14-901. Election to change to city of third class.
14-901
14-901. Election to change to city of third class.
Whenever any city of the second class organized under the laws of the
state of Kansas has been reduced in population to one thousand or less, as
shown by the last returns of the assessor taking the enumeration of said
city, the mayor of such city of the second class or the president of the
council, if there is no acting mayor, may by proclamation call an election
within such city for the purpose of determining whether said city shall be
set back into a city of the third class. Such proclamation to be published
in some newspaper of general circulation within said city for two weeks
preceding such election and shall also be posted in four conspicuous places
within said city. The question to be submitted to the electors of said city
by such proclamation shall be:
Shall the city of ___________ be changed from a city of the second class
and 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 made
by the voter to indicate the way he or she votes, and such election shall
in all other respects be held in the same manner as any other general
election. A majority of the votes cast at such election shall decide the
proposition 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 of
such election to the county clerk of the county in which such city is
situated, who shall file such certificate in the files of the county
clerk's office and register the same in the same book where records of
other elections in such county are kept, and from and after the filing of
such certificate with such county clerk, such city shall be a city of the
third class.
History: L. 1919, ch. 144, § 1; March 6; R.S. 1923, § 14-901.