INDEX 
Page. 
Accessibility, land, factor in drainage benefits 17 
Actual-value method, assessment of drainage discussion 57-63 
Agricultural lands- 
damages, compensation, etc 48-51 
See also Farm lands. 
Agriculture Department, organization 64 
Alabama, law — 
assessments of railroads 44 
on railroad benefits 33 
Alkali lands, benefits by drainage 39 
Apportionment — 
assessment, methods 2 1-22 
drainage, two methods 21 
Arkansas, court decision — - 
on bordering districts 28-29 
on railroad assessment 34 
Assessment — 
definitions 4-5 
principles, comparison with taxation 6 
voidance by omissions 9 
Assessments — 
abandoned drainage districts 48 
accuracy in making and filing rolls 24 
additional, legality 24-25 
apportionment methods 2 1-22 
basic rules for benefits 27-28 
benefit and damage, separation, note 49 
distance as factor in making 54 
maintenance — 
discussion 25-26 
restriction of use 26 
methods — 
and determination • 3-4 
and practices 3-4 
of making, discussion 51-63 
negligence, after agreement on amounts _ 51 
railroad, for drainage benefits, discussion 32-46 
relation to — 
benefits 21 
tax 5 
towns for drainage benefits, discussion 30-32 
two districts — 
court decisions 28-30 
discussion 28-30 
Assessors — 
Board of, duties, requirements, etc 22-24 
duties and — 
expenses 23-24 
suggestions of duty 22 
selection 22 
Attorneys, necessity in drainage proceedings 2 
Benefit, relation to cost of work 10 
Benefits — 
assessment, method 
drainage — 
definition and kinds 9 21 
relation to floods 17 
factors in drainage 16-19 
general — 
definition 2, 10 
from drainage^plants 10-11 
62129—24 65 
