Printable Format24-501. Drainage districts organized in valley of natural watercourse; procedure. For the purpose of increasing the drainage capacity of any natural watercourse by clearing it of all obstructions, excavating cutoffs, spillways and auxiliary channels and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, a drainage district may be organized in the valley of any natural watercourse in Kansas, in the manner hereinafter provided.
History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-501; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 29; May 15.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Cited in setting out powers of district under 1905 act. State, ex rel., v. North Topeka Drainage Dist., 133 Kan. 274, 280, 299 P. 637.
2. Excessive assessment of railway property under act held unconstitutional. Straight Creek Drainage Dist. v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co., 36 F.2d 650.