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§ 4408. Hearing by board
(a) On the date so fixed by the town clerk and from day to day thereafter, the board of civil authority shall hear such appellants as appear in person or by agents or attorneys, until all such objections have been heard and considered. All objections filed in writing with the board of civil authority at or prior to the time fixed for hearing appeals shall be determined by the board notwithstanding that the person filing the objections fails to appear in person, or by agent or attorney.
(b) Ad hoc board for unorganized towns and gores and unified towns and gores. For purposes of hearing appeals under this subchapter only, the supervisor shall create an ad hoc board composed of:
(1) the supervisor; and
(2) one member from each adjoining municipality's board of civil authority, to be appointed by each respective board of civil authority, representing no fewer than three and no more than five of the adjoining municipalities, at the discretion of the supervisor.
(c) The ad hoc board provided for in subsection (b) of this section shall, for purposes of hearing appeals under this subchapter only, act as a board of civil authority, and an aggrieved party shall have further appeal rights as though the party had appealed to a board of civil authority. (Amended 1971, No. 73, § 9, eff. April 16, 1971; 2009, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § H.22.)
