In the case supposed in section 236.020, the person or corporation proposing to erect a dam shall file a petition as provided in section 236.030, and in addition thereto shall set forth:

(1) The name and place of residence of the owner of the land on the other side of the watercourse whereon to abut such dam;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 236.040

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Place of residence: means the place where the family of any person permanently resides in this state, and the place where any person having no family generally lodges. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) On what side of the watercourse it is proposed to erect such mill, electric power and light works, or other machinery in connection with the dam; and

(3) A prayer that the title to one acre of the land on the opposite side of such watercourse, to include the place where to abut such dam, may be decreed to such person or corporation, and that the same may be set apart by metes and bounds.

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