§ 49-19-2650 — Consent of board of supervisors required for connection with system; procedure if consent refused.

No canals, ditches, drains or systems of drainage constructed in the district shall be connected with the works constructed under the Plan of Reclamation unless the consent of the board of supervisors shall be first had and obtained. Such consent shall be in writing and shall particularly describe the method, terms and conditions of such connection and shall be approved by the chief engineer. Such connection, if made, shall be in strict accord with the method, terms and conditions laid down in the consent. If the landowner or owners wishing to make such connection are refused by the board of supervisors or decline to accept the consent granted the landowner or owners may file a petition for such connection in the court of common pleas having jurisdiction in the district and the matter in dispute shall in a summary manner be decided by the court, which decision shall be final and binding on the district and landowner or owners. No connection with the works or improvements of the district or with any canal, ditch, drain or artificial drainage wholly within the district shall be made, caused or effected by any landowner or owners, company or corporation, municipal or private, by means of or with any ditch, drain, cut, fill, roadbed, levee, embankment or artificial drainage wholly without the limits of the district, unless such connection is consented to by the board of supervisors or is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 18-635; 1952 Code SECTION 18-635; 1942 Code SECTION 6203; 1932 Code SECTION 6203; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 3257; 1920 (31) 663.