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2016 Mississippi Code
Title 19 - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare
Water, Sewer, Garbage Disposal, and Fire Protection Districts (§§ 19-5-151 - 19-5-207)
§ 19-5-173. Board of commissioners; power to enact regulations
MS Code § 19-5-173 (2016) What's This?
The board of commissioners shall have the power to make regulations to secure the general health of those residing in the district; to prevent, remove and abate nuisances; to regulate or prohibit the construction of privy-vaults and cesspools, and to regulate or suppress those already constructed; and to compel and regulate the connection of all property with sewers.
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