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AR Code § 18-15-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Corporations — Water and Water-Generated Electric Companies|§ 18-15-602. Right to draw, control, etc., water

 (a) When a corporation in the construction of its waterworks, in extending its waterworks, or in making new lines of work shall deem it necessary, it may, as provided in this subchapter, draw water from any river, lake, creek, spring branch, or spring by means of pipes, ditches, drains, conduits, aqueducts, or other means of conducting water so as to connect the rivers, lakes, creeks, spring branches, or springs with its works.  (b) The corporation may also erect and construct dams, bulkheads, gates, and other needed structures and means of controlling the water and its protection and in general do any other act necessary or convenient in accomplishing the purpose contemplated by this subchapter.
AR Code § 18-15-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Corporations — Water and Water-Generated Electric Companies|§ 18-15-603. Survey and map required

 Whenever a corporation proposes to construct or extend the work or proposes to extend its line of works so as to connect with any river, lake, creek, spring branch, or spring and direct the water of any river, lake, creek, spring branch, or spring or body of water within its waterworks, it shall proceed as follows:   (1)  (A) That corporation shall cause to be made a survey of the line along which it proposes to construct or extend the waterworks, and of all lands and other property to be affected by flowage, drainage, or by the construction of ditches, drains, conduits, aqueducts, or otherwise.  (B) For that purpose the corporation by its officers and agents may enter any land for the purpose of making the surveys and measurements or for obtaining any other necessary information relative to the construction or extension of the waterworks, doing no unnecessary damage to the real estate; and    (2)  (A) After the survey has been made and the line located, the corporation shall cause to be made a map showing the location of the line, extension, and improvements and the lands necessary to be taken for the construction, extension, or improvement, and all lands or other property to be affected by flowage, drainage, or otherwise.  (B) The map shall be verified under oath by the surveyor making the map as just and correct, as he or she verily believes.  (C) The map shall also be acknowledged by the mayor, clerk, or recorder or other proper officer of the city, town, or village seeking to condemn and take the real estate, or by the president, secretary, or director of the corporation seeking to condemn and take the real estate.
AR Code § 18-15-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Corporations — Water and Water-Generated Electric Companies|§ 18-15-604. Petition

 (a)  (1) The municipal corporation or other corporation so intending and desiring to condemn, take, and use the real estate may present to the circuit court in and for the county in which the lands so proposed to be taken, condemned, and used are situated, a petition signed by the president and secretary of the corporation or water association or by the mayor, recorder, or other executive officer of the city, town, or village.  (2) This petition shall set forth a description of the enterprise to be prosecuted by them and describe with reasonable certainty and by reference to the map or plat, or otherwise, the lands, property, and estate which it will be necessary to appropriate, take, use, overflow, drain, or otherwise affect, setting forth the name of each and every owner, encumbrancer, or other person interested in the lands, property, or estate or any part thereof, so far as it can be ascertained by the public records and by view of the premises or other inquiry touching the occupation thereof.    (b) In case the property sought to be condemned is owned by any individual or corporation and is located in more than one (1) county, the petition may be filed in any circuit court having jurisdiction in any county in which the whole or a part of the property may be located, and proceedings had in the circuit court will apply to all the property designated in the petition.  (c) The notice of the filing of the petition and the presentation thereof shall be given to the owners and parties interested as is now prescribed by law for the condemnation of property by railroad, telegraph, and telephone corporations.  (d) The written notice to the landowner shall include a statement that the owner may request, within twenty (20) days of receipt of the notice, that the corporations or associations shall mark and identify the proposed area of the easement on the landowner's property which is the subject of the eminent domain action, and which shall be done at the expense of the corporation or association.
AR Code § 18-15-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Corporations — Water and Water-Generated Electric Companies|§ 18-15-605. Damages — Deposits

 (a) The further proceedings in the matter of assessment of damages and the making of deposits to secure the owner shall be the same as is now prescribed by law in reference to condemnation proceedings by railroad, telegraph, and telephone corporations, except that the measure of damages shall be the fair market value of the condemned property at the time of the filing of the petition by the corporation or water association as may be determined by law.  (b) In the case of application for orders of immediate possession by the corporation or water association, if the amount awarded by the jury exceeds the amount deposited by the corporation or water association in an amount which is more than twenty percent (20%) of the sum deposited, the landowner shall be entitled to recover the reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
AR Code § 18-15-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Corporations — Water and Water-Generated Electric Companies|§ 18-15-606. Appeals

