§ 223. Flood control and soil conservation. 1. The board of\nsupervisors shall have power to, and may, appropriate and pay out for\nthe general improvement of agriculture and the soil such sums as it may\ndeem proper for the expense of creating and maintaining soil\nconservation districts, and assisting districts in carrying out the\nprovisions of the soil conservation districts law. The board of\nsupervisors may by resolution, duly passed, direct the county treasurer\nto pay out of moneys from such appropriation upon the order of the\nchairman of the district directors, upon his giving a proper receipt\ntherefor. On or before the first day of January in each year and at any\nother time when requested by the board of supervisors, the directors\nshall report in writing to the board a detailed statement of its work\nand transactions for the preceding year ending December thirty-first,\nand for any other period which the board may request and in such form as\nsaid board may direct.\n 2. In addition to the powers granted under the provisions of the soil\nconservation districts law and chapter eight hundred sixty-two of the\nlaws of nineteen hundred thirty-six as amended, and after a public\nhearing held pursuant to public notice as hereinafter provided, each\nboard of supervisors shall have power to appropriate and expend county\nfunds to protect public and private property within the county from\nfloods, to conserve the soil from erosion and for any function or\npurpose which otherwise may be undertaken or performed by a small\nwatershed protection district established pursuant to article five-D of\nthis chapter.\n After a public hearing shall have been held as provided herein, a\nboard of supervisors may appropriate each year for such purpose without\na further public hearing a sum not to exceed the sum specified in the\noriginal notice of public hearing. If a sum in excess of the sum\nspecified in the original notice of such hearing is proposed to be\nexpended, a new public hearing shall be held and public notice given as\nhereinafter provided.\n 3. The resolution shall recite: (a) the area of said county in which\nthe project and work is to be performed, and that it is believed of\nsufficient importance and general public benefit to warrant the\nexpenditure of county money thereon; (b) the name, if any, of any lake,\npond, stream, drain or ditch to be improved; (c) the nature of the\nimprovement such as construction of dikes, drains, check-dams, pipes,\nnew or altered channels, reforestation or the planting of shrubs and\nplants, or otherwise by the creation of a soil erosion control or\nwatershed protection project; (d) whether the necessary easements,\npermits, or other necessary rights have been obtained, and any\ncompensation agreed to be paid owners damaged thereby; (e) whether it is\nnecessary to acquire any easements or rights-of-way, and the estimated\ncost thereof; (f) the estimated cost of such improvement, and the amount\nto be paid by the owners of the land benefited thereby; (g) whether any\npart of the expenditure is to be financed under the provisions of the\nlocal finance law, and the manner of such payment; (h) whether the work\nshall be done by county employees and equipment or let to the lowest\nresponsible bidder; (i) what portions of the improvements are to be\nmaintained by the county and by the private owners of the land upon\nwhich such improvements are situate, or group of property owners in the\narea; (j) reference to a survey, or plans and estimate of such\nimprovement, which shall be made a part thereof; (k) such other\ninformation as may be deemed necessary.\n 4. Within ten days after the adoption of said resolution, the clerk of\nthe board of supervisors shall cause notice of a public hearing thereon\nto be published in the official newspapers once a week for two\npublications, and at least twenty days shall elapse from the first\npublication to the date of the hearing. The notice shall contai
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