§ 54-12-224. Counsel Employed for District on Trial in Appellate Court — Payment
When an appeal is taken from any order of the monthly county court made in any proceedings before it under this chapter, the court may employ counsel to represent the interests of the road improvement district affected by appeal, on the trial of the order in the appellate courts, and the expenses of counsel shall […]
§ 54-12-225. If Any Assessment Cannot Be Enforced, Assessments and Apportionments Shall Be Made as if Never Made — Lands Not Assessed Will Be Assessed — Validity Not Affected
Where any assessments made and levied under this part or part 1 of this chapter cannot for any reason be enforced, and part of the work has been done, the monthly county court shall proceed as to any or all lands benefited by the improvement in the same manner as if the appraisement and apportionment […]
§ 54-12-301. Directors to Be Appointed for District — Qualifications — Terms — Duties and Powers
After a road improvement district has been located and established as provided for by parts 1 and 2 of this chapter, the monthly county court shall appoint two (2) directors for the district. The directors shall be owners of land, or interested in land, in the district, and at least one (1) of those first […]
§ 54-12-302. Vacancy, Filling — Removal of Director — Appeal From Order of Removal — Appeal Bond — Hearing Anew in Circuit Court — Appointment of Another
If there is a vacancy in the office of the director appointed pursuant to § 54-12-301 because of death, resignation or any other reason, the monthly county court shall appoint another director of like qualifications to fill the vacancy until the end of the two-year term. For sufficient reason, the monthly county court may remove […]
§ 54-12-303. Successors of Directors — Appointment
At the end of each two-year term, the office of the two (2) appointed directors shall be again filled by appointment by the monthly county court from among those owning or interested in lands in the district.
§ 54-12-304. Organization of Board — Bond of Treasurer
The county mayor shall be chair of the board of directors. The board shall elect one (1) of the other directors secretary and treasurer of the board, and as the treasurer shall give bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) faithfully to account for all money received as treasurer. The bond shall be […]
§ 54-12-305. Compensation and Expenses of Directors
The members of the board of directors shall receive as compensation for their services, in attending to their duties as directors, fifty cents (50¢) per hour for the time actually consumed in attending to their duties, but not to exceed twenty-five (25) hours in any one (1) month. They shall also receive their actual expenses […]
§ 54-12-219. Bonds Required of Trustee and County Clerk
The trustee, before receiving the assessment book and proceeding to the collection of the assessments, and the county clerk, before receiving the funds from the trustee, shall, respectively, enter into a bond for double the amount that will come into their hands, respectively, payable to the state, and conditioned on the faithful paying over and […]
§ 54-12-220. Appeal From Order Fixing Assessment of Benefits Within Five Days — Other Provisions Applicable
An appeal may be taken within five (5) days to the circuit court of the county from the order of the monthly county court fixing the assessment of benefits upon the lands in the same manner and time as provided in §§ 54-12-141 — 54-12-149 for appeals from the assessment of damages, including the provisions […]
§ 54-12-211. Determination of All Objections to Report and Questions of Apportionment and Assessments — Failure to Benefit Cannot Be Shown
When the day set for hearing has arrived, and the hearing is not continued by the court for good reason, as it may be, and when the hearing is had, the monthly county court shall proceed to hear and determine all objections made and filed to the report, and may increase, diminish, annul, or affirm […]