236.070. Duty of sheriff in executing writ. - Missouri Statutes

Duty of sheriff in executing writ.

236.070. The sheriff shall attend the jury on the day and atthe place appointed, and upon full examination, inquire by suchjury:

(1) What damage each proprietor will sustain by reason ofinundation consequent upon the erection of the dam, as proposed;

(2) Whether the mansion house of any such proprietor, or theouthouses, curtilages or gardens thereto immediately belonging,or orchard, will be overflowed thereby;

(3) Whether and to what extent ordinary navigation and thepassage of fish will be obstructed by such erection, and whetherand by what means the same may be prevented or diminished; and

(4) Whether the health of the neighborhood will bematerially affected in consequence of such erection.

(RSMo 1939 § 10292)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 9163; 1919 § 7405; 1909 § 5462