Delaware Statutes
§ 4128 — Factors in determination of cost
Delaware·Title 7·Part Agricultural and Soil Conservation; Drainage and Reclamation of Lowlands·Ch. 41 DRAINAGE OF LANDS AND MANAGEMENT OF WATERS; TAX DITCHES·Subch. Formation of Tax Ditch; Procedure
(a)In determining the total cost of the proposed tax ditch works of improvement, the board of ditch commissioners shall include, among other things, the estimated costs of construction, the estimated cost of forming the tax ditch, the amount of damages, if any, awarded to landowners and the amount of compensation, if any, to be paid to landowners for works of improvement previously constructed and deemed adequate under § 4127 of this title.
(b)The estimated cost of interest which will develop if the tax ditch borrows money to finance construction and the estimated cost of annual maintenance shall not be included in the total cost of the proposed tax ditch works of improvement.
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Legislative History
48 Del. Laws, c. 151, § 18 ; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 4128; 50 Del. Laws, c. 276, § 11