244.040. Duties of commissioners. - Missouri Statutes

Duties of commissioners.

244.040. Within twenty days after so qualifying, unlessprevented by sickness or some other good cause, saidcommissioners shall proceed to view the premises and performtheir duties. They shall be furnished by the clerk of thecircuit court a copy of the plat of the land and proposedimprovements filed with the petition under the provisions ofsection 244.020. They shall mark out the most practical routeand location of the ditch, tile or levee, and they shall assessthe benefits and damages, if any, that will accrue to each tractor parcel of land, according to ownership, because of theproposed works; they shall specify the number of crossings, ifany, that will be needed for the use and convenience of thepublic or owners of the land to be affected by the proposedworks, and they shall make such recommendations as they mayconsider necessary for the use of the circuit court in decidingthe cause. They shall make out their report in writing and afterthe same shall have been signed by at least two of saidcommissioners, it shall be filed in the office of the circuitclerk. Said commissioners may employ an engineer or surveyor torun levels, make measurements and obtain such other informationas said commissioners may deem necessary to assist them in theirwork.

(RSMo 1939 § 12458, A.L. 1945 p. 852)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10868; 1919 § 4563