DRAINAGE AREAS.
10 TF.2 SWTOS l'i> THE ?r:USS Sir,—Could j"ou toll me through ycur paper if a County Council can. in forming a drainage area, compel the settlers whose property the drain f.ocs thro i.-Ii to contribute towards tiio cest of U;c fciioaie ? Aud can they aunpel a settler to take the water that was diverted from its proper course some year.-; ago:' Cannot that water ue legally turned back to its original courser-—Vours etc., SETTI, Ell. August Ekh, lbiJl ''Under the I.and Drainar;e_ Act, 11)03. and the Counties Act, 1920, a settler eon be compelled to contribute towards the cost, in proportion to tho benefit derived i,v lnm. lie may be compelled to take water that rcas diverted, and tlirt water cannot he turned back tr> its original course if the diversion was carried out in eordaneo with the A.t.'l
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20316, 15 August 1931, Page 21
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