243.460. Notice to be published--form--jurisdiction of circuit court.

Notice to be published--form--jurisdiction of circuit court.

243.460. 1. When such petition shall have been filed in the office ofthe clerk of the circuit court of the county wherein lies the greatest numberof acres in the proposed consolidated district, the clerk shall immediatelycause to be published in some newspaper in each county having lands in theproposed district three consecutive weeks, three times, a notice,substantially in the following form:

To all persons owning or interested in any lands in drainage districtsnumbered ....., ......... County, Missouri: Notice is hereby given to allpersons owning or interested in any lands in drainage districts Nos. ....,......... County, Missouri, that a petition has been filed in my office askingthat the aforesaid districts be consolidated into one district, and adjudged apublic corporation to continue as such for a term of ..... years, under thename of "Consolidated Drainage District No. ..... of ......... County,Missouri", and that said petition will be heard on the ..... day of .........,20.....

..........................., Clerk of thecircuit court of ......... County, Missouri.

2. The circuit court of the county in which said petition has been filedshall thereafter, for all purposes of this chapter, have and maintain originaland exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries and limits of saiddistrict without regard to county lines.

(RSMo 1939 § 12447, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10857; 1919 § 4524

Effective 1-2-79