                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ASSESSMENT OF LANDS BENEFITED NOT THERETOFORE INCLUDED (§ 21-345)

If, at any time after the final confirmation of the final report of the board of
viewers, and final establishment of the district, the county board of drainage
commissioners hereinafter mentioned having jurisdiction over the drainage
district, are advised that the lands of any person are benefited by the
drainage, such lands not having been included in the district or assessed
theretofore on account of the drainage, the board, after giving not less than
ten days&#8217; legal notice to such person, shall hear and determine whether
any, and if any, what monetary benefit has been received by such person or
persons by reason of the drainage, and the amount so ascertained by the county
board of drainage commissioners, if any, shall be assessed against the lands of
such person, in like manner and collected in the same way as if the lands had
been classified, listed and assessed in the original assessment of the lands in
the drainage district. Such person shall have the right of appeal, from the
findings of the board to the circuit court of the county in which the petition
was filed. Such appeal shall be perfected within ten days from the date of the
findings of said board, after which time no appeal shall be allowed.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 1757; 1926, p. 614.