48-2921. Canvass of votes; declaration of result; organization of another district including lands of district
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A. The board of supervisors shall meet on the second Monday next succeeding the election and canvass the votes cast. If it appears that a majority of the votes cast at the election in the proposed district is "irrigation district, yes," the board shall, by an order entered on its minutes, declare the district organized under the name previously designated, and shall declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes in each division of the district to be duly elected as division directors, declare, for appropriate districts, the two at large candidates receiving the highest number of votes to be duly elected as directors at large and declare the terms of the directors according to the vote received by each.
The order shall describe the boundaries of the district and particularly describe the lands finally included therein for district purposes.
B. If the question of vesting the district with the power of drainage has been submitted the board shall declare in the order that the district is either vested or not vested with the power of drainage as determined by its canvass of the votes.
C. The board shall cause a copy of the order, including a map of the district showing the boundaries thereof and lands ordered included therein, duly certified by the clerk of the board of supervisors, to be immediately recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any portion of the lands is located.
D. The board of supervisors of a county in which any portion of the district is located shall not after the date of recording permit the organization of another district including any portion of such lands without consent of the board of directors of the district first including such lands.