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Chapter 236

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 236

Dams, Mills and Electric Power

236.010Dams across nonnavigable streams — who may erect 236.020Owner of land on one side of stream may erect dam 236.030Petition to be filed in circuit court — contents 236.040Additional information to be set out 236.050Petition, where filed 236.060Writ of ad quod damnum 236.070Duty of sheriff in executing writ 236.080Acre of ground to be set apart, when 236.090Proprietor to be notified of the inquest 236.100Sheriff and jury may act in adjoining county 236.110Inquest to be in writing 236.120Proceedings on return of inquest 236.130Issues to be tried as in civil cases 236.140Costs, how adjudged 236.150Court may order new writ 236.160Court may enter order to erect dam, when 236.170Court shall include in its order, what 236.180Privilege to erect subject to certain conditions 236.190Land decreed for mill privileges to revert, when 236.200Height of dam, how increased 236.210Inquest not to bar right of action, when 236.220Power of court to prevent erection of dam 236.230Dams without chutes declared nuisances 236.240Dams deemed public nuisances, when 236.250Forfeiture of rights, when 236.255Dam reconstructed and maintained when used for other purposes 236.260Privilege to construct dam to cease, when 236.270Penalty for building without permission 236.280Right to divert stream through tunnel — conditions 236.400Definitions 236.405Employment of engineer and assistants — records — rulemaking, procedure 236.410Council established — members, terms, qualifications, officers — meetings — quorum — compensation — report 236.415Council's powers and duties — public hearings required — adoption of rules and regulations, procedure 236.420Inspection of dams and reservoirs, when — report on conditions 236.425Chief engineer's duties — search warrants — council to hear certain appeals 236.430Employees, council to provide for 236.435Permits required, when, procedure to obtain — chief engineer to make recommendation — exemptions — plans to be filed 236.440Owner to notify council, when — council to issue safety permit — registration of existing dams, when — violations 236.445Permit may be suspended — alteration or removal may be required — violation 236.450Removal or repair of abandoned dam — recovery of expenses 236.455Emergency action authorized 236.460Transfer of ownership, notice required 236.465Industrial water retention structures subject to provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 — inspection — changes 236.470Conduct of hearings — subpoenas — approval of final orders 236.475Immunity of officers 236.480Judicial review of actions — administrative review required — interpretation of administrative actions 236.485Water rights preserved 236.490Enforcement of act 236.495Legal actions for enforcement available, procedure 236.500Penalties