24-613. Hearing of objections to report of engineer; notice; filing of report. Within ten days after the filing of the report of the engineer as provided by K.S.A. 24-609 with the chairman of the board of supervisors of the drainage district the chairman of said board shall call a meeting at some public place in the county, in which the said district was organized, at which meeting the said board shall fix the time and place in said county not more than fifty nor not less than forty days from the day of said meeting for the hearing of all objections to the report of said engineer, and to the classification of the lands and other property therein, and all objections made by the owner or owners of any land, property, easement or franchise upon which the said engineer proposes an assessment for benefits as to whether the said classification is fair and just, and as to whether the said proposed assessment of benefits exceeds the benefits derived to their respective lands, and property from the said drainage improvements and all other matters and things connected with the proposed classification and assessment of benefits, in any way affecting said lands and property.
The said board of supervisors shall give notice thereof by causing a publication to be given once a week for two consecutive weeks, in some newspaper published in each county in the district, the last publication to be at least ten days before the day set for the hearing. It shall not be necessary in said notice for the said board of supervisors to name the parties interested and it shall be sufficient to say:
"Notice is hereby given to all parties interested in the following described lands and property in ________ county, Kansas (here describe the lands and property) included within (here insert name of drainage district) that the engineer heretofore appointed to make a topographical survey of said drainage district and maps and profiles thereto, and a complete plan for draining, reclaiming and protecting said district and an estimate of the cost of the proposed drainage improvements and to assess benefits to the property and lands in said drainage district and to classify the same, filed his report with the board of supervisors of (here insert the name of the drainage district) on the ______ day of ________, 19__, and you and each of you are hereby notified that you may file objections to said report within the time fixed by law. ______________
Chairman of Board of Supervisors of Drainage District Number ______ of ______ County, Kansas."
A copy of the above notice fixing the time and place of said hearing together with a resolution adopting the same shall be spread on the records of the board. The said reports of the engineer shall be spread at large on the minutes of the proceedings of the board of supervisors of said drainage district, and the maps and profiles shall be placed on file with the secretary of said board where all persons interested may have access to the same.
History: L. 1911, ch. 168, ยง 13; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-613.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees
Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties
24-601a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
24-602 Summons to owners of real estate.
24-605 Elections, supervisors and bonds and no-fund warrant issues; vacancies.
24-606a Annual election of supervisors; notice.
24-608 Organization of board of supervisors; district treasurer; county treasurer's duties.
24-610 Drain commissioner; term; duties; bond; oath.
24-611 Annexation of land to district; procedures; limitations.
24-611a Agreements to allow drainage from land located outside district.
24-612 Rights of way and removal of obstructions in streams; eminent domain proceedings.
24-613 Hearing of objections to report of engineer; notice; filing of report.
24-614 Who may file objections to report; adjournments of hearings.
24-616 Hearings to objections to engineer report; costs; fees.
24-617 Appeal from decision of board; bond; transcript; procedure.
24-618 Tax levies; installments; correction of assessments; certification of levies.
24-619 Supplemental assessments.
24-620 Expenses apportioned to street, highway or railroad; collection.
24-621 Issuance of bonds; levy to pay bonds; temporary loan.
24-622 Resolution for bond issue.
24-623 Lien of assessments; sinking fund.
24-624 Sale of bonds; use of proceeds; deposit of money.
24-625 Powers and duties of board; works affecting highway, railroad or state property.
24-628 Outlet or discharge of more than one district into stream; apportionment of cost.
24-629 Outlet for lateral drains.
24-630 Subdistrict where land separated from drainage; petition.
24-633 Compensation and expenses of officers and employees.
24-635 Overseers; appointment; powers and duties.
24-636 Civil liability for obstructing or injuring property; penalty.
24-637 Construction of act; defects in assessments; modification of assessments.
24-638 Contest of assessments.
24-639 District to be body politic and corporate; corporate name; general powers.
24-640 Construction of act; petition required, when.
24-641 Legalizing drainage districts created by district court or board of county commissioners.
24-641a Same; special election of officers, when.
24-642 Same; boundaries legalized.
24-643 Same; bond issues legalized.
24-644 Same; tax levies and assessments legalized.
24-645 Same; acts done in conformity to law legalized.
24-646 Same; application of act.
24-648 Same; duties of trustees.
24-649 Same; how funds secured by trustees; tax levy.
24-650 Same; notice of disorganization; filing of claims.
24-651 Same; funds for payment of claims.
24-652 Same; care and sale of property.
24-653 Same; final report and discharge of trustees.
24-654 Renewal, extension and restoration of articles of incorporation; petition to court; record.
24-655 Same; validation of prior acts; vesting of property rights and credits; liabilities.
24-656 Drainage districts organized with territory in two or more counties; definitions.
24-658 Same; petition by verified landowners; county clerk to furnish record of ownership, when.
24-658a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
24-659 Same; contents of petition; form; map.
24-664 Same; district as body politic and corporate; powers; designation of home office.
24-665a Same; annual meeting; notice; elections.