24-811. Supervisor for each levee; appointment, tenure, duties; summoning labor for emergency work; penalty for refusal.
24-811
24-811. Supervisor for each levee; appointment, tenure, duties;summoning labor for emergency work; penalty for refusal.Each different levee which may be constructed shall, by the board ofcounty commissioners of the county in which the levee may be located, bedesignated by number, and it shall also be the duty of such board of countycommissioners to appoint for each different levee a supervisor thereof, whoshall hold office during the pleasure of the board. It shall be the duty ofsuch supervisor to maintain a vigilant watch over the levee, and in case ofany break or leak therein, or damage thereto of any character, thesupervisor shall cause the levee to be repaired. In cases where in thejudgment of the supervisor an emergency exists, the supervisor shall haveauthority to summon forthwith for labor upon the levee any able-bodiedperson or persons between the ages of eighteen (18) and forty-five (45)years residing in the supervisor's township, and not belonging to any classexempt from pay service under the laws of the state. Any such person sosummoned who shall refuse to attend and perform labor or send a substitutetherefor shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable for afine not exceeding five dollars ($5).
History: L. 1893, ch. 104, § 11; L. 1897, ch. 147, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-811; L.1972, ch. 161, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 52, § 11; July1.