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MS Code § 51-33-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-113. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; sale of property; orders and decrees; appointment of masters

 In the event the petition as filed shows and the court or chancellor in vacation finds that said district has not paid off all of its outstanding indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, but owns easements, rights of way, canals, ditches, drains, or other property which can be sold for an amount equal to its fair cash market value which will enable said district to pay off and discharge its outstanding indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, the court or chancellor in vacation is in such event authorized, considering the best interests of the landowners and of said district, to enter an interlocutory order dissolving said district and directing its affairs to be wound up, which order shall be made final, either by the court in term time or by the chancellor in vacation, upon the property of said district being sold and all of its outstanding indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, being fully paid and discharged. To this end the court or chancellor in vacation is hereby authorized and empowered to make and enter all interlocutory decrees or orders that it might deem advisable and necessary to make; to divest the title out of said district in and to any and all easements, rights of way, canals, ditches, drains, or other property owned by said district and vest the same in a special commissioner to be appointed by the court or chancellor in vacation to sell the same on such terms and at such an amount as the court or chancellor in vacation finds to be for the best interest of the landowners and said district; and to direct said commissioner to convey any or all of said property to the purchaser at the price and on the terms authorized, to collect the same, and to pay therefrom any and all of the outstanding indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, as directed by the court or chancellor in vacation. The court or chancellor in vacation is hereby authorized to appoint masters or commissioners of the court to wind up the affairs of said district under its direction, and to make any and all interlocutory orders that might be necessary to be made for the purpose of dissolving said district and directing its affairs to be wound up.
MS Code § 51-33-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-115. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; claims; fees and commissions; contraction of debts

 The court or chancellor in vacation is hereby authorized at the time, date, and place of the first hearing of all of the aforesaid matters, as well as at any other time he might order, to allow and determine all claims of indebtedness of said district, bonded or otherwise, and to provide for the payment of all of such indebtedness, including all bonded indebtedness which at that time remains unpaid. The court or chancellor in vacation is hereby authorized to allow reasonable fees and commissions to commissioners or liquidators, covering service rendered by them, who might be appointed by him to wind up the affairs of any of said drainage districts; to allow reasonable attorney's fees to the attorney or attorneys for any services rendered by him or them in bringing about the dissolution of said district and having its affairs wound up; and to provide for the payment of all of said fees and commissions. After said petition has been filed as herein authorized, no further debts shall be contracted or incurred by said district except such as may be allowed by the court.
MS Code § 51-33-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 51-33-117. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; surplus funds; effect of dissolution

