(1) The board of commissioners herein mentioned shall have control of the construction of the improvements in their districts. They may make purchases and contracts in accordance with Section 31-7-13.(2) The chancery court or chancellor in vacation may remove any commissioner and appoint his successor, upon proof of incompetency or neglect of duty; but the charge shall be in writing, and such commissioner shall have the right to be heard in his defense and to appeal to the circuit court.Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4457; 1930, § 4476; 1942, § 4702; Laws, 1912, ch. 195; Laws, 1970, ch. 273, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 401, § 1, eff. 4/22/2004.
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