242.720. Survey and reclamation plan--how made--exceptions. - Missouri Statutes

Survey and reclamation plan--how made--exceptions.

242.720. 1. The chief engineer appointed by the board ofsupervisors of any mine drainage district, as provided in section242.220, shall make a survey of the lands, both surface andunderground, within the district, and of all mineralized landsadjacent thereto that may or will be benefited by such system ofdrainage, and report thereon in writing to the board ofsupervisors, with maps and profiles of such survey, showing theshafts, drifts, drill holes, underground excavations andunderground watercourses, with plans for draining, dewatering andreclaiming such lands for mining purposes, together with designsand plans for the construction of a custom concentrating plant orplants and all necessary facilities in connection therewith,including also an estimate of the amount of ores and mineralsavailable for mining from such lands upon completion andexecution of such plans. Such report, or any modificationthereof approved by the chief engineer shall be adopted by theboard of supervisors as the plan for reclamation as provided insection 242.230.

2. On the filing and adoption of the plan for reclamation,the board of supervisors shall, by resolution, provide for thelevy and collection of the taxes and charges hereinbefore andhereinafter provided for, including provisions for the increasethereof as provided for in section 242.740, and shall give noticethereof by causing such resolution to be published once a weekfor two consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in eachcounty in which the said district or any part thereof may belocated.

3. Any owner of land within the district or adjacent theretothat may or will be benefited by such plan for reclamation may,within ten days following the last day of publication of saidnotice, file with the secretary of the board of supervisors,exceptions to such tax levies or charges.

4. Thereupon the board of supervisors shall, within fivedays after the filing of such exceptions, hear and determine thesame, and in case any such landowner is not satisfied with thedetermination of such exceptions by such board, he may file hisexceptions in the form of a petition in the circuit court bywhich the district was organized, and such court shall hear anddetermine the same as provided in section 242.280.

5. The chief engineer shall keep a complete record of thedrainage of said district and the lands affected thereby and ofthe operation of such concentrating plant or plants, and shallfile a written report thereon from time to time as may berequested by the board of supervisors, but at least once eachyear.

(RSMo 1939 § 12392)