§ 54-12-150. Damages Fixed Shall Be Paid or Secured — Manner of Payment
After the amount of damages due any claimant or claimants has been finally ascertained and fixed by the monthly county court, the court shall require the damages to be paid, in the first instance, by the parties benefited by the road improvement district, or be secured, to be paid upon terms and conditions the court […]
§ 54-12-151. Condemnation After Damages Are Paid or Secured
After the damages have been paid or secured, the monthly county court shall enter a proper order of condemnation showing all the lands are appropriated and belong to the road improvement district for all its necessary purposes.
§ 54-12-152. Appropriation of Right-of-Way, and of Other Necessary Lands
In establishing any road improvement district, all necessary lands may be appropriated as provided in this part and a right-of-way of as much as one hundred feet (100′) may be so appropriated if deemed necessary for the sites and location of any road to be built under this chapter, but the provision in this section […]
§ 54-12-153. Engineer or Another Appointee Directed to Make More Complete Survey and Estimate of Cost of Improvement
After the road improvement district is established by the monthly county court, and all damages paid or secured, if the court is of the opinion that the report of the engineer already made is not sufficiently full or definite to enable the proper letting of contracts for the construction of the improvement, or for other […]
§ 54-12-154. Publication — Requisites — Effect
Publication in a newspaper published in the county where the petition is filed and proceedings are pending, for two (2) consecutive weeks, of the time and place set for the hearing of the petition to establish the district, shall be sufficient notice to the persons concerned as owners, lienholders, encumbrancers, mortgagees, occupants, or in any […]
§ 54-12-155. Intent of § 54-12-154
Section 54-12-154 is not intended to repeal any portion of this chapter, but is intended to furnish an additional method of proceeding, to bring the parties concerned before the court in seeking to establish a road improvement district, and to leave the petitioners for the district to their option whether they will proceed under other […]
§ 54-12-156. Road Improvement Record Book — Maintenance by County Clerk — Contents — Entries Made in Regular Minute Book
In any county where a road improvement district is sought to be established, the county clerk of the county shall provide a book to be known as the road improvement record and to be paid for by the county. The clerk shall keep in the road improvement record a full and complete record of all […]
§ 54-12-157. Fees of County Clerk — Allowance for Extra Services
The fees of the county clerk in proceedings under this chapter shall be the same as for similar services now allowed by law, and in such case the monthly county court may allow the clerk an additional sum for extra services or services not covered by existing fee bills or statutes, to be fixed by […]
§ 54-12-158. Compensation and Expenses of Viewers, Commissioners, and of Helpers
The viewers and commissioners provided for by this part and part 2 of this chapter shall be paid at the rate of three dollars ($3.00) per day while engaged in the work, and, in addition, all actual expenses, including board paid for, itemized accounts for the expenses being reported and sworn. Other necessary help aiding […]
§ 54-12-159. Compensation to Be Fixed by Monthly County Court Where No Provision Made
If any services are required of any person under this chapter, and the rate of pay is not provided within this chapter, then the monthly county court shall fix the amount, or rate of pay in those cases.