Section 23-15-71 - Appeal from decision of commissioners

Any elector aggrieved by the decision of the commissioners shall have the right to file a bill of exceptions thereto, to be approved and signed by the commissioners, embodying the evidence in the case and the findings of the commissioners, within two (2) days after the rendition of the decision, and may thereupon appeal to the circuit court upon the execution of a bond, with two (2) or more sufficient sureties to be approved by the commissioners, in the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), payable to the state, and conditioned to pay all costs in case the appeal shall not be successfully prosecuted; and in case the decision of the commissioners be affirmed, judgment shall be entered on the bond for all costs.Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-65 [Codes, 1892, § 3627; 1906, § 4134; Hemingway's 1917, § 6768; 1930, § 6200; 1942, § 3228; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 21, eff. 1/1/1987.