2016 Mississippi Code
Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control
Chapter 31 - Drainage Districts With County Commissioners
§ 51-31-41. District declared organized
Upon entering such order of record upon the minutes of said court, said district is hereby declared by law to be organized as a drainage district, by the name mentioned in such petition and order of the court or chancellor in vacation and by the boundaries fixed by the order confirming the report of said commissioners, and is hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name mentioned in said order of the court, with the right to have perpetual succession and to adopt and use a corporate seal. The commissioners and their successors in office shall, from the entry of such order of confirmation, constitute the corporate authorities of said district and shall exercise the functions conferred upon them by this chapter.
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