§ 4.1-20-45 — Consolidation of districts - Petition - Election - Conduct of election

Two or more districts may be consolidated into one district by compliance with this chapter.
A petition for consolidation of soil conservation districts must be filed with the state soil
conservation committee and must be signed by at least twenty-five qualified electors living in
each district. Upon the filing of a petition, the committee by resolution shall fix a date for an
election to be held in each district and shall direct the supervisors to cause notice of the election
to be posted in at least five conspicuous places within the district and to be published once each
week for two consecutive weeks before the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the
districts involved. Only qualified electors living within the district are eligible to vote at the
election. The notice must state the date of the election, identify each polling place for holding
the election, the time when the polls will open and close, and the question to be submitted to the
qualified electors. The notice must be substantially in the following form:
On _________, ______, an election will be held at
____________________________________________ for the purpose of submitting
(Designate polling place or places)
to the qualified electors within _________________________________ soil conservation
(Name of district)
district the question as to whether _________________________________ soil conservation
(Names of districts)
districts embracing the following townships _____________________________________
(Designate townships, by number and range)
shall be consolidated into one soil conservation district.
The ballot must be in the following form:
Shall _____________________ soil conservation districts embracing the
(Names of districts)
following townships ____________________________________ be
(Designate townships, by number and range)
consolidated into one soil conservation district?
Yes ______
No _______
The board of supervisors of the district shall appoint the board of election for each polling
place. The board of election must consist of one inspector, one judge, and one clerk. Members
of the election board are entitled to receive five dollars for their services.