17-1335i. Same; annexation of territory to districts; procedure.
17-1335i
17-1335i. Same; annexation of territory to districts; procedure.
Whenever a petition describing the territory sought to be annexed to a
cemetery district organized and operating under the provisions of
section 17-1330, 17-1330a, 17-1331, 17-1332, 17-1333, 17-1334 and
17-1335 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto, which
territory is adjacent to such cemetery district, praying that such
territory be annexed to and become a part of such cemetery district, and
signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified
electors of such territory to be determined by an enumeration taken and
verified for this purpose by some qualified elector of the territory
sought to be annexed and attached to the petition, is presented to the
board of county commissioners of the county in which lies the greatest
portion of the territory sought to be annexed, it shall be the duty of
said board of county commissioners at its next regular meeting to
examine said petition and enumeration, and if it finds that the petition
is regular and in due form, that it is signed by the requisite number of
qualified electors, that such territory is adjacent to the cemetery
district, and that no part of such territory is in another cemetery
district, it shall enter an order in its proceedings annexing said
petitioned territory to the cemetery district and making it a part
thereof.
If the annexed territory lies in two or more counties, the county
clerk of the county whose board of commissioners makes the annexation
order shall certify a copy of the order to the county clerk of any other
county in which any of such territory is located.
History: L. 1953, ch. 128, § 1; June 30.