24-448. Contracts with federal agencies. That the board of directors of any drainage district shall have power to contract with any commissioner, officer, board of officers or other agency of the United States for the purpose of securing the construction, maintenance, or repair, or the aid, assistance or co-operation of the United States in the construction, repair, or maintenance, of any levee or part thereof or other work to prevent overflow or improve the channel of any watercourse within such district, and to this end may turn over to such agency of the United States the use and control of its right of way and of any part of its levees, and may place its employees and officers at the disposal of and under the direction of such agency of the United States, and generally may enter into any arrangement or agreement with any officer or agency of the United States that will secure the construction or aid in the construction of any cutoff, levee, or other work, or any change, improvement or relocation of the channel or any part thereof, or the excavation of and establishment of any new channel of any watercourse that will protect or aid in the protection of the lands within the district from overflow.

History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 48; February 25; R.S. 1923, 24-448.