19-1602.   Election for relocation of county seat, when; petition;registration.That in all cases where the county seat of any county in this state hasbeen, or shall hereafter be located by a vote of the electors of suchcounty, or where county buildings have been erected, donated, orpurchased at the county seat, the cost of which shall have been at leasttwo thousand dollars ($2,000) the board of county commissioners upon thepetition of three-fifths of the legal electors of such county, shallorder an election for the relocation of the county seat: Provided,That in all counties having a population of more than two thousandpeople, in which building shall have been erected at any such countyseat for county purposes, the cost of which shall have been at least tenthousand dollars ($10,000), or in which the county seat has been locatedfor eight years or more consecutively at any one place by vote of theelectors of such county, it shall require a vote of three-fifths of thelegal electors of such county to relocate the county seat and to removeit from such place, and the board of county commissioners shall onlyupon the petition of two-thirds of the legal electors of such countyorder an election for the relocation of any such county seat: Providedfurther, That in counties of the state having a population of morethan 3,850 and less than 5,000 and having an assessed valuation oftangible property of not more than $7,000,000, the board of countycommissioners shall upon the petition of fifty-one percent of the legalelectors of such county order an election for the relocation of thecounty seat of such county and it shall require fifty-five percent ofthe voters at such election to relocate the county seat: Providedfurther, That in any county having a population of not less thanthree thousand nor more than thirty-four hundred and fifty people,according to the last preceding census taken by the several assessors ofsaid county, the board of county commissioners shall, upon the petitionof one-half of the legal electors of such county, order an election forthe relocation of the county seat of any such county, and it shallrequire a majority of three-fifths of the votes of legal electors castat such election to relocate the county seat thereof, and to move itfrom such place: And provided further, That when the county seat ofany county has been located by a vote of the electors of the county, theplace to which it is proposed to remove the county seat shall bedesignated in the petition and the balloting at the election shall befor or against a removal of the county seat to the place so designated,and no election for the relocation of any county seat shall be orderedor had within five years from the last preceding legal election touchingthe location or relocation of any such county seat: Provided, Thatin counties having a population of less than two thousand an electionmay be called at any time after two years from the last preceding legalelection, but no preceding nor pretended election for the relocation ofany county seat had or held since the taking effect of K.S.A. 19-1613to 19-1629, inclusive, shall be deemedor held to have been an election within the meaning of this act unlessregistration was had as required by the terms of said K.S.A. 19-1613to 19-1629, inclusive.

      History:   L. 1920, ch. 25, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-1602; L. 1925, ch. 134, § 1; L.1937, ch. 184, § 1; March 25.