Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.080. Highway engineer or overseer to contract for ditching and draining, when. — The county highway engineer or the overseer of any road district, with the approval of the engineer, is authorized to contract with any owner of land adjacent to the line of public roads for the purpose of opening any ditch or ditches for the drainage of the road, or to procure any necessary material for road purposes, and to pay a reasonable compensation therefor. Said contracts shall be in writing, and, if they relate to the opening of ditches and drains, shall describe the lands on which said ditches or drains are situated, and the location of same, and shall be acknowledged by the landowner and filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8523)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7877; 1919 § 10669
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XIV - Roads and Waterways
Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads
Section 231.010 - County commissions to divide counties into road districts.
Section 231.020 - Road overseers to be appointed — when.
Section 231.030 - Overseer to give bond — approved by county commission.
Section 231.040 - Copies of road laws to be furnished county commission.
Section 231.050 - Overseer to make monthly statement — file with county clerk.
Section 231.060 - Overseer to make annual report and settlement.
Section 231.070 - Overseer to keep roads in repair — to conform to specifications of engineer.
Section 231.080 - Highway engineer or overseer to contract for ditching and draining, when.
Section 231.100 - Officials authorized to make settlement for damages.
Section 231.110 - County commission in counties of second class to set aside land for shade trees.
Section 231.120 - County commission may construct footpaths, when.
Section 231.130 - Overseer to care for trees.
Section 231.150 - Road laws — how applied.
Section 231.170 - Overseer — qualifications — compensation.
Section 231.180 - Overseer — bond.
Section 231.190 - Overseer shall make reports, when.
Section 231.200 - Overseer — employees — material.
Section 231.210 - Duties of road overseer.
Section 231.220 - Bridges — repairs — bids — notice — contract.
Section 231.230 - Bridges costing more than forty-five hundred dollars, how built.
Section 231.240 - Contract system — how adopted — publication.
Section 231.260 - Contractor liable on bond for damages — when.
Section 231.270 - May abolish contract system of working roads — how.
Section 231.280 - Clerk to make itemized statement — publication — filing of certain copies.
Section 231.290 - County clerk to furnish forms.
Section 231.300 - County commission may appropriate money, when.
Section 231.310 - Highway engineer to make surveys, when — report.
Section 231.320 - Prosecuting attorney to prosecute actions.
Section 231.330 - Violations — penalty.
Section 231.340 - Streets and alleys in unincorporated towns, under control of county commission.
Section 231.350 - Road overseer's duties.
Section 231.370 - Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how.
Section 231.380 - Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected.
Section 231.390 - Special tax bills, how issued.
Section 231.410 - Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how.
Section 231.420 - Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected.
Section 231.430 - Special tax bills, how issued.
Section 231.441 - County receipts from county aid road trust fund, how expended — when distributed.
Section 231.450 - Funds may be appropriated for local purposes.