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the treasurer of said county at proper intervals a sum not exceeding ninety 

 per cent of the expenses incurred by the said drainage district commis- 

 sioners up to the time of draft, and at the completion of said work for the 

 balance of the amount expended. 



Section 15. If the drainage district comtmissioners find that a part 

 of the land is held by a tenant for life or years, they shall apportion and 

 assess the expense upon the tenant and the remainderman or reversioner, 

 unless the parties agree on an apportionment; and every such tenant, 

 remainderman and reversioner shall be considered a proprietor. 



Section 16. A mortgagor or mortgagee in possession shall be con- 

 sidered a proprietor, and all amounts paid by a mortgagee by order of 

 the drainage district commissioners shall be allowed to him under the 

 provisions of section twenty of chapter one hundred and eighty-seven of 

 the Revised Laws. 



Section 17. If the drainage district commissioners find it necessary 

 or expedient to reduce or raise the water to obtain a view of the land, or 

 for the more convenient or expeditious removal of obstructions, they may 

 open the flood gates of any mill, or make other needful passages through 

 or around the dam thereof, or erect a temporary dam on the land of a 

 person who is not a party to the proceedings, and may maintain such 

 dam or passages for the water as long as may be necessary for such pur- 

 poses. 



Section 18. The drainage district commissioners, before proceeding 

 to open flood gates, or to make other passages for water through or around 

 a dam, or to erect a dam on the land of a person who is not a party to the 

 proceedings, shall give him reasonable notice in writing of their intention. 

 If such person appeals from their decision and gives notice in -WTiting of 

 his appeal to the commissioners or to any of them, they shall suspend all 

 proceedings upon his land until the appeal is determined, if it is entered 

 at the return day next after the expiration of seven days from the time of 

 claiming the same. 



Section 19. If a party to the proceedings or a municipality or a per- 

 son otherwise interested therein or affected thereby is aggrieved by any 

 doings of the drainage district commissioners, he may enter an appeal in 

 the court in which the petition was filed at the return day next following 

 that at which the return of the cormnissioners was filed; and the court 

 may affirm, reverse or alter any adjudication or order of the conmiission- 

 ers, and may make an appropriate order. Questions of fact arising upon 

 the appeal shall, upon motion of either party, be tried by a jury in such 

 manner as the court orders. 



Section 20. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 June 1, 1918. 



