Section 18-15-1009 - Limitation on actions and damages(a) All actions for the recovery of damages against any levee or drainage district for the appropriation of land or the construction or maintenance of either levees or drains shall be instituted within one (1) year after the construction of the levees or drains, and not thereafter.(b) The recovery of damages on account of the construction or maintenance of levees or drains shall be limited and confined to the elements of damage mentioned and provided for in this section, §§ 18-15-1001 - 18-15-1008, and § 18-15-1010.Acts 1945, No. 177, §§ 9, 10; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 35-1109, 35-1110.