§ 51-33-119. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; appeals
The hearing and trial of any proceeding instituted under the terms of Sections 51-33-105 through 51-33-121 shall be conducted as other hearings and trials are conducted in the chancery court or by the chancellor in vacation, except as hereinabove provided. Any person feeling aggrieved by a final decree rendered by the court or chancellor in […]
§ 51-33-121. Law as additional method of dissolution
Sections 51-33-105 through 51-33-121 shall be cumulative and additional and supplementary to any and all other laws of the State of Mississippi which provide for the dissolution of drainage districts and for the affairs of said districts to be wound up. In the event a petition filed under said sections is dismissed, the same shall […]
§ 51-33-123. Saving statute
Drainage districts heretofore organized under the provisions of any law and amendments thereto not brought forward in this code shall have the privilege of continuing to operate under such law, and the adoption of this code shall not be held to repeal any such law or laws and amendments thereto, in so far as such […]
§ 51-33-125. Transfer of powers, duties and responsibilities of dissolved drainage districts with federally funded water impoundment structures to county soil and water conservation districts
The duties, powers and responsibilities of a drainage district with water impoundment structures constructed with financing from the United States under Public Law 534 or Public Law 566, 83rd Congress of the United States, or both, may be transferred to the county soil and water conservation district if it becomes apparent that such drainage district […]
§ 51-33-127. Procedures for transfer of drainage district attributes to county soil and water conservation district; dissolution of drainage district; continuation of maintenance and operation of existing structures
A drainage district may be dissolved and its powers, duties and responsibilities transferred to the county soil and water conservation district by: The commissioners of the drainage district determining and spreading on the district’s minutes that it is in the best interest of the residents and landowners of the drainage district that the district be […]
§ 51-33-201. Appointment of commissioners; bond
Swampland districts heretofore organized under the provisions of Sections 371 through 391, inclusive, of the Code of 1906 and amendments thereto shall continue to operate under the provisions of said laws, and the adoption of this Code of 1972 shall not be held to repeal such laws insofar as any of such districts are concerned. […]
§ 51-33-203. Duties and powers of commissioners
The commissioners provided for herein shall have control and management of all of the affairs of such swamp land district, shall have the power and authority to make improvements to and to maintain the existing drainage channel or channels of such district, and shall have the power to contract and cooperate with any appropriate agency […]
§ 51-33-205. Tax levy
When so recommended by such commissioners, the board of supervisors of the county wherein such swamp land district is located shall have the power and authority to levy an annual tax upon all the lands included in such district, which said tax shall not exceed twenty cents (20¢) per acre in any one year. All […]
§ 51-33-103. Dissolution of district with construction not requiring maintenance; proceedings; chancery court jurisdiction
The said chancery court, or the chancellor thereof in vacation, shall take jurisdiction of said cause and shall hear the same on the return day thereof in the same manner as other causes in chancery. If, upon the hearing of said cause, it shall appear that it is to the best interest of the landowners […]
§ 51-33-207. General authority of commissioners
The said commissioners shall have full power and authority to do and perform all acts and things necessary and desirable in carrying out the purposes of this article and shall have all powers set forth in said Sections 371 to 391, Code of 1906.