21-294 - Establishment considered public improvement.
§ 21-294. Establishment considered public improvement.
It is declared that the preliminary work, establishment and completion of adrainage district shall be classified as a public improvement of an integralpart of the county in which such district or part thereof be located, and itshall be the duty of the governing body of each county to cooperate in thepromotion of the development of each of such parts of their county, includingthe construction of public roads, public bridges and the drainage canals ofpreliminary or finally established drainage districts, and the indirectbenefits received by the development of each of the parts of a county areindeed substantial benefits received also by the county, and the value of theindirect benefits received by the county is full compensation for theperformance of the duty assigned to the governing body of any county by thischapter, and that the preliminary payment of costs and expenses of surveys ofdrainage districts, and the assumption or responsibility for necessary bondissues required for established drainage districts, public bridges and publicroads shall be construed as revenue producing investments for the county,from which increased revenues will be derived from increased assessments byreason of the improvements and the preliminary payment of the costs andexpenses and the assumption of the responsibility by the governing body of acounty, shall be considered the performance of a duty towards the severalintegral parts of their county, for which the county receives full potentialvalue.
(Code 1919, § 1737; 1926, p. 605.)