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§ 21-292. Jurisdiction of circuit courts to establish projects - The circuit courts of the several counties and cities of...
§ 21-292.1. "District" means "project." - Whenever the word district or districts hereinafter appears in this...
§ 21-293. Drainage considered essential - It is hereby declared that the drainage of the surface...
§ 21-294. Establishment considered public improvement - It is declared that the preliminary work, establishment and completion...
§ 21-295. Form of petition; bond; summons of landowners not on petition - Whenever a petition, signed by fifty-one percent or more of...
§ 21-296. Circulation of duplicate originals of petition - For the convenience of the petitioners, duplicate originals of the...
§ 21-297. Service and return of summons; appointment of board of viewers - The summons may be served by publication as to any...
§ 21-298. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 642.
§ 21-299. Notice to viewers of appointment - The clerk of the court thereupon shall mail a written...
§ 21-300. Filling vacancies on board - If a vacancy occurs on the board of viewers for...
§ 21-301. Compensation of viewers - The compensation for the services of the board of viewers,...
§ 21-302. Petition based on widening, deepening, etc., of natural streams - If the majority of the landowners in any wet, swamp...
§ 21-303. Withdrawal of persons signing petition - If during the proceedings, before or after the filing of...
§ 21-304. All landowners need not be listed in petition; amendments - To render the practical application of this chapter possible in...
§ 21-305. Tile system of drainage - Whenever a supplementary petition signed by the owner or owners...
§ 21-306. Compensation of engineer, assistants and viewers - The board of viewers of the project involved shall at...
§ 21-307. Publication against unknown owners - If, at the time of the filing of the petition,...
§ 21-308. Appointment of representative of unknown owner - After the time of publication shall have expired, if no...
§ 21-309. Subsequent appearance of unknown owners - If at any time during the pendency of the drainage...
§ 21-310. Guardian ad litem for infants and incapacitated adults - These proceedings shall not be stayed because of infancy or...
§ 21-311. Recordation of petition and orders - A copy of the petition, duly certified by the clerk...
§ 21-312. Examination; preliminary report - The board of viewers shall proceed, as soon as practicable,...
§ 21-313. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 642.
§ 21-314. Notice of consideration of preliminary report - After the petition is entertained by the court, notice shall...
§ 21-315. Hearing objections to preliminary report - At the date appointed for the hearing, or upon any...
§ 21-316. Exclusion of land not affected by drainage - If it appears that there is any land within the...
§ 21-317. Changing boundaries to include land affected - If it shall be shown that there is any land...
§ 21-318. Determining efficiency of drainage; changes - The efficiency of the drainage or levee shall also be...
§ 21-319. Board of viewers to attend hearing - The board of viewers shall attend such hearing, and give...
§ 21-320. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 642.
§ 21-321. Preliminary establishment of district - The above facts having been determined to the satisfaction of...
§ 21-322. Land excluded from district but located within boundaries - If any lands shall be excluded from the district because...
§ 21-323. Condemnation of land - If it shall be necessary to acquire a right-of-way and...
§ 21-324. Right of appeal - Any person or corporation owning lands within the drainage or...
§ 21-325. Complete survey - After the district is preliminarily established the court shall refer...
§ 21-326. Assistance in making survey - The board of viewers shall have power to employ such...
§ 21-327. Courses, distances and levels - The line of each ditch, drain or levee shall be...
§ 21-328. Bench marks - Frequent bench marks shall be established along the line, on...
§ 21-329. Other levels - If it is deemed expedient by the board of viewers,...
§ 21-330. Drainage map - A drainage map of the district shall then be completed,...
§ 21-331. Profile of each levee, etc.; estimate of costs; rights-of-way - There shall also be prepared to accompany this map a...
§ 21-332. Adoption of surveys already made - In any case where surveys have been made by or...
§ 21-333. Assessment of damages - It shall be the further duty of the board of...
§ 21-334. Classification of land; benefits; assessments - It shall be the further duty of the board of...
§ 21-335. Cost of survey - The board of viewers or the drainage engineer shall keep...
§ 21-336. Delay; extension of time - In case the work is delayed by high water, sickness...
§ 21-337. Final report; notice of hearing - When the final report is completed and filed a date...
