If the temporary commissioners recommend in their report that the district be organized and that additional land be included in the proposed district, they shall file with their report their affidavit setting forth the names and addresses of the owners of such land, if known, or, if unknown, then the names and addresses of the person who last paid the general taxes on such land as shown by the collector's books in the county in which such land is situated, and the petitioners or the clerk of the court shall, at least 10 days before the date fixed for hearing, mail a notice thereof to each such person at his address as set forth in the affidavit. Notices shall be mailed and proof made in the manner provided in Section 3-6. The notice shall be entitled "Drainage Notice" and must state (a) th
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If the temporary commissioners recommend in their report that the district be organized and that additional land be included in the proposed district, they shall file with their report their affidavit setting forth the names and addresses of the owners of such land, if known, or, if unknown, then the names and addresses of the person who last paid the general taxes on such land as shown by the collector's books in the county in which such land is situated, and the petitioners or the clerk of the court shall, at least 10 days before the date fixed for hearing, mail a notice thereof to each such person at his address as set forth in the affidavit. Notices shall be mailed and proof made in the manner provided in Section 3-6. The notice shall be entitled "Drainage Notice" and must state (a) the general nature of the proceedings and in what court they are pending, (b) the general location of the proposed district, (c) a general description of the system of drainage recommended, (d) the description of the additional land proposed to be included, and (e) the date and hour fixed for the hearing on the report. The notice may be substantially in the following form: DRAINAGE NOTICE To the owners of the lands hereinafter described: You are hereby notified that there is pending in the Circuit Court of the .... Judicial Circuit, .... County, Illinois, the report of the temporary commissioners in the matter of the petition for the organization of .... Drainage District, in the County (or Counties) of .... and State of Illinois; that the general location of the proposed district is ....; that the work recommended to be undertaken in the proposed district by the temporary commissioners consists of ....; and that the temporary commissioners have recommended that in addition to the lands described in the petition, there be included in the districts the lands described as follows: ........................ You are further notified that the report of the temporary commissioners is set for hearing in the .... in the Courthouse at .... Illinois, on (insert date), at the hour of .... .. M., at which time and place you may appear and be heard if you see fit so to do. Dated (insert date). ................................. Clerk of the Circuit Court of the ............... Judicial Circuit, ............... County, Illinois.