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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>354148</law_id><section_number>21-408</section_number><catch_line>Default by contractor</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>21-406</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="58" identifier="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="6" identifier="6">Drainage Projects</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the contractor shall make <span class="dictionary">default</span> and if there shall be a failure to collect all the <span class="dictionary">damages</span> from such contractor and the sureties upon his <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, and it shall thereby be necessary to raise a greater sum of money to complete the drainage works in accordance with the plans, or for any other unavoidable cause it shall be necessary to raise a greater sum to complete such drainage work, the board of viewers of the county in which the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> was filed shall prepare new assessment rolls upon all the lands in the project upon the original basis of classification of benefits, and increase the same in sufficient sums to equal the deficit thereby created, and the same shall constitute the new assessment rolls until changed according to <span class="dictionary">law</span>, and shall be certified to the county treasurer or treasurers as herein provided.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 1776; 1926, p. 625; 1954, c. 642.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
