48-2921. Canvass of votes; declaration of
result; organization of another district including lands of
district
A. The board of supervisors shall meet on the second Monday next succeeding the
election and canvass the votes cast. If it appears that a majority of the votes cast at
the election in the proposed district is "irrigation district, yes," the board shall, by
an order entered on its minutes, declare the district organized under the name previously
designated, and shall declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes in each
division of the district to be duly elected as division directors, declare, for
appropriate districts, the two at large candidates receiving the highest number of votes
to be duly elected as directors at large and declare the terms of the directors according
to the vote received by each. The order shall describe the boundaries of the district
and particularly describe the lands finally included therein for district purposes.
B. If the question of vesting the district with the power of drainage has been
submitted the board shall declare in the order that the district is either vested or not
vested with the power of drainage as determined by its canvass of the votes.
C. The board shall cause a copy of the order, including a map of the district
showing the boundaries thereof and lands ordered included therein, duly certified by the
clerk of the board of supervisors, to be immediately recorded in the office of the county
recorder of each county in which any portion of the lands is located.
D. The board of supervisors of a county in which any portion of the district is
located shall not after the date of recording permit the organization of another district
including any portion of such lands without consent of the board of directors of the
district first including such lands.
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