                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CLASSIFICATION OF LAND; BENEFITS; ASSESSMENTS (§ 21-334)

It shall be the further duty of the board of viewers personally to examine the
land in the district and classify it with reference to the benefit it will
receive from the construction of the levee, ditch, drain, or watercourse or
other improvement and to determine rates of assessment in direct proportion to
the benefits received on an acreage basis subject to the approval of a majority
of the petitioners who own a majority of the land.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 1752; 1924, p. 707; 1926, p. 612; 1954, c. 642.