12-809.Damming of river or condemnation of land and water for waterworks;
petition to court; bond issue.
The governing body of any city shall have power and authority to dam any
river not navigable, to condemn and appropriate in the name and for the use
of the city any such land or lands located in or out of the corporate
limits thereof, as may be necessary for the construction and operation of
waterworks, and to condemn, appropriate and divert the water from such
river, or so much thereof as may be deemed necessary for such purpose.
Whenever the city council shall determine to condemn and appropriate any
land or to condemn and divert any water for the purpose aforesaid, it shall
cause a petition to be presented in the name of the city to the district judge of
the district court of the county in which such city is situated, setting
forth the necessity of the appropriation of lands and the diverting of said
water for the erection and operation of waterworks, and thereupon the
necessary real estate shall be condemned as provided by law, and may be
paid for by the issuance and sale of the bonds of such city as provided by
law.
Before any such bonds shall be issued the proposition shall be submitted
to the voters of such city as provided by law. From and after such
condemnation and appropriation and the payment therefor, the city shall be
vested with the right to perpetually use the land, water, and the right to
divert such water, condemned for the purpose of waterworks.
12-809.Damming of river or condemnation of land and water for waterworks;
petition to court; bond issue.
The governing body of any city shall have power and authority to dam any
river not navigable, to condemn and appropriate in the name and for the use
of the city any such land or lands located in or out of the corporate
limits thereof, as may be necessary for the construction and operation of
waterworks, and to condemn, appropriate and divert the water from such
river, or so much thereof as may be deemed necessary for such purpose.
Whenever the city council shall determine to condemn and appropriate any
land or to condemn and divert any water for the purpose aforesaid, it shall
cause a petition to be presented in the name of the city to the district judge of
the district court of the county in which such city is situated, setting
forth the necessity of the appropriation of lands and the diverting of said
water for the erection and operation of waterworks, and thereupon the
necessary real estate shall be condemned as provided by law, and may be
paid for by the issuance and sale of the bonds of such city as provided by
law.
Before any such bonds shall be issued the proposition shall be submitted
to the voters of such city as provided by law. From and after such
condemnation and appropriation and the payment therefor, the city shall be
vested with the right to perpetually use the land, water, and the right to
divert such water, condemned for the purpose of waterworks.
12-809.Damming of river or condemnation of land and water for waterworks;
petition to court; bond issue.
The governing body of any city shall have power and authority to dam any
river not navigable, to condemn and appropriate in the name and for the use
of the city any such land or lands located in or out of the corporate
limits thereof, as may be necessary for the construction and operation of
waterworks, and to condemn, appropriate and divert the water from such
river, or so much thereof as may be deemed necessary for such purpose.
Whenever the city council shall determine to condemn and appropriate any
land or to condemn and divert any water for the purpose aforesaid, it shall
cause a petition to be presented in the name of the city to the district judge of
the district court of the county in which such city is situated, setting
forth the necessity of the appropriation of lands and the diverting of said
water for the erection and operation of waterworks, and thereupon the
necessary real estate shall be condemned as provided by law, and may be
paid for by the issuance and sale of the bonds of such city as provided by
law.
Before any such bonds shall be issued the proposition shall be submitted
to the voters of such city as provided by law. From and after such
condemnation and appropriation and the payment therefor, the city shall be
vested with the right to perpetually use the land, water, and the right to
divert such water, condemned for the purpose of waterworks.