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AR Code § 18-15-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 8 - Navigation, Coal, and Stone Companies|§ 18-15-806. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Order to vest land in petitioner

 (a) When any lands shall have been so appraised and valued, when a due report of the appraisement has been made, and when the amount of money has been deposited with the clerk and ordered to be paid as provided in § 18-15-805, it shall be the duty of the judge to make an order upon the records of his or her court that the lands so appraised shall vest in and belong to the company petitioning, as provided in § 18-15-803.  (b) The order shall contain a description of the lands, the amount at which they were valued by the appraisers, the fact that the amount was deposited with the clerk and ordered to be paid over to the original owner or owners, the date of the deposit and order, the names of the original owner or owners, and the corporate name of the company.  (c)  (1) When so made and certified by the judge, the order shall be recorded as other deeds of conveyance.  (2) When so made, certified, and recorded, the order shall operate as, and have in law the effect of, conveyance in fee simple from the original owner or owners to the company of the lands named and described in the order.
AR Code § 18-15-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 8 - Navigation, Coal, and Stone Companies|§ 18-15-807. Packet, coal, and stone companies — Power of eminent domain

 (a)  (1) Any packet company organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of running boats as common carriers upon its navigable waters is given the right of eminent domain to establish landings and loading places upon any of the navigable streams of this state, or upon any creek or bayou emptying thereinto, with the right to deepen and widen the creeks and bayous for a distance not exceeding three (3) miles from their mouths, in order that they may become suitable harbors.  (2) The landing and loading places shall not exceed ten (10) acres in extent at any one (1) place. All steamboats shall have the right to land, load, and unload at the landing places.    (b) Packet companies and also all coal and stone companies are also given the right of eminent domain to condemn a right-of-way not exceeding fifty yards (50 yds.) in width for roads or tram roads, to be built from any navigable stream or creek, or bayou emptying thereinto, to any coal mine or stone quarry, in order that the products of the mines or quarries may be transported to the banks of the navigable rivers or to the creeks or bayous, and the right-of-way may be carried across the right-of-way of any railroad company.  (c) The proceedings for the condemnation of the landing and loading places and rights-of-way shall be, in all things, the same as provided in §§ 18-15-1202 — 18-15-1207.
AR Code § 18-15-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-901. Establishment

 (a) All public landings shall be laid out, opened, and established in a manner agreeable to the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) The county court of each county shall have full power and authority to make and enforce all orders necessary for the establishment of public landings.
AR Code § 18-15-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-902. Notice of petition

 (a)  (1) Previous to any petition being presented for a public landing, notice shall be given by publication in some newspaper published in the county, if there is one.  (2) If there is no newspaper published in the county, then notice shall be given by advertisement set up in three (3) public places in the township wherein it is sought to establish the public landing, stating the time when the petition is to be presented to the county court and the substance thereof.    (b) The notice shall be duly authenticated and presented with the petition to the county court.
AR Code § 18-15-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-903. Landing and cotton yard

 (a) Any five (5) or more freeholders residing in any county bordering on the Mississippi River or any other navigable river, bayou, bay, or inlet may petition the county court of that county to cause a lot of ground on the bank of the river, bayou, bay, or inlet to be designated and set apart as a steamboat landing and cotton yard for the use of the public, stating in the petition the name of the owner of the landing proposed to be so taken.  (b) Any one (1) or more of the signers to the petition shall enter bond, with sufficient security, payable to the State of Arkansas for the use of the county, conditioned that the person or persons making application for the establishment of a public landing shall pay into the treasury of the county the amount of all costs and expenses accruing on the petition and the proceedings thereon.  (c)  (1) In cases in which the prayer of the petitioners shall not be granted or when proceedings had in pursuance thereof shall not be finally confirmed and established, and on neglect or refusal of the persons so bound, after a liability shall have accrued, to pay into the treasury, according to the tenor of the bond, all costs and expenses that shall have accrued, the clerk of the county court shall deliver the bond to the prosecuting attorney of the district, whose duty it shall be to collect and pay over the bond to the county treasury.  (2) In all cases of contest, the court having jurisdiction of the case shall have power to render judgment for costs according to justice between the parties.
AR Code § 18-15-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-904. Petition to specify land

 All petitions for the laying out and establishment of public landings shall specify the land which is sought to be made a public landing.
AR Code § 18-15-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-905. Appointment and function of viewers

 (a) On presentation of the petition and proof of notice of publication as provided in § 18-15-902, and the county court being satisfied that proper notice has been given in accordance with the provisions of § 18-15-907, the court shall appoint three (3) disinterested citizens of the county as viewers.  (b) The viewers shall be a jury to assess and determine the compensation to be paid in money for the property sought to be appropriated without deduction for benefits to any property of the owner. They shall also assess and determine what damage the owner of the land where the public landing is to be established shall suffer by the establishment of the landing.
AR Code § 18-15-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-906. Order for viewers to proceed

