24-655. Same; validation of prior acts; vesting of property rights and credits; liabilities.
Such decree of renewal, extension and restoration shall validate all contracts, acts, matters and things made, done and performed within the scope of its articles of association, by its board of supervisors, officers and agents, during the time when such articles of association were inoperative or void after their expiration by limitation, with the same force and effect and to all intents and purposes as if said articles of association had at all times remained in full force and effect; and all real and personal property, rights and credits possessed by said drainage district at the time its articles of association became inoperative or void or expired by limitation, and which were not disposed of prior to the time of such revival or renewal, shall be vested in such drainage district after such revival and renewal, as fully and amply as they were held by said drainage district at and before the time its articles of association became inoperative or void, or expired by limitation, and said drainage district, after such renewal and revival, shall be as exclusively liable for all contracts, acts, matters and things made, done or performed in its name and on its behalf by its board of supervisors, officers and agents prior to such renewal, extension and restoration, as if its articles of incorporation had at all times remained in full force and effect.
History: L. 1939, ch. 184, § 2; April 8.