The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State, Municipal, and Individual, Including Irrigation, Drainage, and Municipal Water Supply, Հատոր 2

Henry Philip Farnham

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VOLUME II	900

Of municipal corporation	903

171a Duty as to surface water	906

171b Effect of raising street grade	909

171c Effect of gathering water	912

DUTY OF CITIZEN TO PAY FOR DRAINAGE	916

Application of rule that assessment depends on benefit	923

173a Benefits must be certain	925

352a Duty of individual	1332

Levee as public improvement	1334

Location of	1335

Exercise of eminent domain to acquire right of way	1336

Compensation must be made for land taken	1337

Compensation for injuries done	1339

Construction of levee	1343

Interference with levee	1345

173b Relation between benefits and assessments	929

173c Excessive assessments	930

173d Excessive drainage facilities	931

173e Assessment of land already drained	934

Who may be included in drainage district	937

Area or frontage assessments	938

Right to meet expense of drainage by public	946

The land is liable for the assessment	947

Exemptions	948

RIGHT TO EXERCISE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN DRAINAGE PROCEEDINGS	951

For public health	953

Reclamation of land 182 For other purposes generally	958

INTERFERENCE WITH SURFACE WATER BY MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS	960

Casting collected water onto adjoining property	965

Accelerating or increasing flow	968

Damming back	971

Consequential injuries	977

188a How far are damages included in those paid upon laying out the highway	978

Obstructed drains	983

Embankments	986

Effect of unusual storms	987

Right and duty of individual	989

193a Casting water into street	990

Remedy for injury done	992

194a Who may	993

194b Who is liable	994

194c Damages	995

Limitation of actions	996

ESTABLISHMENT OF SURFACE DRAINS 196 Method of effecting drainage	997

Definitions	1001

Institution of proceedings by petition of land owner	1002

By organization of drainage district	1004

199a Inclusion or exclusion of lands	1007

In what tribunal must proceedings be instituted	1008

200a How far a judicial matter 2006 When jurisdiction is acquired	1009

200c Conflicting authority	1011

200d Procedure	1012

Necessity must be shown to make establishment legal	1013

201a Also to uphold assessment	1014

Who is to determine necessity	1015

ESTABLISHMENT OF SEWERS 203 Authority of municipal corporation	1016

203a For private benefit	1017

Procedure	1018

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS 205 Practicable plans must be adopted	1020

Choice of route	1021

206a Conversion of stream into drain	1023

Provision of outlet	1024

207a Use of stream as outlet	1029

Liability for injuries caused by inadequacy or negligent loca	1032

Excessive cost	1034

To what extent must plans be formulated and published	1035

897	1036

Route should be described	1037

Dimensions should be fixed	1038

Other details to be specified	1039

Improvement must comply with statutory requirements	1040

Failure to follow specifications	1041

216a Change in materials or details of work	1043

RIGHT OF WAY 217 Use of street for drain	1045

217a For private drain	1049

217b Injury to abutting owners	1051

Right to place drain on private property	1052

218a Interference with property in street	1055

Contracting for right of way	1057

Acquisition of right of way by eminent domain	1059

220a Procedure	1060

Right remaining in landowner	1063

Compensation must be made	1065

When and how must compensation be made	1067

222a Setoff of benefits	1068

Measure of damages	1069

ACQUISITION OF FUNDS 224 How far drainage may be made a public charge	1072

Raising funds by local assessment	1074

What property is subject to assessment	1076

Who may select land to be assessed	1078

Enlargement of district	1080

Levying the assessment	1082

Levying the assessment	1085

Apportionment and equalization	1088

What may be included in assessment	1090

Rights of taxpayer	1091

232a Right to notice	1092

The assessment as a lien	1095

Enforcement of payment 109	1096

The handling of funds	1099

Curing errors and irregularities	1100

Who may contest assessment	1101

Method of contesting assessment	1102

Grounds for contesting assessment	1105

239a Omission of benefited lands	1111

Valid portion of assessment must be paid	1113

Estoppel	1114

Estoppel	1115

Recovering payments made	1116

COMPLETION OF THE IMPROVEMENT 244 Validity of proceedings	1117

Notice hearing	1119

245a To whom must notice be given	1121

245b Form of Notice	1122

245c Hearing	1123

Remonstrance	1125

Interpretation of statutes	1126

Details of work	1127

249a Extension of drain	1128

Procedure	1129

SUPERVISION BY COURT 252 Direct supervision	1132

Collateral attack	1134

LIABILITY FOR INJURIES DONE BY DRAIN OR SEWER 254 Casting water onto abutting property because of defective plan	1135

