TITLE 31

COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW

CHAPTER 2

REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES

31-214.  Form of ballot. It shall be the duty of the auditor of the county wherein it is proposed to hold an election for the removal of the county seat, or changing county lines, to cause to be printed separate ballots at the same time and in the same manner as ballots for the general election are printed.

Such separate ballots shall be three (3) inches square, or as near this size as practicable, and on one side there shall be printed the following words:

For removal of the county    ) No.

     seat to ….            ) Yes.

For changing county lines    ) No.

                             ) Yes.

(As the case may be.)

And the auditor shall send an equal number of these special ballots, with the ballots furnished for the general election, to each voting precinct of the county and at the same time.

History:

[(31-214) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 131; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 118; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 479; C.S., sec. 663; I.C.A., sec. 30-214.]