§ 61-26-03 — Payments for city joint drain

All moneys paid pursuant to such agreement shall be paid into the county treasury and be
credited to the drain fund of such drain. In the discretion of the board of drain commissioners,
the amount received in payment of proportionate share of original cost of such drain which will
not be required for future maintenance of the drain may be paid out to the owners of record, at
the time of such payment, of land which was assessed for such drain. Applications for such
payments shall be made in the form prescribed by the board of drain commissioners and
payments shall be made by the execution and delivery of drain board warrants drawn on the
drain fund. The payment to the owner or owners of each tract of land shall be a percentage of
the total payment to be made to all the owners equal to the percentage of the cost of the drain
which was assessed against such tract of land.