 The county court shall issue its order directing viewers to proceed on the day to be named in the order or, on their failure to meet on that date, within five (5) days thereafter, to:   (1) View, survey, lay out, and establish the public landing;  (2) Determine whether the public convenience requires that the public landing shall be established; and  (3) Report what amount of land is required for the public landing, not exceeding three (3) acres.
AR Code § 18-15-907 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-907. Notice of viewers' meeting

 (a)  (1) It shall be the duty of one (1) of the petitioners to give at least five (5) days' notice in writing to the owners or their agents, if residing within the county.  (2) If the owner is a minor, an individual with intellectual disabilities, or an individual with mental illness, then a petitioner shall give notice to the guardian of the person, if a resident of the county, on whose land the public landing is proposed to be laid out and established, and also five (5) days' notice to the viewers named in the order of the county court of the time and place of meeting as specified in the order.    (b) It is further made the duty of the petitioners, if the public landing is proposed to be laid out or established on any land owned by nonresidents of the counties, to cause notice to be given to the nonresidents of the county by publication for two (2) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county. If there is no newspaper published in the county, then notice shall be given to the nonresidents by posting a notice of the time and place of the meeting of the viewers as specified in the order of the county court. Also the substance of the petition for the public landing shall be posted upon the door of the office of the clerk of the county court for at least two (2) weeks before the time fixed for the meeting of the viewers.
AR Code § 18-15-908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-908. Proceedings and report of viewers

 (a)  (1) It shall be the duty of the viewers to meet at the time and place specified in the order or within five (5) days thereafter.  (2)  (A) After taking an oath or affirmation faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of their appointments respectively, the viewers shall take to their assistance a surveyor and proceed to view, survey, lay out, and establish the public landing as prayed for in the petition, or as near the same as in their opinion a good public landing can be established and maintained at reasonable expense.  (B) The viewers shall take into consideration the ground, convenience and inconvenience, and expense which will result to individuals as well as to the public if the public landing shall be established as petitioned.      (b) The viewers shall assess and determine the damages sustained by any person on whose premises the public landing is proposed to be established.  (c) The viewers shall make and sign a report, in writing, stating their opinion in favor of or against the establishment of the public landing, which shall set forth the reason for their opinion. The report shall:  (1) Give a description and boundaries of the public landing, so that it can be readily found and located;  (2) State the value of the property sought to be appropriated for the establishment of the public landing; and  (3) State the amount of damages if any, and to whom due, which by them have been assessed and which would accrue by the establishment of the public landing.
AR Code § 18-15-909 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-909. Assistance of viewers by surveyor

 The viewers may call a surveyor to assist them in laying out and surveying any public landing that they may be ordered by the court to lay out and establish.
AR Code § 18-15-910 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-910. Consequences of viewers' report

 (a) On receiving the report of the viewers, the county court shall cause the report to be read publicly upon the second day of the term.  (b) If no objection shall be made to the report and the court is satisfied that the public landing will be of sufficient importance to the public as to cause the damages and the compensation which have been assessed to be paid by the county, that the assessment is reasonable and just, and that the report of the viewers is favorable thereto, then the court shall order the compensation for the property to be paid to the person entitled thereto from the county treasury, and thenceforth the property shall be considered a public landing.  (c) But if the court shall be of the opinion that the public landing is not of sufficient public utility for the county to pay the assessed compensation and damages and the petitioners refuse to pay the compensation and damages, then the public landing shall not be declared a public landing, and the costs accruing by reason of the application shall be paid by the petitioners as provided in this subchapter.  (d)  (1) If the report of the viewers is against the proposed public landing or, if in the opinion of the court, the proposed public landing is not of public utility, then no further proceedings shall be had thereon.  (2) The obligor in the bond securing costs and expenses shall be liable for the full amount of the costs and expenses.
AR Code § 18-15-911 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-911. Order to open and maintain landing

 After any public landing as provided in this subchapter has been established and declared to be a public landing, the county court shall cause an order to be issued to the overseer of the road district in which the landing is located to open and maintain the landing as a public landing.
AR Code § 18-15-912 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-912. Review and appeal

 The right to have the county court review the proceedings to establish the public landing and the right to appeal from the final decision of the county court shall:   (1) Be the same as provided by law; and  (2) Be exercised in the same manner as provided by the statutes and laws of Arkansas for public roads and highways.
AR Code § 18-15-913 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-913. Public entry, use, and occupation upon order of payment

 In all cases in which damages for land proposed to be taken for the establishment of a public landing have been assessed in the manner provided in this subchapter and an order has been made for the payment to the owners of the amount so assessed, then it shall and may be lawful for the public to enter upon, use, and occupy the landing as a public landing.
AR Code § 18-15-914 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-914. Deposit upon controversy

