73-7-43: [Outside lands; when included.]

Whenever any lands outside a drainage district are receiving the benefits of the drains of said district, by direct or indirect, natural or artificial connection therewith, or are damaging those in the district, the commissioners of said district may report said facts to the court and ask that said lands, describing them, be brought into said district and assessed for the benefit by them received from the drains or ditches of said district, or damages inflicted.