Section 39-7-19

Transfer of supervision, possession, control, etc., of property, rights, books, papers, etc., of plant or system owned by municipality to authority generally; continuation in effect of provisions of law as to powers and duties of municipal officers and employees.

Jurisdiction, supervision, possession and control of all property, real and personal, tangible and intangible, together with all easements, water rights and other rights therein and all other adjuncts, including books, papers and records, pertaining to any plant or system owned, managed, supervised, possessed and controlled by a municipality for the purpose of furnishing any services named in the petition pursuant to which an authority is incorporated shall devolve and are hereby conferred and imposed upon such authority.

The provisions of any laws regulating the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of officers and employees of such municipality shall continue in full force and effect until the board of trustees of such authority by its bylaws confers such powers upon its officers, agents or employees or imposes such duties upon its officers, agents or employees.

(Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §34.)