The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1913-01-25

OF a district 1Or the oTectlOu Oh sea
wall for the prevention of caving banks,
overfows, and other like dangers in the
State of Mississippi.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Mississippi,
that when ten per cent. of the owners
of real property within the proposed
sea wall district shall petition the
Board OF Supervisors to establish sea
wall district, to embrace their prop
erty, describing generally the region
which it is intended shall be embraced
within the district, it shall be the duty
of the Board of Supervisors to enter
upon it's minutes the receipt OF said Pc
tition. The clerk of the Chancery Court
shall thereupon give notice by publica-
ton for two weeks in some newspaper
published and having general circu-
lation in the county, calling upon all
persons owning property within said
district to appear before the board and
upon date fixed by the clerk, which
date shall not be earlier than twenty
days and not later than thirty days after
the first publication, to show cause in
favor of or against the establishment
of the district. All expenses incurred
in the cost of publication shall be paid
by the county; but all such expenses
paid by the county shall be repaid out
of the proceeds of the first assessment
levied under this Act.
At the time named in said notice said
board shall meet and hear all property
owners within the proposed sea wall
district who wish to appear and advo-
cate or resist the establishment of the
district, and if it deem it to the best in
terest of owners of real property within
said district, that the same shall bee ONE
a sea wall district, under the term of
this Act, it shall make an order upon
it's minutes establishing same as a sea
wall district, subject to all the terms
and conditions of this Act. All such
districts shall be numbered consecu-
lively or else shall receive names se-
lected by the Board OF Supervisors.
If the Board of Supervisors does not
act promptly in complying with the
terms OF this section, or any other Sec
tion of this Act, essential to the crea-
ton and operation of the district, it
shall be compelled to do 80 by manda-
mus.
Sec. 2. That if, upon the hearing
provided for in the foregoing section
the petition is presented to the Board
of Supervisors, signed by the majority
of the land holders owning one third of
the land, or one-third Of the land hold
ers owning a majority of the lands,
praying that the improvements be
made, it shall be the duty OF the Board
of Supervisors to make the order es-
tablishing the district, without further
inquiry, if it appear that the establish
ment thereof be necessary for the pro-
motion of public good and to preserve
and prevent public and private property
from heing destroyed by the waters of
that district; provided, however, that
if upon that day a petition, signed by a
majority of the land owners owning one
third of the land, or one third of the
land owners owning majority of the
lands, be presented to the Board of
Supervisors, praying that the improve
ment be not made, it shall be the duty
of the Board of Supervisors, to 80 order,
but if no such petition is filed, it shall
be the duty of the Board of Supervisors
to investigate, as provided in the pre-
ceding section, and to establish such
sea wall district, if it is of the opinion
that the establishment thereof will be
to the advantage of the owners of real
property therein. And the petition
provided for therein may be signed by
women, whether married or single, own
ing lands in the proposed district,
Guardians may sign for their wards,
and trustees, executors and admins
traitors may sign for the estates repre-
sented by them, and if the signature OF
any corporation thereto is attested by
the corporate seal, the same shall be
sufficient evidence of the assent of the
corporation to said petition.
Sec. 8. That the order of the
Board of Supervisors establishing
said district shall have all the force
of a judgment. Any owner of real
property within the district may appeal
from said judgment within twenty days
after the same has been made, but j,
no appeal is taken within that time,
such Judgment shall be deemed conclu-
siYe and binding upon all the real
property within the bounds of the dis
trict and upon the owners thereof; and
any owner of property in the district
may, within like time, appeal from
any order refusing to establish such
district.
Sec. 4. That when the Board OF Su.
pervisors has established such district
it shall appoint i've owners Of real prop.
erty within the county to act a. com.
missioners. Each of these commission.
ers shall take the oath Of ofiice required
by section 26s of the Constitution O,
! the State, and shall also swear that b,