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§19-21-1. Jurisdiction of Circuit Courts to Organize Drainage Districts; Definition of Terms - Original jurisdiction, power and authority are hereby conferred upon all...
§19-21-2. Proceedings Under Article Have Precedence Over Other Cases; Exceptions; Mandamus - Proceedings under the provisions of this article shall have precedence...
§19-21-3. Petition to Establish District - Proceedings to establish and organize a drainage, levee or reclamation...
§19-21-4. Appointment of Engineer; Duties and Compensation Thereof; Notice of Application to Form Drainage District - Immediately after such petition shall have been filed it shall...
§19-21-5. Objections to Formation of Drainage District; Action of Court; Appeal; Filing of Decree in Office of Clerk of County Court [County Commission] - Any owner of real estate or other property in such...
§19-21-6. First Meeting of Owners; Election of Board of Supervisors - Within thirty days after any drainage district shall have been...
§19-21-7. Annual Meeting of Owners; Election of Supervisor - In the same month of each year after the election...
§19-21-8. Oath of Supervisor; Effect of Failure to Qualify - Each supervisor before entering upon his official duties shall take...
§19-21-9. Organization of Board of Supervisors; Duties and Compensation - The board of supervisors immediately after their election shall choose...
§19-21-10. Appointment, Powers and Duties of Chief Engineer; Adoption of Plan for Reclamation - Within thirty days after organizing, the board of supervisors shall...
§19-21-11. Tax Levy to Pay Preliminary Expenses; Delinquent Tax as Lien on Property; Disposition of Funds - For the purpose of paying expenses incurred or to be...
§19-21-12. Board of Appraisers - After the board of supervisors has adopted the plan for...
§19-21-13. Assessment of Benefits and Damages; Extension of District to Include Other Lands; Report of Appraisers; Compensation - Within thirty days after qualifying, as provided in the previous...
§19-21-14. Publication of Appraisers' Report - Upon the filing of the report of the appraisers, the...
§19-21-15. Exceptions to Appraisers' Report; Action of Court Thereon; Review of Assessments - The drainage district, or any owner of land or other...
§19-21-16. Assessment of Damages by Jury - Any property owner may accept the assessment of damages in...
§19-21-17. Powers of Board of Supervisors; Letting of Contracts; Persons to Whom Contract May Not Be Awarded; Payments to Contractors - The board of supervisors of such district shall have full...
§19-21-18. Levying of Tax to Pay Costs of Completion; Tax Lien - After the lists of lands and other property, with the...
§19-21-19. Annual Installment Tax; Certification Thereof to Sheriff - The board of supervisors shall each year thereafter determine, order...
§19-21-20. Collection of Taxes - It shall be the duty of the sheriff of each...
§19-21-21. When Taxes Payable; Suit by Supervisors to Collect Delinquent Taxes; Suit by Bondholder - All taxes levied under the terms of this article shall...
§19-21-22. General Conduct of Suit; Purchase by Commissioner in Name of Board of Supervisors; Redemption - Such suits shall be conducted in the name of the...
§19-21-23. Lien of Bonds; Collection of Annual Tax to Pay Bonds; Nonpayment of Bond; Receiver - All bonds issued by supervisors under the terms of this...
§19-21-24. Treasurer of District; Salary, Bond and Duties; Audit of Books - The secretary of the board of supervisors in any drainage...
§19-21-25. Powers of Board of Supervisors to Drain, Protect and Reclaim Land - In order to effect the drainage, protection and reclamation of...
§19-21-26. Employment of Attorney - The board of supervisors may employ an attorney or attorneys...
§19-21-27. Record of Board of Supervisors - The board of supervisors of any district organized under this...
§19-21-28. Right to Enter and Appropriate Land; Vesting of Title in District; Compensation of Owner - The board of supervisors shall not have the right to...
§19-21-29. Cost of Constructing Ditch or Drain Across Highway; Constructing, Enlarging or Changing Bridge, Culvert or Trestle; Removal of Structure for Passage of Boat or Equipment - Where any public ditch or drain constructed under the provisions...
§19-21-30. Unpaid Warrants to Draw Interest - In case any warrant issued under this article is not...
§19-21-31. Surety Bonds to Be Made Payable to District; Persons Covered by Bond - All surety bonds required to be given by this article...
§19-21-32. No Action to Abate on Account of Death or Disability; Service of Summons; Notice to Nonresidents - No action under this article shall abate by reason of...
§19-21-33. Definition of "owner"; Effect of Failure to Summon Owner - The word "owner," as used in this article, shall mean...
§19-21-34. Petition to Amend Former Decree; Notice; Objections to Amendments; Hearing by Court; Appointment and Duties of Appraisers - The board of supervisors for and in behalf of any...
§19-21-35. Serial Bonds - The board of supervisors may, if in their judgment it...
§19-21-36. Formulation of New Plans; Additional Assessments and Levy - Where "the plan for reclamation" of the drainage district is...
§19-21-37. Removal of Officer or Employee - The board of supervisors may at any time remove any...
§19-21-38. Connection of Ditches or Drains; Consent of Supervisors Thereto; Circuit Court to Decide Disputes - At the time of the construction in any district incorporated...
§19-21-39. Maintenance and Preservation of Ditches, etc.; Maintenance Tax; Collection Thereof by Sheriff - To maintain and preserve the ditches, drains, levees or other...
§19-21-40. Consolidation of Adjacent Districts - Any two or more adjacent districts, whether incorporated in the...
§19-21-41. Penalty for Obstructing Drain or Damaging Drainage Work - Any person who shall obstruct a drain or damage drainage...