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14-298-105. Appointment of viewers — Duties.

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14-298-105. Appointment of viewers — Duties.

14-298-105. Appointment of viewers — Duties. (a) On presentation of the petition and proof of notice of publication as set out in § 14-298-102 and if the county court is satisfied that proper notice has been given in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the court shall appoint three (3) disinterested citizens of the county as viewers, who shall also: (1) Be a jury to assess and determine the compensation to be paid in money for the property sought to be appropriated, without deduction for benefits to any property of the owners; and (2) Assess and determine what damages each owner of the lands over which the road is to run shall suffer by the opening and construction of the road. (b) The county court shall issue its order directing the viewers to proceed on a day to be named in the order to view, survey, and lay out or alter the road and also determine whether the public convenience requires that the road, or any part thereof, shall be established.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-298-105

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14-298-105. Appointment of viewers — Duties. (a) On presentation of the petition and proof of notice of publication as set out in § 14-298-102 and if the county court is satisfied that proper notice has been given in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the court shall appoint three (3) disinterested citizens of the county as viewers, who shall also: (1) Be a jury to assess and determine the compensation to be paid in money for the property sought to be appropriated, without deduction for benefits to any property of the owners; and (2) Assess and determine what damages each owner of the lands over which the road is to run shall suffer by the opening and construction of the road. (b) The county court shall issue its order directing the viewers to proceed on a day to be named in the order to view, survey, and lay out or alter the road and also determine whether the public convenience requires that the road, or any part thereof, shall be established.

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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities

14-298-102. Notice prerequisite to petition for county road.

14-298-102. Notice prerequisite to petition for county road. (a) Previous to any petition being presented for a county road, or for the alteration or vacation of a county road, notice thereof shall be given by publication in some newspaper, published in the county, if one exists. (b) If there is no newspaper published in the county, then notice shall be given by advertisements set up in three (3) public places in each township through or into which any part of the road is designed to be laid out, altered, or vacated, stating the time when the petition is to be presented and the substance thereof. Notice shall be duly authenticated and presented with the petition to the county court.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-298-102

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-298-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.