Missouri Laws 243.150 – Taxes to be levied against county-owned swamplands, how paid
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 243.150
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- owner: shall mean the owner of the freehold estate, as appears by the deed record, and it shall not include reversioners, remaindermen, trustees or mortgagees, who shall not be counted and need not be notified by publication, or served by process, but shall be represented by the present owners of the freehold estate in any proceeding under this chapter. See Missouri Laws 243.010
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Whenever any of the counties in which any drainage district shall be organized under the provisions of this chapter shall be the owner of a tract or tracts of swamplands, granted to it by the state of Missouri, which will be benefitted by the construction of any such ditch or drain, the said land shall be assessed as to benefits and damages as any other land and the taxes levied against the same shall be paid by the county commission out of the swampland fund or out of any fund or funds arising from the proceeds of the sale of swamplands of such county.