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24 GENERAL LAWS.
(2) Provisions requiring observance of particular methods
of cultivation including contour cultivating, contour furrowing,
lister furrowing, sowing, planting, strip cropping, seeding, and
planting of lands to water-conserving and erosion-preventing
plants, trees, and grasses, forestations, and reforestation;
(3) Specifications of cropping programs and tillage practices
to be observed;
(4) Provisions requiring the retirement from cultivation of
highly erosive areas or of areas on which erosion may not be
adequately controlled if cultivation is carried on;
(5) Provisions for such other means, measures, operations,
and programs as may assist conservation of soil resources, and
prevent or control soil erosion in the district, having due regard
to the legislative findings set forth in Section 2 of this Act.
The regulations shall be uniform throughout the territory
comprised within the district except that the Supervisors may
classify the lands within the district with reference to such
factors as soil type, degree of slope, degree of erosion threatened
or existing, cropping and tillage practices in use, and other
relevant factors, and may provide regulations varying with the
type or class of land affected, but uniform as to all lands within
each class or type. Copies of land-use regulations adopted under
the provisions of this Section shall be printed and made
available to all owners and occupiers of land lying within the
district.
SEC. 9. Performance of Work under the Regulations by the
Supervisors. The Supervisors shall have authority to go upon
any lands within the district to determine whether land-use
regulations adopted under the provisions of Section 8 of this
Act are being observed.
Where the Supervisors of any district shall find that any
of the provisions of land-use regulations prescribed in an ordinance
adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 8
hereof are not being observed on particular lands, and that such
nonobservance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is
interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other
lands within the district, the Supervisors may present to any
Court of competent jurisdiction a petition, duly verified, setting
forth the adoption of the ordinance prescribing land-use regulations,
the failure of the defendant to observe such regulations,
and to perform particular work, operations, or avoidances as
required thereby, and that such nonobservance tends to increase
erosion on such lands and is interfering with the prevention or
control of erosion on other lands within the district, and praying
the court to require the defendant to perform the work,
operations, or avoidances within a reasonable time and to order
that if the defendant shall fail so to perform the Supervisors
may go on the land, perform the work or other operations or
otherwise bring the condition of such lands into conformity
with the requirements of such regulations, and recover the
costs and expenses thereof, with interest, from the owner of
such land. Upon the presentation of such petition, the Court
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31], book, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18824/m1/398/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .