2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 24 DRAINAGE AND LEVEES
Article 2 DRAINAGE WITHIN TOWNSHIP
24-216 Widening or deepening ditch, drain or watercourse established under 24-201 to 24-215.
24-216. Widening or deepening ditch, drain or watercourse established under 24-201 to 24-215. The township trustee of any township in this state shall have power, whenever in his opinion the same is demanded by or will be conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare, to cause to be enlarged either by widening or deepening the same, or by both widening and deepening the same, any ditch, drain, or watercourse, within such township which has been previously established, located and constructed in accordance with the terms of this article, upon a petition therefor being filed and presented to him as provided in section 2 of this article, and subject to each and all of the provisions of said sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of this article, and to each and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof, in the same way and in the same manner, and upon the same terms and conditions, the cost thereof to be met, assessed and paid in the same manner, as the original ditch, drain or watercourse within such township was established, located, and constructed as provided in and by this article.
History: L. 1911, ch. 176, § 1; March 16; R.S. 1923, 24-216.
