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(4510-53) SEC. 15. [Plat and profile; schedules; list of lands 

 affected by improvement; estimate of cost; apportionment of costs.] 



Thefy] shall, on all the line of improvement within this state, take -all the 

 levels and notes necessary to, and shall make a plat and profile of all said 

 line ; which plat shall show the entire line of said ditch, with all angles 

 accurately located, together with all fence, line, road or rail crossings, 

 together with all lands or lots affected by this improvement, properly 

 and accurately located thereon. The profile shall show the surface of 

 grade megs, the depth of old ditch or stream, and depth of proposed 

 improvement at each stake throughout, and the grade or fall of the bottom 

 of proposed improvement. The report shall also include schedules, show- 

 ing necessary widths, top and bottom, and depth at each stake, together 

 with the number of cubic yards in each one hundred lineal feet of ditch, 

 and also the total number of cubic yards so to be excavated throughout the 

 entire line of said ditch. The report shall also state the number of acres 

 of land in each state adjudged by them to be affected by the improvement 

 and benefited fhereby, with a list thereof, showing description and owner- 

 ship as shown on tax duplicate, together with their estimate of cost per 

 cubic yard for work, and their estimate of total cost of construction of that 

 part of ditch situated in each state, together with an estimate of total 

 cost of location. They shall also in their report make an apportionment, 

 as they think fair and just, of the costs of location and construction 

 between the two states. 



(4510-54) SEC. 16. [Copy of engineers' report.] A copy of the 

 said report of the engineers, embracing all the matters described within 

 and duly certified to by each, shall be sent to the proper official of each 

 county affected in each state. 



(4510-55) SEC. 17. [Duty of auditor on receipt of report.] On 

 the receipt of the report of the engineers as aforesaid, the auditor shall 

 notify (the joint board) of the receipt of said report as in the case of 

 filing of petition and bond, but need not send a copy of the report received. 

 And shall proceed as provided for in sections one and two [(4510 39), 

 ( 40)] of this act, to fix upon a time and place for the meeting of the 

 joint-board. After which he shall notify the commissioners of the recep- 

 tion of said report and the time and place of meeting. 



(4510-56) SEC. 18. [Rules governing board.] The joint-board 

 on assembling, shall be governed by the same rules as provided elsewhere 

 in this act. And they may call to their assistance the engineers who 

 located the improvement. 



(4510-57) SEC. 19. [Amendment or approval of report; copy 

 of report; called meetings.] They shall approve, or amend and ap- 

 prove, of the reports so filed by the engineers. And the report so ap- 

 proved by them, shall be a final division of the estimated costs of con- 

 struction, and the entire costs of location between the states. They shall 

 send a copy of their report, duly certified to by the president and clerk of 

 the board, to the proper official of each county affected in the other state, 

 and to the county auditor of each county affected in Ohio. Their ad- 

 journment shall be subject to a call of the majority of the members of 

 either state, notice of which shall be given as provided for in preceding 

 section. 



(4510-58) SEC. 20. [Power to enter upon lands.] The proper 

 authorities in the adjoining state, joining with the counties in Ohio, are 



