Any person owning lands and other property assessed for the construction of any works of improvement under the provisions of this article shall have the privilege of paying such tax assessment to the district treasurer on or before a date to be fixed by the board of water management commissioners, notice of which date shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in each county in which lie lands in the district at least 10 days before such fixed date, and the amount to be paid shall be the full amount of the tax levied less any amount added thereto to meet interest. When such tax assessment has been paid, the secretary of the board of water management commissioners shall enter upon the water management tax record opposite each tract for which payment is made the words, "paid in full," and such tax assessment shall be deemed satisfied, and the secretary of the board of water management commissioners shall also make or cause to be made the same entry opposite each tract for which payment is made upon the water management tax record filed with the court of probate of the county in which the property is located; provided, that such payment shall not operate as a release of the lands or other property on which the full amount of taxes has been paid from liability to pay additional taxes upon said lands and other property as provided in this article.
Last modified: May 3, 2021