Filing of written objections or defenses to proposed assessments; effect of failure to file same.

The owner or owners of any real estate or any interest therein which it is proposed to assess for the cost or any part thereof of the said improvement may appear at any time on or before the date named in the said notice or at the said meeting and file in writing with the secretary or in the office of the authority any objections or defenses to the proposed assessment against the said property or to the amount thereof and persons who do not file objections or protests in writing against such assessment shall be held to have consented to the same.

(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §19.)