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Benefits- -Continued. Page. 
measure, best 3 
railroad — 
assessments 32-46 
elements of 40-42 
railroads l 40-44 
ratio to assessment 21 
reassessments, law and caution 25 
relation to assessments 21 
special — 
application to irrigated districts 19-20 
court decisions 13-16 
definition 2-3, 10 
factors 16-19 
from drainage plants 11-21 
measuring principles 20-21 
Board of Assessors, requirements and duties 22-24 
Bridges- 
highway, drainage assessments 47 
railroad — 
assessment of adaptation as damages 44 
assessments in drainage cases 45 
element of benefit assessment 41 
Business, increase as benefit assessment 33 
California, assessment of drainage damage to railroads 44 
Canals, irrigation, drainage assessments 48 
Carolina, drainage decision 29 
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, benefits discussion 11-12 
Church, omission for assessment, effect 9 
Civil-law rule, drainage law, States following 15 
Classification— 
assessment method — 
discussion 56-57 
value and use 3 
method, assessments of drainage 56-57 
Colorado, assessment of drainage damage to railroads 44 
Common-enemy rule- 
drainage law, States following 16 
on surface water 15-16 
Condemnation — 
land for drainage, purposes 11 
proceedings, validity in reclamation, statement in United States 
Supreme Court 11 
Cooley, Judge — 
statement on — 
assessments 7 
public interest and levy 11 
special assessments 7 
Court decisions 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 
15, 16, 21, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 41, 45, 51 
Crops — 
assessments of loss by drainage 50 
damage by drainage plant, liability 50 
Damage, drainage, determination factors 4 
Damages — 
agricultural lands, compensation 48-49 
assessments to — 
agricultural lands for drainage 48-51 
railroad- for drainage 44-46 
lands, court decision 51 
railroad — 
court decision 45 
discussion 44-46 
Decision — 
court, on bordering drainage districts 28 
Iowa on drainage benefits to town 49 
Kentucky, on special drainage benefits 31 