 Appeals may be taken by any party interested from the assessment and allotment of damages under the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 18-15-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Corporations — Water and Water-Generated Electric Companies|§ 18-15-607. Tapping of mains and supply pipes, nuisance, and pollution prohibited

 A person shall be guilty of a violation and fined for each and every offense in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) if the person shall:   (1) Tap the main or supply pipe of any water plant or company without first obtaining the permission of the proper city authorities, corporation, or owner of the water plant;  (2) Commit nuisance in or near the impounding dam or reservoir of any water plant; or  (3) Pollute the water or affect its wholesome qualities.
AR Code § 18-15-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-701. Findings no bar to prosecution or action under other law — Exception

 The inquest of the jury or the order and permission of the court founded thereupon shall not bar any prosecution or action, which any person would have had in law, had this subchapter not been passed, except for such injuries as were actually foreseen and estimated by the jury.
AR Code § 18-15-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-702. Penalty

 Any person who shall build or raise any dam or any other stoppage or obstruction in or across any watercourse without first obtaining permission from the proper court, according to law, and shall thereby work any material injury to any other person by overflowing his or her lands, shall forfeit to the party injured double damages for the injury, to be recovered in a civil action.
AR Code § 18-15-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-703. Nuisance

 All dams, stoppages, or obstructions not made according to law shall be deemed to be public nuisances and shall be dealt with accordingly.
AR Code § 18-15-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-704. Erection of certain dams permitted

 By proceeding as provided in this subchapter, any person may erect a dam across any watercourse not being a navigable stream if the person is the proprietor of the land through which the watercourse runs at the point where he or she proposes to erect his or her dam.
AR Code § 18-15-705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-705. Petition required

 (a) If a dam is proposed to be erected pursuant to § 18-15-704, the person proposing to erect the dam, if it is likely to overflow any lands on the stream belonging to other persons, shall file his or her petition for that purpose in the circuit court of the county in which he or she proposes to erect his or her mill or other machinery connected with the dam.  (b) If a mill or other dam is proposed to be erected near a county line so as to overflow lands in an adjoining county, then the person proposing to erect the dam shall apply to the circuit court of both counties for the relief provided in this subchapter.  (c) The petitioner shall set forth:  (1) A description of the land and an abstract of the title thereto;  (2) The name of the watercourse;  (3) A description of the point at which he or she proposes to erect his or her dam;  (4) The altitude of the dam which he or she proposes to erect; and  (5) The kind of mill and other machinery which he or she proposes to connect with the dam.
AR Code § 18-15-706 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-706. Issuance of writ — Inquiry by jury

 (a)  (1) On filing the petition, it shall be the duty of the court to cause a writ of ad quod damnum to be issued under the seal of the court.  (2) The writ shall be directed to the sheriff, commanding him or her to summon twelve (12) fit persons of his or her county to meet at the place where the mill is proposed to be erected or the land overflowed, on a day named in the writ.  (3) Then and there, it shall be the duty of the court to inquire by the jury, touching the matter contained in the petition, a copy of which shall accompany the writ.    (b) It shall be the duty of the sheriff to attend with the jury on the day and at the place appointed, and upon full examination and inquiry by the jury, it shall find:  (1) What will be the amount of damage to each proprietor by reason of inundation consequent upon the erection of the dam as proposed;  (2) Whether the dwelling of any proprietor or the outhouses, curtilages, or gardens thereunto immediately belonging, or orchard, will be overflowed thereby;  (3) Whether, and to what extent, ordinary navigation and the passage of fish will be obstructed by the erection, and whether and by what means the obstructions may be prevented or diminished; and  (4) Whether the health of the neighborhood will be materially endangered in consequence of the erection.    (c) The inquest of the jury shall be reduced to writing and, after being signed by each member of the jury, shall be returned by the sheriff together with the writ, and a statement of the manner in which he or she executed it, into the court which issued it, without delay.
AR Code § 18-15-707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-707. Summons

