48-1577. Issuance of certificate of election; vacancy in office A. The secretary of the board shall immediately make out and deliver to the persons elected a certificate of election, signed by him and authenticated with the seal of the board. B. If a vacancy occurs in the board of directors by death, removal or disability resulting in inability of a director to discharge his duties properly, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board. The appointee shall be a resident of the division in which the vacancy occurs if the director was elected from a division of the district, and if elected at large, the appointee shall be a qualified elector of the district. Upon failure or inability of the board to act within thirty days after the vacancy occurs, the vacancy shall be filled, upon petition of five electors of the division, by the board of supervisors of the county where the board of directors has its office. C. A director appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next general election of the district and until his successor is elected and qualified.
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