2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 17 CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS AND VILLAGES
17-536 Waterworks; water supply; pollution; power to prevent.

17-536. Waterworks; water supply; pollution; power to prevent.

The jurisdiction of such city or village, to prevent any pollution or injury to the stream or source of water for the supply of such waterworks, shall extend fifteen miles beyond its corporate limits.

Source

Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XV, p. 178;
Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XV, p. 169;
Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XV, p. 298;
Laws 1893, c. 8, § 1, p. 135;
Laws 1903, c. 21, § 1, p. 251;
Laws 1905, c. 30, § 1, p. 258;
Laws 1907, c. 17, § 1, p. 128;
R.S.1913, § 5119;
Laws 1917, c. 103, § 1, p. 272;
Laws 1919, c. 48, § 1, p. 138;
Laws 1919, c. 52, § 1, p. 152;
Laws 1919, c. 46, § 2, p. 133;
C.S.1922, § 4292;
Laws 1925, c. 41, § 1, p. 159;
C.S.1929, § 17-441;
Laws 1935, c. 34, § 1, p. 143;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-441;
R.S.1943, § 17-536.

Annotations A village is limited to taking only such property as is presently necessary for the purposes described in section 17-531. Engelhaupt v. Village of Butte, 248 Neb. 827, 539 N.W.2d 430 (1995).