COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

An. Code, sec. 64. 1904, sec. 63. 1888, sec. 62. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 12.

66. Every ditch so made shall always remain open for the benefit of
such persons, their heirs and assigns, as the commissioners in their report
shall return as being benefited thereby, and chargeable with the expense of
making the same; but if any ditch laid out as aforesaid shall not be begun
within two years from the confirmation of the return, or, being begun, shall
not be completed within seven years thereafter, the said order and return
shall become void and be of no effect, and the power and authority under
it shall cease.

An. Code, sec. 65. 1904, sec. 64. 1888, sec. 63. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 13. 1904, ch. 391.

67. Any person who shall stop up, or in any way obstruct any ditch
made in pursuance hereof, so as to impede the free flow of water therein,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof by any
justice of the peace shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars for each
offense and the costs of prosecution, and, in the discretion of the said justice,
may be committed to jail until such fine and costs are paid. All such fines
when collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the ditch on which the
offense was committed for the use of such ditch; provided, properly con-
structed swinging water gates may be placed across any such ditch on the
fence lines to prevent stock from trespassing through said ditch.

An. Code, sec. 66. 1904, sec. 65. 1888, sec. 64. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 14. 1888, ch. 389.

68. The commissioners appointed as hereinbefore directed shall each
receive for every day's attendance in the discharge of their duties the sum
of two dollars.

An. Code, sec. 67. 1904, sec. 66. 1888, sec. 65. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 14. 1888, ch. 389.

69. The managers appointed as aforesaid shall each receive one dollar
for every day they shall be engaged in the discharge of their duty; the
surveyor, such reasonable compensation as shall be agreed upon between
the parties; and the clerk of the county commissioners, who is hereby
required to keep a record of the order and report, shall be entitled to receive
for every order made and certified under his seal of office fifty cents; for
recording the report, endorsing the confirmation thereon, and filing the
same on record, twenty-five cents.

An. Code, sec. 68. 1904, sec. 67. 1888, sec. 66. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 15.

70. If any commissioner appointed in any order, original or of review
shall die, or remove from the county, or be otherwise unable to act, the
county commissioners, as soon as practicable thereafter, shall appoint ,
another person in his stead, and the order and report thereon shall be
executed and received in the same manner by the county commissioners
as if the person originally appointed had acted.

An. Code, sec. 69. 1904, sec. 68. 1888, sec. 67. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 16.

71. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize the
removal of any mill-dam, or interference with the legal water rights apper-