243.140. Lands lying outside district may be annexed, when--proceedings.
Lands lying outside district may be annexed, when--proceedings.
243.140. 1. Any land lying outside of any drainage districtas organized, the owner or owners of which shall thereafter makeconnection with any main ditch or drain, or other drain in anydistrict, or whose lands are or will be benefited by the work ordrainage district, shall be deemed to have made voluntaryapplication to be included in such drainage district, andthereupon the county commission shall obtain a description ofsuch land benefited and amount of benefits in same manner asprovided for construction of ditches in this chapter, the name ofthe owner or owners thereof, and a description of the ditch ordrain making such connection, and file the same in its records.
2. Said county commission shall then fix a day, not lessthan fifteen days from such filing, when it will hear complaints,and thereupon the clerk of said county commission shall give tendays' notice thereof in writing to such owners, which noticeshall be served by reading or delivering a copy thereof to suchowner or owners of, if a nonresident, to his tenant, andaffidavit of such service shall be evidence thereof. At the timefixed, the county commission shall render its decision in saidcause, and shall file copies thereof with the clerk of the countycommission, giving a description of any land annexed, and suchlands shall be deemed a part of such district, and shall beassessed as other lands therein for maintaining said ditches.
(RSMo 1939 § 12445)Prior revisions: 1929 § 10855; 1919 § 4522; 1909 § 5632