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58-02 Creation, Consolidation, Division, and Dissolution

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CHAPTER 58-02CREATION, CONSOLIDATION, DIVISION, AND DISSOLUTION58-02-01. Organization of township - Petition - Election. If twenty-five percent of thequalified electors who voted for governor in the last general election of a congressional township<br>which has taxable valuation of more than twenty thousand dollars and which contains twenty-five<br>or more qualified electors petition the board of county commissioners for the organization of the<br>congressional township into a civil township, the board of county commissioners shall then<br>submit the question whether said township shall be organized to the qualified electors in the<br>congressional township. If twenty-five percent of the qualified electors who voted for governor in<br>the last general election of two or more neighboring congressional townships which have an<br>aggregate taxable valuation of more than twenty thousand dollars and which contain an<br>aggregate of twenty-five or more qualified electors petition the board of county commissioners for<br>the organization of the congressional townships into a civil township, the board of county<br>commissioners shall then submit the question whether said township shall be organized to the<br>qualified electors in the congressional townships. Thirty days' published notice in at least one<br>newspaper of general circulation in the township must be given of the election. The board of<br>county commissioners shall appoint the election officials necessary for the election. If a majority<br>of the votes cast approve of organization, the township must then be organized, and if the<br>petitions filed for organization did not designate a name, the board of county commissioners shall<br>select one.58-02-02.Commissioners report to county auditor.The board of countycommissioners shall make and file a full report with the county auditor in relation to all its<br>proceedings in the establishment of a civil township.58-02-03.Name of township.A township must be named in accordance with theexpressed wish of a majority of the legal voters residing therein.If the legal voters fail todesignate a name, the board of county commissioners may select one.58-02-04. County auditor transmits name and report to state auditor. Repealed byS.L. 1987, ch. 262, </p> <BR></DIV><!-- /.col.one --><!-- /.col.two --></DIV><!-- /.col.main --></DIV><!-- /div id = content --> <BR class=clear></DIV> <!-- /div id = livearea --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.one --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.main --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#content --><BR class=clear> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#livearea --> <!-- Footer--> <DIV id=footer> <DIV class=container> <P class=copyright>Copyright &copy; 2012-2022 Laws9.Com All rights reserved. </P><!-- /.copyright --> <P class=footerlinks><A href="/contactus.html">Contact Us</A> | <A href="/aboutus.html">About Us</A> | <A href="/terms.html">Terms</A> | <A href="/privacy.html">Privacy</A></P><!-- /.footerlinks --> </DIV><!-- /.container --> </DIV><!-- /footer --> </BODY></HTML>