{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-549.140","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 549.140","heading":"Duties of commissioners.","body":"The commissioners shall proceed to locate and mark out the route of the ditch so as to do the least damage to the lands the ditch passes through, or to designate the location, character and extent of the work to be done in straightening the bed or building up the banks of the stream, and shall at the same time assess the damages sustained by the person owning the land.","path":["15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food","45. Water Resources: Irrigation, Drainage, Flood Control, Reclamation","Chapter 549 — Drainage and Flood Control Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors549.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:15Z","sha256":"819c298839a2def6392f8d5a4f40abbe1ee981bb9477ec2cdb451b25f8104d0e","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-549.130","next":"us-or/ors-549.150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}