19-2505.   Same; enforcement; notice; tax levy.Upon the failure of the owner or his agent to comply with the provisionsof K.S.A. 19-2504 within the time mentioned in saidsection, the party complaining may notify the township trustee of thetownship wherein such well, pit, mine, or other excavation is situated,by the filing with him of a copy of the notice served upon the owner ofsuch land or his agent, or posted as aforesaid, with the date of servicethereof endorsed thereon, or if such notice was posted as aforesaid, thedate when such notice was posted, and the fact that the residence of thelandowner or his agent is unknown; and thereupon the township trusteeshall be required forthwith to make a personal investigation of saidwell, pit, mine or other excavation, and if in his judgment the well,pit, mine or other excavation shall be dangerous he shall cause the sameto be filled up, or securely covered; and any all expense incurredtherein shall be by him duly itemized, verified and returned to thecounty clerk, together with a description of the land on which suchwell, pit, mine or other excavation is situated, who shall enter thesame on the tax rolls of said county against the tract of land on whichsuch well, pit, mine or excavation is situated, and the same shallbecome and be a lien upon said premises and shall be collected by thecounty treasurer as other taxes, and become a part of the general fund.

      History:   L. 1895, ch. 360, § 2; May 27; R.S. 1923, 19-2505.