19-5-173 - Board of commissioners; power to enact regulations. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 19-5-173. Board of commissioners; power to enact regulations.
 

The board of commissioners shall have the power to make regulations to secure the general health of those residing in the district; to prevent, remove and abate nuisances; to regulate or prohibit the construction of privy-vaults and cesspools, and to regulate or suppress those already constructed; and to compel and regulate the connection of all property with sewers. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 2998.7-25; Laws,  1972, ch. 536, § 5; Laws, 1973, ch. 370, § 1; ch. 396, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 28, 1973).