The log cabin Democrat., 1915-03-06

hereby required and directed to pro
 of said board in said courthouse, if
 said board shall desire to hold its
 meetings there, and also furnish a
 suitable and safe place for the stor-
 ing and preservation of the records
 of said board.
 Sec. 5. The board of commission
 CTS of said district shall improve and
 cause to be improved the public high.
 ways within said district as now laid
 out and established, or as may here.
 after be laid out and established by
 the county court of Faulkner county
 And said board of commissioners of
 said district at any regular or duly
 called meeting shall have the power
 to make all contracts for the improve
 ment and repairing of public high
 ways in said district, including
 bridges in said district, and to make
 any and every contract and to do any
 and every act which in their judg-
 ment they may deem necessary and
 expedient. The said board of com-
 missioners shall determine which
 roads of said district shall be improv-
 ed and the order in which the i'm
 provement shall be made. The said
 board of commissioners shall have
 power to appoint all officers, engin-
 eers, agents and attorneys which they
 may deem necessary and suitable in
 the conduct of the business of said
 and said district and shall fix their compensation. Immediately after their appointment and qualification the said board of commissioners shall form plans for the improvement of roads and highways to be made by them and shall procure an estimate of the cost thereof.
 Sec. 6. The said board of commits sioners shall appoint five assessors, who shall be qualified electors of Faulkner county, Arkansas, and who shall compose the board of assessors of the said district and shall make an assessment of all said lands in said district in books to be provided by the board of commissioners for that pur- pose; and the persons so appointed as assessors shall qualify by taking the oath of office as prescribed by Section 20 of Article 19 of the constitution of the State of Arkansas. Said asses sors shall hold their office for the length of time that shall be fixed by the board of commissioners. A va cancy occurring in the board of asses sors from any cause whatever shall be filled by said board of commission ars. The said board of assessors shall proceed to make an assessment 1f the betterments and benefits ac- ,ruing to each tot, parcel, and tract ,f land and railroad right-of-way, railroad tracks and grounds located m said district by reason of the pro- posed improvement of highways and roads in said district, and shall make said assessments in books to be pro- vided for that purpose by the board 1f commissioners. All lots, parcels and tracts of land and railroad right of way, tracks, and grounds, shall be entered upon said books in convenient and in appropriate col lmns showing the names of the own CTS of said property, if known, the description thereof, and the increased valuation on betterments accruing to each lot, tract, and parcel of ground and railroad right-of-way, tracks, and grounds, by reason of the inn of the highways and pub
 lie roads of said district; provided, that the assessment of betterments accruing to the right-of- way, tracks and grouncs or any railroad company ot said district may he made in one assessment When said assessment las been completed the board of as ,essors shall turn over the books con taining the same to the board of com missioners of said district and the president of said board of commis- 5ioners shall thereupon cause a notice to be published for three insertions in some newspaper published in Faulk her county, Arkansas, calling upon All parties feeling themselves aggriev- ed by the said assessment to appear .efore the said board of assessors on the date and at the place named in said notice, and to make their com )laint and have the same heard and considered by the said board of as- sessors for the purpose of correcting any wrongful or erroneous assess ment. And on the date named in said notice the said board of assessors shall go carefully over said assess ment, and after hearing the com plaints of all parties feeling them selves aggrieved by said assessments shall make all necessary and proper correction in the same. Any person who shall appear before said board of assessors and who shall feel himself aggrieved at the action of said asses sors in refusing to grant him the re- lief prayed for by him as to his as