7-2-2707. Action on petitions -- resolution. - Montana Statutes

     7-2-2707. Action on petitions -- resolution. (1) On the day fixed by the board for consideration and final action on such petition for abandonment, the board shall meet and examine and consider all petitions which may have been filed praying that particular parts or portions of said county, if abandoned, be attached to an adjoining county or counties other than the county named in such petition for abandonment and shall determine the sufficiency of each such petition filed and shall enter its findings with regard thereto in its minutes. Said board shall thereupon adopt a resolution, which shall be in writing and also entered in full in its minutes.
     (2) Said resolution must be signed by the members of the board, and the county clerk must, within 5 days thereafter, make the certified copies of said resolution, with copy of petition or petitions attached, and transmit one copy to the governor of Montana and one copy to the county clerk of each county to which any part or portion of said county is to be attached if abandoned.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4004(part).