 (a) Upon the return of the inquest, the court shall cause the proprietor of the land, one (1) acre of which shall have been prayed for, and the several persons, who may be proprietors of the land found by the inquest returned to be liable to damage, to be summoned to appear in the same court on a day to be named in the summons and show cause, if any they can, why the person petitioning should not have permission to erect his or her dam.  (b)  (1) If the proprietor resides in the county in which the lands lie, the service of the summons shall be as in ordinary cases.  (2) If the proprietor is not a resident in the county, then the service shall be by setting up a copy at the house of the tenant on the land, or if there is no tenant there, at some conspicuous place on the land.
AR Code § 18-15-708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-708. Refusal of permit

 If upon a view of the inquest returned by the sheriff and other evidence, if any shall be produced, it shall appear to the court that the dwelling of the proprietor, or outhouses, curtilages, or gardens thereunto belonging, or orchards, or fields will be overflowed, or that the health of the neighborhood will be materially annoyed by the stagnation of the waters consequent upon the erection of the proposed dam, then the court shall not permit the dam to be erected.
AR Code § 18-15-709 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-709. Order

 (a) If upon view it shall appear to the court that none of the evils provided against in § 18-15-708 are likely to ensue, the court shall then consider whether, all circumstances weighed, it is reasonable that the permission to erect the dam as prayed for should be given, and thereupon make an order, giving permission or not accordingly.  (b) The order and decree authorized by subsection (a) of this section and § 18-15-712 and the rights and privileges thereby granted shall, in all cases, be upon and subject to the following conditions:  (1) Such conditions in reference to the obstructions of the passage of fish as the court shall think proper to impose;  (2) That all damages and valuations made and assessed by the jury shall be paid; and  (3) That the dam and mills or other machinery shall be commenced within one (1) year, and they shall be finished and ready for business within three (3) years from the date of the order of permission.
AR Code § 18-15-710 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-710. Rebuilding or repairing dam and mill

 Whenever the dam and mill or other machinery has been destroyed or materially impaired, they shall be rebuilt or repaired within three (3) years thereafter, but if the owner of the dam and mill is an infant, then the usual saving in favor of infants shall be effective.
AR Code § 18-15-711 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-711. Raising of dam

 Any owner of any dam and mill, or other machinery erected by virtue of this subchapter, may raise his or her dam by permission of the court, under and by the same proceedings, rules, and conditions provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 18-15-712 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-712. Erection of dam by owner of land on one side of watercourse

 (a) Any person being the owner in fee simple of the land on one (1) side of a watercourse, including part of the bed of the watercourse at the point where he or she proposes to erect a dam, may erect the dam by proceeding as provided in this subchapter.  (b)  (1) The person proposing to erect a dam shall also file his or her petition, and in addition to the requisitions of § 18-15-705, shall set forth the name and place of residence of the proprietor of the land on the other side of the watercourse whereon he or she would abut his or her dam and on what side of the watercourse he or she proposes to erect his or her mill or other machinery in connection with his or her dam.  (2) The petition shall be filed in the county wherein he or she proposes to erect the mill or other machinery.    (c) In this case, the sheriff shall further find by the jury the value of one (1) acre of ground on the opposite side of the watercourse, to include the place where the petitioner would abut his or her dam or build his or her mill or other machinery. The sheriff with the assistance of the jury shall set this one (1) acre of ground apart by metes and bounds.  (d)  (1) The sheriff shall notify the proprietor of the land, whereof one (1) acre is prayed for, of the time and place when and where he or she will take the inquest of the jury, if the proprietor is in his or her county, and, if not, the sheriff shall set up the notice at the house of the tenant of the land. If there is no tenant thereof, then the sheriff shall set up the notice at some conspicuous place on the land.  (2) In discharging duties pursuant to this subchapter, the sheriff shall have power with the jury to go into and act in an adjoining county when necessary.    (e) When the party petitioning shall have prayed for one (1) acre of ground whereupon to abut his or her dam, the court shall include in its order granting permission to erect the dam, a decree vesting the acre of land and the title thereof in the party petitioning and his or her heirs and assigns, forever.  (f) In case of noncompliance with any of the conditions concerning building, rebuilding, or repairing, when the land of another has been decreed by the court for the purpose of an abutment, the land shall revert to and revest in the original owner or his or her legal representatives.
AR Code § 18-15-713 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-713. Cutting canal through another's land

