The sea coast echo., 1913-01-25
new SEA WALL BILL.
Continued from page one.


the land, but all railroads and other
improvements on the land which will
be benefited by the sea wall, its fill
ing and drainage. They shall place
opposite each tract of land the name
OF the supposed owner, as shown by
the last land roll; but a mistake in the
name shall not vitiate the assessment.
Ii any land owner or il any private or
municipal corporation has built a sea
wall or walls that can be profitably used
as part of the general system, the
value of such wall and works to the
district shall be assessed by said Com
missioners, and shall separately appear
upon the assessment as well as the
credit to be allowed those persons, firms
or corporations upon whose land the
sea wall abuts and who paid for the
construction of said sea wall.
The Commissioners shall also assess
all damages that will accrue to any land
owner by reason of the proposed i'm
proyement, including all injury to lands
taken or damaged, and when they re-
turn no assessment of damage to any
tract of land it shall be a finding by
them that no damages will be sustained.
Ii the Commissioners find that other
lands not embraced within the boupda-
ries of the district will be benefited by
the improvement, they shall assess the
estimated benefit to such land, and shall
specially report to the Board of Super
vlsors the assessments which they have
made on the lands beyond the bounda-
aries OF the district and as already es-
tablished. 1t shall then be the duty of
the Board of Supervisors to give notice
in newspaper published in the county
where such lands lie, describing the ad-
dltional lands which have been assess
ed; and the owner of real property so
assessed shall be allowed twenty days
after the publication of such notice in
which to file with the clerk of the board
of Supervisors their protest against be-
ing included within the district The
Board of Supervisors shall at its next
regular session investigate the question
whether the lands beyond the bounda-
ries Of the district so assessed by the
Commissioners will in fact be benefited
by making the improvements, and from
its findings in that regard, either the
property owner or the Commissioner of
the district, may, within twenty days
appeal to the chancery court or to the
Chancellor in vacation. If the finding
is in favor Of mmissioners the lin
its Of the diaA shall be extended 50
as to embrace 49, lands that may be
benefited by the ing of the improve
ments. When TIE assessment is COM
pleted, the an toners shall sub
scribe such assessmsat and deposit it
with the chantelg cle k, where it will
be kept and preserved a. public rec
ord. Upon the fling of such assess
ment, the chaneery clerk shall give
notice of the fact by publication, two
weeks IN some weekly newspaper in
each of the counties in which lands of
the district may lie. Said notice shall
give description of the lands assessed
in large tracts as the description will
permit; that said land owners of said
lands, if they desire, may appear before
the Board of Supervisors on certain
day, tnaming the day,) and present
complaints, who conceives himself to
be aggrieved by the assessment of be-
nefits, or deems that the assessment of
other lands in the district is Inadequate,
shall present his complaint to the Board
of Supervisors at its first regular, ad-
journed or special meeting, held more
than ten days after the publication of
said notice, and the said boare shall con-
slider the same rnd enter it's findings
thereon, either confirming such assess
ment or increasing or diminishing the
same; and its finding shall have the force
and effect of Judgment from which an
appeal may be taken within twenty days,
either by the property owner or by the
commissioners of the district.
Sec. 8. That any property owner
may accept the assessment of damages
in his favor, mode by the commission
ers, or acquiesee in their failure to as
sess damages in his favor, and shall be
construed te have done so unless he
gives to said commissioners within thir-
ty days after the assessment is filed,
notice in writing that he demands as
eessment of his damages by jury, in
which event the commissioners shall in
stitute in the proper court of the proper
county, an action to condemn the lands
that must be taken ordamaged in max
ing such improvements, if any, which
action shall be in accordance with the
proceedings for the condemnation of
property for public uses provided in
Chapter 43 of the Mississippi Code of
1905, and all amendments thereto. That
where condemnation proceedings are
had as herein provided, and an appeal
is taken to the Circuit court, the district
sea wall commissioners may pay the
awarded by the jury into hands
of the clerk of the Circuit court, who
shall hold the same to abide the deei-
sion of said appeal, and the sea wall
commissioners may proceed with the
work of constructing the wall and the