Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

powers hereinafter conferred upon
the State soil conservation commit
tee, it shall have the following
duties and powers:
Cd To offer such assistance as
may be appropriate to the super
visors of soil conservation districts,
organized as provided hereinafter,
in the carrying out of any Of their
powers and programs.
CD To keep the supervisors Of
each of the several districts or
ganized under the provisions of this
act informed of the activities and
experience of all other districts or
ganized hereunder. and to facilitate
an interchange of advice and ex-
perience between such districts and
cooperation between them.
CD To coordinate the programs
of the several soil conservation
districts organized hereunder so far
as this may be done by advice and
consultation.
(4 To secure the cooperation
and assistance of the United States
and any of its agencies, and Of
agencies Of this State, in the work
of such districts.
go To disseminate information
throughout the State concerning
the activities and programs of the
soil conservation districts organized
hereunder, and to encourage the
formation of such districts in areas
where their organization is desir-
able.
Section 4. CREATION OF SOIL
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
A. Any twenty-five (25) occu-
piers of land lying within the limits
of the territory proposed to be Or
ganized into a district may file
petition with the State soil con-
servation committee asking that
soil conservation district be or
ganized to function in the territory
described in the petition. Such pc
tition shall set forth:
Cd The proposed name Of said
district:
co That there is need. in the
interest Of the public health, safe
ty, and welfare, for a soil con-
servation district to function in the
territory described in the petition;
CD A description of the territory
proposed to be organized as a dis
trict, which description shall not be
required to be given by metes and
bounds or by legal subdivision, but
shall be deemed sufficient if gen.
orally accurate;
ca A request that the State soil
conservation committee duly define
the boundaries for such district;
that referendum be held within
the territory so defined on the ques-
ton of the creation of soil con-
servation district in such territory;
and that the committee determine
that such a district be created.
Where more than one petition IS
filed covering parts of the same
territory, the State soil conservation
committee may consolidate all or
any such petitions.
B. Within thirty 600 days after
such a petition has been filed with
the State soil conservation commit
tee, it may cause due notice to be
given of a proposed hearing upon
the question of the desirability and
necessity, in the interest of the pub
lie health, safety, and welfare, of
the creation of such district, upon
the question Of the appropriate
boundaries to be assigned to such
district, upon the propriety of the
petition and other proceedings
taken under this act, and upon all
questions relevant to such inquiries.
All occupiers of land within the
limits of the territory described in
the petition, and of lands within
any territory considered for addition
to such described territory, and all
other interested parties, shall have
the right to attend such hearings
and to be heard. If it shall appear
upon the hearing that it may be
desirable to include within the pro-
posed district territory outside of
the area within which due notice
of the hearing has been given, the
hearing shall be adjourned and due
notice of further hearing shall be
given throughout the entire area
considered for inclusion in the dis
trict, and such further hearing
held. After such hearing, If the
committee shall determine, upon the
facts presented at such hearing and
upon such other relevant facts and
information as may be available,
that there is need, in the interest
Of the public health, safety, and
welfare, and a majority of the fee
owners of land in said proposed
district have consented, for a soil
conservation district to function in
the territory considered at the hear
ing, it shall make and record such
determination, and shall define, by
metes and bounds or by legal sub
divisions, the boundaries Of such
district. In making such deter
mination and in defining such
boundaries, the committee shall
give due weight and consideration
to the topography Of the area con-
sidered and of the State, the COM
position of soils therein, the dis
tribution Of erosion, the prevailing
land-use practices, the desirability
and necessity of including within
the boundaries the particular lands
under consideration and the bene-
fits such lands may receive from
being included within such boun-
diaries, the relation of the proposed
area to existing watersheds and
agricultural regions, and to other
soil conservation districts already
organized or proposed for organiza-
ton under the provisions of this
act, and such other physical,
geographical, and economic factors