three inches in height. The numbers shall be of a color which will contrast with the color of the background and so maintained as to be clearly visible and legible, i.e., dark numbers on a light background, or light numbers on a dark background. No other number shall be carried on the bow of such vessel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 59-21-9
Display of awarded number on vessel; use of other numbers prohibited
Known as the Mississippi Boating Law
The act spans §§ 59–59 (42 sections).
Codes, 1942, § 8496-06; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 6, eff from and after passage (approved April 14, 1960
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