§ 37-41-105 — Canvass of votes - proclamation

Colorado § 37-41-105

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 37: Water and
• Art.: Irrigation District Law of 1905

Text

(1) The board of county
commissioners shall meet on the second Monday next succeeding such election
and proceed to canvass the votes cast thereat. If, upon such canvass, it appears
that at least a majority of said legal electors in said district have voted Irrigation
District - Yes, the said board, by an order entered on its minutes, shall declare such
territory duly organized as an irrigation district under the name and style
theretofore designated and shall declare the persons receiving, respectively, the
highest number of votes for such several offices to be duly elected to such office.
Said board shall cause a copy of such order, including a plat of said district, duly
certified by the clerk of the board of county commissioners, to be immediately filed
for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each county in which any
portion of such lands are situated, and no board of county commissioners of any
county, including any portion of such district, after the date of organization of such
district, shall allow another district to be formed including any of the lands of such
district without the consent of the board of directors thereof.

(2) From and after the date of such filing, the organization of such district
shall be complete, and the officers thereof shall immediately enter upon the duties
of their respective offices, upon qualifying in accordance with law, and shall hold
such offices, respectively, until their successors are elected and qualified. For the
purpose of the election, the board of county commissioners shall establish a
convenient number of election precincts and polling places in said proposed district
and define the boundaries thereof, which said precincts may thereafter be changed
by the board of directors of such districts, who shall also appoint the judges of
election for each such precinct, one of whom shall act as clerk of election.

Legislative History

Source: L. 05: p. 249, � 5. R.S. 08: � 3444. C.L. � 1964. CSA: C. 90, � 381. CRS 53: � 149-1-5. C.R.S. 1963: � 150-1-5.