254a Who is to devise plan	1139

254b Cases denying all liability	1141

Liability for defective construction	1144

Wrongful or negligent acts	1145

Wrongful or negligent acts	1147

Public liability for injury by private or adopted drain	1151

Liability for injury caused by adopting stream as sewer	1153

Injuries caused by open drains	1154

Assumption of risk by attempted use of drain	1155

Estoppel and contributory negligence	1157

Municipality is not liable for unforeseen accidents	1159

Notice of defect	1161

Who may sue	1162

Who is liable	1163

When action must be brought	1165

Form of action	1166

For injuries to health	1169

REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 269 Duty to maintain drain	1170

Duty to keep unobstructed	1173

The making of repairs	1175

271a Duty of individual to repair	1177

Duty as to sanitary condition	1179

Duty of public to pay for repair	1182

Assessment of abutting property	1183

PRIVATE CONNECTION WITH DRAIN 275 Right of taxpayer to use drain	1187

Compulsory connection with drain	1190

Public supervision	1191

Use of private drain	1193

Manner of using sewer	1194

INJURY TO AND ABANDONMENT OF DRAIN 281 Injury to drain	1195

Abandonment of drain	1198

CHAPTER XII	1200

What is a ferry?	1201

Ferry franchise as property	1203

285a Prescriptive rights	1205

Over what waters ferry may be established	1207

Power of municipal corporation to operate ferry	1209

Sale or lease by municipal corporation of its ferry rights	1211

Who may issue ferry licenses	1212

Restrictions on power to issue licenses	1213

Power of local boards to operate ferry	1216

Who may contest the grant of a license	1220

Right of riparian owner to receive grant	1221

296a Effect of statutes	1223

Priority among applicants	1224

Acceptance of franchise	1226

Construction of charter	1228

Renewal	1229

Right to land on shore	1230

Right to use opposite shore	1233

Acquisition of right to landing	1234

The franchise may be made exclusive	1235

Grants will be strictly construed	1238

Supervision and regulation of ferry	1239

307a Rates of toll	1241

Right to transfer franchise	1242

308a How far a personal trust	1244

Public duties of ferryman	1246

Right of ferryman to tolls	1247

What competition interferes with ferry license	1248

312a Carriage without compensation	1250

312b Bridges	1251

Right to sue for violation of ferry rights	1254

Remedy for infringing ferry rights	1256

314a Injunction	1258

What will defeat action	1260

Damages	1261

How far does ferryman assume liability of a common carrier	1262

317a Duty to have safe boat	1264

317b Duty as to operation and terminals	1265

317c Liability of public corporation	1266

317d Respondeat superior	1267

317e Remedy damages	1268

Other means of extinguishment	1270

CHAPTER XIII	1273

Construction of bridges a sovereign power	1274

Power and duty of counties	1276

Power and duty of municipal corporation	1278

Right and duty of individual	1280

Defective bridges	1283

Bridge as property	1284

Interference with rights of shore owner	1286

Interference with navigation rights	1288

327a Implied grants of power	1297

Liability for injuries caused by construction operations	1298

The placing of piers	1300

The construction and operation of draws	1301

Repairs	1305

Liability for injury to vessel	1306

Liability for injury to bridge	1308

Toll cannot be exacted without franchise	1310

Rights and duties beyond the building of the bridge	1312

Rights of riparian owner	1313

Right to use toll bridge	1314

Owner must maintain and repair bridge	1315

Right to take tolls	1316

Right of legislature to interfere with tolls	1317

345a Power to authorize competition	1318

What is unlawful competition	1321

Enforcement of toll	1323

Protection of bridge from injury	1324

Transfer and termination of franchise	1325

Fords	1326

Sea walls	1327

Duty to construct and maintain artificial walls	1329

Bonds and warrants	1348

Right to levy tax for construction of levee	1349

Upon what land may tax be laid	1351

363a Area assessments	1353

Who may levy	1354

Enforcement of tax	1357

CHAPTER XIV	1360

Public right to fish	1361

