Missouri § 245.405 - Levees may be used as roadbeds and roadbeds may be used as levees.
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§ 245.405. Levees may be used as roadbeds and roadbeds may be used as levees.
Said board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to contract upon terms of reasonable compensation with any railroad corporation for the use and occupancy of levees of the district for the roadbed of such railroad corporations; and it shall be lawful for such board of directors to contract with any railroad corporation, for the use of their roadbed for levee purposes, and upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties they may contract and agree that such railroad company may construct their embankments to a sufficient height to prevent inundations over such embankments.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12577)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10987; 1919 § 4679; 1909 § 5742
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Section 245.405 ("Levees may be used as roadbeds and roadbeds may be used as levees.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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