3494-F1. Quarterly meetings.

3494-G1. Meetings public-Quorum-Record.

3494-H1. Right of entry.

3494-J1. Title vests in district-Tax exemption.

3494-K1. Corporate powers.

3494-L1. Per diem expenses-Salary.

3494-G3. Judicial notice.

3494-H3. Annexation of new acreage.

3494-J3. Judicial proceedings same as in case of irrigation districts. 3494-K3. Voluntary contract for drainage district.

3494-L3. Approval of voluntary district by county commissioners. 3494-M3. Petition to dissolve.

3494-N3. Order of dissolution.

3494-03. Repeal with saving clause.

3494-H. Petition for organization.

SEC. 330h. It is hereby declared by this general assembly that the reclamation by drainage of lands not at present cultivable or useful or fully so will be conducive to the public health, convenience, utility or welfare, and the owners of agricultural lands susceptible of drainage by the same general system of works may propose the organization of a drainage district, by presenting to the board of county commissioners of the county where the larger portion of said lands lie, a petition giving the name of the proposed district, and praying that the board of county commissioners cause the question of the organization of said district to be submitted to a vote of the owners of the lands lying within the boundaries thereof, or that a drainage system may be established, without election, as provided in section 10 of this act.

[Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 1.1

3494-J. By whom signed-Committee.

SEC. 330j. Said petition shall be signed by a majority of the owners of said lands whether residents or non-residents of said county, as well as by the owners in the aggregate of a majority of the total number of acres of land sought to be included in said district; and shall contain a general description of the boundaries of said proposed district and a statement that the lands within said proposed district are not at present cultivable or useful or fully so, and they can be made more productive or useful by drainage, and shall be accompanied by a map, drawn to a scale of two inches to the mile, and a statement showing generally the drainage ditch, works or system, by which it is proposed to drain said lands, and giving the names of the owner or owners of each tract of land, appearing of record, through which said drainage works are proposed to be constructed, and which will be drained thereby. The petitioners shall select and name in said petition a committee of three or more of said petitioners, to present such petition to the board of county commissioners and to give notice thereof as provided in section 6 of this act.

[Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 2.]

3494-K. Bond,

SEC. 330k. Said petition shall be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond with sureties to be approved by the said board of county commissioners, in a penal sum double the amount of the probable cost of organizing said district, conditioned for the payment of all costs incurred in said proceedings in case said organization shall not be effected.

[Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 3.]

3494-L. Advance of costs.

SEC. 3301. In lieu of a bond the board of county commissioners may in its discretion require the petitioners to pay in advance to the county treasurer from time to time such sum or sums of money as in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, will be required for the costs and expenses of organizing said district.

[Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 4.]

3494-M. Expenses by whom paid.

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SEC. 330m. In case the district shall be organized, the expenses incurred by the county shall be paid to the county by said district, and all advances made by the petitioners to the county

shall be refunded by the county to the petitioners, who shall have advanced the same.

[Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 5.]

3494-N. Publication of petition.

SEC. 330n. Prior to the presentation of said petition to the board of county commissioners, said petition shall be published in some newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the county where said petition will be presented, for at least two weeks, together with a notice signed by the committee selected by the petitioners and named in said petition, giving the time and place of the presentation of the same to the board of county commissioners.

[Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 6.]

3494-0. Hearing on the petition.

SEC. 3300. At the time and place designated in said notice, if it shall appear that the notice of the presentation of said petition has been given as required by law and that said petition has been signed by the number of petitioners required by this act, the board of county commissioners shall hear said petition, and applications for the exclusion of lands from said district and applications for the inclusion of lands therein, and may adjourn such hearing from time to time not exceeding four weeks in all. [Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 7.]

3494-P. Change of boundaries.

SEC. 330p. The board of county commissioners of said county may make such changes in the boundaries of said proposed district as may be necessary by including therein upon the application of the owner or owners thereof other lands susceptible of drainage by the proposed system, or which will be benefited by said system of drainage, and by excluding therefrom lands mentioned in said petition which in the opinion of said board of county commissioners will not be susceptible of drainage thereby or will not be benefited by said system of drainage, but said board of county commissioners shall not exclude from said district any lands described in said petition which, in the opinion of the board, are susceptible of drainage by said system or will be benefited thereby.

[Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 8.]

3494-Q. Order granting prayer.

SEC. 330q. When the boundaries of any proposed drainage district shall have been determined as aforesaid, the board of

county commissioners shall make an order allowing the prayer of said petition, defining and establishing the boundaries and designating the name of the proposed district.

[Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 9.1

3494-R. County commissioners when to act as district directors.

SEC. 330г. When the prayer of said petition is that a drainage system may be established without holding an election and it appears that a large portion of the land which will be benefited by the proposed drainage system, is unoccupied land or so many of the owners of land to be benefited thereby are not residents upon the land, that an election would be impracticable or would entail an undue expense, the board of county commissioners of said county is hereby authorized at any regular or special session, to cause a system of drainage to be constructed, and to exercise all the powers and authority, in this act conferred upon boards of directors of drainage districts, and shall continue to exercise said powers and authority and perform the duties of boards of directors, until a petition shall be presented signed by the owners of the larger portion of said lands, or their duly authorized agents, praying that an election may be called to elect directors for said district, when the board of county commissioners shall call an election for that purpose and as soon as the result of said election is determined the board of county commissioners shall cease to have or exercise the duties of directors of a drainage district.

[Laws 1911, S. B. No. 70, § 10.]

3494-S. Election notice.

SEC. 330s. When the petition prays that an election shall be held, the board of county commissioners shall order an election to be held within the proposed drainage district for the purpose of determining whether or not said district shall be organized and shall cause to be published a notice of said election which shall contain:

The name of the proposed district;

The boundaries thereof;

The polling place or polling places;

The names of the judges of election;

The names of three or more persons eligible for directors of said district;

The date of said election;