Miss. Code Ann. § 55-13-9: Miss. Code Ann. § 55-13-9

The state highway commission, for the purpose of acquiring lands as set forth in Sections 55-13-3 through 55-13-11 , may pay one-half the cost of said lands so acquired by purchase or condemnation only in event the county in which the land is purchased or condemned first contributes its one-half of such costs.