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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="27-304" title_number="27" title_name="Drainage Districts" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Board of Viewers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The board of viewers may employ assistants to make a complete survey of the drainage district.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The board of viewers shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>enter the land subject to the petition;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>survey the main drain and any lateral drain;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>mark on the ground the line of each ditch, drain, or levee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>note the course and distance of each ditch so that each ditch can be accurately platted and mapped;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>run a line of levels for the entire work and secure sufficient data from which accurate profiles and plans can be made for each proposed drain or levee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>establish frequent bench marks along the line on permanent objects and record the elevation and provide a full description of the bench marks in the field books, including the location of the bench marks on a map;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>run other levels to determine the fall from one part of the drainage district to another, if the board of viewers finds it expedient; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>if a watercourse, ditch, or channel is being widened, deepened, or straightened, cross–section the watercourse, ditch, or channel to compute the cubic yards of excavation or fill saved by using the watercourse, ditch, or channel.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>After completing the survey, the board of viewers shall complete a drainage map of the district showing:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the location of the ditch and other improvements;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the boundary, as closely as may be determined by the records, of the land owned by any individual landowner; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the location of any railroad or public highway and the boundary of any municipality.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In addition to the map, the board of viewers shall prepare a profile of each levee, drain, or watercourse showing:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the surface of the ground;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the bottom or grade of the proposed improvement and the number of cubic yards of excavation or fill in each mile or fraction of a mile;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the total yards in the proposed improvement and the number of cubic yards of excavation or fill in each mile or fraction of a mile;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the total yards in the proposed improvement and the estimated cost of the improvement; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>plans and specifications and the cost of any other necessary work.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
