No contracts for improvements to be done in a drainage or levee district shall be made until after the commissioners have made their inspection, classification, and apportionment as directed in §§ 69-5-301 - 69-5-312, nor until the question of classification and apportionment and assessment of benefits has been determined and settled by the court; but after the commissioners and the court have so acted, then such contracts may be made by the board of directors of the district.Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 19; Shan., § 3871a82; Code 1932, § 4310; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1207; T.C.A. § 69-6-701.
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