The chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County may hear the petition at any term thereof, or the chancellor of said court may fix a time to hear such petition at any time in vacation, and may determine all matters pertaining thereto, may adjourn the hearing from time to time, and may continue the case for want of sufficient notice or other good cause. If said petition shall prove defective in any manner, the petitioners, upon motion, shall be permitted to amend the same.
Upon the day set for hearing said petition, or a day to which same may be continued by the court or chancellor, all parties interested may appear and contest the same. If upon the hearing of such petition, it is found that such project is feasible from an engineering standpoint and practical, and if the creation of the water supply district under the terms of this article would meet a public necessity both local and statewide and would be conducive to the public welfare of the state as a whole, such court or chancellor shall so find and shall make and enter an order upon the minutes of the said chancery court stating that the said district to be known as the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, should be organized subject to all of the terms and provisions of this article.
If the chancellor finds that the proposed water supply district should not be organized, he shall dismiss the proceedings, and the costs shall be paid by the Pearl River Industrial Commission.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control
Article 3 - Pearl River Valley Water Supply District
§ 51-9-101. Citation of article
§ 51-9-103. Legislative determination and declaration of policy
§ 51-9-105. General authority to organize
§ 51-9-107. Board of directors
§ 51-9-109. Petition for creation of district
§ 51-9-111. Proceedings after petition filed
§ 51-9-115. Order and notice of election
§ 51-9-121. Powers of district
§ 51-9-123. Construction contracts
§ 51-9-125. Park and recreation facilities
§ 51-9-127. Rules and regulations
§ 51-9-129. Appropriation permit
§ 51-9-131. State tax used for water supply district fund
§ 51-9-133. Board of directors to issue bonds
§ 51-9-135. Details of bonds; supplemental powers conferred in issuance of bonds
§ 51-9-137. Limitation on amount of bonds
§ 51-9-139. Special tax levy for payment of bonds
§ 51-9-141. Validation of bonds
§ 51-9-147. Bonds to be legal investments
§ 51-9-151. Agreements relative to federal highways
§ 51-9-153. Cooperation with other governmental agencies
§ 51-9-155. Water supply district law controlling
§ 51-9-157. District and its bonds exempt from taxation
§ 51-9-159. Preliminary expenses
§ 51-9-161. Overflow of school lands not to constitute waste