Section 245.470 – Landowners to determine work to be done.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.470. Landowners to determine work to be done. — At such meeting the reports and estimates of the engineer and the assessment of the assessors shall be laid before the landowners present estimating the probable cost of said work, and the probable rate percent therefor on the valuation of the […]
Section 245.475 – Board to order rate percent levee assessment — annual installment payments.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.475. Board to order rate percent levee assessment — annual installment payments. — If it shall be decided to do the said work, it shall be competent for the directors to order the rate percent agreed upon for the cost of said work, to be paid in annual installments, in […]
Section 245.480 – Additional taxes for enlarging and strengthening levee.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.480. Additional taxes for enlarging and strengthening levee. — Whenever the board of directors of any levee district shall ascertain that the levees constructed by said district are insufficient, from any cause, to afford complete protection from overflows, to the lands in said district, they may by resolution entered upon […]
Section 245.483 – Construction or improvement of levees to protect lands in other districts — procedure — costs, how paid.
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 245.483. Construction or improvement of levees to protect lands in other districts — procedure — costs, how paid. — Whenever the board of directors of any district organized under sections 245.285 to 245.545 shall determine that the levees constructed by the district are insufficient from any cause to afford complete […]
Section 245.485 – Additional tax may be ordered when costs exceed estimates.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.485. Additional tax may be ordered when costs exceed estimates. — If it is found, by the county commission, after examining the expenditures of the levee district, that the cost of constructing the work will exceed the estimates made by the engineer, the commission may call a meeting of the […]
Section 245.490 – Board may borrow money.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.490. Board may borrow money. — The directors may borrow money, not exceeding in amount the assessments or annual installments unpaid at the time of borrowing, for the construction of any work which they may be authorized to construct, or for the payment of any indebtedness that they may have […]
Section 245.495 – Board may issue warrants.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.495. Board may issue warrants. — The board of directors may, at its option, in lieu of bonds, issue warrants on the county treasurer, payable out of the fund of the levee district, in payment of any indebtedness incurred, including the entire expenses of constructing the levee, repairing or extending […]
Section 245.455 – Lands to be entered on book for that purpose.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.455. Lands to be entered on book for that purpose. — Said lands shall be entered upon said book in convenient subdivisions, as surveyed by United States deputy surveyors, with appropriate columns, showing the names of resident owners, and nonresident owners when known, of said lands, and of any person […]
Section 245.390 – Board to act with United States agencies.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.390. Board to act with United States agencies. — Said board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to treat, contract and negotiate with what is known as the Mississippi River Commission, heretofore created by an act of the Congress of the United States, or with any other agency of […]
Section 245.395 – Board to publish statement of work done.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.395. Board to publish statement of work done. — Said board of directors shall, at their first meeting after the expiration of one year from date of their organization, and annually thereafter make and publish in some newspaper published in the county composing the levee district, and when composed of […]