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If the court<\/span>, on hearing<\/span> the matter, thinks it proper, it shall issue<\/span> its order<\/span> appointing five commissioners, who shall be freeholders<\/span>, any three of whom may act, who shall, on being served with a copy of the order<\/span>, go upon the land, and after being duly sworn, ascertain and report what damages<\/span>, if any, may be sustained by the party<\/span> or parties through whose lands the drain is to be run; but the commissioners, before proceeding to execute the order<\/span>, shall give to the parties interested, and to the tenants in possession<\/span>, at least ten days’ notice of the time appointed by them for the execution of the same in the manner prescribed by \u00a7 21-428<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDAMAGES TO BE ASCERTAINED BY COMMISSIONERS; NOTICE TO BE GIVEN (\u00a7 21-429)\n\nIf the court, on hearing the matter, thinks it proper, it shall issue its order\nappointing five commissioners, who shall be freeholders, any three of whom may\nact, who shall, on being served with a copy of the order, go upon the land, and\nafter being duly sworn, ascertain and report what damages, if any, may be\nsustained by the party or parties through whose lands the drain is to be run;\nbut the commissioners, before proceeding to execute the order, shall give to the\nparties interested, and to the tenants in possession, at least ten days’\nnotice of the time appointed by them for the execution of the same in the manner\nprescribed by \u00a7 21-428.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5294.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}