§ 41-9-303 — Order for hearing on petition; notice generally

Wyoming § 41-9-303

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 41: Water
• Ch. 9: DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
• Art. 3: DIVISION

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(a) On such petition being filed, the court or judge
thereof shall make an order fixing the time and place for a
hearing thereon, and ordering notice; thereupon the clerk of
said court shall cause twenty (20) days notice of the filing of
said petition to be given:
(i) By posting notice thereof in at least five (5)
public places in said proposed new district, and in at least
five (5) public places in the remainder of the district proposed
to be divided;
(ii) By serving or causing to be served a copy of
such notice on each owner of land within said district, proposed
to be divided, either personally or by registered mail to his
last known address at least twenty (20) days prior to the
hearing; and by serving in like manner a similar notice on each
of the commissioners of the drainage district proposed to be
divided; and
(iii) By publishing a notice thereof at least once a
week for three (3) successive weeks in some newspaper published
in the county in which any part of the district is located. If
there be no newspaper in any such county, such notice shall be
published in a newspaper published in the adjoining county
nearest the land in said district.
(b) Such notice shall state:
(i) In what court said petition is filed;
(ii) A brief description of any proposed new work,
with the starting points, routes and termini of new drains and
ditches;
(iii) The boundaries of the proposed district;
(iv) The name proposed for such district;
(v) The proposed apportionment of the existing
indebtedness as between the remaining portion of the original
district and said proposed new district;
(vi) The time and place as fixed by the court for the
hearing on said petition.