§ 24-5-116 — Road established; awards paid; certificate of legal description of property to be filed

At the next meeting of the board of the county commissioners
after receipt of the report of the appraisers, or as soon
thereafter, as may be practicable, the board may hear testimony
and consider petitions for and remonstrances against the
establishment of such industrial road. In case there shall be no
claim for damages filed, they shall act as speedily as possible
in the matter. The board may increase or diminish the damages
allowed by the appraisers. The amount of damages awarded, if
any, shall immediately be paid to the person or persons entitled
thereto or deposited with the county clerk for delivery, which
payment shall be without prejudice to the right of such person
or persons to appeal to the district court as provided by law.
When the road has been established and the award paid by the
board of the county commissioners to the person or persons
entitled thereto or deposited with the county clerk, the highway
authorities and the contractors and employees may take
possession and exercise full control of the lands within the
right-of-way of the road so established. A certificate,
authorized by the board of the county commissioners and signed
by its chairman, setting forth the legal description of the
property taken shall be recorded in the office of the county
clerk and indexed in like manner and with like effect as if it
were a conveyance of the easement or right-of-way from said
owners to the county.