Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Kept 10 repair, supervisor, who shall
hold his office during their pleasure,
and who shall use due diligence to
keep the work under his charge in rs
efficient condition rs when originally
constructed rs near Hs practicable,
and under the direction of the super
vtsOrs do such aGdltlonal work rs the
action of the water may show TO be
necessary. He shall give satisfactory
bonds conditioned for the faithful
discharge of his duty, and for security
against any unnecessary damages. He
shall have the tight TO enter on any
lands adjacent to said work, and to
take men, teams and implements to
assist him. Any damages necessarily
caused by such entrance or by doing
the work properly required of him,
shall be audited by the county board
and paid out of the fund for keeping
said work In repair. His services and
necessary changes shall be audited and
paid in like manner.
Sec. III. That whenever any ditch,
drain or Improvement of water course,
which has been nv may hereafter be
CONSTRUCTED. shall be found to cause q
damage to other lands. either by bring.
ing water at times when the streams
or water courses thereon have not suf-
lient capacity To receive and carry the
same, lint which would receive and
carry the same if left to come natnr.
ally. then and i'm that case the lands
benefited by the original ditch. drain
OF improvement of water course, shalt
not be exempt from paying al equit-
able proportion Of the expense of con-
s,ruc'lng such Improvements us may
be necessary for relieving the lands 80
damaged from such unnatural excess
of water, although none of the prop
rietors of the lands benefited by the
original work may have been includ.
ed in the number of petitioners re-
CURED in the third section of this act.
Aud no petition for q work TO relieve
lands OF snch damage shall be deemed
faulty by reason of such omission, or
by emitting their lands.
Sec IL. That any two or more
bitches. drains or improvement of
water course. constructed under diff
terent petitions, and forming one
continuous water course. may be un-
tied as one work and placed under the
care of one SUPERVISOR
Sec. IL. That any such work con-
structed under the custody of town
ships trustees. may ba petition of
the proprtetOrs having q majority Of
the interest in such work, be placed
under the care of the county board of
supervisors. who shall then have tho
like jurisdiction ana authority over the
same as though tho work had been
orig nally constructed under their
authority.
Sec. IA That any party who have
helped ~ natural agreement to con-
struct any such dram. ditch or i'm
provement of water course through
lands owned by different parties, may
Tile with the county auditor q definite
description of such work, to be kept
as y matter OF public record with re-
cords Ut similar works constructed by
authority of the county board which
record shall be- evidence that such
party SO interested shall have the
right to the maintenance 0fsuch work
and any party aggrieved may apply -
the county board of supervisors to
take jurisdiction over the said work,
and the board shall then have the
same authority over all questions per-
tanning thereto as though the work
had been originally conducted under
their authority.
Sec. Is. That act shall be in force
and take effect on and after its publ
cation in the Iowa State Register al d
the Des MOines Leader, newspapers
published in Des MOines stat of Iowa.