Miss. Code Ann. § 55-13-19

In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of Section 55-13-17 , the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to expend a sum of money not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) to be used in the making of preliminary surveys, final surveys, the preparing of maps, plats and deeds, the purchasing of right-of-way, the payment of condemnation awards, and the doing of all things incidental and necessary to the obtaining of right-of-way for the said Natchez Trace, including the employing of necessary personnel to carry out the provisions of said section. However, nothing in this section shall obligate the State Highway Commission to expend more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) for the purposes herein provided.