Hearing of protest.
Section 46
SEC. 46. Hearing of protest. — The municipal council shall designate a date and place for the hearing of the protest filed in accordance with the next preceding section and shall give reasonable time to all protestants who have given their addresses and to all landowners affected by any protest or protests, and shall order the publication once a week, during two consecutive weeks, in any newspaper of the locality, if there be one, or, in default thereof, in any newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, of a notice in English or Spanish or the local dialect, of the place and date of the hearing to be held. Said notice shall likewise be posted in the places where public notices are usually posted in each municipality and place affected by said improvement. After the proper hearing, the council shall render its decision conforming, modifying, or revoking its ordinance, and shall send notice of its decision to all interested parties who have given their addresses, and shall order the publication of such decision, together with a list of the owners of the parcels of land affected by the special assessment, three times weekly, for to consecutive weeks, in the manner hereinabove specified. The decision shall become final if before the expiration of thirty days from the date of its last publication no appeal is filed with the provincial board against the proposed improvement or against the special assessment, signed by at least a majority of the landowners included in the special assessment zone representing more than one-half of the total assessed value of the lands affected. The appellant or appellants shall immediately give the municipal council a written notice of the appeal.