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surer 'for proof and ~ail~r~. ~he form, of the land book shall be pre- scribed by the el~y assessor; each mhd every ~arcet 'of ~ s~.l be entered separately thereon mn' tile ~ of the o~mer thereof Or in ~he na~ne of ~ ow~ of sany interest therein. ~ne land boom shall be so arc, raged t~at all real estate o~med by the city, re] ~gious and fraterr~l societies and others exe.~t from taxation shall be list- ed separately fromall other property assessed. No assessment of real estate shall be held to be invalid because of any error, om~ission or i~reguiarity in ch~trging such real estate upon the land book tunless it be sho~ by the person or persons contesting such assessment that such error~ o.w~ission or irregularity has operated to the prejudice of his or their rights. The original of the land book shalI be filed in the office of the city assessor~ and copies thereof shall be filed in the Off±ecs of 2he city treasurer ar~l the clerk of the court of hustings for the city. No chmnge, alteration or addition to any entry appearing therein shall, he ~made tunless authorized by law. The city assessor sha~_l~ upon the completion of each annual assessment, cert-ify on the land book~ on oath, that all real estate subject to taxation by the c. ity ,has been assessed by him at the fair Farket value thereof and that there are no e~rors on the face of the land hook. ~ne city assessor shall furnish to the state depa~tment of taxation one copy of the land book a~nd such other information regarding the assessment as it may require. SectioH 1~-53. Equalization of assessments - Hearings to be he~5. i~n order to equalize assessments of real estate annually, th& city assessor shall hold hes~ings as often as tray be necesssa7 between February first and M~mrch thirty-first in each year for the purpose Of receiving such evidence as may be presented to himby ar~, taxpayer with respect to the inequality of the assessment made of the real estate o~ned by such taxpayer during the twelve-month period endir4~ on the thirty-first day of Janum~y last ensuing. Any taxpayer feeling aggrieved by any such assessment of his property .ray apply to the city assessor for the equa2ization thereof on forms provided by the city assessor for that purpose. Section 10-57. Appointment and duties of board of equalization. There sb~ll be a ~_r~ of equalization as pro~zided in sec- tion 2.12 of Chapter 471 of,the Act:s of the General Assembly of Vir- ginia~ t970~ who s~,~l receive such per diem co--sensation for .the time they ~e actually engaged in the duties of ~heir office at the ,ra~e~of ,fifty-fioi~tars per day, ~nd such per diem compensation ~ay'"'be limited to such number of days as in the judgment of the council is sufficient for the work of such board in s~y calendar year. Such board shall proceed to hold its hes_~isgs d~ the month of April in' each year and sb~ll consider all assessments originally ~de by the city assessor d~ing the twelveT~.~.onth period ending on the thirty-first day of Jar~ -,ast ensuing, givir~ precedence in o~der of hearing to these assessments effective for the c~m~rent tax year. · Section 10-61. PeT~lties wha~n city real estate taxes not ~aid on time. In the event any installment of taxes on reat ~tate is not -3-