18-208.   When change takes place; officers; townships.On the first Monday of January next succeeding the said election, if thesame shall have been determined in favor of the change, the change shall bedeemed to have taken place, and all the officers, whether township ordistrict, residing in the territory so detached, shall be held and deemedas belonging to the county to which the same is attached: Provided,however, That in case the territory so attached does not constitute acivil township or townships, the officers of the township lying adjacent tothe attached portion of territory shall have jurisdiction therein, and suchterritory shall for all purposes, except as herein otherwise provided, bedeemed a part of such organized township.

      History:   L. 1872, ch. 96, § 7; Feb. 29; R.S. 1923, 18-208.