Mississippi § 51-31-37 - Disposition of report.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 51-31-37 — Disposition of report., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51-31-37. Disposition of report.
If upon the hearing of said report and of objections made thereto, the court or chancellor shall be of opinion that said drainage district should be organized, he shall order the confirmation of said report and declare said district duly organized. If it shall appear to the court or chancellor that additional ditches or drains for main outlets not named in the report are necessary, the court or chancellor shall modify the same to conform to the equities in the premises; or if not sufficiently informed, the court or chancellor may refer the said report back to the commissioners for correction, may order the commissioners to correct and reform their report, and may make directions how they shall reform their report. The court may make all necessary orders in the premises for the continuance of the hearing of said report and the confirmation thereof. If the report be referred back to the commissioners for amendment, the court or chancellor may fix a day when the commissioners may again present their report, in which case the hearing shall stand adjourned to that date and no further notice shall be required thereof.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 51-31-37 ("Disposition of report.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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