Mississippi Code
Chapter 31 - Drainage Districts with County Commissioners
§ 51-31-125. Subdistricts managed by drainage commissioners

When a subdrainage district has been established as hereinbefore provided, the county drainage commissioners shall be the commissioners of said subdrainage district; and proceedings to organize subdrainage districts and to do improvements therein shall conform substantially to the provision of this chapter with reference to the organization, doing the improvements, and operating other drainage districts authorized by this chapter. Said commissioners are empowered and authorized to issue bonds of such subdrainage districts, and such bonds shall be so designated. The same proceedings, or as near as practicable the same, shall be had in the issuance of bonds of a subdrainage district as are required in the issuance of bonds of the drainage district in the first instance, as provided in this chapter. The proceeds from the sale of bonds of a subdrainage district shall be applied and used exclusively for doing the work within or for the exclusive benefit of said subdrainage district for the construction of internal drains of said subdrainage district, and in carrying out and perfecting its internal drains.

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Mississippi Code

Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control

Chapter 31 - Drainage Districts with County Commissioners

§ 51-31-1. Powers of drainage districts

§ 51-31-3. Definitions

§ 51-31-5. General authority of drainage districts

§ 51-31-7. Exercise of authority

§ 51-31-9. Selection of county drainage commissioners

§ 51-31-11. Oath and bond of drainage commissioners

§ 51-31-13. Compensation of commissioners

§ 51-31-15. Quorum

§ 51-31-17. Secretary and treasurer of drainage districts

§ 51-31-19. Employment of counsel

§ 51-31-21. Creation of drainage districts on petition

§ 51-31-23. Jurisdiction of organization

§ 51-31-25. Notice of petition

§ 51-31-27. Date of hearing

§ 51-31-29. Hearing of petitions

§ 51-31-31. Landowners may sign petition at hearing

§ 51-31-33. Commissioners to estimate cost

§ 51-31-35. Proceedings on report of commissioners

§ 51-31-37. Disposition of report

§ 51-31-39. Form of court's order

§ 51-31-41. District declared organized

§ 51-31-43. Preliminary expenses

§ 51-31-45. Assessment roll

§ 51-31-47. Notice of assessments

§ 51-31-49. Hearing objections

§ 51-31-51. Assessments confirmed

§ 51-31-53. Payment of assessments

§ 51-31-55. Right of way agreements

§ 51-31-57. Notice of appraisement by commissioners

§ 51-31-59. Appraisement hearing

§ 51-31-61. Levy to provide estimated funds

§ 51-31-63. Tax levied to meet assessment

§ 51-31-65. Levy each year to meet bond obligations

§ 51-31-67. Reassessments in case of underestimates

§ 51-31-69. Sale of district bonds

§ 51-31-71. Contracts let to lowest bidder

§ 51-31-73. Commissioners to construct and maintain drains

§ 51-31-75. Lateral ditches to be laid out

§ 51-31-77. Actual damages recoverable

§ 51-31-79. Jurisdiction of drainage commissioners

§ 51-31-81. Annual reports

§ 51-31-83. Commissioners may go on lands

§ 51-31-85. Ditches already constructed may be used

§ 51-31-87. Compensation for use of other district drains

§ 51-31-89. Passing railroads with canal

§ 51-31-91. Notice and damages

§ 51-31-93. Railroad may be assessed for benefits

§ 51-31-95. Drain may cross public road

§ 51-31-97. Landowners outside of district may use drains

§ 51-31-99. Reassessment if estimate deficient

§ 51-31-101. Penalty for injuring drains

§ 51-31-103. Benefit to county farm

§ 51-31-105. Jurisdiction of suits

§ 51-31-107. Master may hear and determine causes; report of findings to chancellor

§ 51-31-109. Expenses of chancellor and master taxed against district

§ 51-31-111. Additional bond issue

§ 51-31-113. Interest rate of additional bonds

§ 51-31-115. Notice of issue to be published

§ 51-31-117. Proceedings in rem

§ 51-31-119. Subdrainage districts authorized

§ 51-31-121. Notice of subdistrict proceedings

§ 51-31-123. Creation of subdistrict

§ 51-31-125. Subdistricts managed by drainage commissioners

§ 51-31-127. Separate financial account kept for subdrainage district

§ 51-31-129. Collection of taxes

§ 51-31-131. Delinquent lands

§ 51-31-133. Tax lists

§ 51-31-135. Record of tax sales

§ 51-31-137. Expiration of redemption period

§ 51-31-139. District placed under supervisors

§ 51-31-141. Procedure for districts to come under this chapter

§ 51-31-143. Drainage law construed