§ 156-132 – Penalty for failure.
156-132. Penalty for failure. Any board of commissioners of any drainage district in the State, and each of the members thereof, which shall fail or refuse to file the statements or accounts, as provided in G.S. 156-130 and 156-131, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1917, c. 72, s. 3; C.S., s. […]
§ 156-133 – Auditor appointed; duties; compensation.
156-133. Auditor appointed; duties; compensation. The clerk of the superior court for the county where the district was organized, shall annually appoint an intelligent and competent person of sufficient experience, as auditor for each drainage district which levies current assessments or which has accumulated funds. The same person may be auditor of more than one […]
§ 156-134 – Duties of the auditor.
156-134. Duties of the auditor. The auditor for the drainage district will be required to examine the assessment roll and the records and accounts of the sheriff or tax collector as to the assessment roll which went into his hands on the previous first Monday in September and for all previous years as to which […]
§ 156-135 – Construction of drainage law.
156-135. Construction of drainage law. The provisions of this Subchapter shall be liberally construed to promote the leveeing, ditching, draining, and reclamation of wet and overflowed lands. The collection of the assessment shall not be defeated, where the proper notices have been given, by reason of any defect in the proceedings occurring prior to the […]
§ 156-135.1 – Investment of surplus funds.
156-135.1. Investment of surplus funds. Any drainage district organized under the provisions of Subchapter III of Chapter 156 of the General Statutes and the governing authority of same is hereby authorized and empowered to invest any surplus funds or any funds not needed for the immediate use of the district in United States bonds or […]
§ 156-136 – Removal of officers.
156-136. Removal of officers. Any engineer, viewer, superintendent of construction or other person appointed under this Chapter may be removed by the court, upon petition, for corruption, negligence of duties, or other good and satisfactory cause shown. (1909, c. 442, s. 38; C.S., s. 5380.)
§ 156-137 – Local drainage laws not affected.
156-137. Local drainage laws not affected. This Subchapter shall not repeal or change any local drainage laws already enacted. (1909, c. 442, s. 38 1/2; C.S., s. 5381.)
§ 156-129 – Amount of assessments limited; reassessments regulated.
156-129. Amount of assessments limited; reassessments regulated. The assessments made under this Article shall in no instance, and against no piece of property, be greater in amount than that percent which the percent assessment authorized by this Article bears to the unpaid original assessment upon each piece or tract of property within the district. In […]
§ 156-116 – Modification of assessments.
156-116. Modification of assessments. (a) Relevy. – Where the court has confirmed an assessment for the construction of any public levee, ditch, or drain, and such assessment has been modified by the court of superior jurisdiction, but for some unforeseen cause it cannot be collected, the board of drainage commissioners shall have power to change […]
§ 156-117 – Subdistricts formed.
156-117. Subdistricts formed. Subdistricts may be formed by owners of land in main districts theretofore established in the manner provided for the organization of main districts. Such subdistricts shall have the right to use the ditches or canals of the main districts for outlets. The formation of subdistricts shall not operate to release the lands […]