Section 11-48-26
Filing of written objections, etc., to assessments by property owners.
The owner or owners of any real estate or any interest therein which it is proposed to assess for the cost or any part thereof of said improvement may appear at any time on or before the date named in said notice or at said meeting and file in writing with the clerk or in his office any objections or defense to the proposed assessment against said property or to the amount thereof, and persons who do not file objections or protests in writing against such assessment shall be held to have consented to the same.
(Code 1907, §1381; Code 1923, §2196; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §535.)