After the officers of the several municipal subdivisions of the state, constituting the budget making bodies of such subdivisions, including counties, cities, towns and school districts, shall have made and filed their budgets as required by existing laws with the county clerks, and after advertisement as now required by law, the excise boards shall meet from time to time thereafter until the State Board of Equalization shall have reported the valuation of public service corporations and utilities, together with the equalized valuation of all other property, to the county, and shall then proceed to pass on appropriations and make levies for all such municipal subdivisions as now provided by law, and shall file a copy of all budgets with the levies made thereon, with the State Auditor and Inspector, and one copy with the county clerks of the respective counties, and the county clerk shall immediately thereafter publish notice for one time, in some newspaper of general circulation in the county, that such budgets and levies are on file for the inspection of any citizen.

Within three (3) days after the filing of any such budgets and levies with the State Auditor and Inspector, the State Auditor and Inspector shall give notice by mail of the fact and date of such filing to any taxpayer who shall have filed written request therefor.