§ 85-8-328

85-8-328. Corporate nature of drainage district. (1) Upon entering of such order of confirmation of said preliminary report of record, such drainage district shall be and is thereby declared to be organized as a drainage district, by the name mentioned in said petition or such other name as the court shall fix, with the boundaries fixed by the order confirming the report of said commissioners, to be a body corporate, by said name fixed in said order, with the right to sue and be sued, to adopt and use a seal, and to have perpetual succession. (2) The commissioners appointed as aforesaid and their successors in office shall, from the entry of such order of confirmation, constitute the corporate authority of said drainage district, exercise the functions conferred on them by law, and do all things and perform all acts necessary to the construction and preservation of the proposed work. History: En. Secs. 36, 37, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Secs. 7300, 7301, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Secs. 7300, 7301, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2323, 89-2324.