Article 3.--DRAINAGE OF SWAMPS, BOTTOMS OR LOWLANDS WITHIN COUNTY
24-305.Duties of county commissioners; eminent domainproceedings; assistance of engineer; adjournments.On the day set for the hearing of said petition, if it appear tothe board of county commissioners that any person or persons who may beinterested in said ditch have not been notified as required by this act,or that any requisite preliminary steps have not been taken, they shalladjourn to some future time, not exceeding twenty days, and order suchnotice to be given, or such preliminary steps to be taken. But if saidcounty commissioners shall find that said bond has been filed and saidnotice given, they shall proceed to determine said petition, and if theydeem it necessary, shall view the premises along such proposed route,and if they find such ditch, drain or watercourse to be necessary, andthat the same is demanded by or will be conducive to the public health,convenience and welfare, shall institute proceedings to exercise thepower of eminent domain in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 to26-516, inclusive, and after the determination of suchproceedings shall proceed to locate and establish such ditch, drain orwatercourse as conforms with the route described in the eminent domainproceedings. Said county commissioners, in hearing and determining saidpetition, shall call to their assistance an engineer to locate, leveland measure the distance of such ditch, drain, or watercourse, and mayadjourn from time to time to determine their proceedings herein; and thesaid county clerk shall enter a full and complete record of all suchproceedings in the journal of the proceedings of the countycommissioners of such county.
History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 4; R.S. 1923, 24-305; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 57;Jan. 1, 1964.
Article 3.--DRAINAGE OF SWAMPS, BOTTOMS OR LOWLANDS WITHIN COUNTY
24-305.Duties of county commissioners; eminent domainproceedings; assistance of engineer; adjournments.On the day set for the hearing of said petition, if it appear tothe board of county commissioners that any person or persons who may beinterested in said ditch have not been notified as required by this act,or that any requisite preliminary steps have not been taken, they shalladjourn to some future time, not exceeding twenty days, and order suchnotice to be given, or such preliminary steps to be taken. But if saidcounty commissioners shall find that said bond has been filed and saidnotice given, they shall proceed to determine said petition, and if theydeem it necessary, shall view the premises along such proposed route,and if they find such ditch, drain or watercourse to be necessary, andthat the same is demanded by or will be conducive to the public health,convenience and welfare, shall institute proceedings to exercise thepower of eminent domain in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 to26-516, inclusive, and after the determination of suchproceedings shall proceed to locate and establish such ditch, drain orwatercourse as conforms with the route described in the eminent domainproceedings. Said county commissioners, in hearing and determining saidpetition, shall call to their assistance an engineer to locate, leveland measure the distance of such ditch, drain, or watercourse, and mayadjourn from time to time to determine their proceedings herein; and thesaid county clerk shall enter a full and complete record of all suchproceedings in the journal of the proceedings of the countycommissioners of such county.
History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 4; R.S. 1923, 24-305; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 57;Jan. 1, 1964.
Article 3.--DRAINAGE OF SWAMPS, BOTTOMS OR LOWLANDS WITHIN COUNTY
24-305.Duties of county commissioners; eminent domainproceedings; assistance of engineer; adjournments.On the day set for the hearing of said petition, if it appear tothe board of county commissioners that any person or persons who may beinterested in said ditch have not been notified as required by this act,or that any requisite preliminary steps have not been taken, they shalladjourn to some future time, not exceeding twenty days, and order suchnotice to be given, or such preliminary steps to be taken. But if saidcounty commissioners shall find that said bond has been filed and saidnotice given, they shall proceed to determine said petition, and if theydeem it necessary, shall view the premises along such proposed route,and if they find such ditch, drain or watercourse to be necessary, andthat the same is demanded by or will be conducive to the public health,convenience and welfare, shall institute proceedings to exercise thepower of eminent domain in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 to26-516, inclusive, and after the determination of suchproceedings shall proceed to locate and establish such ditch, drain orwatercourse as conforms with the route described in the eminent domainproceedings. Said county commissioners, in hearing and determining saidpetition, shall call to their assistance an engineer to locate, leveland measure the distance of such ditch, drain, or watercourse, and mayadjourn from time to time to determine their proceedings herein; and thesaid county clerk shall enter a full and complete record of all suchproceedings in the journal of the proceedings of the countycommissioners of such county.
History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 4; R.S. 1923, 24-305; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 57;Jan. 1, 1964.
