SECTION 157.01. Public ditch, drain or canal.

SECTION 157.02. Action on petition by county commissioners.

SECTION 157.03. Commissioners to appoint committee; report of plans and estimate; letting contract; right-of-way for drains.

SECTION 157.04. Bond required before letting contract.

SECTION 157.05. Work done under supervision of committee; when completed, report to commissioners; payments.

SECTION 157.06. Committee to view land before letting contract; assessment; hearing complaints; collection of tax.

SECTION 157.07. Where cost of construction exceeds estimated cost commissioners to assess difference.

SECTION 157.08. Assessments; validation.

SECTION 157.09. Compensation of committee.

SECTION 157.10. Application to lateral ditches.

SECTION 157.11. Lateral drains may be established; commissioners may enlarge district or widen any drain; cost; proviso.

SECTION 157.12. Duty of bond trustees to borrow money to pay interest on bonds until collection of first assessment; may issue notes; notes and bonds lien against lands; committee may issue notes.

SECTION 157.13. Use of surplus of bond proceeds.

SECTION 157.14. Owner may pay whole tax in one sum; county commissioners may make new assessments where former assessments found illegal; time in which assessments may be questioned in collateral proceedings.

SECTION 157.15. County commissioners may issue bonds to pay scrip; decrease of assessment.

SECTION 157.16. Enlarging drains and assessing cost.

SECTION 157.17. Assessment to maintain drains.

SECTION 157.18. Awarding contract for enlarging or repairing drains.

SECTION 157.19. Where actual cost exceeds estimated cost; additional work; assessment for same.

SECTION 157.20. Appointment of committee to view work and make assessments; report to commissioners; form of assessment.

SECTION 157.21. Enlargement of drains; appointment of committee; report to commissioners; letting contract; contractor’s bond; payments; assessment.

SECTION 157.22. Repairing drains; appointment of committee; report to commissioners; contract; bond; assessment.

SECTION 157.23. Objections to report of committee fixing assessments; notice; hearing; equalization; assessments; collection by tax collector.

SECTION 157.24. Commissioners may issue interest-bearing scrip against land to borrow money or pay for work; lien on land assessed.

SECTION 157.25. Compensation of committee; irregular assessment corrected.

SECTION 157.26. Repair and maintenance of drains under supervision of county commissioners.

SECTION 157.27. Proceedings for making repair to drains, etc.

SECTION 157.28. Awarding contracts for repair; approval.

SECTION 157.29. Levy of tax for maintaining and repairing drains; assessment and collection of tax; sale of land for unpaid taxes.

SECTION 157.30. Reassessment of lands where attempt to establish ditch or canal irregular.

SECTION 157.31. Notice of reassessment for drainage.

SECTION 157.32. Reviewing complaints and making assessment against property benefited.

SECTION 157.33. Issuance of scrip to take up former scrip or bonds.

SECTION 157.34. Reassessments to have effect as original assessment.

SECTION 157.35. Assessments conclusive after lapse of 6 months.

SECTION 157.36. Adjustment of drainage tax liens.