Mississippi § 51-31-35 - Proceedings on report of commissioners.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 51-31-35 — Proceedings on report of commissioners., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51-31-35. Proceedings on report of commissioners.
The commissioners shall also find and determine whether all of the lands in said proposed drainage district will be benefited thereby, or drain into and have their outlet by and through the drains and ditches to be constructed in said proposed drainage district. If they shall find, by reason of any errors, mistakes, or misunderstanding, that any part of the lands described in said petition do not drain into said watershed and proposed ditches and drains, they may report that the same shall be excluded from said district when organized. Upon the report of the commissioners being filed with the clerk of the court in which such proceedings are had, the said clerk shall cause three weeks’ notice thereof to be given, addressed “To all persons interested,” by publication in some newspaper in said county in which such proceedings are had, if there be any newspaper so published. If there be no newspaper so published, the notice shall be posted for three weeks in ten conspicuous places in said district, but he shall not be required to mail notices to any persons or give any other or further notice than the mere publication thereof. Such notice shall state the time of filing such report, that a map and description of the work laid off and proposed to be constructed is on file in his office, and a description of the lands, if any, proposed to be thrown out or excluded from said district, and upon what day application will be made for confirmation of said report, at which time all persons interested may appear and contest the confirmation thereof, or propose that the report ought to be modified in any particular, and offer any competent evidence in support thereof. The day fixed by the clerk for the hearing of said report shall be at a certain day of the next succeeding term of said court as provided by this chapter, or at a certain day in vacation when the chancellor of said court may appear and hear the same.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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