18-204

Chapter 18.--COUNTIES
Article 2.--CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES OF COUNTIES

      18-204.   Notice of election.The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties, at thetime they make the order for such election, shall make an order requiringthe county clerk to give at least four weeks' notice of such election, bycausing a notice thereof to be published in some newspaper published intheir respective counties. If there be no newspaper published in either ofsaid counties, then notice shall be given in the county having nonewspaper, by posting up written or printed notices in one public place ineach organized township in said county for the same length of time, whichnotice shall be given at least four weeks prior to the day of elections,and shall set forth the exact portions of the territory to be detached fromone or more of the counties and added to the other or others, and to whatcounty or counties the same is to be attached, and also shall set forththat at the next general election the question will be presented to thequalified electors of the counties interested, whether such change in thecounty boundaries shall be made.

      History:   L. 1872, ch. 96, § 3; Feb. 29; R.S. 1923, 18-204.