§ 24-3-114 — Appraisers; number; appointment; qualifications; duties generally; report

When claims for damages are filed, at the next regular meeting
or special meeting of the board of the county commissioners, or
as soon thereafter as may be practicable and convenient, the
said board shall appoint three (3) suitable and disinterested
electors of the county as appraisers, to view the ground, on a
day fixed by said board, and they shall report their doings in
the matter and file their report in writing with the county
clerk within thirty (30) days after the date of their
appointment, fixing the amount of the damages sustained by the
claimants.