SEC. 51-35-171. Dams and canals.
In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore granted, the board of commissioners, under the adopted plan, or any agency with which it may cooperate in the execution of the plan, shall have the right to obstruct or dam up any natural watercourse other than as prohibited by section 81, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, and shall have the power to construct and to maintain bypasses for conveying surplus or flood waters by shorter and more direct routes by means of canals, ditches, floodways, levees, diversions, or other artificial means from tributaries of natural streams and their watershed to their main watercourses and from one point in a natural watercourse to another point therein; provided, however, said bypasses, ditches, canals, levees, floodways, diversions, or other artificial means shall empty the water directly into the same watercourse to which it would naturally flow, or into the backwater area of another watercourse within thirty-five miles from the mouth thereof.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 4803; Laws, 1936, ch. 188, Sec. 32; 1938, ch. 343, Sec. 4.
1997 Amendment
SECTION 11. Sections 51-35-147, 51-35-149, 51-35-151, 51-35-153, 51-35-155, 51-35-157, 51-35-159, 51-35-161, 51-35-163, 51-35-165, 51-35-167, 51-35-169, 51-35-171, 51-35-173, 51-35-175, 51-35-177, 51-35-179, 51-35-181, 51-35-183, 51-35-185, 51-35-187, 51-35-189, 51-35-191 and 51-35-193, Mississippi Code of 1972, which authorize the use of bonds and warrants, create an executive committee of the board, define the liability of a commissioner, require the adoption and allow the alteration of a flood control plan, authorize the board to charge preliminary expenses against property, to enter onto property, to acquire lands, to cooperate in the construction and maintenance of and to construct certain structures, to exercise eminent domain rights, to enlarge or combine districts, to borrow money for certain purposes and to fix, levy and provide for the collection of ad valorem taxes for certain purposes, allow sale of property for delinquent taxes, provide for an appeal from actions under this article, and authorize hearings before a special commissioner appointed by the chancellor, reimbursement of expenses of a chancellor and acceptance of reimbursements for amounts advanced for expenditure under an official plan, are repealed.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 403, Sec. 11, SB2937, Effective July 1, 1997.