Section 15-1945. Minor repairs in existing drainage ditches

1.  Repairs  of  a  minor  nature  may  be  made to ditches heretofore
  constructed by assessment under the former drainage  law,  or  the  laws
  from  which  it was derived or under the provisions of this or any other
  general or special law by following the procedure set forth  in  section
  15-1943 so far as it is applicable. The total cost of such repairs shall
  not  exceed  the  sum of five thousand dollars on any one ditch for work
  done under one proceeding. The cost of such work shall be paid  for  out
  of the drainage fund provided by section 15-1957 hereof.
    2.  When  such  repairs or enlargements shall be finished, it shall be
  the duty of the department to make up an itemized account  of  the  cost
  incurred  in  the making of such repairs or enlargements and to file the
  same as provided in section 15-1955 and such cost  shall  thereafter  be
  assessed  and  collected  within  not  to  exceed three years as therein
  provided and as further provided herein. The expenses  of  such  repairs
  and  enlargements  shall be apportioned among the premises to which were
  originally apportioned  the  cost  of  construction  of  such  ditch  or
  ditches,   as   shown  by  the  apportionment  made  for  such  original
  construction and  filed  in  the  county  clerk's  office  or  elsewhere
  according to the valuation thereof on the last completed assessment roll
  or the drainage enhancements thereof, if such have been determined.
    3.   In   case   any  public  corporations  have  contributed  to  the
  construction of such ditch or ditches, such public corporations shall be
  liable for the repair or enlargement of the ditch  or  ditches,  in  the
  same  proportion that they were originally assessed for the construction
  of the same, which shall also be levied and collected out of the taxable
  inhabitants of such public corporation in the  same  manner  that  other
  taxes are levied and collected in the corporation.