The owner of the soil over which any toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road is established shall have the preference over all other persons to be licensed to keep the same, upon complying with the law and the orders of the board of supervisors within the time fixed by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-3
Right of owner of the soil
Codes, 1857, ch. 15, art. 41; 1871, § 2379; 1880, § 873; 1892, § 3945; 1906, § 4458; Hemingway’s 1917, § 4574; 1930, § 4679; 1942, § 8471.
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