21-366 - Certification and record of total cost. - Virginia Statutes

§ 21-366. Certification and record of total cost.

After the contract for the work of construction of the improvement has beenlet, the board of viewers shall ascertain the total cost of the improvement,including damages awarded to be paid to owners of land, all costs ofincidental expenses, and including a reasonable attorney's fee to counsel forpetitions for conducting the proceedings on behalf of the petitioners, theamount of such fee to be fixed by the board of viewers and also including anamount sufficient to pay the necessary expenses of maintaining theimprovement for a period of three years after the completion of the work ofconstruction, after deducting therefrom any special assessments made againstany railroad or highway. Thereupon the board of viewers under the hand of thechairman and secretary of the board, shall certify to the clerk of thecircuit court the total cost, ascertained as aforesaid; and the certificateshall forthwith be recorded in the drainage record and open to inspection ofany landowner in the district.

(Code 1919, § 1771; 1920, p. 610; 1924, p. 710; 1926, p. 619; 1936, p. 1034;1954, c. 642.)