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VA Code § 21-335 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-335. Cost of survey

The board of viewers or the drainage engineer shall keep an accurate account and report to the court or the judge thereof in vacation the name and number of days each person was employed on the survey, the kind of work he was doing and the rate of pay of each, and all other incidental expenses whatsoever, supported by vouchers, that have been incurred in the execution of the survey, including cost of maintenance, transportation, supplies and materials, which when paid by one of the members of the board shall be allowed by the court or the judge thereof and for which he shall be reimbursed in addition to his compensation.When a separate account of a member of the board of viewers, approved by the engineer, if other than his own, has been rendered for his personal services performed under decree of the circuit court and incidental expenses in connection with the survey, the court or the judge thereof in vacation, shall examine the same and when found correct, in proper form and according to law, the judge shall thereupon, without further delay, approve and certify to the account, and shall enter an order that the same shall be paid, as provided for in § 21-306.Code 1919, § 1753; 1924, p. 707; 1926, p. 612.
VA Code § 21-336 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-336. Delay; extension of time

In case the work is delayed by high water, sickness or any other good cause, and the final report is not completed at the time fixed by the court, the engineer on the board of viewers shall communicate with the court or the judge thereof in vacation, either before or after the expiration of the time, and state in writing the cause of such failure and ask for sufficient time in which to complete the work and the court or the judge thereof shall set another date by which the report shall be completed and filed; the action of the court or judge in such a case to be conclusive evidence as to the sufficiency of the grounds for such postponement or extension.Code 1919, § 1754; 1926, p. 613.
VA Code § 21-337 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-337. Final report; notice of hearing

When the final report is completed and filed a date shall be fixed for the final hearing upon the report, and notice thereof shall be given in accordance with § 21-314.Code 1919, § 1755; 1926, p. 613; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-338 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-338. Duty of viewers to review report and make changes

At the date set for the hearing any landowner may appear in person or by counsel and file his objection in writing to the final report of the board of viewers, and it shall be the duty of said board of viewers to carefully review the objections filed thereto and to make such changes as it deems necessary to render substantial and equal justice to all the landowners in the district. If there be no objections made, or if any objections made are satisfactorily adjusted, the board of viewers shall certify such fact to the court.Code 1919, § 1756; 1926, p. 613; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-339 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-339. Approval by court

If, in the opinion of the court, the cost of construction, together with the amount of damage assessed is not greater than the increased value of the lands affected and of the benefits that will accrue to the lands, the court shall confirm the final report of the board of viewers, and shall declare the drainage district to be finally established, and shall approve the survey and plans therefor.Code 1919, § 1756; 1926, p. 614.
VA Code § 21-340 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-340. Power of court to reopen after approval

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as depriving the court of the power of reopening the proceedings in any case after the approval of the final report and before the letting of the contract in accordance with § 21-349, in order to make such changes in the plans as may be necessary to an economical or cheaper completion of the work, provided, such reopening is upon ten days' notice to all parties.Code 1919, § 1756; 1926, p. 614.
VA Code § 21-341 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-341. Dismissal of proceedings when cost exceeds benefit

If the court finds that the cost of construction, together with the damages assessed is greater than the value of the resulting benefit that will accrue to the lands affected, or greater than the potential value of the lands after the completion of the proposed drainage, the court shall dismiss the proceedings at the cost of the petitioners, and apportion the cost among them, each according to acreage in the proposed district, including the expenses incurred by reason of the filing of the petition including the compensation paid to the engineer, his assistants, and the other members of the board of viewers.Code 1919, § 1756; 1926, p. 614.
VA Code § 21-342 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-342. Appeal

Either party shall have a right to appeal from the judgment of the court as provided by Chapter 26 (§ 8.01-669 et seq.) of Title 8.01. Such appeal shall be perfected within sixty days from the entry of the order confirming the final report of the board of viewers.Code 1919, § 1756; 1926, p. 614.
VA Code § 21-343 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-343. Payments into court

The court may, from time to time, order the petitioners to pay into court, or as the court may direct, such amounts at a flat rate per acre according to the area owned by each within the bounds of the district as may be necessary to pay costs and expenses theretofore accrued, such amount to be repaid from the drainage fund to the petitioners in equal sums as were received together with interest thereon at the rate of six per centum per annum by order of the court when, and if the bonds of the district are sold, or the drainage fund otherwise provided and such order to pay into court when entered, shall have the force and effect of a judgment, and it shall be docketed in the judgment docket of the court of the county in which the petition was filed by the clerk thereof, if not paid within thirty days from the entry of the order. Ten days' notice, however, shall be given by the clerk to each person affected thereby, of such order of the court.Code 1919, § 1756; 1926, p. 614.
VA Code § 21-344 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-344. Payment of total costs and expenses

