(a) In all suits brought by any levee district formed under the general statutes or under any special act of this state to enforce the collection of assessments, the levee district shall give notice of the pendency thereof as against all landowners, whether known or unknown, when the suits may be pending. Notice shall be given by publication weekly for four (4) weeks prior to the date of the term of court on which final judgment may be entered for the sale of land in the levee district on which the assessments are delinquent in some newspaper published in the county where the suit is pending, which public notice may be in the following form:
(b) Where the owners are unknown, that fact shall be so stated in the published notice. Upon the giving of the notice of the pendency of the suit, no further notice shall be necessary to any landowner and personal summons against the landowner need not be served, and the suit shall stand for trial as now provided by law.
(c) All statutory provisions contrary to the terms of this section are amended to conform hereto. However, this section shall not apply to levee districts comprising lands located in more than five (5) counties.
“NOTICE Levee District vs. Delinquent Lands The following named persons and corporations and all others having or claiming an interest in the following described lands are hereby notified that suit is pending in the Chancery Court of County, Arkansas, to enforce the collection of certain levee assessments on the subjoined list of lands, each supposed owner's lands being set opposite his or her or its name, respectively, together with the amount severally due from each, to wit: (Then shall follow a list of supposed owners, with descriptive list of said lands and amounts due thereon, respectively, as aforesaid). Said public notice may be concluded in the following form: Said persons and corporations and all others interested in said lands are hereby notified that they are required by law to appear and make defense to said suit, or the same will be taken for confessed, and final judgment will be entered directing the sale of said lands for the purpose of collecting said levee assessments, together with the payment of interest, penalty, and costs allowed by law. Clerk of said Court.”
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