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1918, ch. 161, sec. 29.

145. Any sale of land by the treasurer, where the owners are described
as the heirs of a named person, shall pass title as fully as if such heirs
were each named in the proceedings by his full name.

1918, ch. 161, sec. 30.

146. In case of the death, resignation or removal out of the county, or
other disqualification of either or both of said managers, or of the treas-
urer, any three of the taxables rated for such ditch or ditches may imme-
diately call together, by advertisement, as hereinbefore directed, the tax-
ables rated for such ditch or ditches, for the purpose of supplying such
vacancy; and the person or persons receiving a majority of votes at such
meeting shall be declared duly elected to serve until the annual election.

1918, ch. 161, sec. 31.

147. Any person taxed for any ditch which does not pass through or
upon his land may open a ditch or ditches through the intervening lands
into such main ditch or ditches and keep the same open at his own cost
and charge; provided that no such cross ditch shall be cut through the
land of any other person without the consent of the owner of such land,
unless the same be laid out and approved, and the damages thereon accru-
ing to the owner of the land be assessed by the commissioners appointed
to lay out the main ditch, or by three freeholders appointed by the county
commissioners for the county for the purpose of assessing such damages.

1918, ch. 161, sec. 32.

148. The person applying for such ditch shall pay all the costs of
laying out and opening the same; and shall also, before making such ditch,
tender or pay all damages awarded to such persons as may be injured
thereby.

1918, ch. 161, sec. 33.

149. Whenever in the opinion of the commissioners the owner of the
intervening land or any other person whose lands are situated at the head
or above such cross ditch will derive any benefit from cutting the same,
then the said owner of the intervening land, or other person benefited, shall
contribute and pay such sum or sums, respectively, as the commissioners
shall determine to be his proportionate part of the damage, costs and
expenses for laying out making such cross-ditch or ditches.

1918, ch. 161, sec. 34.

150. Any person who shall stop up, or in any way obstruct any ditch
made pursuant hereof, so as to impede the free flow of water therein, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof by any jus-
tice 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