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Session Laws, 1978
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BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                          669

proposed organization, and shall exclude any lands described
in the petition which they may determine would not be
benefited by the proposed improvements. They shall make
such surveys as are necessary to determine the boundaries
and elevations of the several parts of the area, and to
develop a plan for the necessary improvements- They shall
lay cut on the ground, plainly and substantially marked, the
line of each ditch or drain or other improvement which they
shall deem necessary.

(B) The board of viewers, or their employees or
agents may enter upon the lands within or without the area
in order to make surveys and examinations to accomplish
their purpose, being liable, however, for actual damage
done. Any person or corporation preventing such entrance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not
exceeding fifty dollars in the discretion of the court.

60.

(A)    The board of drainage viewers shall make out and
return to the board of county commissioners AND TO THE STATE
SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, at the earliest practical date,
a written report, in triplicate, which shall set forth:

(1)    Whether the proposed drainage is practical.

(2)    Whether it will promote the public benefit
or utility, or the public health, convenience or welfare.

(3)    Whether the improvements proposed will
benefit the lands in question sufficiently to warrant the
probable expenditure.

(4)    The names of all persons entitled to
damages, and the amounts of same.

(5)    The names of all persons entitled to
compensation for adopted improvements previously
constructed, and the amount of the same.

(6)    The total estimated cost of the
improvements, including construction, damages,
compensations, and organization expenses.

(7)    The sum or amount which each owner or
possessor or person benefited shall be assessed as his share
of the total cost of the drainage improvements, and its
proportion of the whole.

(8)    The name of the proposed organization,
which shall be styled "The ..... Public Drainage
Association."

(B)    They shall file with their report maps and
profiles, likewise in triplicate, which shall show:

(1) The location of the proposed ditches or

 

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