48-1518
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48-1518. Notice of hearing on inclusion or exclusion of lands; objections; failure to object A. Upon filing the petitions provided by section 48-1517, and payment of estimated expenses, the secretary shall cause notice to be given and published once each week for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where the office of the district is located, giving notice of filing of the petitions, the names of the petitioners, a description of the land, the prayer of the petitioners and the time and place of hearing the petitions, and requiring any person objecting for any cause to allowance of the petitions to file the objections in writing in the district office on or before the time fixed for the hearing and appear at such time in support of the objections. B. At the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at such time or times to which the hearing is adjourned, the board of directors shall proceed to hear the petitions and all objections filed thereto in writing by interested persons. Failure of any person to file objections in writing shall be deemed a consent to granting the petitions. |