Section 2. The said viewers having been duly sworn or affirmed faithfully, justly and impartially to decide, and true report to make concerning all matters and things to be submitted to them, and in relation to which they are authorized to inquire in pursuance of the provisions of this act, and having viewed the premises or examined the property, shall hear all parties interested and their witnesses, and shall estimate and determine the damages for property taken, injured or destroyed, to whom the same is payable; and, having so estimated and determined the damages, together with the benefits as hereinafter mentioned, they shall prepare a schedule thereof, and give notice to all parties to whom damages are allowed, or upon whom assessments for benefits are made, of a time, not less than ten days thereafter, and of a place where said viewers will meet and exhibit said schedule and hear all exceptions thereto and evidence. Notice of the time and place of said meeting shall be given, in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in a personal action, upon all parties allowed damages or assessed benefits, as shown by said schedule, if the said parties can be found in the municipality, or upon an adult person residing upon the property affected by the assessment in case the owner or reputed owner cannot be found, and to all others by publication in the newspaper or newspapers in which the first notices of said view were published. When no service is made upon the owner, reputed owner or upon an adult person residing upon the property affected, said notice, where publication thereof has also been made, shall be deemed to have been properly served if tacked or conspicuously posted on the premises. Councils, by ordinance, may provide by whom the notice provided by this act shall be posted, given and served, and fix the compensation for said service. After making whatever changes are deemed necessary, the said viewers shall make report to the court, showing the damages and benefits allowed and assessed in each case, and file therewith a plan, showing the improvement, the properties taken, injured or destroyed, and the properties benefited thereby. When said report is filed, notice thereof shall be given by publication once in the newspaper or newspapers publishing the notice provided for in section one of this act. Said notice shall state the date of filing of the report, and shall contain a schedule of the damages and benefits as shown therein; and shall further state that unless exceptions thereto be filed within thirty days from the date of filing, the said report will be confirmed absolutely.
(2 amended Apr. 2, 1903, P.L.124, No.91)