The board of directors of any district organized under articles 1 to 8 of this title, or its employees or agents, including contractors and their employees and the members of the board of appraisers provided for in article 4 of this title, and their assistants, may enter upon lands within or without the district in order to make surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary preliminary purposes of the district or to have access to the work, being liable, however, for actual damage done; but no unnecessary damage shall be done. Any person or corporation preventing such entry is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Source: L. 22: p. 25, § 14. C.L. § 9528. CSA: C. 138, § 139. CRS 53: § 30-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-7.