The board shall meet as a board of equalization on the day specified in section 61-09-06 for the purpose of equalizing the assessments and shall continue in session from day to day as long as may be necessary but not to exceed ten days exclusive of Sundays. The board shall hear and determine such objections to the apportionment of benefits and assessments as may come before it and may make such changes in such apportionments as shall appear to be just and equitable. The secretary of the board shall be present during the sessions of the board and shall note changes made in the apportionment of benefits and assessments returned by the assessor and in the names of persons assessed. Within ten days after the close of the session, the secretary of the board shall have the apportionment of benefits and assessments, as finally equalized by the board, extended into columns and added.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 61-09-07

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts