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Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties
Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties
157.01 - Public Ditch, Drain or Canal.
157.02 - Action on Petition by County Commissioners.
157.03 - Commissioners to Appoint Committee; Report of Plans and Estimate; Letting Contract; Right-of-Way for Drains.
157.04 - Bond Required Before Letting Contract.
157.05 - Work Done Under Supervision of Committee; When Completed, Report to Commissioners; Payments.
157.06 - Committee to View Land Before Letting Contract; Assessment; Hearing Complaints; Collection of Tax.
157.07 - Where Cost of Construction Exceeds Estimated Cost Commissioners to Assess Difference.
157.08 - Assessments; Validation.
157.09 - Compensation of Committee.
157.10 - Application to Lateral Ditches.
157.11 - Lateral Drains May Be Established; Commissioners May Enlarge District or Widen Any Drain; Cost; Proviso.
157.12 - Duty of Bond Trustees to Borrow Money to Pay Interest on Bonds Until Collection of First Assessment; May Issue Notes; Notes and Bonds Lien Against Lands; Committee May Issue Notes.
157.13 - Use of Surplus of Bond Proceeds.
157.14 - Owner May Pay Whole Tax in One Sum; County Commissioners May Make New Assessments Where Former Assessments Found Illegal; Time in Which Assessments May Be Questioned in Collateral Proceedings.
157.15 - County Commissioners May Issue Bonds to Pay Scrip; Decrease of Assessment.
157.16 - Enlarging Drains and Assessing Cost.
157.17 - Assessment to Maintain Drains.
157.18 - Awarding Contract for Enlarging or Repairing Drains.
157.19 - Where Actual Cost Exceeds Estimated Cost; Additional Work; Assessment for Same.
157.20 - Appointment of Committee to View Work and Make Assessments; Report to Commissioners; Form of Assessment.
157.21 - Enlargement of Drains; Appointment of Committee; Report to Commissioners; Letting Contract; Contractor’s Bond; Payments; Assessment.
157.22 - Repairing Drains; Appointment of Committee; Report to Commissioners; Contract; Bond; Assessment.
157.23 - Objections to Report of Committee Fixing Assessments; Notice; Hearing; Equalization; Assessments; Collection by Tax Collector.
157.24 - Commissioners May Issue Interest-Bearing Scrip Against Land to Borrow Money or Pay for Work; Lien on Land Assessed.
157.25 - Compensation of Committee; Irregular Assessment Corrected.
157.26 - Repair and Maintenance of Drains Under Supervision of County Commissioners.
157.27 - Proceedings for Making Repair to Drains, Etc.
157.28 - Awarding Contracts for Repair; Approval.
157.29 - Levy of Tax for Maintaining and Repairing Drains; Assessment and Collection of Tax; Sale of Land for Unpaid Taxes.
157.30 - Reassessment of Lands Where Attempt to Establish Ditch or Canal Irregular.
157.31 - Notice of Reassessment for Drainage.
157.32 - Reviewing Complaints and Making Assessment Against Property Benefited.
157.33 - Issuance of Scrip to Take Up Former Scrip or Bonds.
157.34 - Reassessments to Have Effect as Original Assessment.
157.35 - Assessments Conclusive After Lapse of 6 Months.
157.36 - Adjustment of Drainage Tax Liens.
