Section 46A-5-6 - Location of line of canal--Power of eminent domain. - South Dakota Statutes

46A-5-6. Location of line of canal--Power of eminent domain. The board of directors, its agents, and employees, shall have the right to enter upon any land within the district to make surveys, and may locate the line of any canal or canals and the necessary branches for such location. The board of directors shall also have the right to acquire, either by purchase or condemnation, all lands and waters and other property necessary for the construction, use, maintenance, repair, and improvement of any canal, canals, power plants of any kind or nature, pumping stations of any kind or nature and lands for reservoirs for storage of water and all necessary appurtenances. The board of directors shall also have the right to acquire by purchase or condemnation, for the use of such district, any irrigation works, power plant, pumping station, ditches, canals, or reservoirs already constructed. In case of purchase, the bonds of the district hereinafter in this title provided for may be used at their par value in payment.

Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0810; SL 1953, ch 482; SDCL, § 46-13-6; SL 1976, ch 277, § 8.