As Amended
SEC. 51-29-59. Construction contracts.
(1) The board of commissioners herein mentioned shall have control of the construction of the improvements in their districts. They maymake purchases and contracts in accordance with Section 31-7-13.
(2) The chancery court or chancellor in vacation may remove any commissioner and appoint his successor, upon proof of incompetency or neglect of duty; but the charge shall be in writing, and such commissioner shall have the right to be heard in his defense and to appeal to the circuit court.
SOURCES: Codes, Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 4457; 1930, Sec. 4476; 1942, Sec. 4702; Laws, 1912, ch. 195; 1970, ch. 273, Sec. 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 401, § 1, SB 2669, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 22, 2004).
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2004