TITLE 31

COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW

CHAPTER 2

REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES

31-210.  Canvass of returns. The returns for county seat elections shall be canvassed by the same officers and in the same manner as the returns for county and precinct officers are canvassed, and the result of the vote for the removal of the county seat shall be officially declared by the county board of canvassers in the following manner:

They shall record the total votes cast in each ward or precinct both for and against the proposed removal, upon the book provided for recording the results of the general election. This record shall be made upon a separate page, or pages, of said book, and after the record is complete and the total result known, they shall make a complete copy of such record, certified to by each member of the board. They shall deposit this certificate with the county auditor, who shall, without delay, file the same with the clerk of the district court which authorized the election, and the auditor shall also cause a copy of the certificate to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in the county.

History:

[(31-210) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 127; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 114; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 475; C.S., sec. 659; I.C.A., sec. 30-210.]