236.070. Duty of sheriff in executing writ.

Duty of sheriff in executing writ.

236.070. The sheriff shall attend the jury on the day and atthe place appointed, and upon full examination, inquire by suchjury:

(1) What damage each proprietor will sustain by reason ofinundation consequent upon the erection of the dam, as proposed;

(2) Whether the mansion house of any such proprietor, or theouthouses, curtilages or gardens thereto immediately belonging,or orchard, will be overflowed thereby;

(3) Whether and to what extent ordinary navigation and thepassage of fish will be obstructed by such erection, and whetherand by what means the same may be prevented or diminished; and

(4) Whether the health of the neighborhood will bematerially affected in consequence of such erection.

(RSMo 1939 § 10292)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 9163; 1919 § 7405; 1909 § 5462