Fla. Stat. § 157.17: Assessment to maintain drains.

Whenever any public drain or auxiliaries thereto shall have been constructed by the board of county commissioners of any county under any law now in force, or that may hereafter be in force, the said board of county commissioners may assess against the lands benefited by said drain or auxiliaries thereto the necessary cost of the maintenance and repair of said drain or auxiliaries thereto.

History.—s. 3, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1754; CGL 2805.