24-701. Application to district court for drainage in certain cases; petition; bond. (a) Whenever any owner or owners of land which would be benefited by drainage, which cannot be accomplished in the best and cheapest manner without affecting the lands of others, shall desire such drainage; or whenever any township board shall desire to provide […]
24-702. Hearing and proceedings on the petition; notice; commissioners, bonds, oath and duties; remonstrance by landowners; appeal to supreme court, time. (a) Upon the filing of the petition for drainage, as provided in K.S.A. 24-701, and amendments thereto, in the office of the clerk of the district court, the clerk shall enter a minute of […]
24-703. Joinder in petition. Any one or more of the persons, municipalities or boards mentioned in K.S.A. 24-701 may unite in the same petition, whenever they have joint interest therein, in any proceeding prosecuted under and by virtue of this act or the act to which the same is mandatory. History: L. 1909, ch. 129, […]
24-704. Pending proceedings. The provisions of this act shall apply to and govern, as far as applicable, all proceedings now pending in the district court of any county in this state, heretofore commenced under and by virtue of the provisions of chapter 197 of the Laws of 1907. History: L. 1909, ch. 129, § 4; […]
24-705. Duties of commissioners upon second reference of petition; assessments; report; remonstrances; hearing; modification, change and approval of report. After the petition has been referred to the drainage commissioners for the second time, with directions to proceed with the work and make their final report, as provided in K.S.A. 24-702, the commissioners, in case there […]
24-706. Finality of court order; commencement of work. The order of the court approving and confirming the assessment and declaring the proposed work of drainage established shall be final and conclusive, unless proceedings in error therefrom to the supreme court shall be taken in the same manner and under the same condition as provided in […]
24-707. Lien and payment of assessments. Assessments for benefits shall be liens upon the lands against which they are assessed from and after the date of the final approval of the assessment, except where lands are not described in the petition but are afterwards described in the report of the drainage commissioners, and as to […]
24-708. Treasurer to pay to clerk amounts collected; payment of damages assessed. When assessments for benefits have been collected by the county treasurer, as provided in K.S.A. 24-707, it shall be the duty of the county treasurer to pay each such assessment, together with such penalty and interest as have accrued thereon, to the clerk […]
24-709. Superintendents of construction; payment for labor and materials. (a) The commissioners of drainage appointed in such proceeding shall be superintendents of construction of the work of drainage, and shall have authority to employ labor and to make contracts for the performance of such work and for the purchase of material therefor. The drainage commissioners […]
24-710. Fees; compensation of clerk and commissioners. The clerk of the district court shall tax as costs and receive as fees the same compensation for services rendered by him under the provisions of this act as are allowed by the statutes of Kansas to clerks for like official services performed in civil actions, and none […]
24-711. Account by clerk of collections and disbursements; account open to inspection. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court to keep an accurate account of all moneys received from the collection of assessments for benefits and all sums paid out by him under the provisions of this act, which account shall […]
24-712. Petition for repair work. That whenever a petition signed by not less than five landowners, duly verified by one or more of such petitioners, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which any drainage district shall have been created under and by virtue of […]
24-713. Liens of laborers; surplus funds after repairs. That all laborers and other persons who shall perform any service or furnish any material in the construction of any work under the provisions of this act shall have a lien upon the fund in the hands of the clerk raised by assessment, of benefits for the […]
24-714. Construction of act; defects in assessments; supplemental assessments. This act shall be liberally construed, to promote the drainage of wet or overflowed lands; and the collection of assessments shall not be defeated by reason of any defect in the proceedings occurring prior to the judgment of the court approving and affirming the assessments of […]
24-715. Penalty for obstruction or injury of ditch or drain. Any person who shall willfully obstruct or injure or destroy any ditch or drain constructed under the provisions of this act and the act to which it is amendatory and other amendments thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined […]
