248.040. Election on organization of sanitary district. - Missouri Statutes

Election on organization of sanitary district.

248.040. 1. It shall then be the duty of said mayor andcounty commission or courts to submit to the voters of theproposed district the question of the organization andincorporation of the proposed sanitary district, with boundariesas determined by the said commissioners and approved by the saidcourt or courts, at an election.

2. The returns of the vote, certified to under oath by thosewho receive and count the vote, shall be made to the secretary ofstate of the state of Missouri, who shall ascertain and declarethe result.

3. The question shall be submitted in substantially thefollowing form:

Shall a sanitary drainage district be organized andincorporated?

4. If a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor oforganization of the district, such proposed district shallthenceforth be deemed an organized sanitary district under thischapter.

(RSMo 1939 § 12477, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10887; 1919 § 4582; 1909 § 5688