12-509. Costs; deposits.
12-509
12-509. Costs; deposits.
The petitioner or petitioners shall be liable for all costs of the
proceedings, whether the prayer of the petition be allowed or not; and upon
filing the petition with the county clerk, there shall be deposited with
the clerk twenty-five dollars to secure such costs, and the county clerk
shall demand further deposits of money as in the opinion of the board of
county commissioners may be necessary, at subsequent times, to further
secure the probable costs of the proceedings; and no steps shall be taken
in the proceedings while the petitioner or petitioners are in default of
making the deposits as herein provided for.
History: L. 1905, ch. 519, § 6; Feb. 18; R.S. 1923, § 12-509.