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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 243

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 243

Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission

243.010Definitions 243.020County commission authorized to organize drainage districts 243.030Petition to be filed — bond required 243.040County commission to appoint counsel 243.050County commission to appoint engineer and viewers — qualifications and duties 243.070Remonstrance may be filed — judgment, effect 243.075Dissolution of district, when, how 243.080Location of improvement — report to contain data as to cost 243.090Report to be filed, when — landowners may be heard — vacancies, how filled 243.100Limitations for assessment of benefits 243.130Condemnation of additional land 243.140Lands lying outside district may be annexed, when — proceedings 243.150Taxes to be levied against county-owned swamplands, how paid 243.160Authority to complete improvements in county commission — powers of procedure 243.170District engineer to be appointed — duties — bond required 243.180Engineer to let work — bidders to give bond — county commission to approve — contractor liable in default 243.190Engineer to issue certificate of acceptance, when — provisions for payment of claim 243.200Provisions for necessary construction or enlargement — when owned by corporation other than county — bridge to become part of highway, when 243.210Provisions of this chapter applicable to old channels or sloughs 243.230County commission procedure after hearing 243.240County commissions to maintain efficiency and have management and control 243.250Lateral ditches — drains — may be connected — provisions — penalty for violation 243.260Districts may contract with other districts for outlets — costs determined, how 243.270Drainage district may contract to furnish drainage for cities and towns 243.280Equipment may be leased or rented — provisions 243.290County commission to levy tax to pay preliminary expense 243.310Permanent drainage tax record shall be kept — method — additional levies 243.320Public roads and railroads to pay benefits 243.330Maintenance tax, how apportioned — commission may purchase equipment — cost apportioned, how 243.340Privilege to pay drainage tax in full 243.350Apportionment of annual installments — drainage tax book, form — taxes due, when 243.360Drainage tax — collector to furnish bond 243.370Drainage taxes constitute a lien — court action when delinquent — proceedings — evidence 243.380Surplus funds, how used 243.390Drainage district bonds — provisions for issuance 243.400County commission authorized to pledge bonds — manner 243.410County treasurer to be custodian of district funds — duties 243.420Fees for services 243.430Claims for fees, how paid 243.440Drainage proceedings to be recorded — method 243.450All or portions of districts may reorganize and consolidate under sections 242.010 to 242.690 243.470Objections to petition for consolidation may be filed — proceedings 243.475Consolidation of district organized by circuit court and district organized by county commission, effect — laws governing 243.480Failure or refusal of official to perform duty — penalty 243.490County collector liable, when — penalty 243.500Validity of bonds issued unquestionable 243.510Suits to be brought in name of state 243.520Appeals — procedure 243.530Chapter declared remedial in character and purpose 243.540Penalty for violation of provisions of chapter 243.551County commission to appoint three viewers, qualifications, duties — report, procedure — readjustment of benefits limited to once a year — payment may be by installments 243.553Installments payable, when 243.560Bond issues authorized, amount — rate — payable when — county treasurer to sell — cost, not obligation of county 243.561County commission to appropriate money to pay principal and interest on bonds — money collected to be deposited in separate fund, purpose 243.563Proceeds of assessment insufficient to pay principal and interest on bonds, procedure — funds derived from bond sale, purpose