 If it shall be made to appear to the court or chancellor in vacation on the hearing of any proceedings filed under Sections 51-33-105 through 51-33-121 that the district will have funds on hand after all of its debts and all expenses and court costs incident to said proceeding have been paid, then and in this event, the court or chancellor in vacation shall provide, order, and direct in the final decree dissolving said district that the said surplus shall be refunded among the landowners of said district on such pro rata, equitable, and just basis and terms as the court or chancellor shall find to be proper. After the final decree has been rendered by the court or chancellor in vacation in any proceeding instituted under said sections dissolving any drainage district, said district shall have no further existence and no further drainage taxes shall be levied against any of the lands embraced within the limits of said district. All of the unpaid benefits and assessments assessed against the lands in said drainage district for drainage purposes shall stand canceled, the lien therefor shall be unenforceable, and the court or chancellor in vacation shall so provide in the final decree rendered dissolving said drainage district.
MS Code § 51-33-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 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 vacation in any of said proceedings shall have a right to appeal therefrom to the supreme court of Mississippi, which appeal shall be taken within twenty days from the date of said final decree.
MS Code § 51-33-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 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 be dismissed without prejudice and another may be filed again thereafter whenever the petitioners are able to bring themselves within the terms of said sections.
MS Code § 51-33-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 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 districts are concerned. However, all drainage districts hereafter created must be organized and shall operate under the provisions of Chapters 29, 31 and 33 of Title 51, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 51-33-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts|§ 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 should be dissolved, but future oversight, maintenance and operation are required for the existing structures.
MS Code § 51-33-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 3 - Provisions Common to Swamp Land Districts|§ 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. However, no districts shall hereafter be organized under said laws.   In all cases where there are no commissioners of such a swampland district now in office, the board of supervisors of the county in which a swampland district is located shall have the power and authority to appoint three (3) commissioners for such swampland district, whose term of office shall be for a period of four (4) years from the date of such appointment. In the event a vacancy in the office of any such commissioner shall result from death, resignation or any other cause, such vacancy shall be filled by the board of supervisors by appointment for the unexpired term; and upon the expiration of the term of office of any commissioner appointed hereunder, the board of supervisors shall appoint his successor for a like term of four (4) years. All commissioners appointed under the provisions of this article shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
MS Code § 51-33-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 3 - Provisions Common to Swamp Land Districts|§ 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 of the United States government in so improving or maintaining any such channel or channels.   The commissioner shall have the further power and authority to expend the funds of such district for such purposes and all other proper and necessary purposes.
MS Code § 51-33-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 3 - Provisions Common to Swamp Land Districts|§ 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 of the provisions of said Sections 371 to 391, inclusive, Mississippi Code of 1906, as amended, shall control the manner and method of the levying, collection, and distribution of such tax; and the proceeds thereof may be expended for the purposes herein authorized.
MS Code § 51-33-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts|Article 3 - Provisions Common to Swamp Land Districts|§ 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.
MS Code § 51-35-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 35 - Flood Control|Article 1 - Flood Control Agreements with United States|§ 51-35-1. Drainage district agreements to maintain works

 The commissioners of any drainage district heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, acting on behalf of the district or in cooperation with other drainage districts, are hereby authorized and empowered to give satisfactory assurances to the United States of America or any agency thereof that any and all flood control works, constructed either within or without the district by the United States of America or any agency thereof, shall be maintained without expense to the United States. The commissioners of any drainage district are hereby authorized and empowered on behalf of the district to enter into agreements with the commissioners of other drainage districts for carrying out the purposes of Sections 51-35-1 through 51-35-7.
MS Code § 51-35-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 35 - Flood Control|Article 1 - Flood Control Agreements with United States|§ 51-35-3. Relocation of roads outside drainage district

 The commissioners of any drainage district agreeing as herein provided to maintain flood control works constructed by the United States of America or any agency thereof are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate money and to pay the same to the proper state, county, or district authority as reimbursement for the cost of locating, relocating, building, or rebuilding of any roads and highways outside the limits of the district, when the same shall be rendered necessary by the construction of flood control works, and to give satisfactory assurances to the United States of America or any agency thereof that the location, relocation, building, or rebuilding of such roads and highways shall be done without expense to the United States of America.
MS Code § 51-35-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 35 - Flood Control|Article 1 - Flood Control Agreements with United States|§ 51-35-5. Donations of land to drainage district

 The commissioners of any drainage district entering into agreement with the United States of America or any agency thereof, as hereinbefore provided, are hereby authorized and empowered to accept for the district the conveyance of any lands, within or without the district, and to use, rent, lease, and convey the same for the benefit of the district in the maintenance of flood control works and improvements. Such lands when vested in the district shall be subject to taxation as are other lands, and said commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to pay such taxes out of any available funds other than sinking funds being accumulated for the retirement of district bonds and payment of interest thereon; and such drainage districts are hereby authorized and empowered to pay such taxes out of any available fund.
MS Code § 51-35-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 35 - Flood Control|Article 1 - Flood Control Agreements with United States|§ 51-35-7. Drainage district tax for maintenance

