Section 11-44-159 Continuation of territorial limits; creation of wards; vesting of rights, powers, and privileges.
Section 11-44-159
Continuation of territorial limits; creation of wards; vesting of rights, powers, and privileges.
The territorial limits of said city or town shall remain the same as under its former organization, except that it shall be divided into wards in the manner provided by law, and all rights, powers, and privileges of every description which were vested in it shall vest in it under the organization provided for in this article as though there had been no change in the organization of said city or town.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2404; Code 1940, T. 37, §130.)