280 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 25

ground, the; bottom or grade .of the proposed improvement and the

number of .cubic yards of excavation or fill in each mile or fraction
thereof, and the total yards in the proposed improvement and the esti-
mated cost thereof, and plans and specifications and the cost of any
other work required to be done.

1912, ch. 656, sec. 6.

81F. It shall be the further duty of the engineer and viewers to
assess the. damages claimed by any one that is justly right and due to
them for land taken or for inconvenience imposed because of the con-
struction of the improvement and the establishment of the drainage dis-
trict, or for any other legal damages sustained. Such damage shall be
considered separate and apart from any benefit the land would receive
because of the proposed work., and shall be paid by the Board of Drain-
age Commissioners when funds shall come into their hands, as herein-
after set forth.
1912, ch. 656, sec. 7.

81G. It shall be the further duty of the engineer and viewers to
personally examine the land in the district and classify it with refer-
ence to the benefit it will receive from the construction of the levee,
ditch, drain or water course or other improvement. In the case of
drainage, the degree of wetness of the land, its proximity to the ditch
or a natural outlet, and the fertility of the soil shall be considered in
determining the amount of benefit it will receive by the construction
of the ditch. The land benefited shall be separated into five classes:
The land receiving the highest benefit shall be marked "Class A"; that
receiving the next highest benefit "Class B"; that receiving the next
highest benefit "Class C"; that receiving the next, highest benefit
"Class D"; and that receiving the -smallest benefit "Class E." The
holdings of any one landowner need not necessarily be all in one class,
but the number of acres in each class shall be ascertained, though its
boundary need not be marked on the ground or shown on the map.
The total number of acres owned by one person in each class and the
total number of acres benefited shall be determined. The total number
of acres of each class in the entire district shall be ascertained and

presented in tabulated form. The scale of assessment upon the several
classes of land returned by the engineer and viewers shall be in the
ratio of five, four, three, two and one; that is to say, as often as five mills
pier acre is: assessed against the land in "Class A," four mills per acre
shall be assessed against the land in "Class B," three mills per acre in
"Class C," two mills per acre in "Class D," and one mill per acre in
"Class E." This shall form the basis of the assessment of benefits to
the lands for drainage purposes, and the basis of all future assessments,
taxes, levies and costs connected with the drainage district, except as
the same may be modified or changed under order of the Board of
County Commissioners at the time of the final hearing or to conform
to any decree of the Courts.