§ 156-56. Petition filed. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 156‑56.  Petitionfiled.

A petition signed by a majority of the resident landowners in aproposed drainage district or by the owners of three fifths of all the landwhich will be affected or assessed for the expense of the proposed improvementsmay be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court of any county inwhich a part of the lands is located, setting forth that any specific body ordistrict of land in the county and adjoining counties, described in such a wayas to convey an intelligent idea as to the location of such land, is subject tooverflow or too wet for cultivation, and the public benefit or utility or thepublic health, convenience or welfare will be promoted by draining, ditching,or leveeing the same or by changing or improving the natural watercourses, andsetting forth therein, as far as practicable, the starting point, route, andterminus and lateral branches, if necessary, of the proposed improvement.

The petition will also show whether or not the proposed drainage is forthe reclamation of lands not then fit for cultivation or for the improvement ofland already under cultivation. It shall also state that, if a reclamationdistrict is proposed to be established, such lands so reclaimed will be of suchvalue as to justify the reclamation. (1909, c. 442, s. 2; C.S., s. 5314; 1921, c. 76; Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 88,s. 2; 1925, c. 85; 1927, c. 98.)