(1)As an alternative method
for the assessment of the lands in the district and in lieu of the method of
assessment provided by sections 37-23-101 to 37-23-108, the board of directors
may adopt the following method for the assessment of the benefits derived from
the system of drainage adopted:
(a)As soon as the plans for a drainage system have been determined and
before the actual work of drainage is begun or bonds voted, the board of directors
shall assess the amount of benefits which, by means of the contemplated drainage,
will accrue to each tract of land comprising forty acres, more or less, according to
the legal or recognized subdivisions. The assessed benefits shall represent the
increased value which, in the judgment of the directors, will accrue to the lands in
the di
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(1) As an alternative method
for the assessment of the lands in the district and in lieu of the method of
assessment provided by sections 37-23-101 to 37-23-108, the board of directors
may adopt the following method for the assessment of the benefits derived from
the system of drainage adopted:
(a) As soon as the plans for a drainage system have been determined and
before the actual work of drainage is begun or bonds voted, the board of directors
shall assess the amount of benefits which, by means of the contemplated drainage,
will accrue to each tract of land comprising forty acres, more or less, according to
the legal or recognized subdivisions. The assessed benefits shall represent the
increased value which, in the judgment of the directors, will accrue to the lands in
the district because of the contemplated drainage. The board of directors shall
prepare a report of its findings which shall be arranged in tabular form, the columns
of which shall be headed as follows: Column 1, Owner of property assessed;
column 2, Description of property assessed; column 3, Number of acres
assessed; column 4, Amount of benefits assessed. The board of directors shall
also estimate the cost of the works set out in the plans for the drainage system,
which estimate shall include the probable expenses of district organization and
administration. Said report shall be signed by the president of the district with the
seal of the district thereto affixed, and attested by the secretary, and one copy
thereof shall be filed by the secretary in the office of the county clerk and recorder
of the county where the organization is effected and one copy thereof in the office
of the district.
(b) Upon the filing of the report, the secretary of the district shall give notice
thereof by causing publication to be made in some newspaper published in each
county in which lands affected are located. Such notice shall be in substantially the
following form:
Notice of filing of directors' report of
assessments of benefits for ..............
drainage district.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the following described
land in .... county (or counties), in the state of Colorado (here describe the respective
tracts of land) included within .... drainage district, that the board of directors of
said district have assessed the benefits to be received by each tract of land in the
district by the contemplated system of drainage adopted for said district, and have
filed their report of such assessments in the office of the county clerk and recorder
of .............. county, Colorado, and in the office of the district on the .............. day of
.............., A.D., 20...., and you, and each of you, are hereby notified that you may
examine said report and file exceptions with the secretary of the district to all or
any part thereof, on or before the .............. day of .............., A.D., 20...... .
............................
Secretary.