The board of supervisors may provide by ordinance for the organization and government of districts for the following purposes:

(a) To protect and preserve the banks of rivers and streams and lands lying contiguous thereto from injury by overflow or washing.

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(b) To provide for the improvement of rivers and streams.

(c) To prevent the obstruction of rivers and streams.

(d) To assess, levy and collect within each district a tax for the district.

(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)