Drainage District Laws Of Oregon 1919 PDF Download

Excerpt from Drainage District Laws of Oregon, 1919 Formation of Drainage Districts. Section 1. The persons shown by the records of the county to be the owners of fifty per cent of the acreage in any contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed lands or irrigated lands, waters from which contribute to the swamp, wet or overflowed conditions of said lands or any other lands, situate in one or more counties of the state, may form a drainage district for the purpose of having such lands reclaimed and protected by drainage or otherwise, from the effects of water for sanitary or agricultural purposes, or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience and welfare or of public utility or benefit. For such purpose such owners may prepare and sign a petition in which shall he stated: 1. The name proposed for such district. 2. The boundary lines of the district, or a description of all the lands included therein with an allegation that such lands constitute a contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed lands, or irrigated lands the waters from which contribute to the swamp, wet, or overflowed condition of said lands or any other lands. 3. The total acreage included in the district, and if land in more than one county be included then the acreage in each county shall be stated. 4. The names of the owners of land in said district as shown by the records of the county or counties and the acreage owned by each of such owners. 5. An allegation that the proposed reclamation or protection is for sanitary or agricultural purposes, or both, and that such proposed reclamation or protection will be conducive to the public health or welfare or of public utility or benefit. 6. All allegation that all of the lands included in said proposed district are properly included therein, and will be beneficially affected by the operations of the proposed district. 7. An allegation that the benefits of such proposed reclamation or protection will exceed the damage to be done and that the best interest(s) of the land included and of the owners of such land as a whole, and of the public at large, will be promoted by the formation and proposed operations of such district. 8. An allegation that the formation of a drainage district under the provisions of this act is a proper and advantageous method of accomplishing the reclamaton and protection of the lauds included therein. 9. A brief, general, informal statement of a proposed plan of reclamation or protection and such general facts as will enable the court to determine that there is a reasonable probability that the objects sought by the formation of the district may be accomplished. 10. An agreement that the signers will pay any and all expenses incurred and any tax or taxes that may be levied against their lands, for the purpose of paying the expense of organizing or attempting to organize, the proposed district. 11. A prayer asking that the lands described, or such of them as may be found by the court to be properly included in the proposed district, either permanently or until further investigation and surveys may permit elimination, shall be declared organized into a drainage district. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com