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Section 49-17-10. Legislative declaration of public interest. - It is hereby declared that the drainage of swamps, the...
Section 49-17-20. Chapter to be liberally construed. - The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to...
Section 49-17-30. Proceedings may be ex parte or advisory. - Proceedings under this chapter may be ex parte or advisory....
Section 49-17-40. Effect of chapter on local drainage laws. - This chapter shall not repeal or change any local drainage...
Section 49-17-50. Drainage record. - The clerk of the court of common pleas shall provide...
Section 49-17-210. Powers of clerk of court. - The clerk of the court of common pleas of any...
Section 49-17-220. Initiation of proceedings. - Whenever: (1) A petition, signed by a majority of the...
Section 49-17-230. Effect of lands being in more than one county. - When the lands proposed to be drained and created into...
Section 49-17-240. Service of process. - The summons may be served by publication as to any...
Section 49-17-250. Appointment of board of viewers. - Upon the return day the clerk shall appoint a disinterested...
Section 49-17-260. Board of viewers may borrow expense money; payment of expenses. - The board of viewers may borrow a sufficient sum of...
Section 49-17-270. Preliminary report of board of viewers. - The board of viewers shall proceed to examine the land...
Section 49-17-280. Dismissal of petition if report is unfavorable; new proceedings. - If the viewers report that the drainage is not practicable...
Section 49-17-290. Hearing ordered if report is favorable. - If the viewers report that the drainage is practicable and...
Section 49-17-300. Notice of hearing. - If the petition is entertained by the clerk of court...
Section 49-17-310. Hearing; action on preliminary report. - At the date appointed for the hearing the clerk of...
Section 49-17-320. Establishment of district. - The above facts having been determined to the satisfaction of...
Section 49-17-330. Right of appeal. - Any person owning lands within the drainage or levee district...
Section 49-17-510. Requirement of complete survey, plans, and specifications; report. - After the district is established the clerk of court shall...
Section 49-17-520. Making complete survey; accompanying documents. - The engineer and viewers may employ such assistants as may...
Section 49-17-530. Assessment of damages. - The engineer and viewers shall assess the damage claimed by...
Section 49-17-540. Classification of land according to benefits. - The engineer and viewers shall personally examine the land in...
Section 49-17-550. Scale of assessment against land in different classes. - The scale of assessment upon the several classes of land...
Section 49-17-560. Notice when improvement crosses railroad. - Whenever the engineer and the viewers in charge shall make...
Section 49-17-570. Agreement with railroad; determination if unable to agree; assessment of damages and benefits. - When the time shall arrive, fixed for such conference, unless...
Section 49-17-580. Account of cost of survey. - The engineer and viewers shall keep an accurate account and...
Section 49-17-590. Delay; extension of time. - In case the work is delayed by high water, sickness...
Section 49-17-600. Filing and acceptance or reference back of final report. - When the final report is completed and filed it shall...
Section 49-17-610. Notice of hearing on final report; copy available for inspection. - When the report is fully completed and accepted by the...
Section 49-17-620. Notice of final hearing to and participation by railroad. - The clerk of the court of common pleas shall likewise...
Section 49-17-630. Making additional landowners parties. - If it shall appear at the time the final report...
Section 49-17-640. Action on final report. - At the date set for hearing any landowner may appear...
Section 49-17-650. Appeal. - Any party aggrieved may, within ten days after the confirmation...
Section 49-17-810. Appointment of drainage commissioners; vacancies. - After any such drainage district shall have been declared established,...
Section 49-17-820. Commissioners as a body corporate; name and powers. - Such three drainage commissioners, when so appointed, shall be immediately...
Section 49-17-830. Officers; seal. - The commissioners shall organize by electing from among their number...
Section 49-17-840. Superintendent of construction. - The board of drainage commissioners shall appoint a competent person...
Section 49-17-850. Removal of engineer and others for cause. - Any engineer, viewer, superintendent of construction or other person appointed...
Section 49-17-860. Compensation of commissioners. - The drainage commissioners shall receive as compensation for their work...
Section 49-17-870. Fees of county officers. - Inasmuch as under the provisions of this chapter much additional...
Section 49-17-880. Compensation, fees, and expenses generally. - Any engineer employed under the provisions of this chapter shall...
Section 49-17-1010. Notice of letting contract for improvement. - The board of drainage commissioners shall cause notice to be...
