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sioners 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.

1888, art. 25, sec. 63. 1860, art. 28 sec. 92. 1858, ch. 271, sec 13.
1904, ch. 391.

64. 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 misde-
meanor 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 jus-
tice, 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 constructed swinging water gates
may be placed across any such ditch on the fence lines to pre-
vent stock from trespassing through said ditch.

Ibid. sec. 64. 1860, art. 28, sec. 93. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 14. 1888, ch. 389.

65. 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.

Ibid. sec. 65. 1860, art. 28, sec. 94. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 14. 1888, ch. 389.

66. 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.

Ibid. sec. 66. 1860, art. 28. sec. 95. 1858, ch. 271, sec. 15.
87. If any commissioner appointed in any order, original or
of review shall die, or remove from the county, or be other-
wise unable to act, the county commissioners, as soon as prac-