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watercourse so laid out, opened, extended, widened, straightened or closed
up by them, with each separate lot or parcel of ground deemed to have
sustained damages or received benefits, and shall give at least ten days'
notice in one or more newspapers of the town, that they will meet at a
time and place mentioned in said notice, to determine the amount of dam-
ages to be awarded to the owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of ground
which will sustain damages, and any lot or parcel of ground which will be
benefited; they shall meet at the time and place mentioned in said notice,
and within three days, inclusive of the day of meeting, shall determine the
amount of damages to be awarded to all owners and occupants, and the
amount of benefit assessed to any lot or parcel of ground, and transmit
their decision with the explanatory map to the clerk of the mayor and
council, who shall file the same and record such decision in a book to be
kept for that purpose.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 186. 1884, ch. 58. 1894, ch. 58, sec. 186.

352. After the filing of the explanatory map and decision of the board
of street commissioners, the mayor and council may order and direct the
said street, lane, alley, square, highway, sewer, sanitary, water-course or
drain so laid out, opened, extended, widened, straightened or closed up,
to be established or closed up, as the case may be.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 187. 1884, ch. 58. 1894, ch. 58, sec. 187.

353. If any person or corporation to whom any damages have been
awarded, or against whom any benefits have been assessed, shall feel
aggrieved by the decision of the board of street commissioners, he shall
have the right of appeal to the Circuit Court for Washington county, pro-
vided written notice of an intention to appeal be served upon the mayor
or one of the councilmen within ten days after the said decision shall have
been filed; and the same proceedings shall be had on such appeal as in
cases of appeals from the judgment of justices of the peace; provided,
nevertheless, that the mayor and council shall not be compelled to accept
the decision of the board of street commissioners, or the judgment of the
Circuit Court for Washington county, but may decline to lay out, open,
extend, widen or straighten or close up any street, lane, alley, square, high-
way, sewer, sanitary sewer, water-course or drain; and in case of such
refusal by the mayor and council, all costs incurred shall be paid by the
mayor and council.

P. L. L, 1888, Art. 22, sec. 188. 1884, ch. 58. 1894, ch. 58, sec. 188.

354. All benefits assessed against any lot or parcel of ground (or the
owner or occupant thereof) shall be a lien against said lot or parcel of
ground from the time the mayor and council shall finally order the open-
ing, widening, extending, straightening or closing up of any street, high-
way, lane, alley, square, sewer, sanitary sewer, drain or water-course, as
the case may be; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the mayor and
council, immediately upon the passage of such order by the mayor and
council, to certify, under his hand and seal of the corporation, to the tax