The commissioners shall, as soon as practicable after their appointment, and after being duly sworn to perform their duties faithfully and impartially to the best of their abilities, inspect and classify all the lands benefited by the location and construction of the drainage or levee district in a graduated scale of benefits, naming the tract or tracts of each owner and so classifying the tract or tracts, each tract to be numbered according to the benefit received, as provided in §§ 54-12-204 and 54-12-205 by the proposed improvement.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 12 - Road Improvement Districts
Part 2 - Commissioners and Apportionment of Costs
§ 54-12-201. Appointment of Commissioners — Qualifications
§ 54-12-202. Oath of Commissioners — Classification of Lands on Graduated Scale of Benefits
§ 54-12-203. Commissioners Shall Equitably Apportion and Assess Costs — Report in Writing
§ 54-12-205. Subdivision and Classification of Body of Land in One Owner
§ 54-12-206. Description and Ownership of Lands Specified in Reports
§ 54-12-207. Objections to Assessment and Apportionment — Filing
§ 54-12-208. Assessment Made Without Notice
§ 54-12-209. Publication of Hearing Assessments and Apportionments
§ 54-12-210. District in More Than One County — Manner and Times of Publication
§ 54-12-212. Additional Assessments, if First Insufficient
§ 54-12-213. New Report Ordered and New Commissioners When Report Annulled or Set Aside
§ 54-12-215. Special Assessment to Pay Costs and Expenses
§ 54-12-217. Fund for Payment of Costs and Expenses
§ 54-12-219. Bonds Required of Trustee and County Clerk
§ 54-12-222. Appeal Does Not Prevent Collection of Assessments, if Appellant Is Indemnified by Bond
§ 54-12-223. Indemnity Bond — Execution
§ 54-12-224. Counsel Employed for District on Trial in Appellate Court — Payment