MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2003 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representative Reynolds, Stevens
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 315 IN YALOBUSHA COUNTY AND LAFAYETTE COUNTY AS THE "DR. DEWITT CLINTON FRENCH MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 1 IN SHARKEY AND ISSAQUENA COUNTIES AS THE "C.B. 'BUDDIE' NEWMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 315 beginning at the eastern boundary of the corporate limits of the City of Water Valley, Yalobusha County, and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 9W in Lafayette County is designated and shall be known as the "Dr. Dewitt Clinton French Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 2. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 1 in Sharkey and Issaquena Counties beginning at its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 at or near Onward and extending westerly and northerly to the Issaquena/Washington county line is designated and shall be known as the "C.B. 'Buddie' Newman Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.