Swampland districts heretofore organized under the provisions of Sections 371 through 391, inclusive, of the Code of 1906 and amendments thereto shall continue to operate under the provisions of said laws, and the adoption of this Code of 1972 shall not be held to repeal such laws insofar as any of such districts are concerned. However, no districts shall hereafter be organized under said laws.
In all cases where there are no commissioners of such a swampland district now in office, the board of supervisors of the county in which a swampland district is located shall have the power and authority to appoint three (3) commissioners for such swampland district, whose term of office shall be for a period of four (4) years from the date of such appointment. In the event a vacancy in the office of any such commissioner shall result from death, resignation or any other cause, such vacancy shall be filled by the board of supervisors by appointment for the unexpired term; and upon the expiration of the term of office of any commissioner appointed hereunder, the board of supervisors shall appoint his successor for a like term of four (4) years. All commissioners appointed under the provisions of this article shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
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