§ 156-69 – Nature of the survey; conservation and replacement of fish and wildlife habitat; structures to control and store water.
156-69. Nature of the survey; conservation and replacement of fish and wildlife habitat; structures to control and store water. The engineer and viewers shall have power to employ such assistants as may be necessary to make a complete survey of the drainage district, and shall enter upon the ground and make a survey of the […]
§ 156-70 – Assessment of damages.
156-70. Assessment of damages. It shall be the further duty of the engineer and viewers to assess the damages claimed by anyone that are justly right and due to him for land taken or for inconvenience imposed because of the construction of the improvement, or for any other legal damages sustained. Such damages shall be […]
§ 156-70.1 – When title deemed acquired for purpose of easements or rights-of-way; notice to landowner; claim for compensation; appeal.
156-70.1. When title deemed acquired for purpose of easements or rights-of-way; notice to landowner; claim for compensation; appeal. The district shall be deemed to have acquired title for the purpose of easements or rights-of-way to those areas of land identified in the final report of the board of viewers and as shown on the map […]
§ 156-71 – Classification of lands and benefits.
156-71. Classification of lands and benefits. It shall be the further duty of the engineer and viewers to personally examine the land in the district and classify it with reference to the benefit it will receive from the construction of the levee, ditch, drain, or watercourse or other improvement. In the case of drainage, the […]
§ 156-63 – First hearing of preliminary report.
156-63. First hearing of preliminary report. The clerk of the superior court shall consider this report. If the viewers report that the drainage is not practicable or that it will not benefit the public health or any public highway or be conducive to the general welfare of the community, and the court shall approve such […]
§ 156-64 – Notice of further hearing.
156-64. Notice of further hearing. If the petition is entertained by the court, notice shall be given by publication once a week for at least two consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation within the county or counties, if one shall be published in such counties, and also by posting a written or printed […]
§ 156-65 – Further hearing, and district established.
156-65. Further hearing, and district established. At the date appointed for the hearing the court shall hear and determine any objections that may be offered to the report of the viewers. If it appear that there is any land within the proposed levee or drainage district that will not be affected by the leveeing or […]
§ 156-66 – Right of appeal.
156-66. Right of appeal. Any person owning lands within the drainage or levee district which he thinks will not be benefited by the improvement and should not be included in the district may appeal from the decision of the court to the superior court of such county, in termtime, by filing an appeal, accompanied by […]
§ 156-54 – Jurisdiction to establish districts.
156-54. Jurisdiction to establish districts. The clerk of the superior court of any county in the State of North Carolina shall have jurisdiction, power and authority to establish levee or drainage districts either wholly or partly located in his county, and which shall constitute a political subdivision of the State, and to locate and establish […]
§ 156-55 – Venue; special proceedings.
156-55. Venue; special proceedings. When the lands proposed to be drained and created into a drainage district are located in two or more counties, the clerk of the superior court of either county has the jurisdiction conferred by this Subchapter. Venue is in that county in which the petition is first filed. The law and […]