24-204. Duties of township trustee; eminent domain proceedings; assistance of engineer; adjournments.
24-204
24-204. Duties of township trustee; eminent domain proceedings;assistance of engineer; adjournments.On the day set for the hearing of said petition, if it appear tothe trustee that any person or persons who may be interested in saidditch have not been notified as required by this act, or that anyrequisite preliminary steps have not been taken, he shall adjourn tosome future time, not exceeding twenty (20) days, and order such noticeto be given, or such preliminary steps to be taken. But if said trusteeshall find that said bond has been filed and said notice given, he shallproceed to determine said petition, and if he deem it necessary shallview the premises along such proposed route, and if he find such ditch,drain or watercourses to be necessary, and that the same is demanded byor will be conducive to the public health, convenience and welfare,shall institute proceedings to exercise the power of eminent domain inaccordance with K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive, and after the determinationof such proceedings shall proceed tolocate and establish such ditch, drain or watercourse as conforms withthe route described in the eminent domain proceedings. Such trustee, inhearing and determining said petition shall call to his assistance anengineer to locate, level, and measure the distance of such ditch,drain, or watercourse, and may adjourn from time to time to determinetheir proceedings herein; and the said township clerk shall enter a fulland complete record of all such proceedings in the journal of theproceedings of the trustee of such township.
History: L. 1879, ch. 100, § 4; R.S. 1923, 24-204; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 55;Jan. 1, 1964.