The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
No. COS, A Published June 49, 1909.
CHAPTER 434, LAWS OF 1909.


AN ACT to amend sections 1871,
1875 and 1379--16 of the statutes,
relating to drainage district proceedings.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
s. Section t1~ i. Sections 1911, 1a7s-15
and 1S79-16 Of the statutes. are amended
q majority OF the adult owners Of lands
within any district of land, who shall rep
resent one third in area Of the lands with
in sa. d district to be reclaimed or benefited
or whenever the adult owners of more than
one half of the lands within such district
desire to construct one or more drains,
bitches, levees, or other works across the
lands of Others for the promotion Of the
public health welfare, and the drainage
of said lands, or desire to maintain and
keep in repair any such drain, ditch, or
levee heretofore constructed under any law
of this state, such owners may file in the
circuit court Of any county in which the
lands, OF. any, part of them, shall lie, petit
tion setting. forth.
drainage district a.....,4u :, ~. 49,.
posed work. describing the necessity,
(3) s*s general or a detailed de-
scription of the proposed starting points,
routes and termini Of the proposed drains,
(4) So. general or a detailed de-
scription Of the lands proposed to be in
Guided in said district.
(5) 80 =. The names Of the owners
of ali lands in said district when known.
(G) - y If the purpose OF said petit
TONERS is the enlargement, repair and main
tenance of a ditch, levee or other work
heretofore constructed under any law of
this state said petition shall give general
description Of the same, with such par
(O = . = Said petition shall pray for
the organization of a drainage district by
the name and with the boundaries proposed oI
for the execution OF .such proposed work,
according to the provisions Of this and the
following sections.
are required by this section shall be de-
clared void but the court may at any
time permit the petition to be amended in
form and substance to conform to the facts,
if the facts justify the organization or a
drainage district. Several similar petitions
for the organization of the same district
may be circulated and when filed shall to-
gether be regarded as one petition having
as many signers as there are separate adult
signers on the several petitions filed. who
own land within said proposed drainage ulSI
trict All petitions for the organization OF
said district filed prior to the hearing on
said petition shall be considered by the
court. the same as If filed with the first
petitions placed on file. and the signatures
thereon contained shall be counted in de-
terminng whether sufficient landowners
have signed said petition.
g. Said territory need not be contiguous,
provided that 1t be so situated that the pub
tic health or welfare will be promoted by
such drainage of each part thereof and the
benefits of the proposed work in each part
will exceed the damages from and costs OF
said propesd work in each part; and pro-
vided further that the court shall be salts
fed that said proposed work can be more
cheaply done il in single district than
otherwise.
4. If any minor or incompetent persons
have any interest in any lands included
within q drainage district proposed to be
organized under chapter 419 of the laws of
1905 of Wisconsin, the general guardian or
next Of kin of such minor or incompetent
nerson may. for and on behalf of said minor
or incompetent person, joint in the petit
tion for the organization and establishment
of such district. If any minor or incom-
petent person, having an interest In lands