§ 18-15-908. Proceedings and report of viewers
(a) (1) It shall be the duty of the viewers to meet at the time and place specified in the order or within five (5) days thereafter. (2) (A) After taking an oath or affirmation faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of their appointments respectively, the viewers shall take to their assistance a surveyor […]
§ 18-15-909. Assistance of viewers by surveyor
The viewers may call a surveyor to assist them in laying out and surveying any public landing that they may be ordered by the court to lay out and establish.
§ 18-15-910. Consequences of viewers’ report
(a) On receiving the report of the viewers, the county court shall cause the report to be read publicly upon the second day of the term. (b) If no objection shall be made to the report and the court is satisfied that the public landing will be of sufficient importance to the public as to […]
§ 18-15-911. Order to open and maintain landing
After any public landing as provided in this subchapter has been established and declared to be a public landing, the county court shall cause an order to be issued to the overseer of the road district in which the landing is located to open and maintain the landing as a public landing.
§ 18-15-912. Review and appeal
The right to have the county court review the proceedings to establish the public landing and the right to appeal from the final decision of the county court shall: (1) Be the same as provided by law; and (2) Be exercised in the same manner as provided by the statutes and laws of Arkansas for […]
§ 18-15-913. Public entry, use, and occupation upon order of payment
In all cases in which damages for land proposed to be taken for the establishment of a public landing have been assessed in the manner provided in this subchapter and an order has been made for the payment to the owners of the amount so assessed, then it shall and may be lawful for the […]
§ 18-15-914. Deposit upon controversy
(a) When the determination of questions in controversy in these proceedings is liable to inconvenience the public, the county court or the county judge, in vacation, shall designate an amount of money to be deposited by the petitioners, subject to the order of the court, for the purpose of making compensation and paying such damages […]
§ 18-15-915. Lease
(a) The county court may lease a public landing for a term not exceeding three (3) years and the lessee shall transact there only a general receiving and forwarding business. (b) In case of a lease, the county court shall fix, with power to alter, the schedules of rates and charges for receiving and forwarding […]
§ 18-15-916. Fees and expenses
(a) For each day necessarily employed, to be charged as costs and expenses and paid out of the county treasury, all persons required to render services under the provisions of this subchapter shall receive: (1) As viewers or reviewers, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per day; (2) As chain carriers or markers, one dollar […]
§ 18-15-901. Establishment
(a) All public landings shall be laid out, opened, and established in a manner agreeable to the provisions of this subchapter. (b) The county court of each county shall have full power and authority to make and enforce all orders necessary for the establishment of public landings.