The total amount of the costs and expenses, or any part thereof may be paid by any person in lieu of assessments against his land with the consent of the board of viewers. If all landowners elect to pay their total assessed costs, upon the request of the board of viewers, the sale of bonds shall not be made.Code 1919, § 1756; 1926, p. 614; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-345 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-345. Assessment of lands benefited not theretofore included

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' 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.Code 1919, § 1757; 1926, p. 614.
VA Code § 21-346 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-346. Drainage record

The clerk of the circuit court in which the petition is filed shall provide a suitable book to be known as the drainage record, in which he shall record every petition, motion, order, report, judgment or finding of the court in every drainage transaction that may come before it in such manner as to make a complete and continuous record of the case. Copies of all maps, profiles, minutes of meeting, receipts and other pertinent information are to be furnished by the board of viewers to the clerk of the circuit court and marked by the clerk "official copies," which shall be kept on file by him in his office, and one other copy shall be pasted or otherwise attached to his record book.Code 1919, § 1758; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-347 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-347. Board of viewers to operate, manage and administer project

After the drainage project shall have been declared finally established and the survey and plans therefor approved, the board of viewers for such drainage project shall have full authority to operate, manage and administer the affairs of such drainage project as is provided in this chapter.Code 1919, § 1759; 1926, p. 615; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-348 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-348. Superintendent of construction

The board of viewers of each drainage project may, if necessary, appoint a competent person as superintendent of construction and shall retain the services of the engineer of the drainage district, or his duly appointed successor in the case of such change having been made, to see that the work be performed according to the plans and specifications. Such engineer and superintendent shall each furnish a bond the cost of which shall be paid by the project and to be approved by and payable to the board of viewers in the penal sum of $10,000 each, conditioned upon the honest and faithful performance of their respective duties.Code 1919, § 1760; 1926, p. 616; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-349 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-349. Notice of time and place of letting contract; bids

The board of viewers of each drainage project shall cause notice to be given daily for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county wherein such improvement or a part thereof is located if such there be, or in any newspaper within the geographical bounds of the county and in such additional publications elsewhere as they may deem expedient, of the time and place of letting the work of construction of the improvement, and in such notice they shall specify the security to accompany each bid, the approximate amount of work to be performed and the time fixed for the completion thereof; and, on the date appointed for the letting they, together with the superintendent of construction, or the engineer, shall convene and let to the lowest responsible bidder, either as a whole or in sections, as they may deem the most advantageous for the district, the proposed work.Code 1919, § 1761; 1926, p. 616; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-350 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-350. Bond to accompany bid

No bid shall be entertained that is not accompanied by a bond with sureties in an amount equal to five per centum of the bid or that exceeds the estimated cost of the work to be awarded to a contractor.Code 1919, § 1761; 1926, p. 616.
VA Code § 21-351 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-351. Rejection of bid

The board shall have the right to reject all bids once and advertise again the work, if, in their judgment, the interests of the project will be subserved by so doing, but if, upon the second bidding, all the bids exceed the estimated cost of the work, the bids shall be reported to the court by the board of viewers of each drainage project and the court thereupon, after giving notice to all parties affected in a manner similar to that required before the hearing of the final report, as set out in § 21-337, shall hear and decide anew the question of finally establishing the district, taking as the basis of cost the lowest responsible bid as reported to it by the board of viewers, and the proceeding thereupon shall be as set forth in §§ 21-338 to 21-344, and if the court anew decides that the value of the benefits of the increased value of the lands will exceed the costs it shall direct the board of viewers to accept the lowest responsible bid, otherwise the petition shall be dismissed at the cost of the petitioners. Cost shall be apportioned among them each according to acreage.Code 1919, § 1761; 1926, p. 616; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-352 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-352. Contract and bond of successful bidder

A successful bidder shall be required to enter into a contract with the board of viewers of each drainage project and to execute a bond for the faithful performance of such contract, with sufficient sureties in favor of the board of viewers for the use and benefit of the levees, or drainage project in an amount equal to twenty-five per centum of the amount of the contract price of the work awarded to him.Code 1919, § 1761; 1926, p. 616; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-353 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-353. Superintendent and engineer to act as advisors

In canvassing bids and letting the contract, the superintendent of construction or the engineer shall act only in an advisory capacity to the board of viewers.Code 1919, § 1761; 1926, p. 617; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-354 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-354. Basis of contract; inspection

The contract shall be based on the plans and specifications submitted by the board of viewers in their final report as confirmed by the court, the original of which shall remain on file in the office of the clerk of the county in which the petition for the district was filed and shall be open to the inspection of all prospective bidders.Code 1919, § 1761; 1926, p. 617.
VA Code § 21-355 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-355. Opening bids

