Opinion of the Justices

*111Honorable James E. Folsom

Governor of Alabama

State Capitol

Montgomery, Alabama

Dear Sir:

We acknowledge receipt of your communication of October 17, 1957, which is as follows:

“The Honorable Chief Justice and Associate Justices

Supreme Court of Alabama

Judicial Building

Montgomery, Alabama

“Dear Sirs:

“Water works systems in many of the municipal corporations in this state are owned and operated by ‘water works boards’ created or organized in such municipal corporations with the permission of their respective governing bodies pursuant to the provisions of Sections 394 to 402, inclusive, of Title 37 of…