24-301. Board of county commissioners to establish ditches, drains or streams. That the board of county commissioners of any county in this state shall have power, whenever in their opinion the same is demanded by or will be conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare, to cause to be established, located and constructed, as […]
24-302. Drainage ditch, drain or watercourse; maintenance and repair; tax levy, use of proceeds. The county commissioners of any county which has or which shall construct a drainage ditch, drain or watercourse within said county are authorized hereby and empowered to levy a tax upon the taxpayers of the entire county sufficient to maintain and […]
24-303. Petition to be filed; bond; notice to persons owning lands. That before the county commissioners of any such county shall take any steps toward locating or establishing any ditch, drain, or watercourse, there shall be filed with the county clerk a petition of one or more persons owning lands adjacent to the line of […]
24-305. Duties of county commissioners; eminent domain proceedings; assistance of engineer; adjournments. On the day set for the hearing of said petition, if it appear to the board of county commissioners that any person or persons who may be interested in said ditch have not been notified as required by this act, or that any […]
24-306. Division into sections; performance of work; fees and costs; assessments. The said board of county commissioners, whenever they shall have established any such ditch, drain, or watercourse, shall divide the same into suitable sections, not less in number than the number of owners of land through which the same may be located, and shall […]
24-307. Penalty for obstructing ditch, drain or stream; damages. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously fill up or obstruct any such ditch, drain, or watercourse, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25), and shall moreover be liable for all damages […]
24-313. Sale of work to lowest bidder. It shall be the duty of said county commissioners, upon the expiration of the time specified by them for the opening of such ditch, drain, or watercourse, and upon being satisfied by inspection and view that any section or sections of the same have not been completed, to […]
24-314. Commissioners to certify to county clerk the amounts due for sections sold; payment of such amounts; amounts placed on tax roll. Immediately after the sale of any such sections or parts of sections as provided for in K.S.A. 24-313, said board of county commissioners shall certify to the county clerk of said county the […]
24-316. Corporation benefited to pay part of expense. That when any ditch, drain or watercourse, located and established under this act, crosses or drains, either in whole or in part, any public or corporated road, or any railroad, or benefits any or either of said roads, so that the roadbed or traveled track of any […]
24-317. Act does not repeal 24-201 to 24-215. This act shall not repeal or in any way render inoperative, the whole or any part of a similar act passed by the legislature of this state, which went into effect March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 16; Feb. 24; R.S. […]