All bids shall be sealed and shall not be opened except under the authority of the board of viewers and on the day theretofore appointed for opening the bids.Code 1919, § 1761; 1926, p. 617; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-356 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-356. Correction of report

The board of viewers of each drainage project shall have power to correct errors and modify the details of the final report, if in their judgment they can increase the efficiency of the drainage plan and afford better drainage to the lands in the district without increasing the estimated cost.Code 1919, § 1761; 1926, p. 617; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-357 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-357. Monthly estimates

The superintendent in charge of construction or the engineer shall make monthly estimates of the amount of work done, and shall furnish one copy to the contractor and file the other with the board of viewers and the board shall, within five days after the filing of such estimate, meet and direct the secretary to draw a warrant in favor of such contractor for ninety per centum of the work done, according to the specifications and contract; and upon presentation of such warrant, properly signed by the chairman and secretary, to the treasurer, of the drainage fund he shall pay the amount due thereon. When the work is fully completed and accepted by the superintendent or the engineer, the engineer shall make an estimate for the whole amount due, including amounts withheld on the previous monthly estimates, which shall be paid from the drainage fund, as before provided.Code 1919, § 1762; 1926, p. 617; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-358 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-358. Failure of contractor

If any contractor to whom the work or a portion of the work shall have been let shall fail to perform the same according to the terms specified in his contract, action may be had in behalf of the board of viewers against such contractor on his bond in the circuit court for damage sustained by the levee or drainage project and recovery made against such contractor and his sureties. In such an event the work shall be advertised and relet in the same manner as the original letting.Code 1919, § 1763; 1926, p. 617; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-359 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-359. Highway affected

Where any public ditch, drain or watercourse established under the provisions of this chapter crosses a public highway, the Department of Transportation shall provide bridges or culverts of adequate capacity to permit the free flow of water. The landowners in the drainage project shall bear the excavation cost for such structures.Any government installation whether federal, state, county, city or town with runoff or acres draining into such a watershed area will be considered a landowner and shall be assessed on an acreage basis for drainage at the same rate as any other landowner.Code 1919, § 1764; 1924, p. 107; 1926, p. 617; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-360 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-360. Railroad; damage

Whenever the board of viewers shall make a survey for the purpose of locating a public levee or drainage project or changing a natural watercourse, and the same would cross the right-of-way of a railroad company it shall be the duty of the board of viewers promptly to notify the railroad company by serving written notice, accompanied by plans and profiles, upon the agent of such company or its lessee or receiver, that they will meet the company's representative at the place where the proposed ditch, drain, or watercourse crosses the right-of-way of such company, or at such other place as may be agreed upon by the respective parties. The meeting shall not be less than ten days after the service of notice fixing the time of the same, for the purpose of conferring with the railroad company with relation to the place where and the manner in which such improvements shall cross such right-of-way. When the time fixed for such conference shall arrive, unless for good cause more time is agreed upon, it shall be the duty of the board of viewers and the railroad company to agree, if possible, upon the place where and the manner and method in which such improvement shall cross such right-of-way. If, however, the board of viewers and the railroad company cannot agree, the whole matter shall be reported to the court by the board of viewers, and by the court referred to the State Corporation Commission as arbiters. The fact that the railroad company is required by the construction of the improvement to build a new bridge or culvert or to enlarge or strengthen an old one, shall be considered as damages to the railroad company to the extent of the actual cost thereof, as provided in § 21-359.Code 1919, § 1765; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-361 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-361. Assessment of benefits to railroads

The board of viewers shall also assess the benefits that will accrue to the right-of-way of the company by affording better drainage or a better outlet for drainage, as provided in § 21-359, in the case of highways; but no benefits shall be assessed because of the increase of business that may come to the road because of the construction of the improvement. The benefits shall be assessed as provided in § 21-334, and it shall be reported by the board of viewers as an assessment, due from the railroad company; and unless the same is paid when due by the company as an assessment, it may be collected in the manner of an ordinary debt in any court having jurisdiction; but the board of viewers of each drainage project shall have the right to enter into contracts with any such railroad company looking to a further assessment by virtue of the benefits received under this chapter.Code 1919, § 1766; 1926, p. 618; 1954, c. 642.
VA Code § 21-362 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts|Chapter 6 - Drainage Projects|§ 21-362. Notice to railroad

The clerk of the circuit court shall have notice served upon the railroad company of the time and place of hearing of the final report of viewers under § 21-361, and the railroad company shall have the right to file objections to the report, and to appeal from the findings of the court in the same manner as any landowner, as provided in §§ 21-292 through 21-361.Code 1919, § 1767.