19-3814. Election of directors; notice; conduct of election; persons entitled to vote; declaration, certification and filing of election results.
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19-3814. Election of directors; notice; conduct of election; persons entitled to vote; declaration, certification and filing of election results. Election of directors shall be held at the office of the district fixed by the board of directors on the second Tuesday in March at 10:00 o'clock a.m. next following incorporation of the district and each two years thereafter. Notice of election and the date and place thereof shall be published not more than twenty
(20)days and not less than fourteen
(14)days prior to the date set for election in some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such industrial district is located, and a copy of such published notice shall be mailed to each owner, corporate or otherwise, of real estate in the district, and to each lessee, corporate or otherwise, of real estate in the district within three
(3)days after the publication thereof. Said election shall be conducted in the office of the district, at which each owner, corporate or otherwise, of real estate in the district, and each lessee, corporate or otherwise, of real estate in the district shall at such election be entitled to one vote for each ten thousand dollars of assessed valuation, or fraction thereof, of all tangible taxable property of such owner or lessee which is located in said district as shown by the latest assessment rolls.
The vote or votes of a corporate owner shall be cast by its president, secretary or other authorized representative of the corporation attending the election. All votes shall be cast viva voce in open meeting and a majority of votes cast at such election and meeting shall determine the result of the election. The election and meeting shall be conducted by the president of the board of directors acting as presiding officer and the secretary shall record the names of the voters and for whom each vote is cast.
After election the president shall publicly declare the result of the election and certify such result in writing which certificate of election shall be signed by the president, attested by the secretary and authenticated by the official seal of the district and filed in the office of the county clerk of the county where such industrial district is located.