100 LAWS- RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



under the provisions of this chapter, any portion of the expenses of the 

 construction of any ditch improvement, shall, annually, levy upon the 

 grand duplicate of the township a tax, sufficient, in their judgment, to* 

 pay such apportionment, but not to exceed five-tenths of one mill 011 

 the dollar, and certify the same to the county auditor on or before the: 

 fifteenth day of May. 



SEC. 4503. [When board of education may levy to pay assess- 

 ment.] The board of education of any district interested in land 

 granted by congress for the support of common schools, unless such- 

 lands have been permanently leased, and of any district owning or hold- 

 ing other land for school purposes, shall, when an assessment is made 

 upon such land, or any part thereof, under the provisions of this chapter^ 

 pay such assessment out of the contingent fund of the district, and may. 

 if necessary for that purpose, increase the levy for such fund otherwise 

 authorized by law. 



SEC. 4504. [Auditor to make a record of ditch proceedings.] 

 The auditor shall make, in a suitable book to be provided for that pur- 

 pose at the expense of the county, a complete record of each ditch im- 

 provement made in his county under the provisions of this chapter, 

 which shall include the petition, bond, reports of tlie surveyor or engi- 

 neer, and all journal entries made, together with all plats and other papers, 

 necessary to show a complete history of all that is done in each case- 

 up to and including the final order made by the board. 



SEC. 4505. [Auditor to keep ditch accounts.] The commissison- 

 ers of any county wherein a ditch improvement is ordered, whether the 

 same is the construction of a new ditch, or the deepening, widening, 

 straightening, or alteration of an old ditch, shall provide a suitable book 

 in which to keep the ditch accounts of the county ; the auditor shall open 

 therein an account with each improvement, in the name by which the 

 same is known, and charge all assessments and credit all payments made 

 in the case; the money collected on each improvement shall constitute 

 a special fund ; and the provisions of this section shall apply in cases of 

 ditches located by the commissioners of more than one county in joint 

 session. 



SEC. 4506. [Fees and costs.] The folio wing fees shall be al- 

 lowed for services actually rendered under the provisions of this chapter:. 



The county commissioners, each, three dollars per day. 



The county auditor, for filing each paper belonging in the case, three 

 cents; for recording each hundred words, three figures to count as one 

 word, excluding calculations not necessarily included in the record, six 

 cents ; for each copy, including certificate, when necessarily a part of the 

 copy, and for all notices, six cents for each hundred words, three figures 

 to count as one word, but he shall receive no fees for printed notices ; 

 for each warrant drawn on the county treasurer, and for each certificate, 

 three cents ; for each tabular statement furnished the printer, six cents 

 per hundred words, three figures to count as one word ; and for each 

 copy of specifications furnished, six cents per hundred words, three 

 figures to count as one word, to be paid by the party demanding the same. 



The probate judge, for docketing each case, for each party, five 

 cents ; for issue of venire, with seal, fifty cents ; for each subpoena with 

 only one name, five cents, and three cents for each additional name 

 therein ; for each journal entry, six cents per hundred words, and for 

 copies duly certified, including seal, six cents per hundred words ; for 