368a Public right in the United States	1363

368b In nontidal waters	1364

368c In nontidal waters in United States	1366

Right to grant exclusive fishery in tidal water	1368

369a Crown grants in America	1372

Right of legislature to grant exclusive rights in tide water	1373

Fishery is real property	1375

Public grants of fishery	1378

Private grants of fishery	1380

How far does grant of fishery carry the soil?	1382

Fishery right of riparian owner	1383

Prescriptive rights against public	1384

Prescriptive rights against individual	1387

Effect of custom	1389

Kinds of fishery	1390

Regulation of fishery Crowns right to royal fish	1392

Right to regulate public fisheries	1393

Right to regulate fishery on private property	1397

Close seasons	1400

Manner of fishing	1401

Destruction of illegal implements	1404

Fishways	1405

License	1410

Pollution of stream	1412

Local application of regulations	1414

How should regulations be made?	1415

Right to fish is subordinate to right of navigation	1416

Exercise of fishing rights	1418

394a Whale fisheries	1419

Interference with anothers exercise of public right	1421

Conflict between private rights	1423

Interference with captured fish	1425

397a Interference with private fishery	1426

Right to fish in lakes	1427

Rights in mill ponds	1429

Right of municipal corporation	1431

Public right in shell fisheries	1433

402b Licenses	1434

402c Natural beds	1437

Rights of riparian owner	1439

Rights acquired by planting and cultivation	1441

Prescriptive rights	1442

Remedy for interference with shell fishery	1443

Extinction of fishery rights	1444

Trespass lies for injury to a fishery	1446

Other remedies	1447

Penalties	1449

Procedure	1450

CHAPTER XV	1452

Grants bordering on nonnavigable streams	1454

Grants bounded by tide water	1455

Grants bounded by nontidal navigable stream	1456

Boundaries of grants by United States government	1458

Definitions	1461

Meander lines	1464

Monuments	1467

Running boundary along stream	1471

What will reserve title in grantor	1473

Effect of form of grant of United States Land Department	1478

Construction and location of grants	1479

Boundaries on lakes	1481

County and district boundaries	1482

Boundaries of municipal corporations	1483

CHAPTER XVI	1490

Duty to care for	1492

Artificial lake	1495

Wells and reservoirs	1496

Taxation of water rights	1498

Place and manner of taxation	1499

CHAPTER XVII	1502

CHAPTER XVIIL	1525

Pollution of stream	1533

Abatement of nuisance by indictment	1540

Jurisdiction over offenses	1546

WHAT IS WATER COURSE?	1553

Necessity of channel	1557

Source of supply	1559

The water must flow	1560

Definition of water course	1562

Recognition and termination	1564

RIPARIAN RIGHTS 461 What are rights of riparian owner?	1565

Upon what does right depend	1568

463a What is riparian land?	1571

Right to flow of stream	1573

464a Right to preserve flow	1575

Right to use water	1577

What is reasonable use?	1578

Priority between uses	1580

What gives right to complain	1584

Right is continuous	1586

Contract rights	1587

Utilization of power	1590

471a Interference with stored water	1592

471b Common interests in single privilege	1593

Destruction of rights	1601

473a Ice	1602

Protection of riparian rights	1606

INTERFERENCE WITH FLOW OF STREAM 475 Right to pond water	1608

Manipulation of flow	1612

Other interference with flow	1617

477a Drawing down natural reservoir	1618

Interference with flow by improvements	1619

479a Causing channel to fill up	1620

Right of lower owner to remove obstruction	1621

Right to object to obstruction	1622

Who may bring suit?	1624

Recovery for injuries	1626

Damages	1627

Deflection of current in stream	1628

Hastening flow of water	1631

Hastening by drainage	1633

CHANGE IN CHANNEL OF STREAM 489 No right to change channel	1634

Change effected by negligence	1637

Rights conferred by change of channel	1638

Remedy for injuries caused by change	1641

Contracts	1643

Limitation of actions damages	1644

DIVERSION OF WATER FROM STREAM 495 Right to divert for use on land of upper proprietor	1645