§ 21-338. Duty of viewers to review report and make changes - At the date set for the hearing any landowner may...
§ 21-339. Approval by court - If, in the opinion of the court, the cost of...
§ 21-340. Power of court to reopen after approval - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as depriving the...
§ 21-341. Dismissal of proceedings when cost exceeds benefit - If the court finds that the cost of construction, together...
§ 21-342. Appeal - Either party shall have a right to appeal from the...
§ 21-343. Payments into court - The court may, from time to time, order the petitioners...
§ 21-344. Payment of total costs and expenses - The total amount of the costs and expenses, or any...
§ 21-345. Assessment of lands benefited not theretofore included - If, at any time after the final confirmation of the...
§ 21-346. Drainage record - The clerk of the circuit court in which the petition...
§ 21-347. Board of viewers to operate, manage and administer project - After the drainage project shall have been declared finally established...
§ 21-348. Superintendent of construction - The board of viewers of each drainage project may, if...
§ 21-349. Notice of time and place of letting contract; bids - The board of viewers of each drainage project shall cause...
§ 21-350. Bond to accompany bid - No bid shall be entertained that is not accompanied by...
§ 21-351. Rejection of bid - The board shall have the right to reject all bids...
§ 21-352. Contract and bond of successful bidder - A successful bidder shall be required to enter into a...
§ 21-353. Superintendent and engineer to act as advisors - In canvassing bids and letting the contract, the superintendent of...
§ 21-354. Basis of contract; inspection - The contract shall be based on the plans and specifications...
§ 21-355. Opening bids - All bids shall be sealed and shall not be opened...
§ 21-356. Correction of report - The board of viewers of each drainage project shall have...
§ 21-357. Monthly estimates - The superintendent in charge of construction or the engineer shall...
§ 21-358. Failure of contractor - If any contractor to whom the work or a portion...
§ 21-359. Highway affected - Where any public ditch, drain or watercourse established under the...
§ 21-360. Railroad; damage - Whenever the board of viewers shall make a survey for...
§ 21-361. Assessment of benefits to railroads - The board of viewers shall also assess the benefits that...
§ 21-362. Notice to railroad - The clerk of the circuit court shall have notice served...
§ 21-363. Manner of crossing right-of-way; cost - After the contract is let and the actual construction is...
§ 21-364. Control and repairs; penalty for injury to construction - Whenever any improvement constructed under this chapter is completed, it...
§ 21-365. Outlet for lateral drains - The owner of any land that has been assessed for...
§ 21-366. Certification and record of total cost - After the contract for the work of construction of the...
§ 21-367. Preparation and contents of drainage tax lists - The board of viewers, with the assistance of the engineer,...
§ 21-368. Assessment rolls to provide for bond interest payments - The first of these assessment rolls shall provide assessments sufficient...
§ 21-369. Amount of tax levied - In each year commencing with the maturity of the bonds,...
§ 21-370. Application of surplus to reduce assessment for following year - When the sum actually collected on any such assessment shall...
§ 21-371. Assessment rolls to show time collectible; amount of assessment to depend on benefits - Each of such assessment rolls shall specify the times when...
§ 21-372. Signing rolls - These assessment rolls shall be signed by the chairman of...
§ 21-373. Disposition of rolls - One copy of each of the assessment rolls shall be...
§ 21-374. Assessment shall have effect of judgment and constitute lien - The assessments shall thereupon have the force and effect of...
§ 21-375. When assessment due and payable; when delinquent - The assessments shall be due and payable on the first...
§ 21-376. Interest from delinquency; penalty - From the date of delinquency of any assessment it shall...
§ 21-377. Notice of sale of delinquent land - If any assessment is delinquent for more than a year,...
§ 21-378. Place of sale when land lies in more than one county - If the land upon which assessments are delinquent lies in...
§ 21-379. Time of sale of delinquent lands - The sale of the lands for failure to pay such...
§ 21-380. Redemption of delinquent lands sold - The existing general tax law in force when sales are...
§ 21-381. Sufficiency of bids at delinquent sales - No bid at any sale shall be received unless sufficient...
§ 21-382. Rights of board of viewers at sale - The board of viewers shall be in like position and...
§ 21-383. Who may redeem - The owner of the lands so sold or any person...
