The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-28
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/ naanent casing shall be set with steel
| shoe in all cases
Sec IL. The contractor drilling any
! artesian well or any well orifice put down
: to the artesian basin, shall keep COM
piete record of the depth and thickness
| etrated, together with the data of the
work when begun, when the work was
finished, the amount of casing and how
| placed, the number of inches of flow from
such well above the casing; all of which
J Wen is completed he shall file such data
verified as aforesaid, with the artesian
well supervisor prior to the acceptance
of the well by the supervisor.
Sec. T. The artesian well supervisor is
hereby commissioned and qualified to ac-
edgment pertaining to the taking of ac-
| acknowledgements under this act, and he
Sec. 81 To provide for the carrying out
! of the provisions of this act, the board of
county commissioners of each county hav-
ing artesian wells therein shall constitute
the county arteSian well board until the
county artesian well board shall have
been elected as hereafter provided When
ten artesian wells have been drilled in
any county the board of county commits
sioners at its first regular meeting there
after, shall issue call for the convention
of the owners of arteSian wells in said
county at some convenient place, which
secutive weeks in the official county pa
per in such county, and said call shall
state the time and place of holding such
convention and that the same is called
for the purpose of electing three members
u
! this convention there shall be first elected
a chairman and a secretary of the con-
Vention, after which there shall be no
further business transacted by said con-
ventlon until a committee of credentials
has been appointed and has reported the
names of owners of artesian wells within
the county After such report is received
and adopted by the convention, said con-
Ventlon snail elect three commissioners
to be known as the county artesian well
board each well within such county shall
be entitled to one vote in all proceedings
in such convention. The commissioners SO
elected shall serve in classes, one, two and
three years; and thereafter at each annual
convention there shall be elected one COM
missioner to fill the expiring term. Va
cancies in such commission. either by
death, resignation or removal from the
county shall be filled by the remaining
two members. Should more than one
vacancies shall be filled by the board Of
county commissioners. The commissioner
nual convention, which said convention
shall be held on the first Monday of Jan
on the first Monday in January The
county artesian well board is hereby di-
rected to give notice of said convention as
is provided for the call for the first con-
The three commissioners so elected as
aforesaid shall act board of arbitra-
ton and shall decide all dispute that may
arise between the county artesian well
supervisor and the owner or occupant OF
the land upon which the dispute has
arisen, or the person drilling or repairing
the well with whom such dispute has
arisen. Said committee shall elect a
chairman and secretary from among its
OWE number and shall hold a session
whenever an appeal is made to the chair
man in writing by any or either of the
parties named as disputants. The chair
man of the board, upon receipt of such
appeal shall Immediately call a meeting
for the arbitration of such dispute and
period of not greater than thirty days
from the date of filing of such appeal
and give notice thereof to the public of the
time and place of holding such regular
meetings.. az Wnlcn Ilsne me pSard nay
it. Unanimous decision of the county ar
tesian well board upon matters before
final, and if the parties to the dispute
shall each state his contentious in writing
and in writing shall agree to submit such
disputed questions to the county artesian
well board, the unanimous decision of
such board upon such question shall be
final, and have the force and effect of a
judgment of court upon the parties
thereto.
county artesian well board other than the
county well supervisor shall accompany
should the hearing on such appeal re-
quire more than one day such appellant
ing deposit with said board the sum of
$500 to pay the expenses of said board
The board Of county commissioners
while acting as the county artesian we'll
board at their first regular meeting after
, the passage of this act, or the regular
county artesian well board at its first
meeting, which shall not be more than
thirty days from its election to- office,
shall appoint a county artesian well SUI
pervisor who shall continue in office at
the pleasure of such commissioners and
| who shall perform the duties imposed on
him bv this act. Such supervisor shall be
qualified by education and experience in
resident, after the date of his appoint
ment, of the county from which he is
/ See Il. 1t shall be the duty of such
supervisor to inspect such artesian wells
months, and to inspect, each well put
T down to the aTtesian we'll basin but out
| side the district of flowing wells at least
once in six months, and to keep a record
? of such inspection in books in his office
kept for that purpose, and Which said
records shall at all times be open to the
| inspection of any persons. 1t shall be the
2 further duty of each supervisor to see that
! carried out within his county, and for this
5 purpose he shall have all power CON
ferred upon city and - county officers
: It shall be the further duty of each
supervisor to make complaint and appear
= | provisions in said section II of this act.
in which case he shall appear to assist
, The Compensation of the county artesian
we'll board and the arteSian well super
r for the time actually of necessity en-
pIoyed in the discharge of his duty as Fro
r vided herein, and a mileage fee of five
to be paid out of the artesian well fund
/ collected under this act 50 far as may be:
: but any deficiency shall be paid out of
/ the county general fund. upon vouchers
duly verified to be allowed by the board
1 of county commissioners
1 Sec. IS. For the purpose of creating a
fund for the payment of salaries and ex-
e penses of officers of the artesian well
board and supervisors, license fee is
hereby imposed upon each and every ar
! tesian well as follows: For each and
/ every artesian well which does not flow at
! any time of the year, but which is used
I for irrigation purposes by mechanical
: means the sum of $3.50 per year; for each
and every artesian well whether pumped
. or flowing and which is used for domestic
-: purposes only the sum of $3.50 per year
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