SEC. 51-35-119. Appealable order.

The order of the court or chancellor in vacation organizing and establishing the flood control district, or the order of the court or chancellor dismissing the petition shall have the force and effect of a judgment. Any qualified elector residing in the district, any owner of property within the district, or any petitioner or other person whose rights are affected may appeal from the said judgment to the supreme court of the state within twenty days after such order has been made; but if no appeal is taken within that time, said judgment shall be deemed conclusive and binding upon all taxable property included in the district and upon the owners thereof, but only to the extent herein provided and authorized. The organization of said flood control district shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action, or proceeding except as herein expressly authorized.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 4782; Laws, 1936, ch. 188, Sec. 12.

1997  Amendment

SECTION 9. Sections 51-35-101, 51-35-103, 51-35-105, 51-35-107, 51-35-109, 51-35-111, 51-35-113, 51-35-115, 51-35-117, 51-35-119, 51-35-121, 51-35-123 and 51-35-125, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create the 1936 Flood Control Law of Mississippi, define certain terms, authorize the creation of flood control districts and establish the jurisdiction of the chancery court to create a district, authorize the board of supervisors of a county to petition for inclusion in a district, provide for the bond and powers and duties of the engineer appointed by the chancellor, provide for notice of hearing on a petition, conduct of the hearing and appeals of the order of the chancellor, and provide for the powers and duties of the district, name of the district and designation of a place for a district office, are repealed.

SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 403, Sec. 9, SB2937, Effective July 1, 1997.