Establishment

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  4. Road Improvement Districts
  5. Establishment

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54-12-101

Power to Establish Road Improvement Districts

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54-12-102

Body Exercising Jurisdiction of Former Monthly County Court

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54-12-103

Petition for Road Improvement District

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54-12-104

Bond for Costs and Expenses — Increase in Penalty or Security

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54-12-105

Road Improvement District Confined to Boundaries of County

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54-12-106

Petitioners May Employ Counsel in Preliminary Matters — Compensation for Services, Fixing

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54-12-107

Committee for Petitioners in Preliminary Matters in Establishing District — Compensation

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54-12-108

Contents of Petition — Hearing — Publication for Landowner Defendants

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54-12-109

Objections, Filing — Assessment for Preliminary Costs and Expenses — Decree

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54-12-110

Appeal From Decision

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54-12-111

Collection Dates Fixed Upon Assessment Being Made — Assessment List Certified to Trustee to Collect — Compensation

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54-12-112

Lien for Assessment — Enforcement

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54-12-113

Bonds of Trustee and Clerk

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54-12-114

Proceeding for Cost and Expense Fund Not to Delay Other Proceedings — Sixty Percent Acreage Provision

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54-12-115

Preliminary Expenses May Be Paid by Order of County Legislative Body — Refund Out of Assessments or Bonds of Petitioners

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54-12-116

Contributions or Donations of Preliminary Expenses or Parts of Expenses Without Requiring Refund

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54-12-117

Petitioners Required to Pay Preliminary Expenses — Judgment on Their Bond

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54-12-118

Fund for Expenses May Be Paid as Needed

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54-12-119

Refund to Petitioners and Their Sureties Paying Preliminary Expenses

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54-12-120

Engineer

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54-12-121

Compensation of Engineers

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54-12-122

Engineer to Survey and Locate Roads and Improvements

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54-12-123

Engineer's Return — Contents

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54-12-124

Recalling Engineer and Appointing Another

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54-12-125

Survey and Location of Roads Along General Course of Present Roads — Exception

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54-12-126

Engineer to Submit Itemized Expense Account or Do Work for Stipulated Sum

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54-12-127

Expediency of Plan — Determination by Court — Submission of Second Plan

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54-12-128

Summons or Writ Issued — Served Upon Whom

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54-12-129

Service of Writ — Acknowledgement

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54-12-130

Publication for Nonresidents, or Those Whose Names or Residences Are Unknown

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54-12-131

Writ or Publication Need Not State Contents of Petition or Its Prayer

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54-12-132

Adjournment Until Notice Given — Jurisdiction Not Lost — Appearance Without Formal Answer

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54-12-133

Claim for Damages to Be Filed — Guardian or Conservator Ad Litem Appointed for Persons Under Disability

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54-12-134

Sufficiency of Petition Determined — Amendment of Petition — District Allowed or Refused — if No Claim for Damages, District Located and Established

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54-12-135

Further Examination and Report by Engineer Ordered — Hearing Continued Until Filing of Report

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54-12-136

Claims for Damages Prevent Establishment of District Until Viewers Appointed — Qualifications — Engineer to Accompany Viewers and Give Them Information

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54-12-137

Viewers Upon Being Sworn to View Premises, Fix Damages and Report

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54-12-138

Report of Viewers to Be Filed Promptly — Others Appointed Upon Failure to Act

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54-12-139

Value of Land — Incidental Benefits Considered in Estimating Incidental Damages

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54-12-140

Damages Awarded Considered in Establishing District — Location and Establishment — Damages Determined

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54-12-141

Appeal From Decision Establishing District or Allowing Damages — Appeal Bond

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54-12-142

Appeal From Order Establishing or Refusing to Establish District, and Penalty of Appeal Bond — Damages on Appeal Bond

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54-12-143

Appeal Bond Signed for All Petitioner Appellants by a Designated Petitioner — Surety on Bond Required — Pauper's Oath Not Allowed

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54-12-144

Appeal From Award of Damages Will Not Prevent Appropriation and Condemnation of Land, if Petitioners Give Bond

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54-12-145

Appeal Heard De Novo by Circuit Court That Enters No Judgment but Enters Amount Fixed — Clerk Certifies to Monthly County Court

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54-12-146

Circuit Court Order Entered — Certified to Monthly County Court

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54-12-147

Appellants as Plaintiffs in Circuit Court — Consolidation of Damage Cases — One Transcript in Several Appeals

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54-12-148

Costs in Discretion of Circuit Court

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54-12-149

Trial With or Without a Jury in Circuit Court

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54-12-150

Damages Fixed Shall Be Paid or Secured — Manner of Payment

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54-12-151

Condemnation After Damages Are Paid or Secured

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54-12-152

Appropriation of Right-of-Way, and of Other Necessary Lands

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54-12-153

Engineer or Another Appointee Directed to Make More Complete Survey and Estimate of Cost of Improvement

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54-12-154

Publication — Requisites — Effect

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54-12-155

Intent of § 54-12-154

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54-12-156

Road Improvement Record Book — Maintenance by County Clerk — Contents — Entries Made in Regular Minute Book

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54-12-157

Fees of County Clerk — Allowance for Extra Services

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54-12-158

Compensation and Expenses of Viewers, Commissioners, and of Helpers

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54-12-159

Compensation to Be Fixed by Monthly County Court Where No Provision Made