Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-06-21

tor may deem just and proper, and said
county supervisors shall at the next regu-
lar session after such compensation shall
have been assessed and paid, or secured
as aforesaid, proceed to locate and estab-
lished such ditch, drain, or water-coursc,
as hercinbefore provided.
SEC. 5. That said county supervisors,
whenever they shall have established any
such ditch, drain, or water-course. shall
divide the same into suitable sections, not
less in number than the number of own
ers of land through which the same may
be located, md shall also prescribe the
time within which the work upon such
section shall he completed.
SEQ. 6. That the county auditor shall
cause notice to be given of the time and
place of letting, and of the kind and
amount of work to be done upon said
section, and the time fixed by the super
visors for its completion, by publication
for thirty days in some newspaper print
ed and of general circulation in said
county, and shall let the work upon Sec
tons respectively to the lowest bidder
therefor and the person or persons TAX
ing such work at such letting shall, on
the completion thereof to the satisfaction
of the county supervisors be paid for such
work out of the county treasury upon the
order of the county auditor, as porvided
in section eight hereof: Provided, That
if any person or persons to whom any
portion of said work shall be let as afore-
said, shall fail to perform said work, the
same shall be relet by the county auditor,
s. 10 l,nf
Provided, further, That no water course
shall be SO changed az to deprive the
owner of any adjacent lands of the ben
etit thereof, unless the owner shall con-
sent thereto.
SEC. Z. The county auditor shall keep
full and complete record of all proceed
ings had in each case under this act.
SEC. 8, That the auditor and surveyor
or engineers shall he allowed such fees
for services under this act, as the county
supervisors shall in each case deem rea-
sonable and allow land all other fees and
costs ACQUIRING under this act shall be the
same as provided by law for like services
in other cases, and all costs, expenses,
costs of construction, fees, and compen-
sation for property appropriated, which
accrue and he assessed and be determined
under this act, shall be paid out of the
county treasury, from the fund collect
ed for that purpose on the order of the
county auditor,
SIC. 9. The county supervisors shall
make an equitable apportionment Of the
costs, expenses, costs of construction,
fees, and compensation for property ap-
propriated, which shall accrue and be
assessed and determined under this act,
among the owners of the land benefited
by the location and construction of such
ditch. drain, or water-cOurse in proper
ton to the benefit to each of them
through, along the line, or in the vioini-
" Of whose lands the same may be l0cat-
Ell and constructed respectively. And
the same may be levied upon the lands of
tho owners so benefited, in said proper
lions, aud collected In tho same manner
that other taXes are levied and collected
for county purposes.
SEs. 10. THIS act being deemed of
immediate Importance, shall take effect
from and after its publication in the Iowa
State Register, and Iowa State Leader,
newspapers printed and published at Des
MOines, Iowa.
Appr0yeA April "a, 1872.
CHAPTER 09l.
AN ACT To amend section four hundred
and ninety eight of the Revision of
1860. in relation to special elections.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Iowa, That
section four hundred and ninety eight of
the Revision of 1860, be, and the same is
hereby, amended to read as follows:
If the ballots of any officer are found
to exceed the number of the voters in
the poll lists, that fact shall be certi-
fed with the number Of the excess IL
Tie return, and lit be Found that the
Vote Of tL5 township where the error oc'
CURED would change the result IN rela.
elected were deprived Of 90 many votes,
then The election shall 30 Get aside = TO
him, IN the township where such excess