(a)As soon as may be after the organization of said
district or within such time as the court may direct, said
commissioners shall proceed to have all necessary surveys made
and shall lay out said proposed work making a map thereof, and
plans and other specifications thereof, and report in writing to
the court:
(i)The extent and character of the proposed work;
(ii)If it be found necessary to change the
boundaries of the said proposed district, previously fixed, they
shall report said proposed change, and, if possible, shall
report the names, the residence and post-office addresses of the
owners or persons entitled to possession of all lands affected
by said change in boundaries, but no such change in boundaries,
shall be made as to deprive the court of jurisdiction; provided,
however, t
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(a) As soon as may be after the organization of said
district or within such time as the court may direct, said
commissioners shall proceed to have all necessary surveys made
and shall lay out said proposed work making a map thereof, and
plans and other specifications thereof, and report in writing to
the court:
(i) The extent and character of the proposed work;
(ii) If it be found necessary to change the
boundaries of the said proposed district, previously fixed, they
shall report said proposed change, and, if possible, shall
report the names, the residence and post-office addresses of the
owners or persons entitled to possession of all lands affected
by said change in boundaries, but no such change in boundaries,
shall be made as to deprive the court of jurisdiction; provided,
however, that if the owners and those entitled to possession, by
virtue of public land filing, of lands adjacent to the district,
petition to have their lands brought into the district, such
petitioners may be considered the same as the original
petitioners in making changes of boundaries;
(iii) What lands within the district, as by them
reported, will be injured by the proposed work, if any, and they
shall therein award to each tract, lot, easement or interest by
whomsoever held the amount of damages which they shall determine
will be caused to the same by the proposed work;
(iv) All lands within the district as by them
reported will be benefited by the proposed work and they shall
assess against such lands by whomsoever held the amount of
benefits which they determine will be caused to the same by the
proposed work. The benefits so assessed are herein referred to
as "the assessment roll";
(v) They shall also determine and report to the court
the total itemized amount as near as they can determine, that
said proposed work will cost, including organization expenses
and the unit cost upon which the assessments are based, which
shall be designated as "cost of construction";
(vi) The cost of construction which shall be assessed
to the various tracts of land within said district in proportion
to the assessed valuation of each of such tracts of land as such
valuation was last fixed and determined by the county assessor
and county board of equalization of the county in which said
lands are situated.