§ 41-9-504 — Unentered public lands as majority of district; appointment of commissioners; term; removal; subsequent appointment or election

When a majority of the lands within the district are unentered
public lands, a majority of the commissioners of the district,
who shall be residents of the state, may be appointed by the
secretary of the interior, and shall be subject to removal from
office by him and any vacancy so created may be filled by
further appointment by the secretary of the interior.
Commissioners thus appointed by the secretary of the interior
shall hold office until such time that the unentered public
lands within the district constitute a minority of the total
area, after which they shall be appointed or elected as
otherwise provided by this chapter 76, Wyoming Compiled
Statutes, 1920, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary
thereto; if a majority of the commissioners of the district are
so appointed by the secretary of the interior, then the
remaining commissioners shall be appointed or elected at large
within the entire drainage district for terms of two (2) years
each, which terms, however, shall be limited to and expire on
the first Tuesday in July next following the date when the
unentered public lands within the district constitute less than
a majority of the total acreage within the district, after which
the commissioners shall be appointed or elected in the same
manner and for the same terms as provided for in the case of
first appointment or election of commissioners under the said
statutes.