Assessment roll

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  1. (a) The board of assessors, each for the county it represents, shall make, in a book to be provided by the district for that purpose, a separate assessment of the increased value or betterment, which it is estimated will annually accrue to the lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, and electric power lines, and other real property within the boundaries of the district by reason of the construction of the flood control and drainage works provided for in the adopted and authorized project and the perpetual operation and maintenance thereof.

  2. (b) The assessment roll shall be made by the assessors of the real property in each county in the following manner:

    1. (1) The lands shall be entered upon the assessment roll in convenient subdivisions, according to the government survey. If the lands may not be definitely described according to the government survey, a metes and bounds description, or any other description by which the lands may be identified, will suffice;

    2. (2) Lots and blocks situated in towns and cities shall be entered upon the assessment roll according to the legal description thereof;

    3. (3) Railroad rights-of-way, including roadbeds, shall be assessed according to the betterment and increase in value and may be assessed per mile;

    4. (4) Telegraph and telephone lines, electric power lines, and all other real property not here enumerated, shall be assessed on the basis of the increase in value, or betterment thereto, in a manner the board of assessors may deem expedient and reasonable;

    5. (5) The value of each separate tract or parcel of property, as estimated prior to the construction of the flood control and drainage works provided for in the adopted and authorized project shall be shown in one (1) column; and the increased value thereof, or betterment thereto, estimated to accrue to it annually by reason of the construction of the flood control and drainage works provided for in the adopted and authorized project, and the perpetual operation and maintenance thereof, shall be shown in another column.


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