1. When such petition shall have been filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county wherein lies the greatest number of acres in the proposed consolidated district, the clerk shall immediately cause to be published in some newspaper in each county having lands in the proposed district three consecutive weeks, three times, a notice, substantially in the following form:

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To all persons owning or interested in any lands in drainage districts numbered ______, ______ County, Missouri:
Notice is hereby given to all persons owning or interested in any lands in drainage districts Nos. ______, ______ County, Missouri, that a petition has been filed in my office asking that the aforesaid districts be consolidated into one district, and adjudged a public corporation to continue as such for a term of ______ years, under the name of “Consolidated Drainage District No. ______ of ______ County, Missouri”, and that said petition will be heard on the ______ day of ______, 20______.
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Clerk of the circuit court of ______ County, Missouri.

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2. The circuit court of the county in which said petition has been filed shall thereafter, for all purposes of this chapter, have and maintain original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries and limits of said district without regard to county lines.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 243.460

  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.