21-345 - Assessment of lands benefited not theretofore included.
§ 21-345. Assessment of lands benefited not theretofore included.
If, at any time after the final confirmation of the final report of the boardof viewers, and final establishment of the district, the county board ofdrainage commissioners hereinafter mentioned having jurisdiction over thedrainage district, are advised that the lands of any person are benefited bythe drainage, such lands not having been included in the district or assessedtheretofore on account of the drainage, the board, after giving not less thanten days' legal notice to such person, shall hear and determine whether any,and if any, what monetary benefit has been received by such person or personsby reason of the drainage, and the amount so ascertained by the county boardof drainage commissioners, if any, shall be assessed against the lands ofsuch person, in like manner and collected in the same way as if the lands hadbeen classified, listed and assessed in the original assessment of the landsin the drainage district. Such person shall have the right of appeal, fromthe findings of the board to the circuit court of the county in which thepetition was filed. Such appeal shall be perfected within ten days from thedate of the findings of said board, after which time no appeal shall beallowed.
(Code 1919, § 1757; 1926, p. 614.)