1022 ARTICLE 25

An. Code, 1924, sec. 64. 1912, sec. 62. 1904, sec. 61. 1888, sec. 60. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 11.

65. 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 65. 1912, sec. 63. 1904, sec. 62. 1888, sec. 61. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 11.

66. 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 ex-
penses for laying out and making such cross-ditch or ditches.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 66. 1912, sec. 64. 1904, sec. 63. 1888, sec. 62. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 12.

67. 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, 1924, sec. 67. 1912, sec. 65. 1904, sec. 64. 1888, sec. 63. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 13.

1904, ch. 391.

68. 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, 1924, sec. 68. 1912, sec. 66. 1904, sec. 65. 1888, sec. 64. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 14.

1888, ch. 389.

69. 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, 1924, sec. 69. 1912, sec. 67. 1904, sec. 66. 1888, sec. 65. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 14.

1888, ch. 389.

70. 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.