Page 7 - Mississippi 811 Magazine 2018 Issue 3

invented He taid me that the ditches

had to be cleaned um nom tone to time _‘ it

to prevent punding, bank (wen'lDw~' , \

and even mad wa.-honts That'swhen a I‘

I tit-st leanied ahont the tlowline ot the t ‘ , '

ditch. The entire maidway depended - ,‘

on the ability of the operator tn keep _ . t

the thawline on grade. Their job was V I I

to keep the water fluwmg an the wav ‘,»

lx't)n1w|\ez2Ls.~'liE Quinnlivedti: where . t /

nw tciend Dillard Fucks lived That _ _‘ ‘ , ,

meant the miles nt ditches couldn't he ' ,

luwznhan the Culvertscll vDu'd have e. ‘ ‘ ‘.

ponding / A 4 _ ~ .
saniesntyyeacstatec,whenzseea - ’ ’ 4 “V333-be
cnunty nmd grade! dmgging a ditch, '3 “‘
rm mnunded ot lessons teamed and

ride: I was given bv Du! neighbor who «~

worked turthe county .. , ' .,.‘ __
Nnmurzthanaculxplsolysarsago, ;. '5__r,
when Mississippi's diglawwas e V 1:,-‘, ’ " :2-
amended tn include entoccement, one - > -'~.e ‘'

of the higgest ehstaeies to o\'e!con1e . .. . - I 5., t -t _. -

was to dehne t-ontme excavntiun as _ .- it _ .‘ f

it related to r(Indwa_V.~' and drainage _ -, ‘ - 7- _ V . ~ .«__ — V .‘
ditches. when mmlly the dethnnnn ‘ . ‘ _ , 3 . , .- -_-.' 7 '
wasaceepted,itwas an agreed t av A " I 13, _ ‘r
Ixpun derhntionthatnoenesidewas ,; M .» » J »- ,
cnrnplzlelvcun1fDx'lablew1Lh,andI ‘ . o » . _ _ 2”;-yr _ i
guess that was tn he expected. A J I -,,_ A ' , ' '
The :(In1pmmised dsfimrinn at I, , . 41-?” " _
mntmeniaintenanceetmadways '. 1% -. V
and ditches is tonnd In section 77- . \_ ._, -_ -
13.3 and states '- routms maintenance ‘_t, - ,. - r .
actnntiescatned Dutbv 0! tacthnse —- W _

responsible lo! publiclv maintained . . L’ —

rDadwav~' and x'ighL~'-ol-way, pminded ‘ ‘ -

that the .1L1'i\'|u€.~' uccur entirely , ~ , 7* . 5
within the public right-of-v\‘ny (1 3. a- -
and do not penetcate the eanh to ' an *~<'
» adept}: ot mate than twelve (12; '1“.
lnd’1E.~‘ and are camed outwith ‘
teasonahie (ale so as to pmlscl
any undezgmund tanlities placed 2»:
' '- In the right-of-\‘\'ay Routine
a- maintenance actnnties shau he
I mote spedhcaily descnhed in the . ""k"“
| x'ul€.~' and tegniations adapted
1 bv the haatd."
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