Section 49-17-1020. Letting contract; rejection of bids. - On the date appointed for the letting the board together...
Section 49-17-1030. Contract and bond of successful bidder. - The successful bidder shall be required to enter into a...
Section 49-17-1040. Entry on lands by contractor; removal of bridges, fences, or timber. - In the construction of the work the contractor may enter...
Section 49-17-1050. Land needed but not affected may be condemned. - If it is necessary to acquire a right-of-way or an...
Section 49-17-1060. Costs and assessments when highways are affected. - If no exceptions are filed or if it is shown...
Section 49-17-1070. Plans for time and manner of crossing railroad right of way. - After the contract is let and the actual construction is...
Section 49-17-1080. Work of crossing railroad right of way. - At the time agreed upon, the railroad company shall remove...
Section 49-17-1090. Bill of expenses of railroad company. - Within thirty days after the work is completed an itemized...
Section 49-17-1100. Outlet for lateral drains. - The owner of any land that has been assessed for...
Section 49-17-1110. Joining with border state in work. - Whenever it may be desirable to construct, widen, deepen, straighten...
Section 49-17-1120. Contract, costs and procedure where work is joined in by border state. - Such drainage commissioners in any county of this State may...
Section 49-17-1130. Failure of contractor; reletting contract. - If any contractor to whom a portion of the work...
Section 49-17-1140. Payment for work done. - The superintendent in charge of construction shall make monthly estimates...
Section 49-17-1310. Assessment and tax roll. - After the classification of the land and the ratio of...
Section 49-17-1320. Payments to be made in one installment. - If the total cost of the work is less than...
Section 49-17-1330. Notice of proposed bond issue. - In case the total assessment exceeds the average of twenty-five...
Section 49-17-1340. Effect of proposed bond issue on assessed landowners. - Any landowner having lands assessed in the district and not...
Section 49-17-1350. Issuance of bonds. - After the expiration of the thirty days after the publication...
Section 49-17-1360. Terms of bonds. - The bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding...
Section 49-17-1370. Sinking fund. - In order to provide for the payment of bonds at...
Section 49-17-1380. Use, numbering, and record of bonds. - The bonds issued shall be for the exclusive use of...
Section 49-17-1390. Payment of interest on bonds. - The interest upon the bonds shall be paid to the...
Section 49-17-1400. Lien of assessment; remedies on default. - This assessment shall constitute the first and paramount lien, second...
Section 49-17-1410. Defects that do not defeat assessment. - The collection of the assessment shall not be defeated, when...
Section 49-17-1420. Change of assessment; relevy. - When the clerk of the court has confirmed an assessment...
Section 49-17-1430. Federal aid. - In the event that the United States Government makes provision...
Section 49-17-1610. Funds to be deposited with county treasurer. - All sums of money arising from the sale of bonds,...
Section 49-17-1620. Disbursement of funds on warrant of board of drainage commissioners. - All bills, claims or other demands against a drainage district...
Section 49-17-1630. Issuance of warrants. - The board of drainage commissioners shall issue their warrants, directed...
Section 49-17-1640. Assessment rolls. - The board of drainage commissioners shall furnish the county auditor...
Section 49-17-1650. Collection of assessments. - The county treasurer shall collect the assessments shown by such...
Section 49-17-1660. Proceedings upon default in payment of assessments. - In case of default in the payment of any assessment...
Section 49-17-1670. Adjustment of assessments upon lands transferred or conveyed. - The board of drainage commissioners during February in each year...
Section 49-17-1680. Correction of assessment books. - The county auditor shall make the original and duplicate assessment...
Section 49-17-1690. Fees of auditor and treasurer. - The county auditor shall receive twenty-five cents for each entry...
Section 49-17-1700. Assessments of less than twenty-five dollars payable in cash. - When the original assessment for drainage purposes is less than...
Section 49-17-1710. Extension of time for payment of assessment. - The board of drainage commissioners may extend the time for...
Section 49-17-1810. Control and supervision after completion; rights of cities and towns. - Whenever any improvement constructed under this chapter is completed it...
Section 49-17-1820. Repairs. - The board of drainage commissioners shall keep the levee, ditch,...
Section 49-17-1830. Penalties for injury to drainage works. - It shall be unlawful for any person to injure, damage...