Section 41-9-205 – Waiver of Notice.
41-9-205. Waiver of notice. In case of failure to serve any notice of any proceeding or hearing in this chapter provided for, upon any person or corporation, such person or corporation, may appear in open court and waive such defect of service, or may waive it by filing in court or delivering to the commissioners […]
Section 41-9-206 – Liberal Construction.
41-9-206. Liberal construction. The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed to promote the public health and welfare by reclaiming wet or overflowed lands, building embankments or levees and the preservation of any system of drainage heretofore constructed according to law.
Section 41-9-210 – Levels, Surveys and Maps to Be Made; Report to Court Required.
41-9-210. Levels, surveys and maps to be made; report to court required. As soon as may be after the confirmation of the said preliminary report, or within such time as the court may direct, said commissioners shall proceed to have all necessary levels taken and surveys made, and shall lay out said proposed work, make […]
Section 41-9-211 – Contents; Starting Points, Routes and Termini.
41-9-211. Contents; starting points, routes and termini. The commissioners shall report whether the starting point, routes and termini of the proposed work and the proposed location thereof, as in the petition contained, are in all respects proper and feasible, and, if not, shall report such as are most proper and feasible.
Section 41-9-212 – Contents; Change of Boundaries Generally.
41-9-212. Contents; change of boundaries generally. If it be found necessary to change the boundaries of said proposed district, as by them previously fixed, they shall report said proposed change, and, if possible, shall report the names, residence and post-office addresses of the owner or owners of all lands affected by said change in boundaries, […]
Section 41-9-201 – Authority of Commissioners to Enter Lands for Repairs.
41-9-201. Authority of commissioners to enter lands for repairs. The commissioners, their agents, servants and employees shall have the right to go upon all lands along any drain, ditch, levee or embankment in their district, to inspect, deepen, widen and repair the same whenever necessary, doing no unnecessary damage, and shall not be liable for […]
Section 41-9-202 – Power of Eminent Domain.
41-9-202. Power of eminent domain. Any drainage district created and existing under W.S. 41-9-101 through 41-9-278 may, whenever it shall require a way of necessity outside its boundaries for any of its work or works theretofore authorized by the court, proceed to procure the same by the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
Section 41-9-203 – Presumption of Validity of Acts of Commissioners.
41-9-203. Presumption of validity of acts of commissioners. Commissioners of drainage districts are hereby declared to be public officers. The presumption shall be in favor of the regularity and validity of all their official acts. Whenever any report of the commissioners of any drainage district or any part of any such report is contested, remonstrated […]
Section 41-9-135 – Creation of Corporate Entity Upon Confirmation of Report.
41-9-135. Creation of corporate entity upon confirmation of report. Upon entering of such order of confirmation of said preliminary report of record, such drainage district shall be, and is thereby declared to be organized as a drainage district, by the name mentioned in said petition, or such other name as the court shall fix, with […]
Section 41-9-136 – Corporate Authorities.
41-9-136. Corporate authorities. The commissioners appointed as aforesaid and their successors in office shall, from the entry of such order of confirmation, constitute the corporate authority of said drainage district, and shall exercise the functions conferred on them by law, and do all things and perform all acts necessary to the construction and preservation of […]