§ 40-37-5 — First district meeting--Notice to livestock owners--Appointment of chairman and secretary.

The first meeting of the livestock owners in the district shall be called in the following manner: The director of equalization of each county within the district shall, within thirty days of the formation of the district, prepare from the county livestock census, as corrected by the board of county commissioners, of that year, an accurate list of all persons, corporations, or partnerships who have been determined to be the owners of livestock described in the petition in his county and the number of livestock. The director of equalization shall mail a notice to each of the resident livestock owners to attend the district meeting, at a time and place to be specified in the notice, for the election of the board of directors of the predator control district. He shall likewise publish a copy of the notice in the official newspaper of the county, ten days prior to the date of the meeting. He shall set the date of the meeting so as not to conflict with the date of similar meetings in adjoining districts. When assembled in accordance with the above notice, the resident owners shall appoint a chairman and secretary, who shall act as judges of election.

Legislative History

SL 1974, ch 275, § 5; SL 1979, ch 272, § 5.