Whenever said inhabitants shall have necessity to build such reservoirs or ponds of water they shall make a petition to the county commissioners of their county, with no less than one hundred signatures, which shall be constituted into a corporation to build such reservoir or pond. History: Laws 1891, ch. 54, § 2; C.L. 1897, § 701; Code 1915, § 5806; C.S. 1929, § 151-802; 1941 Comp., § 77-905; 1953 Comp., § 75-9-5.
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