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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-173
Board of commissioners; power to enact regulations
Known as the Local Government Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Assistance Act
The act spans §§ 19–19 (138 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Green v. Cleary Water, Sewer & Fire Dist. (2005)
Most recently applied in Green v. Cleary Water, Sewer & Fire Dist. (June 2005)
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
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