§ 41-9-221 — Commissioners not to be confined to plans in petition

The commissioners shall not be confined to the points of
commencement, routes or termini of the drains or ditches, or the
number, extent or size of the same, or the location, plan or
extent of any levee, ditch or other work, as proposed by the
petitioners, but shall locate, design, lay out and plan the same
in such manner as to them shall seem best, to promote the public
health or welfare, and to drain, or to protect the lands of the
parties interested with the least damage and the greatest
benefit to all lands affected thereby. And any plan proposed by
the commissioners, may, on the application of any person
interested, on the hearing hereinafter provided for, or on the
application of the commissioners, be altered by the court, by
written order, in such manner as shall appear to the court to be
just.