Section 15-1961. Drainage district with federal aid

1. In the event that any agency of the government of the United States
  shall be willing to perform, direct or finance any work for the drainage
  and  reclamation  of  any  swamp,  bog, pond, meadow or other low or wet
  lands in the state in such manner that the greater part of the  cost  of
  such  work  shall  be paid by such government, the department shall have
  power to form a drainage improvement district including the lands so  to
  be drained and improved by following the procedure set forth in sections
  15-1963 to 15-1967 inclusive, hereinafter referred to as the federal aid
  sections,  in  lieu of the procedure specified in the preceding sections
  of title 19 of this article.
    2. It is the intent of these federal aid sections  to  facilitate  the
  carrying  out  of  such  projects  by  permitting  changes in the normal
  sequence of doing the various acts specified in the preceding  sections,
  but,  except  as  specifically  authorized, not to permit changes in the
  manner of doing each act or in the  conditions  on  which  such  act  is
  based.