69-27-15 - Soil and Water Conservation districts; petition for creation. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 69-27-15. Soil and Water Conservation districts; petition for creation.
 

Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: 
 

(a) The proposed name of said district. 

(b) That there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition. 

(c) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate. 

(d) A request that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries for such district; that a referendum be held within the territory so defined on the question of the creation of a soil conservation district in such territory; and that the committee determine that such a district be created. 

Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may consolidate all or any such petitions. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 4944; Laws,  1938, ch. 253; Laws, 1968, ch. 246, § 5, eff from and after January 1, 1969.