§ 21-384. Board of viewers to pay treasurer - When the period of redemption has expired the board of...
§ 21-385. Effect when board of viewers acquires land at sale - The board of viewers, after acquiring a deed for such...
§ 21-386. Sale and collection according to general law - The sale of lands for failure to pay such assessments,...
§ 21-387. Deed to purchaser - If no objection is made in any sale of land...
§ 21-388. Duty of treasurer to make payments of interest and principal of bonds - It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the...
§ 21-389. Change of assessment rolls on change of ownership of lands - If at any time before or after the preparation of...
§ 21-390. Law governing sales - Sales of lands for delinquent assessments may be made either...
§ 21-391. Notice of redemption - In any case where such sales have heretofore been made,...
§ 21-392. Repayment to purchasers on redemption; deed on failure to redeem - If any record owner shall redeem the lands, as aforesaid,...
§ 21-393. Notice of issuance of bonds - The board of viewers of the county in which the...
§ 21-394. Payment of full amount by landowner - Any landowner in the project not wanting to pay interest...
§ 21-395. Defense; waiver - Every person owning land in the district who shall neglect...
§ 21-396. Issuing bonds; amount - At the expiration of fifteen days after publication of notice...
§ 21-397. Interest and maturity of bonds - The bonds shall bear not more than six per centum...
§ 21-398. Sale of bonds and disposition of proceeds - The board of viewers, after widely advertising the sale of...
§ 21-399. Same; records - The proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds shall...
§ 21-400. Right of holders on default - If any installment of principal or interest represented by the...
§ 21-400.1. Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed - Should any bond issued under this chapter become mutilated or...
§ 21-401. Exemption of bonds from taxation - The bonds and coupons issued under and by authority of...
§ 21-402. Changing assessments to conform to judgment - Where the board of viewers has confirmed an assessment for...
§ 21-403. Ratio of relevy - The relevy shall be made for the additional sum required...
§ 21-404. Payment of assessments from proceeds of sale of land - If any person, or any number of persons, claiming to...
§ 21-405. Procedure when value of land not equal to future assessments - When the fund in the custody of any county treasurer...
§ 21-406. Surplus in hands of treasurer - If the funds in the hands of any county treasurer...
§ 21-407. Impairment or destruction of work during construction - If there shall be any impairment or destruction of the...
§ 21-408. Default by contractor - If the contractor shall make default and if there shall...
§ 21-409. When additional bonds may be issued - If for any of the causes hereinbefore recited, or for...
§ 21-410. Procedure for issuance of additional bonds - The proceedings for the issue of such additional bonds shall...
§ 21-411. Amount, interest and maturity of additional bonds - The additional bonds issued shall not exceed twenty-five per centum...
§ 21-412. When refunding bonds may be issued - When any drainage project operating under the provisions of this...
§ 21-413. Maturity, interest and registration of refunding bonds - The refunding bonds so authorized shall mature at one time...
§ 21-414. Sale or exchange of refunding bonds - The board of viewers may provide for the exchange of...
§ 21-415. How refunding bonds sold - If to be sold, such refunding bonds may be sold...
§ 21-416. Collection of assessments on retired bonds - All uncollected assessments levied for payment of principal of and...
§ 21-417. Additional assessments to pay principal and interest on refunding bonds - If the proceeds of the assessments levied for the payment...
§ 21-418. Cancellation of assessments for retired bonds - If the board of viewers deems it advisable it may,...
§ 21-419. Preparation of assessment rolls when additional assessments made - In the event new or additional assessments are levied pursuant...
§ 21-420. How additional assessments made - If additional or new assessments are so levied, such assessments...
§ 21-421. Law applicable to original bonds applies to refunding bonds - Except as herein otherwise provided, refunding bonds issued hereunder shall...
§ 21-422. Contracts with United States as to refunding - Any drainage project desiring to refund all or part of...
§ 21-423. Compensation and expenses - Any engineer employed under the provisions of this chapter shall...
§ 21-424. Defects in the proceedings; construction of chapter - The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to...
§ 21-425. Removal of engineers, viewers, etc. - Any engineer, viewer, superintendent of construction or other person appointed...
§ 21-426. Appropriation of county funds - The governing body of any county in which is located...