WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 738

THE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT OR DISTRICTS SHALL FILE, WITH THE
REPORT, MAPS, WHICH SHALL SHOW A GENERAL DELINEATION OF AREA AFFECTED,
TOGETHER WITH ITS LOCATION IN THE COUNTY OR COUNTIES INDICATED.

56.

[(a)]The board of drainage viewers UPON RECEIPT OF A COPY OF THE PLAN
FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS shall engage the services of a competent and
experienced private engineer or the services of an engineer of a federal, State, or local
agency, and with him shall go upon and view the lands described in the petition. They
shall make a careful and thorough examination of the area, and of other lands if necessary
to locate properly such improvement or improvements as are petitioned for. They shall
see that all lands which would be benefited are included in the 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 out 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.

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