The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-16
BILL BY SENATOR CASHEL.
\ THE FEATHER OF DRAINAGE"
Grafton Democrat Has Introduced Bill the Senate To Coue the
Drainage Problem As 1t Now Exists in North Dakota---
Text of the Measure in Full

cipality, the amount so assessed
against it, by the board of drain conf
missioners, and the same shall he eN-
tended upon the tax lists OF the county
for the current year by the county
auditor against all the taxable prop
erty in such city or municipality in
the same manner and with the same
effect as other taxes are eNenteded.
Section 1882. The drain taxes shalt
be collected by the county treasurer
and all moneys so collected shall be
credited to the drain fund to which
they belong and the county treasurer
shall be the treasurer of such drain
funds. Payment of all expenses and
costs of locating and constructing any
drain shall be made by the board OF
drain commissioners issuing warrants
in such amounts and to such persons
as by such board may be found due.
which warrants shall be signed by the
chairman and secretary All warrants
drawn by such board in payment for
the right of way or construction of any
drain shall be payable from the proper
drain fund and shall be receivable for
the taxes levied for the right of way
or construction of such drain by the
treasurer. All such warrants after
presentation to the county treasurer
for payment if not paid for want OF
funds. shall be registered by the coun-
" treasurer and shall thereafter bear
interest at the rate of seven per cent
per annun.
Section 1885. The powers conferred
by this chapter for establishing and
constructing drains shall also extend
to and include the deepening and
widening of any drains which have
heretofore been or may hereafter be
constructed: also to strengthening.
clearing out and deepening the chan
neis of creeks and streams and the
construction, maintaining. remodeling
and repairing of levees, dykes and bar
riers for the purpose of drainage, and
the board of drain commissioners may
relocate or extend the line of any
drain if the same is necessary TO pro-
vide a suitable outlet and shall cause
Il survey thereof to be made, and may
establish drain upon the line of an
abandoned drain, and complete the
same, Or in whole or In part upon
the line of an invalid drain. 1t may
also establish and construct lateral
drains with outlets in drains
heretofore constructed provided,
however, that all proceedings under
this section affecting the rights OF per-
| sons and property, shall only be taken
upon the petition and in accordance
with the procedure governing the es-
I! Enlistment and construction of drains
in the first instance. Whenever the
widening. extending or deepening of a
! main drain is made necessary, by the
/ construction of a lateral drain, the
/ petition for the lateral drain shall con-
tain requent for such widening, deep
/ ening or extension. and the cost OF
| such widening. deepening or extern
4, sion shall be charged as part OF the
cost of construction of the drain pc
! titioned for, and assessed against the
! property benefited therby as par,
Section 1910. All drains regularly
established, opened or constructed I'M
der the provisions of any law, shall
| be deemed legal drains, and shall be
under the control and charge of the
county commissioners; and it shall
be the duty of all boards of county
i commissioners in cases where the rec
ords of any drain may not have been
| preserved, to see that such record Is
made in the best manner practicable
in the Office of the county auditor; and
Wherever necessary it shall be their
duty to complete the records of such
drains so as to show their legal Char
acter. Said board shall provide a
book to be known as Record of Drains
in which such records shall be re-
cordeded.
Section 1919. The board of county
commissioners of any county in which
any such drain is proposed to be To-
| Gated and constructed is authorized
to issue bonds which shall be known
as drainage bonds, in such sums as
may be necessary for the purpose OF
defraying the expenses incurred, or
to be incurred, in obtaining the right
of way or in locating or constructing
any such drain, said word expenses
to be construed to mean and to cover
every item of cost of such drain from
its inception to it's completion as here
inbefore provided, which bonds shall
be paid out of the revenue to be de-
rived from taxes levied, or to be lev
led, and collected from that portion
of the county found by the board ct
drain commissioners to be benefited
thereby. Such bonds shall bear In
| terest at rate not exceeding seven
per cent and shall be divided in such
amounts and payable at such periods,
not exceeding fifteen years, as the
board of county commissioners may
determine; provided, that any land
owner who may desire to pay the en-
tire amount assessed against his land
for the entire cost of such drain, in
Guiding warrants and interest there
on, may prior to the sale of such
bonds, pay into the county treasury
the amount of said assessments for
which the treasurer shall give his re-
ceipt in full, and such lands shall not
be included in the list of the lands
assessed. The county auditor shall
give notice of the determination of the
board of county commissioners to
issue bonds by publishing notice in
the official newspaper of the county at
least fifteen days before the date of
selling said bonds. Said notice shall