17-1331. Same; organization.
17-1331
17-1331. Same; organization.
Within 30 days after such order is entered by the board of county
commissioners,
as above provided, it is hereby made the duty of the township trustee of
the township in which township lies the greatest portion of territory
comprising
such cemetery district, to call a meeting of the qualified
electors of such cemetery district in the manner hereinafter
provided, for the purpose of
organizing such cemetery district into an association and for the election
of five directors who shall have authority to provide for the caring
and maintaining of such cemetery hereinafter provided for, and who shall
hold their office until the next regular meeting of such
cemetery association.
Directors shall reside either (1) in the county or counties in which such
cemetery district is located or (2) within 25 miles of the cemetery
district boundaries. Upon the change of residency of any director as
required by this section, such director's office shall be deemed to be vacated,
and a successor shall be appointed to serve the remainder of the unexpired
term by the remaining directors. Such township trustee shall cause
notice of such meeting to be published,
once each week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general
circulation in such cemetery district, stating that a meeting
of the qualified
voters of such cemetery district will be held at the time and place fixed
in the notice for the purpose of organizing the cemetery district into
an association and for the election of five directors. The last publication
of such notice shall be made not more than six days prior to the date
fixed for the holding of the meeting.
History: L. 1925, ch. 148, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 77, § 1;
L. 1988, ch. 95, § 1; July 1.