Beaver Pond Drainage District v. Gray

The commissioner of Beaver Pond Drainage District filed a petition in the county court of Lawrence county, under section 37 -of the act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees, across the lands of others, for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage districts, approved May 29, 1879, as amended, (Cahill’s Stat. 1929, p. 1039; Smith’s Stat. 1929, p. 1124), asking the court to direct the levy of an additional assessment against the lands of the district for the purpose of dredging and cleaning its…