(1) Any municipality in the state having a population of less than five hundred according to the 1960 decennial census and being situated in a county bordering the State of Tennessee and having a 1960 population in excess of fifteen thousand but less than twenty thousand, and any municipality having a population according to the 1960 federal decennial census in excess of two thousand but less than two thousand two hundred and being in a county bordering the Pearl River and having an area in excess of eight hundred twenty-five square miles, and all municipalities located in counties with two judicial districts in which municipalities Mississippi Highway 35 runs and which have a population according to the latest available federal census in excess of three hundred forty-two but less than one thousand, acting by and through the mayor and board of aldermen, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to pay a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($225.00) per month to any nonprofit civic and development corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Mississippi for the purposes set forth herein.
(2) The funds shall be expended by said nonprofit corporation for the purpose of building, equipping, maintaining and operating a community park, a community house, tennis courts, bowling lanes, lakes, golf courses and swimming pools, for the acquisition of land and facilities to be used for the aforesaid purposes, for the purchase of land and the making of improvements thereon for industrial development, and for other public purposes, and for the repayment of loans secured for the purposes set forth herein.
(3) This section, without reference to any other statutes, shall be full and complete authority to expend the money for the purposes enumerated herein, and all powers necessary to be exercised by the mayor and board of aldermen in order to carry out the purposes of this section are herein expressly conferred on said mayor and board.
(4) The mayor and board of aldermen are further authorized and empowered to adopt any and all lawful resolutions, orders, and/or ordinances, and to do and perform any and all acts and things necessary and requisite to carry out the purposes of this section.
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