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Drainage Districts Organized in Circuit Court (Missouri Revised Statutes: Title XV Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply; Chapter 242)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Missouri
Document type
Legislation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Drainage/land reclamation Local government Governance Procedural matters Court/tribunal Wetlands Freshwater resources management Institution
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Missouri Revised Statutes concerns drainage districts organized in circuit court. It provides that the owners of a majority of the acreage in any contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed lands, or lands subject to overflow, situate in one or more counties in this state, may form a drainage district for the purpose of having such lands and other property reclaimed and protected from the effects of water, for sanitary or agricultural purposes, or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, or of public utility or benefit, by drainage or otherwise, and for that purpose they may make and sign articles of association. The chapter further provides for annexation of district by another; and drainage districts for mining purposes.

Full text
English
Website
revisor.mo.gov