§ 14-123-408 — Assessment for cost of work - Revision and delivery of lists

(a) The board of assessors shall: (1) Make an assessment of the cost of the work upon the lands situated in the district benefited by the work and reported to the meeting of landholders upon the value of the lands as increased by the work; and (2) Also make a list of the lands as assessed, showing the owners' names, the description of the land, the number of acres, the valuation thereof as increased by the work, and the amounts of the assessments thereon. (b) The assessors and board of directors shall then go carefully over the list, descriptions, and valuations and make all necessary corrections in the description of the lands assessed, adding to the list any lands omitted and striking out any lands improperly assessed. (c) Notice of the time and place of the revision shall be given by written or printed handbills posted in ten (10) public places in the district for ten (10) days prior thereto. At that time any person feeling himself aggrieved by the assessment may appear and have his complaint heard and considered by the board of directors. (d) The assessors shall make alterations and corrections in the list ordered by the board and shall then file the list in the clerk's office of the county court of the county. They shall also make a separate list thereof and deliver the separate list to the treasurer of the district. Both lists shall be signed by the assessors. For the purpose of ascertaining the description of any lands embraced in the district, the assessors and the owners of the land shall be governed by and subject to the provisions of § 26-26-717 .

Legislative History

Acts 1879, No. 78, § 13, p. 117; 1887, No. 86, § 4, p. 132; 1889, No. 26, § 2, p. 27; 1897, No. 8, § 1, p. 8; C. & M. Dig., § 6830; Pope's Dig., § 4556; A.S.A. 1947, § 21-628.