Title 36, Chapter 39, Section 14
( 36-39-14)
When the report of the appraisers has been returned and filed, the
governing body shall appoint a time for the holding of a session or
shall designate a regular meeting of its body for the hearing of any
complaints or objections that may be made by any interested person
concerning the appraisal, apportionment, and assessment. Notice of
such session for the hearing shall be published by the clerk of the
governing body once a week for two weeks in a newspaper having a
general circulation in the municipal corporation. The notice shall
provide for an inspection of the return by any property owner or
other party interested in such return. The time fixed for the
hearing shall be not less than five nor more than ten days from the
date of the last publication of the notice. The governing body at
the session shall have the power and duty to review and correct the
appraisal, apportionment, and assessment, to hear objections to the
same, and to confirm the same either as made by the board or as
corrected by the governing body. The governing body, by ordinance,
shall fix the assessment in accordance with the appraisal and
apportionment, as so confirmed, against the several tracts of land
liable therefor. The rate of interest to be taxed shall not exceed 1
percent per annum over and above the rate of interest stipulated in
the bonds provided for in this chapter. |