468.23  Settling basins — purchase or lease of lands.
  If a settling basin or basins are provided as a part of a drainage improvement, the board of supervisors may buy or lease the necessary lands in lieu of condemning said lands. The board may by purchase acquire the necessary lands required for right-of-way for open ditches or other improvements in lieu of condemning said lands.
[C27, 31, 35, §7448-a1; C39, §7448.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.29]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.23