Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-06-11

CHAPTER an


AN ACT to provide for the organization of
drainage districts for the construction mainte-
nance and repair of drains. bitches and levees
in certain cases.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly do enact as follows:
Section !. Drainage districts comprising lands
! located in one or more townships may be organ.
lied and established in the manner hereinafter
provided
Section 2. Whenever a majority Of the owners
or lands within district proposed 10 be organ
lZeu, VINO shall have arrived at lawful age and
who shall represent One-thrd in area of the lands
| to be reclaimed or benefited, or whenever the
adult owner of more than One-half Of such lands
desire TO construct dram or drains ditch or
| bitches eyee or leYees or other work across the
lands of others for agricultural sanitary or min
| ing purposes, or to maintain and keep in repair
! any such drain or drains, ditch or ditches levee
| or ieyees, heretofore constructed under any law
of this state, snch owners may file in the circuit
court o. any county In which the lands. or il
| they lie In more Than one county. in which the
greater part Of the lands to be affected by said
drain or drains. ditch or bitches leyee or lcYees
I or ether Werk proposed to be constructed main
| tanned or repaired shall lie petition signed by
| q majority of the owners OF said lands or by the
owners OF more than half Of such lands viii h
! IN said district proposed to be organized as
aforesaid. setting forth the proposed name of
SAID drainage district, the necessity Of the same
with description OF its or their proposed start
| ing points, route and terminus and a general
description OF the lands proposed to be affected
with the names Of the owners when known and
| If the purpose of said owners Is the repair and
maintenance of ditch or bitches levee or ievees
or other work heretofore constructed under any
law OF this state, said petition shall give gen
eTai description OF the same vi such particu.
lars as may be deemed important, and may ap-
ply Tor the organization Of a drainage district
by the name and with the boundaries proposed
and for the appointment OF commissioners for
the execution OF anch proposed work according
10 the provisions OF this act. Prov ded, that the
lands embraced in such drainage district shall
be lab!e for any and all damage resulting to
lands lying outside OF its boundaries because Of
the proposed work aud that the organization Of
such drainage district shall. in no manner in
tertere with any other drainage district above or
below the proposed district; and il. through the
construction of any proposed ditch or ditches
Dram or Grams. leVee or Ievees increased cost
shall be entailed npon lower district in proyd-
ing means 10 carry of the water flowing from
the higher district, then. and il such case, the
lands ~ the higher district shall be liable for
such increased cost
Section g. Such petition being filed the clerk
OF the circuit court for the county In which the
proceedings are instituted shall cause three
weeks notice Of the presentation and ding Of
such ptIlucn 10 be given by posting notices
thereof In at least five OF the most public places
10 SAID proposed district IN which said work Is 10
Oe done, by serving or causing 70 be served a
copy Of such notice on each land owner or person
interested, residing IN any county affected by
the proposed work, either personally or by
leaving az the last and usual place OF abOde. and
also by publishing copy thereof, a. least once
a week Tor three success save weeks. in some
newspaper or newspapers publ shed in each
county from which any part o. the district IL
punished in such county, such notice may be
printed and published in any newspaper printed
and published 10 any newspaper printed and
puhisbedln any adjoining county, Such mo-
tlce shall state when ana In what court said peti-
tton vas and is FLED the -tarf ing point. route.
terminus and general description ~ the pro-
posed work; the boundaries and name d the pro
posed drainage distrc and 1t what term d said
court and when and whore The petitioners VIII
ask hearing Of said petition. n any % the
land owners u said district are uonre-ideHts If
the comfy or counties .G whichthe proposed DIE
| by an AFFIDAVIT giving the names and places Of
resident II nou-re-ideHts II known. and u un-
| known. stating that upon d.iigcnt inquiry their
places OF residence cannot be a-ceftaine4. and
the clerk shall send a copy of the notice afore-
.ald % each of said uou.resideuf-, whose reel
dence + known, within three days after the first
publication % the same The certificate u the