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three weeks consecutively, in some newspaper of general circulation in 

 the county, that such assessments have been made, and that the same 

 are on file in the office of the county commissioners for the inspection 

 and examination of the persons interested therein. 



[SEC.] 4637-5. [Filing of objections to assessments.] If any 

 person objects to the assessment he shall file his objections in writing 

 with the board of county commissioners within two weeks after the ex- 

 piration of the said notice, and thereupon the board shall appoint three 

 disinterested freeholders of the county to act as an equalizing board. 



[SEC.] 4637-6. [Hearings by equalizing board.] Upon a day 

 appointed by the commissioners for that purpose, such equalizing board, 

 after taking an oath before a proper officer honestly and impartially to 

 discharge their duties, shall hear and determine all objections to the 

 assessment, and equalize the same as they may think proper, which 

 equalized assessment they shall report to the board of county commis- 

 sioners, which shall have power to confirm the same or set it aside and 

 cause a new assessment to be made, and appoint a new equalizing board 

 possessing the same qualifications, which shall proceed in the manner 

 above provided. 



[SEC.] 4637-7. [Confirmation of assessments.] When the assess- 

 ment is confirmed by the county commissioners it shall be complete and 

 final; provided that whenever by any of the provisions of this act any 

 act or thing is required to be done by the county commissioners the con- 

 currence of two-thirds of said county commissioners shall be deemed 

 sufficient. 



[SEC.] 4637-8. [Assessment upon real estate subject to life es- 

 tate.] When such [an] assessment is made upon real estate subject 

 to a life estate, the provisions of section 2268 of the Revised Statutes 

 shall apply. 



[SEC.] 4637-9. [Collection of assessments.] The assessments 

 so made shall be certified by the commissioners to the auditor of the 

 county, who shall place the same on the tax list against such taxable 

 property, which shall thereupon become a lien upon such property, and 

 the same shall be collected as other taxes, in not to exceed ten annual 

 installments ; provided that said commissioners may, after the amount 

 of one installment of said assessment has been paid, in anticipation of 

 the collection of the balance of such assessment, issue their notes for the 

 balance of the whole amount of damages, cost and expenses, and cause 

 the damages to be paid at once, also the improvement to be made at 

 once, in which case interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum may 

 be added to all unpaid installments and collected therewith. 



[SEC.] 4637-10. [Land not to be taken until damages are paid.] 

 The county commissioners shall not take possession of any land appro- 

 priated for the purpose of a county road until the damages assessed for 

 the same shall be paid ; 



[Abandonment of appropriation proceedings.] And they may 

 abandon any proceedings for the appropriation of land for road purposes 

 upon the payment of the defendant's costs, expenses and attorney fees 

 as found by the court ; 



[Damages not to be paid until assessments are collected.] And 

 in all cases where the county commissioners decide to collect said damages 



