The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-27
LEGAL.

treasurer, and shall enter upon the duties
thereafter they shall define the boundaries
OF the drainage district, and shall file the
p l,ei thereof relating to each county in
wnlcn SAID district is located with the
county clerk of such county. Said boun-
aary line shall include all lands subject
10 overflow by the highest flood water.
sec. IL Any freeholder feeling aggrieved
at the location of any portion of said
fro,,, th zine Hne may, WITHIN twenty days
county clerk. appeal to the board of di-
fectoTs. who shall, after due notice to the
complainant, hold session at some con-
vement place in the county in which the
disputed boundary is located. At this
upon which such appeal is founded, as
well as the evidence in favor of the loca-
tlon already made, and render such deci-
ends of Justice; and if any change be
made in said boundary as result of the
hearing hearing, such change shall be forthwith
reported to the county clerk of the county
In which, such change is made.
Sec. L. Every drainage district incor-
porated under the provisions of this act
snail have power:
First, To adopt seal
Second, To determine and fix the district
boundaries.
Third. To remove all Instructions from
the channel of the warehouses;.
Fourth, To commence and maintain suits
against any and all persons or corpora
tons unlawfully maintaining dams or
other distractions in the channel of such
Watercourse, to compel the removal of
the same.
Fifth, To condemn and take possession
of all lands necessary to the construction
of cut-offs, spillways and auxiliary chan
nelS provided for in this act upon proper
compensation to the owners thereof.
Sixth, To require that all bridges across
such watercourses shall be of sufficient
length or that they shall be provided with
obstructed flow of the waters at flood
time.
Seventh. To construct cut-offs, spillways
and auxiliary channels across railways
bridging OF. the same, and to compel the
raising of the grades of such railways and
highways as hereinafter provided.
Eighth. To levy an annual tax, not to
sessed value of all the lands and other
real property included within the district,
to constitute general fund to meet the
incidental expenses of the district.
Ninth, To issue bonds and provide for
the payment, of the same; provided, that
shall not exceed fifteen per centum of the
assessed value of all lands and other real
property within the, district;
Tenth, To sue and be sued. and to per-
form any and all other acts not incon-
sistent with this act nor with the laws of
the state of Kansas necessary to the ac-
complishment of the purposes stated in
section of this act.
Sec. Is. The board of directors shall APP
point a competent engineer, at such salary
as they may deem proper. who shall make
careful study of conditions along the
warehouses; of the district, and prepare
plans and specifications, together with
estimates of the cost of making the Inn
provements authorized in this act which
he may deem necessary to be made. in
Guiding the cleaning of the channels of the
warehouses; of all distractions.
cations and estimates. the engineer shall
be guided by the following rules:
First, The work shall be so distributed
that all parts of the district may receive
as nearly as possible equal benefits there
from.
Second, All proposed work must not only
be beneficial, but it must be accomplished
by the most economical method which will
secure that benefit.
Third, No levees shall be constructed
except the entertainments provided for in
Fourth The plans for all artificial chan
nels of whatsoever kind shall provide for
an enfbankment on each side of the same
of sufficient height and solidity to pre-
such artificial channel; provided, that the
owner or owners of such adjacent iahus
may waive the right to have such en-
bankmentS constructed.
Fifth. Such embankments shall not be
nearer to each. other than the average
width of the channel of the watercourse
at the point where they leave it.
Sixth, The use of floodgates shall De
end odid difches of sufficient capacity to carry
off the waters from adjacent lands shall
be excavated on the outside of such en-
bankments wherever it is practicable TO
Seventh, The entire estimated lost of
coed fifteen per centum of che value OF
all the lands and other real property IN
cIuded within the district
Sec. IS Said plans, specifications and
estimates together with the data upon
which the same are based, shall be sub
n1itted by the board of directors to the
School of Engineering of the State Uni
versity or State Agricultural College for
correction and approval, and all work
done by said Engineering School in con-
nection with said plans, specifications and
estimates shall be free of cost to the dis
trict. The district engineer shall make
such changes in said plans, specifications
and estimates be recommended bV
said School of Engineering, unless they
are found to be SO grossly inaccurate as
to render necessary an entirely new sur
vey and new plans, specifications and es-
Inmates; in which, event the board of dt-
rectors shall forthwith appoint another
engineer, who shall prepare new set OF
Plans specifications and estimates in har-
mony with this act and in line with the
recommendations of the School of En-
gineering. and these plans, specifications
and estimates shall be submitted for ap-
prevail and correction to said School of
Engineering as hereinbefore provided
Sec. 16 After the approval of the plans.
specifications and estimates by the School
of Engineering, the board of directors
manner hereinafter provided, for the pur
pose of submitting to the electors of the
district the proposition to issue improve
ment bonds for the purpose of carrying
on the work laid out in said plans, specifi-
cations and estimates or such portion
deem necessary; provided. that all work
shall be done in harmony with the first
paragraph VI SScliOH IL VI lDlS act a
proclamation calling such election shall
| be published in at least newspaper of
each county in the district, stating the
time and places when and where said
| election shall be held. Said proclamation
| shall be published at least ten days before
| the time set for said election and shall
contain the names of the judges and
clerks appointed for each precinct desig-
mated therein. The polls shall be kept
| open from eight A. NJ. to six O'Clock P. NJ,
and the returns made and the results
ascertained in the same manner as pro-
vided by law for general county cleo
lions. except that the returns shall be
| made to and canvassed by the board of
directors of the district. The board of di-
rectors shall meet and canvass the returns
! of all such elections and declare the re-
suit, and if a. majority of those voting at
the election authorize the issuing of the
bonds the board of directors shall have
work for which they were authorized to
be done.
! Sec IT, All bonds issued under the pro-