§ 41-7-204 — Hearings; service of notice generally; contents

(a) On such petition being filed the court or judge
thereof shall make an order fixing the time and place of the
hearing thereon and ordering notice; thereupon the clerk of said
circuit court, for the county in which the proceedings are
instituted, shall cause twenty (20) days notice of the filing of
such petition to be given:
(i) By serving or causing to be served a copy of such
notice on each person owning, or entitled to possession by
virtue of public land filing, of land within said proposed
district, residing in any county in which any lands in said
proposed district are situated, either personally or by leaving
a copy thereof at his last usual place of abode, with a person
of suitable age and discretion, and by registered mail to any
mortgagee, mortgagees or judgment lienholder whose address is of
record in the record of said lien in the county or counties in
which said district is situated; and
(ii) By publishing a copy thereof at least once a
week for three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published
in each county within which any of the lands of the district are
situated. If there be no newspaper in any such county, such
notice may be published in a newspaper published in an adjoining
county.
(b) Such notice shall:
(i) State in what court said petition is filed;
(ii) Give a general description of the proposed work;
(iii) Give the proposed boundaries of said district
(or a general description of all the lands in said proposed
district);
(iv) Give the name proposed for said irrigation
district;
(v) State the time and place by the court fixed, when
and where the petitioners will ask a hearing on said petition;
and
(vi) Direct all persons owning or having an interest
in any lands within the boundary of the proposed district, to
appear at the time and place stated, then and there to show
cause why their land should not be included in said district.