 The commissioners of any drainage districts entering into such agreements as are herein provided are authorized and empowered to fix and levy an annual ad valorem tax of not exceeding two mills on the dollar upon all of the real and personal property in the district, for the purpose of defraying the costs of maintenance of flood control works and the costs of location, relocation, building, and rebuilding of roads and highways without the limits of the district. Such levy shall be certified by the commissioners to the board of supervisors of the proper county before the time fixed by law for the levying of county taxes; and the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed for the levying of county taxes, levy such tax and certify said levy to the tax collector, who shall collect such taxes as other taxes of the county are collected.
MS Code § 51-35-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 35 - Flood Control|Article 1 - Flood Control Agreements with United States|§ 51-35-9. Drainage district agreements to furnish rights of way

 The commissioners of any drainage district heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, acting on behalf of the district or in cooperation with other drainage districts, are hereby authorized and empowered to give satisfactory assurances to the chief of engineers of the United States Army, to the Mississippi River Commission, to the United States district engineer, or to any other agency of the United States government that they will furnish rights of way for all levees and drainage ditches within or without the district for any and all flood control works, including levees and ditches constructed by the United States of America or any agency thereof, within or without the district. The commissioners of any drainage district are hereby authorized and empowered on behalf of the district to enter into agreements with the commissioners of any other drainage districts for carrying out the purposes of Sections 51-35-9 through 51-35-13.
MS Code § 51-35-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 35 - Flood Control|Article 1 - Flood Control Agreements with United States|§ 51-35-11. Acquisition of rights of way by drainage districts

 The commissioners of any drainage district agreeing as herein provided to furnish rights of way for levees and drainage ditches for flood control work constructed by the United States of America, or any agency thereof, are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire or condemn rights of way for levees and drainage ditches inside and outside of the district in the same manner as the commissioners are now authorized to acquire or condemn rights of way and easements for the construction of other drainage works within the district.
MS Code § 51-35-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 35 - Flood Control|Article 1 - Flood Control Agreements with United States|§ 51-35-13. Drainage district tax for rights of way

 The commissioners of any drainage district entering into such agreements as are herein provided are hereby authorized and empowered to fix and levy an annual ad valorem tax of not exceeding two mills on the dollar upon all of the real and personal property in the district, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of acquiring or condemning and furnishing rights of way for levees and drainage ditches within or without the limits of the district. Such levy shall be certified by the commissioners to the board of supervisors of the proper county before the time fixed by law for the levying of county taxes; and the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed by law for the levying of county taxes, levy such tax and certify said levy to the tax collector, who shall collect such taxes as other taxes of the county are collected.
MS Code § 51-35-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control|Chapter 35 - Flood Control|Article 1 - Flood Control Agreements with United States|§ 51-35-15. County agreements for rights of way and maintenance

 The board of supervisors of any county through any part of which any river or other stream may run, or any part of which any river or other stream may touch or border, on which the United States of America has authorized flood control improvements, including channel clearing, channel improvement, cut-offs, levees, dams, or other flood control improvements, is hereby authorized and empowered, for that part of such river or stream running through any part of said county or bordering or touching said county, as aforesaid, to give satisfactory assurances to the United States of America or any agency thereof including the Secretary of War, that it will:   Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights of way necessary for the construction of the project;   Hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction of the works; and   Maintain and operate all of the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War, under the terms of the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936, or any other similar Flood Control Act of the United States.   Any such board of supervisors is also hereby authorized and empowered to accept the conveyance of any lands, easements, and rights of way over and on behalf of any lands that may be benefited by the maintenance of such works; to accept assurances from landowners whose property is benefited by such flood control improvements, to levy, assess, and collect such taxes on said area so benefited as will be necessary; to save and hold the United States free from all damages due to the construction of the works; to exercise the right of eminent domain for the condemnation of rights of way and easements in like manner as is exercised by boards of supervisors for the condemnation of public road rights of way; to maintain such works in said county after completion, and generally to accept agreements for landowners benefited by such flood works to save the county harmless on account of said assurances given by the county as aforesaid to the United States of America or any agency thereof, including the Secretary of War.   This section shall apply to any county lying wholly within a levee district, or to that part of a county lying within a levee district.   This section shall not apply to any county in which a reservoir project, as a part of a United States government flood control program, shall have been begun prior to the first day of January, 1938.