 Where mills or other machinery are proposed to be built, so as to be propelled by water drawn from lakes through canals cut therefrom, and the intended canal will be cut to pass through the land of other persons, the same procedure shall be pursued as in cases of streams.
AR Code § 18-15-714 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 7 - Dams, Mills, Etc.|§ 18-15-714. Right of third person to build

 If any person or his or her legal representatives to whom permission to erect a dam in virtue of this subchapter has been given shall fail to build, rebuild, or repair the dam, together with the mill or other machinery connected therewith, according to the requisitions of this subchapter or the conditions of the permission, it shall be lawful for any other person owning the land on one (1) side of the watercourse at the point where the dam was erected or was intended to be erected, or owning the land below or above, to build a dam and mill or other machinery thereon, as if no permission had been given, without incurring any liability on account of taking off or backing the water on the dam.
AR Code § 18-15-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 8 - Navigation, Coal, and Stone Companies|§ 18-15-801. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Private purchases permitted

 Nothing in §§ 18-15-802 — 18-15-806 shall prevent a company from making private contracts and purchases of lands from such owners as may be most agreeable to both parties.
AR Code § 18-15-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 8 - Navigation, Coal, and Stone Companies|§ 18-15-802. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Power of eminent domain

 (a)  (1) Any company formed for the purpose of buying or building and owning one (1) or more steamboats, barges, and flatboats to be used in transporting freight and passengers on any river, lake, bayou, or other navigable stream, shall have the right-of-way, not exceeding two hundred feet (200') in width, over any strip of land connecting two (2) navigable streams, lakes, or bodies of water.  (2) The strip of land shall not be more than five (5) miles in width for the purpose of erecting thereon dirt, plank, or horse railroads, and such other improvements as may be necessary for the convenience and business of the company.    (b) No other company shall have right-of-way within a less distance than three (3) miles of the way claimed by the company first availing itself of the provisions of this section, § 18-15-801, and §§ 18-15-803 — 18-15-806.
AR Code § 18-15-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 8 - Navigation, Coal, and Stone Companies|§ 18-15-803. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Petition

 Any company desiring to avail itself of the benefits of the right-of-way provided for in this subchapter shall petition the county court, or the judge thereof in vacation, of the county in which any lands are situated and over which a right-of-way is desired to appoint a jury of twelve (12) persons, qualified under the laws of this state to serve on juries, whose duties it shall be to appraise and ascertain the value of any lands over which a right-of-way is desired by any company petitioning, and provided for in this section.
AR Code § 18-15-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 8 - Navigation, Coal, and Stone Companies|§ 18-15-804. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Jury

 (a) When any company shall petition according to the requirements of § 18-15-803, the county court, or the judge thereof in vacation, shall make an order appointing the jury immediately.  (b) In the order, the jury shall be directed to ascertain and report to the court or judge, within thirty (30) days from the date of their appointments, the value of any lands which, under the provisions of this subchapter, they may be directed to ascertain.  (c) The jury, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take an oath that they will, as nearly as may be, ascertain the number of acres of land by them to be appraised, and report the numbers to the court or judge, together with the average value per acre of the land in cash.
AR Code § 18-15-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter 8 - Navigation, Coal, and Stone Companies|§ 18-15-805. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Jury report — Payment

 (a)  (1) When any jury reports, as provided in § 18-15-804, it shall be the duty of the judge to cause the company to be notified that the report has been made.  (2) If the company shall deposit, within fifteen (15) days after receiving the notice, with the county clerk the full amount of money at which any lands may have been appraised or valued by the jury appointed for that purpose, then the company shall be entitled to the use and possession of the appraised and valued lands.    (b) However, before the company shall be entitled to the use or possession of any lands as provided in this section, the judge shall make an order that the amount deposited with the clerk shall be paid to the owner or owners of the lands.