243.030. Petition to be filed — bond required. — Before any county commission may organize, incorporate and establish a drainage district, or make any improvement as provided in this chapter, there must be filed with the clerk of the county commission a petition signed by one or more landowners, whose lands will be liable to be affected by or assessed for the construction of the improvements necessary to be made, which petition shall set forth the following:
(1) The necessity for the proposed improvement, as well as the starting point, route and terminus thereof;
(2) The boundary of the proposed district;
(3) The names of the owners of lands or other property within the boundary of said proposed district, together with a description of the said lands or other property owned by each; when the name of the owner of any of said land or other property is unknown the fact shall be stated in the petition.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12399)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10810; 1919 § 4478; 1909 § 5579