The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-10-12

put II he neglectS to 90 so for
three days after written notice has
been given him or his agent, then
the supervisors shall appoint an
other person, and the two so ap-
pointed shall appoint third.
These three men then act as an
appraising jury of the damages to
the land in method provided by
law, but such a method would be
little used in Stanley county where
we are not inclined to believe that
a little water damages our real
property holdings.
The law provides that in coun-
ties where townships are rnor-
ganized 1T SHALL BE THE
DUTY of the board of county
commissioners to construct and
maintain such dams and their du-
ties shall be the same as the duties
of the boards of supervisors in Or
ganized townships. AS in all other
projects, financial backing is re-
qulred, so far-sighted legislature
$3.50 says: Section 273S of the
Political Code:
Such dams shall be built at
such places on section lines, high
ways or private lands as in the
judgment of the supervisors shall
best preserve all the surface waters
and prevent the same from escap-
ing to the creeks and rivers, and it
shall be lawful to dam up all cul-
verts and bridges that may now
be built on any public highway,
except such bridges as are built
over living creeks or any perma-
nent flowing stream of water in
this state; and said board of su-
pervisors shall have the right to
use all the road and bridge fund
of their township if necessary, for
the construction of said DAMS"
In addition to the benefits to the
road and the conservation of mois-
ture, such policy of dam build
ing would afford vast amount of
employment to worthy settlers,
and all the remuneration will re-
main in circulation in the munici-
pality where the work was done.
The provisions of law in regard
to the immediate work of con-
struction are as follows:
''Section 2739, Political Code.
The work of building such dams
shall be under the immediate con-
troll and direction of the road oyer
seer in the district where the same
are to be constructed. The road
overseer shall have the right to
warn out all resident inhabitants
of his district to perform labor on
the construction of said dams the
same as is now provided for work
Ing the roads, and with like effect
and each resident for such district
shall receive the same pay as for
working roads, and the receipt for
such labor, signed by the overseer,
shall be accepted in lieu of road
tax.
"Section 274O. The respective
officers may begin building dams
at the source or upper end of the
smaller water course first, then at
the upper end of the next larger
ravines. All dams built on town,
ship lines shall be under the sole
supervision and direction of the
supervisors of the township
through which such water flows
before it gets to the dam.
: "Section 2741. After the con
struction of said dams it shall bt
t the duty of the township super
visors, through the road overseer.
, of the township, to keep said dam!
in good state of repair by planting
5 native willows and other vegeta
ton on the sides of such dams
, and do anything which in thei
l judgment seems best to effectivel!
prevent the water from washin.
, the dam away; but all such worl