 (a) When the determination of questions in controversy in these proceedings is liable to inconvenience the public, the county court or the county judge, in vacation, shall designate an amount of money to be deposited by the petitioners, subject to the order of the court, for the purpose of making compensation and paying such damages as may be sustained when the amount thereof shall have been assessed as provided in this subchapter.  (b) The court shall designate the place of the deposit, but the sum shall be refunded to the petitioners if the public landing is established and paid for out of county funds.  (c) Whenever deposits have been made in compliance with the order of the court or judge, it shall be lawful for the public, prior to the assessment and payment of damages for the land, to enter upon and use the land as a public landing.
AR Code § 18-15-915 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-915. Lease

 (a) The county court may lease a public landing for a term not exceeding three (3) years and the lessee shall transact there only a general receiving and forwarding business.  (b) In case of a lease, the county court shall fix, with power to alter, the schedules of rates and charges for receiving and forwarding freight. The court shall require of the lessee a bond, payable to the county, in a penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) as shall be proper, conditioned to observe the terms of the lease and to perform the duties imposed on the lessee by law.  (c)  (1) The lessee shall keep a schedule of rates conspicuously posted on the premises and shall allow all boats to land at the landing and to receive and discharge freight.  (2) Any failure on the part of the lessee to comply with his or her duties as public landing keeper, or any overcharge of rates, shall subject the lessee and his or her sureties to a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) in favor of the party injured, to be recovered in any court having jurisdiction.    (d) The lease provided in this section shall not abridge the right of any person to forward and receive his or her own freight at the public landing, free of charge.  (e) Any funds arising from lease of public landings shall be paid into the county treasury and constitute a part of the public road fund for the road district wherein the landing is located.
AR Code § 18-15-916 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 9 - Public Landings|§ 18-15-916. Fees and expenses

 (a) For each day necessarily employed, to be charged as costs and expenses and paid out of the county treasury, all persons required to render services under the provisions of this subchapter shall receive:  (1) As viewers or reviewers, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per day;  (2) As chain carriers or markers, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per day; and  (3) As surveyors, five dollars ($5.00) per day.    (b) The amount due to each person and the number of days employed shall be certified under oath by the viewers or reviewers.  (c) The county shall be reimbursed for the payments so made and for all other necessary expenses incident to proceedings by the petition, as provided in this subchapter.  (d) The clerk of the county court shall receive the fees as by law he or she may be entitled to, the fees to be taxed as costs and paid as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 18-15-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 10 - Levee and Drainage Districts|§ 18-15-1001. Purpose

 It is expressly declared to be the purpose of this section and §§ 18-15-1002 — 18-15-1010 to enable levee and drainage districts in the State of Arkansas to acquire rights-of-way, borrow pits, and such other lands or rights as may be necessary for the purpose of extending, relocating, or draining any additional canal or ditch in any existing drainage district and for the purpose of extending, relocating, resetting, and enlarging any levee constructed by any levee district in the State of Arkansas without extending the boundaries of the district and without subjecting the lands of any drainage or levee district to taxation or special assessments because of the benefits that will accrue to the district and the lands therein by reason of the additional improvement contemplated, especially with funds of the United States Government, except such additional assessments as may be required on the lands of the district for the purpose of obtaining money with which to meet the requirements of the federal government in providing rights-of-way, borrow pits, and such other rights as the local agencies may be required to provide or furnish.
AR Code § 18-15-1002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 10 - Levee and Drainage Districts|§ 18-15-1002. Power of eminent domain

 (a) The board of directors or commissioners of any levee or drainage district organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas are authorized and empowered to enter upon, take, and hold any lands or premises whatever, located either within or without the boundaries of the district, whether by purchase, grant, donation, devise, or otherwise, that may be necessary and proper for the location, relocation, construction, repair, or maintenance of any line of levees, drains, canals, or ditches, which may be authorized or necessary for any levee or drainage district to construct or make for the purpose of relieving any levee or land adjacent thereto from injury, want of drainage, or for the construction of any drain, ditch, or canal authorized to be constructed.  (b) Any district having the authority to construct levees, ditches, drains, or canals is authorized and empowered to cut and remove trees, timber, and other material that may fall or otherwise encumber or endanger the levees, ditches, canals, drains, or any part thereof.  (c) All levee and drainage districts shall have power to acquire by compromise or by agreement with the owner, or if the owner is a minor, an individual with mental illness, or if the lands belong to the estate of a deceased person, then with the guardian, curator, executor, or administrator, all property and right-of-way required by them.  (d)  (1) Levee and drainage districts may settle all claims for compensation or damages on account of right-of-way for the construction of levees, ditches, canals, or drains or material for the construction, maintenance, or repair of any levee, drain, canal, or ditch. The executor, administrator, or curator shall be responsible, on his or her bond, for the money or other things received in the settlement.  (2) In case of a settlement, the owner, curator, administrator, or executor shall have the power to convey to the levee or drainage district the right-of-way, material, or other property so required. This conveyance shall vest the levee or drainage district with the title to the right-of-way or property acquired pursuant to this section.