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Show Washington The counties are given all flood control powers. See Remington Revised Statutes of Washington, Section 4057- 1. West Virginia Section 591 ( 1400), West Virginia Code of 1955, authorizes counties, cities, or towns to cooperate in establishing or to establish separate " flood control projects." Statute authorizes enactment of zoning ordinance to restrict the use of lands and construction of buildings within flood control area. Grants power to cooperate with United States, to exercise power of eminent domain, to issue bonds and to levy taxes, and to clear and straighten channels of navigable streams. Wisconsin See flood control act- chapter 87, Wisconsin Statutes 1953. This chapter provides for the creation of flood control boards with authority to construct and maintain flood control works. The cost is assessed against the land benefited. - 36- |