§ 33.1-238. Action of commissioners; report
The commissioners shall meet on the lands of such proprietors and tenants as may be named in the order of the board of supervisors or other governing body at a certain place and day therein also specified, of which notice shall be given by the sheriff to such proprietors and tenants or their agents, except only that it need not be given to one present at the time of making the order. Any one or more of the commissioners attending on the land as aforesaid may adjourn, from time to time, till the business shall be finished. The commissioners, in the discharge of their duties, shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Chapter 2 (§ 25.1-200 et seq.) of Title 25.1 so far as applicable. They shall forthwith make return of their report required by § 25.1-232 to the board of supervisors or other governing body and, unless good cause be shown against the report, it shall be confirmed. If, however, good cause be shown against the report or the commissioners report their disagreement, or fail to report within a reasonable time, the board of supervisors or other governing body, as often as it seems proper, may appoint other commissioners for the purpose of ascertaining the compensation and damages as aforesaid. When any report is confirmed, the board of supervisors or other governing body shall establish or alter the road or bridge with or without gates, as to it may seem proper, and provide for the payment of the compensation and damages allowed.
(Code 1950, § 33-151; 1964, c. 565; 1970, c. 322; 1991, c. 520; 2003, c. 940.)
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