SEC. 51-35-207. Method to perfect defective notice.

In any and every case where a notice or publication is provided for in this article, if the court or chancellor finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court or chancellor shall not thereby lose jurisdiction and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void; but the court or chancellor shall, in that case, order that due publication or notice be given and shall continue the hearing until such time as such notice shall be properly given and thereupon shall proceed as though publication and notice had been properly given in the first instance.

In the organization of the district, in the approval of the official plan, and in the extension of the district, it shall not be necessary, in publications or notices, to give the names of the owners of the lands; and it shall only be necessary that the lands be generally described, with a general description of the entire district and a general description of the lands in any county in the publication or notice for such counties.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 4821; Laws, 1936, ch. 188, Sec. 51.

1997 Amendment

 SECTION 12. Sections 51-35-195, 51-35-197, 51-35-199, 51-35-201, 51-35-203, 51-35-205, 51-35-207, 51-35-209, 51-35-211 and 51-35-213, Mississippi Code of 1972, which require the district to continue after completion of the plan, authorize the Board of Commissioners to exercise certain police powers and to compel the performance of a duty by mandamus, provide penalties for certain acts, provide for interpretation of this article, identify the relationship between flood control districts and drainage districts, establish a procedure to perfect a defective notice, authorize the board of Commissioners to pay taxes on certain exempt lands and provide certain assurances to the United States Secretary of War, and limit the ad valorem tax assessed under this article, are repealed.

SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 403, Sec. 12, SB2937, Effective July 1, 1997.