§ 41-7-317 — Election; where held; notice to voters; qualifications of voters; recording vote; proxies

The commissioners of the district shall fix the hour and place,
within the boundaries of or at a place convenient to the
landowners within the irrigation district, of each election and
preside at the same. It shall be the duty of the commissioners,
at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of an election, to
mail to each person or corporation entitled to vote thereat, at
his or its last known place of residence or business, a notice
stating the time, place and purpose of such elections. Every
person or corporation owning or entitled by virtue of public
land filing to the possession of land situated within and being
a part of any commissioner district in which an election for
commissioner is being held, and upon which land no assessment
for operation, maintenance or repairs is delinquent for more
than four (4) years, shall be entitled to cast, for the
commissioner to be elected, for the commissioner district
wherein such land is situated, one (1) vote for each irrigable
acre of such land assessed upon the last annual assessment of
said district upon or against which land no assessment for
operation, maintenance or repairs is delinquent for more than
four (4) years. At the hour and place of such election the
commissioners shall call the roll of those entitled to vote, and
the number of votes each is entitled to cast. They shall make a
record of the qualified voters present, receive all proxies and
prescribe the manner of canvassing votes. All proxies shall be
in writing and signed by the person or corporation entitled to
vote.