A. The election on the issue of whether the proposed conservancy district will be created shall be conducted and canvassed in the same manner in the territory of the proposed district as elections for municipal school board members are carried out. Only persons who are qualified electors and landowners of the district shall be eligible to vote in the election. B. The cost of conducting the election within each county in which the district is proposed shall be borne by that county. C. Election officials shall count the votes cast and as soon as all the ballots have been counted, they shall certify the total number of votes cast and the number cast for the creation of the district and the number cast against the creation of the district within the territory of the proposed district. D. The results of the election after being canvassed shall be certified to the court by the board of county commissioners. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-8.4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 76, § 4. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 319(2).
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