The water cannot be diverted from its course	1646

Diversion for use on nonriparian land	1648

Right to divert water which has been added to the stream	1649

Complainant must be injured	1651

Means and purpose of diversion	1653

Stream must exist to make diversion illegal	1654

Liability for injury caused by diverted water	1657

Permissive diversion	1658

Rights of tenants in common	1661

Remedy	1662

505b Restoration of stream	1666

Right to maintain action for diversion	1667

Who is liable for diversion	1670

Estoppel	1672

Procedure and defenses	1673

Damages	1674

INTERFERENCE WITH STREAM FOR CONVENIENCE OF PUBLIC 511 Right to interfere with stream for public convenience	1677

Obtaining right by condemnation or contract	1680

Liability for injuries	1683

Damages	1686

POLLUTION OF STREAM 515 Stream cannot be polluted	1689

Reasonable use the test	1691

Complainants right must be infringed to give right of action	1692

Pollution by mining operations	1694

518a Washing of ore	1698

518c Remedy for injury	1701

Right to cast débris into stream	1703

Other injuries	1705

Rights acquired by prescription	1706

Pollution may be enjoined	1708

Other remedies	1710

Procedure	1711

Defenses	1714

525a Contribution by others to pollution	1716

Contract rights	1718

RIGHTS OF OPPOSITE PROPRIETORS 528 Extent of rights in water	1720

Effect of island in stream	1721

Changing current	1722

Construction of dam	1729

Change of natural rights	1731

Remedy for injury	1734

PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS IN WATER COURSE 534 Rights acquired by priority of use	1735

534a Effect of Williams v Moreland in America	1739

534b The rule in Massachusetts and Maine	1741

Right may be acquired by prescription	1744

No adverse right to receive flow of stream	1745

Use must be adverse	1746

Use must be notorious	1749

What acts are adverse	1751

What time is necessary to give right	1754

541a When time begins to run	1755

Extent of right acquired	1757

Rights in artificial channel	1759

Abandonment of right	1760

CHAPTER XX	1763

WHAT MAY CONSTITUTE AN ILLEGAL	1764

EXTENT OF right to dam BACK 546 There is no right to change natural condition of stream	1765

Water cannot be backed over line	1767

Water must not interfere with mill	1769

Level of lakes and ponds cannot be raised	1770

No injury need be shown	1771

Legislature cannot authorize the flooding of land	1773

552a Power to permit flowage by regulation of use of stream	1775

552b Head v Amoskeag Manufacturing Company	1776

Grants of right to dam back water	1779

553a Reservation of right	1781

Construction of grant	1783

Effect of grant	1787

To what level may water be raised under grant	1788

License	1792

Right to flow land may be acquired by prescription	1796

What is necessary to give prescriptive right	1798

559a Use must be adverse	1799

559b Use must be continuous	1801

559c Rights of upper owner must have been invaded	1803

Extent of prescriptive right	1804

What will prevent acquisition of right	1806

Loss or abandonment of right	1807

Title to land flowed	1810

WHO IS LIABLE FOR DAMMING BACK WATER 564 Whoever causes injury may be sued	1812

One who has parted with title	1815

Purchaser of property	1816

566a Liable if flowage knowingly continued	1818

566b Liable for adding to nuisance	1819

PROCEDURE FOR SECURING REDRESS	1843

Joinder of parties plaintiff	1886

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Henry Philip Farnham
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Վերնագիր	The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State, Municipal, and Individual, Including Irrigation, Drainage, and Municipal Water Supply, Հատոր 2 The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State, Municipal, and Individual, Including Irrigation, Drainage, and Municipal Water Supply, Henry Philip Farnham
Հեղինակ	Henry Philip Farnham
Հրատարակիչ	Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1904
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