Missouri Revised Statutes Title XV. Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply § 244.110. Compensation--appointment of special commissioners and surveyor

1. The parties petitioning shall be liable for all costs incurred on account of any proceeding under this chapter. Each commissioner shall receive for his services two dollars for each day employed and necessary expenses incurred in addition thereto; any surveyor for services rendered while working under the direction of the commissioners shall be paid three dollars per day and all necessary expenses.

2. In case it becomes the duty of the circuit court to have the work constructed, as is provided for in section 244.090, said court shall have the right to appoint a special commissioner, who may or may not be a surveyor, and not owning land that is affected in any way by the works, to take charge of the construction and report to said court from time to time as to the progress of said construction and make a full report when the same has been completed. Such commissioner shall, upon completion of the work, make a final report to the court, and said court shall, if it finds said work performed according to contract, accept and confirm said report.