An appeal from an order of the board of directors of the conservancy district denying a petition for exclusion may be taken to the district court of the petitioning county. The appeal must be taken in accordance with the procedure provided in section 28-34-01. The appeal must be docketed as any cause pending in district court is docketed and thereupon the court shall hear and determine the cause without a jury. An appeal to the supreme court may be taken by the petitioning county or by the conservancy district, from any judgment entered in district court, and from any order of the court if an appeal would lie from such order if entered by the court in a civil action.
61-24-18. State and political subdivisions contracting with the bureau of reclamation - Roads. In connection with the construction and development of the Garrison diversion unit of the Missouri River basin project, the highway authorities of the state, or any county or organized township or municipality, are authorized to enter into agreements with each other or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, relocation, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, vacation, or abandonment of public ways in their respective jurisdictions. Where any such contracts require the relocation, vacation, or abandonment of particular public ways, the contracting state agency, county, organized township, or municipality shall be vested with and authorized to exercise the powers of the state in the relocation, vacation, or abandonment of existing public ways.
61-24-19. Easement granted for ditches, pipelines, canals, tramways, and transmission lines on any public lands. In connection with the construction and development of the Garrison diversion unit of the Missouri River basin project, there is granted over all the lands belonging to the state, including lands owned or acquired for highway right-of-way purposes, a right of way for ditches, pipelines, or canals and for tunnels, tramways, and telephone and electric transmission lines constructed as part of the Garrison diversion unit; provided, however, that the director of the department of transportation, the board of county commissioners, or the board of township supervisors must approve the plans of the bureau of reclamation with respect to the use of any and all right of way of roads under their respective control prior to such grant becoming effective.