§ 37-44-106 — Canvass of votes

The district judge, within ten days after the
returns of said election have been filed with the clerk of said district court by the
judges of election in the various precincts of said district, shall proceed to canvass
the returns of the votes cast thereat and if it is proven to said court that at least a
majority of the legal electors in said district who are also the owners of more than
one-half the total acreage included in said district have voted Internal
Improvement - Yes, the said judge, by an order duly entered in said court, shall
declare such territory duly organized into an internal improvement district under
the name and style theretofore designated and in said order declare the persons
receiving respectively the highest number of votes in each election precinct 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 said
district court, to be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of
each county into which any portion of the lands situated in said internal
improvement district extends and, after the date of filing such order, no portion of
such district shall be included in or form a part of any other internal improvement
district. 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.

Legislative History

Source: L. 23: p. 491, � 4. CSA: C. 138, � 20. CRS 53: � 149-5-4. C.R.S. 1963: � 150-4-4.