§ 41-7-318 — Election; validity; qualifications of candidates; vacancies in office; duties of elected commissioners

No person shall be declared elected as a commissioner who shall
not be a landowner in said commissioner district and who shall
not have received a majority of all votes cast by the qualified
voters of said commissioner district. No election shall be
invalid by reason of the fact that a majority of the acreage
within the district was not represented at such election.
Whenever the office of any elected commissioner shall become
vacant by reason of death, resignation or other cause, the
vacancy shall be filled by the surviving commissioners for the
unexpired term. In case such vacancy is not so filled within
thirty (30) days, the court shall fill such vacancy. All elected
commissioners shall have the same qualifications and duties as
herein prescribed for appointed or elected commissioners.