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thereof located and established under this chapter shall be made until 

 the full amount of compensation for land appropriated shall have been 

 paid; and the trustees shall pay such compensation out of the general 

 township fund and apportion the aggregate amount thereof equitably 

 upon the lands benefitted by said ditch, and the same shall be a lien 

 on said lands, the same as other taxes, and apportionment shall 

 be certified by the clerk to the county auditor within forty days from such 

 payment, and placed upon the duplicate against the lands so assessed, 

 and collected in the same manner as taxes are collected, and when col- 

 lected shall be paid over to the township entitled thereto, to reimburse 

 said general township fund, provided that any landowner may pay the 

 amount assessed against his lands to the township treasurer at any 

 time before the same is certified to the county auditor. 



As to compensation for injury to crops by constructing underground drain, 

 see (451015). 



SEC. 4522. [More than one channel may be established.] If it 

 "become necessary, by reason of islands or otherwise, in the establish- 

 ment of a ditch, to construct more than one channel or branch for the 

 flow or discharge of water, in order to accomplish the ends and pur- 

 poses for which a ditch may be established and constructed, the same 

 may be done in one proceeding and under one petition and the trustees 

 are authorized to make all necessary and proper orders to effectually 

 accomplish the same. 



SEC. 4523. [May order riprapping to be done.] If it be found 

 necessary to protect any ditch, constructed or to be constructed, from 

 being washed out by high water, freshets, or otherwise, that any portion 

 of the same shall be riprapped or otherwise protected by stone or timber, 

 the trustees, in their final order, may direct such additional work to 

 be done, particularly describing its kind and character, and the par- 

 ticular places, and the sections on which the same shall be done, and by 

 whom. 



SEC. 4524. [Boxing or tiling of township ditches.] At the hear- 

 ing of the petition, if any person, or persons, owning or controlling lands 

 through which the ditch will pass, make a written request to the trustees 

 for a box, or tile ditch through their lands, the trustees shall, if they 

 deem the same practicable and equally beneficial, grant their request, 

 and order that all, or any portion of such ditch may be boxed or tiled, 

 specifying the size of the boxes or tile to be used, and the depth they shall 

 be placed under the ground ; and all expenses incurred, whether such 

 (litch be in whole or in part a box or tile ditch, shall be apportioned 

 according to benefits derived, as provided in section four thousand five 

 hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes. 



SEC. 4525. [When and how route may be changed.] At the 

 hearing of the petition, if any person interested in the location of such 

 ditch make a written request to change the route of the ditch, for his 

 own special interest and convenience, the trustees may .so change the 

 route, if a good and sufficient ditch can be had ; but in all cases where 

 -such change would increase the amount of work to open the ditch, the 

 whole of the increased amount of work shall be apportioned to the 

 persons making such request, in addition to their proper share of the 

 balance of the ditch. 



