37-1035. Proclamation of result of referendum
and election; terms of supervisors
A. If not less than sixty-five per cent of the landowners voting at the referendum
and the owners of not less than fifty per cent of the land, other than publicly owned,
lying within the proposed district vote in favor of the creation thereof, the
commissioner shall declare the district organized. Otherwise he shall declare the
proposal defeated.
B. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the election for
supervisors shall be declared elected. Their terms shall begin upon the date of filing
the oath of office with the secretary of state. The term of the candidate receiving the
largest number of votes shall terminate on May 31 of the third even-numbered year, of the
candidate receiving the next largest number of votes on May 31 of the second
even-numbered year, and of the candidate receiving the next largest number of votes on
May 31 of the first even-numbered year following the election.
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