11-50-50
Section 11-50-50 Construction and maintenance of sewers, drains, etc., by municipalities authorized. All cities and towns may make all needful provisions for the drainage of such city or town, may construct and maintain efficient sanitary and stormwater sewers or sewer systems, either within or without the corporate limits of the city or town, may construct and maintain ditches, surface drains, aqueducts, and canals and may build and construct underground sewers through private or public property, either within or without the corporate limits of such city or town, but just compensation must first be made for the private property taken, injured, or destroyed. (Code 1907, §1302; Code 1923, §2076; Code 1940, T. 37, §601.)...
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11-48-4
Section 11-48-4 General powers of municipalities as to public improvements. All cities or towns in this state may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be executed a contract for the construction of the following named improvements or reimprovements to the streets or any portions thereof and the following named sewers or sewer systems and the following named water and gas mains and service connections. All cities or towns in this state having a population of 60,000 inhabitants or more according to the most recent federal census may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be executed a contract for the construction of the following named drainage improvements or drainage systems or reclamation systems and the filling in of swamps or inundated or overflowed or submerged lands within the limits of such municipality. All cities or towns in this state may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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11-50-235
Section 11-50-235 Powers of corporation generally; provisions in mortgages, deeds of trust, or pledge agreements executed by corporation as to rights of parties thereto, etc.; exemption from taxation of property and income of corporation. (a) Each corporation formed under this division shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation or until dissolved as provided in this division; (2) To sue and be sued and to defend civil actions against it; (3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To acquire, purchase, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any system or systems, the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of such corporation (whether or not such system or systems were in...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, take and hold, whether by purchase, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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11-50-53
Section 11-50-53 Regulation, installation, etc., of drainage and sewer connections generally. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to establish or build drains and may require private or public premises to be connected with the sewer system for proper drainage or sanitation and shall have the power to regulate the manner of connection therewith. They shall also have the power to adopt and enforce all such laws, ordinances, and resolutions necessary to compel the owners of real property to ditch and drain the same at such owner's expense and to punish any neglect of such owner or person in charge of said lots or property, and on failure of the owner after 10 days' notice to do so, the city or town may ditch and drain such premises at the expense of such owner, the same to be a lien on such property to be collected as other debts are collected or liens enforced. The notice required by this section shall be by personal service or by posting a notice on the premises....
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11-50-54
Section 11-50-54 Regulation, installation, etc., of drainage, plumbing, sewer connections, etc. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to prescribe the location and manner in which drainage from private premises may be disposed of and to prescribe the manner in which plumbing shall be constructed and to forbid the use of the same while out of order or defective and may discontinue or forbid the use of sinks, pits, cesspools, dry wells, and surface closets and may regulate and compel the connection of private or public premises with the sewer system of the town or city, and the council or other governing body shall have the power to punish the owner of any property who shall fail to make such connection, after 10 days' notice to do so, and shall also have the power to prevent the lease, rental, or use of any property after notice that such connections have been required until the same shall have been made. If such owner fails or refuses, after 10 days' notice, to make...
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11-88-7
Section 11-88-7 Powers of authority generally; power of authority to acquire, operate, etc., systems, etc., outside service area; provisions in schedules of rates and charges generally; powers of authority organized to construct and operate sewer system. (a) The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 11-88-18) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this article, and to defend civil actions against it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and...
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45-25-250.04
Section 45-25-250.04 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this article, and to defend civil actions against it. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether located in one or more counties and whether located within or outside the service area. (6) To make, enter into, and execute such contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take such other actions...
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11-89-7
Section 11-89-7 Powers of district generally; power of district to acquire, operate, etc., systems, etc., outside service area; provisions in schedules of rates and charges generally. (a) The district shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 11-89-17) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and to defend civil actions against it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether...
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