14-901.   Election to change to city of third class.Whenever any city of the second class organized under the laws of thestate of Kansas has been reduced in population to one thousand or less, asshown by the last returns of the assessor taking the enumeration of saidcity, the mayor of such city of the second class or the president of thecouncil, if there is no acting mayor, may by proclamation call an electionwithin such city for the purpose of determining whether said city shall beset back into a city of the third class. Such proclamation to be publishedin some newspaper of general circulation within said city for two weekspreceding such election and shall also be posted in four conspicuous placeswithin said city. The question to be submitted to the electors of said cityby such proclamation shall be:

Shall the city of ___________ be changed from a city of the second classand set back to a city of the third class

Yes | |;[ ]No | |;[ ]

A cross in the square opposite either the word "yes" or "no" shall be madeby the voter to indicate the way he or she votes, and such election shallin all other respects be held in the same manner as any other generalelection. A majority of the votes cast at such election shall decide theproposition and if a majority of the votes cast are for the affirmative,then the mayor or acting mayor of such city shall certify the result ofsuch election to the county clerk of the county in which such city issituated, who shall file such certificate in the files of the countyclerk's office and register the same in the same book where records ofother elections in such county are kept, and from and after the filing ofsuch certificate with such county clerk, such city shall be a city of thethird class.

      History:   L. 1919, ch. 144, § 1; March 6; R.S. 1923, § 14-901.